1949 World Figure Skating Championships
1949 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | February 16 – 18 |
Season: | 1949 |
Location: | Paris, France |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Richard Button | |
Ladies' singles: Alena Vrzanova | |
Pair skating: Andrea Kekesy / Ede Király | |
Previous: 1948 World Championships | |
Next: 1950 World Championships |
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which amateur figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.
The 1949 championships took place from February 16 to 18 in Paris, France. At the men's event, the favorite, Dick Button won. At the women's event, however, the favorite, Eva Pawlik of Austria, who had been the Olympic runner-up behind Barbara Ann Scott one year before and who had just won the European title in 1949, dropped out because of a broken boot heel just before the free program.[1][2][3][4] which provided Alena Vrzáňová of Czechoslovakia with the opportunity to win the gold medal. She became the first woman to perform a double lutz.[5]
Results[]
Men[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Figures | Free | Total | Placings |
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1 | Dick Button | United States | 5 | |||
2 | Ede Király | Hungary | 12 | |||
3 | Edi Rada | Austria | 13 | |||
4 | James Grogan | United States | 23 | |||
5 | Helmut Seibt | Austria | 26 | |||
6 | Hayes Alan Jenkins | United States | 29 | |||
7 | United States | 34 | ||||
8 | Carlo Fassi | Italy | 38 | |||
9 | Per Cock-Clausen | Denmark | 45 | |||
10 | France | 50 |
Judges:
- E. Kucharz Austria
- H. Meistrup Denmark
- Hungary
- Italy
- United States
Ladies[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Figures | Free | Total | Placings |
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1 | Álena Vrzáňová | Czechoslovakia | 7 | |||
2 | Yvonne Sherman | United States | 17 | |||
3 | Jeannette Altwegg | United Kingdom | 18 | |||
4 | Jiřína Nekolová | Czechoslovakia | 44.5 | |||
5 | Bridget Shirley Adams | United Kingdom | 46 | |||
6 | United States | 48 | ||||
7 | Virginia Baxter | United States | 53 | |||
8 | Dagmar Lerchová | Czechoslovakia | 55 | |||
9 | Jacqueline du Bief | France | 67 | |||
10 | Barbara Wyatt | United Kingdom | 71 | |||
11 | United States | 68.5 | ||||
12 | Valda Osborn | United Kingdom | 73 | |||
13 | United Kingdom | 82 | ||||
14 | Austria | 85 | ||||
15 | France | 105 | ||||
WD | Eva Pawlik | Austria | ||||
WD | United Kingdom |
Judges:
- Austria
- France
- Kenneth Beaumont United Kingdom
- Hungary
- Josef Vosolsobe Czechoslovakia
- United States
- Dr. J. Koch Switzerland
Pairs[]
*: better placed due to the majority of the better placings
Rank | Name | Nation | Placings |
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1 | Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király | Hungary | 7 |
2 | Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | United States | 14.5 |
3 | Ann Davies / Carleton Hoffner | United States | 31.5 |
4 | Marianne Nagy / László Nagy | Hungary | 33 |
5 | Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer | Austria | 35.5* |
6 | Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | United Kingdom | 35.5 |
7 | / | Czechoslovakia | 49.5 |
8 | / | Switzerland | 56.5 |
9 | / | Austria | 66,5* |
10 | / | France | 63 |
11 | / | Belgium | 75 |
12 | / | United Kingdom | 78.5 |
Judges:
- Austria
- France
- Mollie Phillips United Kingdom
- Hungary
- E. Finsterwald Switzerland
- Josef Vosolsobe Czechoslovakia
- United States
References[]
- ^ Figure skating: "Favored to win, Eva Pawlik was forced to withdraw", in: Life Magazine, 14.3.1949
- ^ Susan D. Russell, "Eva Pawlik and Rudi Seeliger", In: International Figure Skating Magazine, Jan/Feb 2008
- ^ Matthias Hampe, The genesis of figure skating. Doctoral thesis at the Potsdam University 2010, page 218
- ^ Kelli Lawrence, Skating On Air. McFarland & Company. Jefferson (North Carolina) and London 2011. Chapter "Eva Pawlik - more than an overseas footnote", page 22. ISBN 978-0-7864-4608-7
- ^ Elliott, Helene (March 13, 2009). "Brian Orser heads list of World Figure Skating Hall of Fame inductees". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
Sources[]
- Result list provided by the ISU
- World Figure Skating Championships
- 1949 in figure skating
- International figure skating competitions hosted by France
- 1949 in French sport
- February 1949 sports events
- 1949 in Paris
- International sports competitions hosted by Paris