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: Richard Button | |
Ladies' singles: Jeannette Altwegg | |
Pair skating: Ria Baran / Paul Falk | |
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 | United States | 104.38 | 79.33 | 183.71 | 7 |
2 | James Grogan | United States | 93.11 | 77.58 | 170.69 | 17 |
3 | Helmut Seibt | Austria | 94.08 | 74.78 | 168.86 | 22 |
4 | Hayes Alan Jenkins | United States | 90.80 | 77.35 | 168.15 | 25 |
5 | Dudley Richards | United States | 85.63 | 70.93 | 156.56 | 38 |
6 | Carlo Fassi | Italy | 84.45 | 72.22 | 156.67 | 41 |
7 | Don Laws | United States | 81.92 | 68.60 | 150.52 | 48 |
8 | Michael Carrington | United Kingdom | 83.88 | 64.05 | 147.93 | 54 |
9 | William Lewis | Canada | 76.63 | 56.35 | 132.98 | 67 |
10 | Freimut Stein | West Germany | 74.00 | 58.10 | 132.10 | 69 |
11 | Japan | 73.30 | 56.10 | 129.40 | 74 |
Judges:
- Donald H. Gilchrist Canada
- Switzerland
- Mollie Phillips United Kingdom
- Walter S. Powell United States
- Austria
- W. Schilling West Germany
- 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 | United Kingdom | 114.73 | 77.99 | 192.72 | 8 |
2 | Jacqueline du Bief | France | 106.67 | 82.00 | 188.67 | 14 |
3 | Sonya Klopfer | United States | 104.90 | 80.79 | 185.69 | 23 |
4 | Suzanne Morrow | Canada | 105.67 | 78.96 | 184.63 | 29 |
5 | Barbara Wyatt | United Kingdom | 104.67 | 74.58 | 179.25 | 42 |
6 | Tenley Albright | United States | 99.25 | 79.81 | 179.06 | 43 |
7 | United States | 100.43 | 77.87 | 178.30 | 47 | |
8 | United States | 100.10 | 76.89 | 176.99 | 53 | |
9 | Valda Osborn | United Kingdom | 98.03 | 76.41 | 174.44 | 56 |
10 | Gundi Busch | West Germany | 88.67 | 76.28 | 164.95 | 83 |
11 | Frances Dorsey | United States | 91.70 | 73.12 | 164.82 | 85 |
12 | Helga Dudzinski | West Germany | 87.62 | 75.31 | 162.93 | 89* |
13 | Canada | 91.88 | 70.93 | 162.81 | 89* | |
14 | Erika Kraft | West Germany | 88.63 | 74.70 | 163.33 | 87 |
15 | Susi Wirz | Switzerland | 91.47 | 69.59 | 161.06 | 94 |
16 | Austria | 84.82 | 66.92 | 151.74 | 116 | |
17 | Yolande Jobin | Switzerland | 85.88 | 64.00 | 149.88 | 118 |
18 | Switzerland | 85.70 | 59.98 | 145.68 | 129 | |
19 | Yvonne Sugden | United Kingdom | 80.30 | 65.21 | 145.51 | 131 |
20 | Inge Jell | West Germany | 74.85 | 62.05 | 136.90 | 141 |
21 | Etsuko Inada | Japan | 81.29 | 54.02 | 135.31 | 144 |
22 | Alida Elisabeth Stoppelman | Netherlands | 77.56 | 53.70 | 131.26 | 150 |
23 | Austria | 70.45 | 47.33 | 117.78 | 161 |
Judges:
- United Kingdom
- Switzerland
- Donald H. Gilchrist Canada
- Austria
- O. Maly West Germany
- United States
- France
Pairs[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Total | Placings |
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1 | Ria Baran / Paul Falk | West Germany | 10.89 | 10 |
2 | Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | United States | 10.85 | 11.5 |
3 | Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | United Kingdom | 10.51 | 20.5 |
4 | / | Switzerland | 10.07 | 35 |
5 | Inge Minor / Hermann Braun | West Germany | 9.92 | 40 |
6 | / | West Germany | 9.81 | 45 |
7 | Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean | Switzerland | 9.48 | 50 |
8 | Janet Gerhauser / John Nightingale | United States | 9.46 | 53 |
9 | / | Yugoslavia | 9.19 | 65 |
10 | / | Austria | 8.96 | 65 |
11 | / | United States | 8.99 | 68 |
12 | / | United Kingdom | 7.94 | 83 |
Judges:
- 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 | United Kingdom |
2 | Joan Dewhirst / John Slater | United Kingdom |
3 | Lois Waring / Michael McGean | United States |
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