1951 World Figure Skating Championships
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1951 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | February 23 – 25 |
Season: | 1951 |
Location: | Milan, Italy |
Venue: | Palazzo del Ghiaccio |
Champions | |
Men's singles: ![]() | |
Ladies' singles: ![]() | |
Pair skating: ![]() | |
Previous: 1950 World Championships | |
Next: 1952 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 1951 championships took place on February 23–25 in Milan, Italy. It was the first year after World War II that athletes from Germany and Japan were allowed to participate in international sport competition as this World Figure Skating Championships.[clarification needed]
Results[]
Men[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Figures | Free | Total | Placings |
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1 | Dick Button | ![]() |
104.38 | 79.33 | 183.71 | 7 |
2 | James Grogan | ![]() |
93.11 | 77.58 | 170.69 | 17 |
3 | Helmut Seibt | ![]() |
94.08 | 74.78 | 168.86 | 22 |
4 | Hayes Alan Jenkins | ![]() |
90.80 | 77.35 | 168.15 | 25 |
5 | Dudley Richards | ![]() |
85.63 | 70.93 | 156.56 | 38 |
6 | Carlo Fassi | ![]() |
84.45 | 72.22 | 156.67 | 41 |
7 | Don Laws | ![]() |
81.92 | 68.60 | 150.52 | 48 |
8 | Michael Carrington | ![]() |
83.88 | 64.05 | 147.93 | 54 |
9 | William Lewis | ![]() |
76.63 | 56.35 | 132.98 | 67 |
10 | Freimut Stein | ![]() |
74.00 | 58.10 | 132.10 | 69 |
11 | ![]() |
73.30 | 56.10 | 129.40 | 74 |
Judges:
- Donald H. Gilchrist
Canada
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Switzerland
- Mollie Phillips
United Kingdom
- Walter S. Powell
United States
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Austria
- W. Schilling
West Germany
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Italy
Ladies[]
*: better placed due to the majority of the better placings
Rank | Name | Nation | Figures | Free | Total | Placings |
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1 | Jeannette Altwegg | ![]() |
114.73 | 77.99 | 192.72 | 8 |
2 | Jacqueline du Bief | ![]() |
106.67 | 82.00 | 188.67 | 14 |
3 | Sonya Klopfer | ![]() |
104.90 | 80.79 | 185.69 | 23 |
4 | Suzanne Morrow | ![]() |
105.67 | 78.96 | 184.63 | 29 |
5 | Barbara Wyatt | ![]() |
104.67 | 74.58 | 179.25 | 42 |
6 | Tenley Albright | ![]() |
99.25 | 79.81 | 179.06 | 43 |
7 | ![]() |
100.43 | 77.87 | 178.30 | 47 | |
8 | ![]() |
100.10 | 76.89 | 176.99 | 53 | |
9 | Valda Osborn | ![]() |
98.03 | 76.41 | 174.44 | 56 |
10 | Gundi Busch | ![]() |
88.67 | 76.28 | 164.95 | 83 |
11 | Frances Dorsey | ![]() |
91.70 | 73.12 | 164.82 | 85 |
12 | Helga Dudzinski | ![]() |
87.62 | 75.31 | 162.93 | 89* |
13 | ![]() |
91.88 | 70.93 | 162.81 | 89* | |
14 | Erika Kraft | ![]() |
88.63 | 74.70 | 163.33 | 87 |
15 | Susi Wirz | ![]() |
91.47 | 69.59 | 161.06 | 94 |
16 | ![]() |
84.82 | 66.92 | 151.74 | 116 | |
17 | Yolande Jobin | ![]() |
85.88 | 64.00 | 149.88 | 118 |
18 | ![]() |
85.70 | 59.98 | 145.68 | 129 | |
19 | Yvonne Sugden | ![]() |
80.30 | 65.21 | 145.51 | 131 |
20 | Inge Jell | ![]() |
74.85 | 62.05 | 136.90 | 141 |
21 | Etsuko Inada | ![]() |
81.29 | 54.02 | 135.31 | 144 |
22 | Alida Elisabeth Stoppelman | ![]() |
77.56 | 53.70 | 131.26 | 150 |
23 | ![]() |
70.45 | 47.33 | 117.78 | 161 |
Judges:
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United Kingdom
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Switzerland
- Donald H. Gilchrist
Canada
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Austria
- O. Maly
West Germany
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United States
-
France
Pairs[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Total | Placings |
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1 | Ria Baran / Paul Falk | ![]() |
10.89 | 10 |
2 | Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | ![]() |
10.85 | 11.5 |
3 | Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | ![]() |
10.51 | 20.5 |
4 | / | ![]() |
10.07 | 35 |
5 | Inge Minor / Hermann Braun | ![]() |
9.92 | 40 |
6 | / | ![]() |
9.81 | 45 |
7 | Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean | ![]() |
9.48 | 50 |
8 | Janet Gerhauser / John Nightingale | ![]() |
9.46 | 53 |
9 | / | ![]() |
9.19 | 65 |
10 | / | ![]() |
8.96 | 65 |
11 | / | ![]() |
8.99 | 68 |
12 | / | ![]() |
7.94 | 83 |
Judges:
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Italy
- Donald H. Gilchrist
Canada
-
Switzerland
-
Austria
- Mollie Phillips
United Kingdom
- W. Schilling
West Germany
-
United States
Ice Dance (unofficial)[]
Rank | Name | Nation |
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1 | Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy | ![]() |
2 | Joan Dewhirst / John Slater | ![]() |
3 | Lois Waring / Michael McGean | ![]() |
References[]
Sources[]
- Result list provided by the ISU
Categories:
- World Figure Skating Championships
- 1951 in figure skating
- International figure skating competitions hosted by Italy
- Sports competitions in Milan
- 1950s in Milan
- February 1951 sports events