1950 World Figure Skating Championships
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1950 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | March 6 – 8 |
Season: | 1950 |
Location: | Wembley, UK |
Venue: | Wembley Arena |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Richard Button | |
Ladies' singles: Alena Vrzanova | |
Pair skating: Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | |
Previous: 1949 World Championships | |
Next: 1951 World Championships |
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.
The 1950 championships took place on March 6 to 8 in Wembley, United Kingdom.
Results[]
Men[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Figures | Free | Total | Placings |
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1 | Dick Button | United States | 824.71 | 594.76 | 1419.47 | 7 |
2 | Ede Király | Hungary | 778.86 | 566.06 | 1344.92 | 14 |
3 | Hayes Alan Jenkins | United States | 728.93 | 549.03 | 1277.96 | 25 |
4 | Helmut Seibt | Austria | 739.90 | 534.45 | 1274.35 | 29 |
5 | United States | 723.21 | 524.30 | 1247.51 | 34 | |
6 | Michael Carrington | United Kingdom | 704.55 | 537.25 | 1241.80 | 38 |
7 | Australia | 672.50 | 497.60 | 1170.10 | 51 | |
8 | Roger Wickson | Canada | 686.00 | 473.20 | 1159.20 | 55 |
9 | Per Cock-Clausen | Denmark | 652.98 | 443.45 | 1096.43 | 62 |
- Referee: Dr. Switzerland
- Assistant Referee: Netherlands
Judges:
- Fritz Kachler Austria
- Mr. Canada
- Mr. H. Meistrup Denmark
- Capt. Henry Graham Sharp United Kingdom
- Mr. Elemér Terták Hungary
- Dr. A. Huber Switzerland
- United States
Ladies[]
*: better placed due to the majority of the better placings
Rank | Name | Nation | Figures | Free | Total | Placings |
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1 | Álena Vrzáňová | Czechoslovakia | 790.65 | 568.51 | 1359.16 | 12 |
2 | Jeannette Altwegg | United Kingdom | 789.71 | 556.00 | 1345.71 | 18 |
3 | Yvonne Sherman | United States | 782.48 | 548.10 | 1330.58 | 23 |
4 | Suzanne Morrow | Canada | 766.38 | 553.35 | 1319.73 | 24 |
5 | Sonya Klopfer | United States | 734.18 | 560.93 | 1295.11 | 37* |
6 | Jacqueline du Bief | France | 741.53 | 560.93 | 1302.46 | 36 |
7 | Virginia Baxter | United States | 715.28 | 552.41 | 1267.69 | 54 |
8 | Jiřína Nekolová | Czechoslovakia | 755.18 | 491.98 | 1247.16 | 62 |
9 | Marlene Smith | Canada | 719.60 | 537.83 | 1257.43 | 64 |
10 | Barbara Wyatt | United Kingdom | 725.78 | 514.03 | 139.81 | 69 |
11 | United States | 707.70 | 525.11 | 1232.81 | 74 | |
12 | Dagmar Lerchova | Czechoslovakia | 714.93 | 499.56 | 1214.49 | 83 |
13 | Valda Osborn | United Kingdom | 704.78 | 496.18 | 1200.96 | 85 |
14 | United Kingdom | 689.15 | 501.31 | 1190.46 | 94 |
- Referee: Major Kenneth M. Beaumont United Kingdom
- Assistant Referee: Netherlands
Judges:
- Mr. A. Voordeckers Belgium
- Mr. Canada
- Dr. J. Hainz Czechoslovakia
- Mr. H. Meistrup Denmark
- France
- Major United Kingdom
- United States
Pairs[]
*: better placed due to the majority of the better placings
Rank | Name | Nation | Total | Placings |
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1 | Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | United States | 96.07 | 15 |
2 | Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | United Kingdom | 92.70 | 28.5 |
3 | Marianne Nagy / László Nagy | Hungary | 92.25 | 32 |
4 | / | Switzerland | 90.00 | 44.5 |
5 | / | Belgium | 89.43 | 48.5 |
6 | / | Austria | 88.08 | 61 |
7 | Marlene Smith / Donald Gilchrist | Canada | 87.07 | 63* |
8 | / | United Kingdom | 88.31 | 62 |
9 | / | Belgium | 88.42 | 64 |
10 | Irene Maguire / Walter Muehlbronner | United States | 84.26 | 82 |
11 | / | United Kingdom | 83.47 | 93.5 |
12 | Denise Favart / Jacques Favart | France | 77.73 | 108 |
- Referee: Walter S. Powell United States
Judges:
- Mr. Fritz Kachler Austria
- Mr. A. Voordeckers Belgium
- Mr. Canada
- Mr. H. Meistrup Denmark
- France
- Cap. United Kingdom
- Mr. Elemér Terták Hungary
- Dr. A. Huber Switzerland
- United States
Ice Dance (unofficial)[]
Rank | Name | Nation |
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1 | Lois Waring / Michael McGean | United States |
2 | / | United Kingdom |
3 | Irene Maguire / Walter Muehlbronner | United States |
References[]
- ^ "On To Oslo (1949-1952)". www.omagdigital.com.
Sources[]
- Result List provided by the ISU
Categories:
- World Figure Skating Championships
- 1950 in figure skating
- 1950 in English sport
- 1950 sports events in London
- International sports competitions in London
- International figure skating competitions hosted by the United Kingdom
- March 1950 sports events