1950 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1950 April 2020 1950 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship 6 8 March 1950 UK Wembley, UK Wembley Arena US 1912 Richard Button Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzanova US 1912 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy 1949 World Championships 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 from 6 to 8 March in Wembley, United Kingdom. Results Men Rank Name CF FS Total Places 1 US 1912 Dick Button 824.71 594.76 1419.47 7 2 Hungary 1949 Ede Király 778.86 566.06 1344.92 14 3 US 1912 Hayes Alan Jenkins 728.93 549.03 1277.96 25 4 Austria Helmut Seibt 739.90 534.45 1274.35 29 5 US 1912 Austin Holt 723.21 524.30 1247.51 34 6 UK Michael Carrington 704.55 537.25 1241.80 38 7 Australia Reg Park 672.50 497.60 1170.10 51 8 Canada 1921 Roger Wickson 686.00 473.20 1159.20 55 9 Denmark Per Cock-Clausen 652.98 443.45 1096.43 62 Referee: Switzerland James Koch Assistant Referee: Netherlands Gustavus F. C. Witt Judges: Canada 1921 Norman V. S. Gregory Switzerland A. Huber Austria Fritz Kachler Denmark Harry Meistrup UK Graham Sharp US 1912 Harold G. Storke Hungary 1949 Elemér Terták Ladies Rank Name CF FS Total Places 1 Czechoslovakia Álena Vrzáňová 790.65 568.51 1359.16 12 2 UK Jeannette Altwegg 789.71 556.00 1345.71 18 3 US 1912 Yvonne Sherman 782.48 548.10 1330.58 23 4 Canada 1921 Suzanne Morrow 766.38 553.35 1319.73 24 5 US 1912 Sonya Klopfer 734.18 560.93 1295.11 37* 6 France Jacqueline du Bief 741.53 560.93 1302.46 36 7 US 1912 Virginia Baxter 715.28 552.41 1267.69 54 8 Czechoslovakia Jiřina Nekolová 755.18 491.98 1247.16 62 9 Canada 1921 Marlene Smith 719.60 537.83 1257.43 64 10 UK Barbara Wyatt 725.78 514.03 139.81 69 11 US 1912 Andra McLaughlin 707.70 525.11 1232.81 74 12 Czechoslovakia Dagmar Lerchová 714.93 499.56 1214.49 83 13 UK Valda Osborn 704.78 496.18 1200.96 85 14 UK Beryl Bailey 689.15 501.31 1190.46 94 *: better placed due to the majority of the better placings Referee: UK Kenneth Beaumont Assistant Referee: Netherlands Gustavus F. C. Witt Judges: Canada 1921 Norman V. S. Gregory Czechoslovakia J. Hainz Denmark Harry Meistrup US 1912 Harold G. Storke France Georges Torchon Belgium A. Voordeckers UK Geoffrey Yates Pairs Rank Name Total Places 1 US 1912 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy 96.07 15 2 UK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks 92.70 28.5 3 Hungary 1949 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy 92.25 32 4 Switzerland Eliane Steinemann / André Calame 90.00 44.5 5 Belgium Suzanne Gheldorf / Jacques Rénard 89.43 48.5 6 Austria Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis 88.08 61 7 Canada 1921 Marlene Smith / Donald Gilchrist 87.07 63* 8 UK Joan Waterhouse / Gordon Holloway 88.31 62 9 Belgium Liliane de Becker / Edmond Verbustel 88.42 64 10 US 1912 Irene Maguire / Walter Mühlbronner 84.26 82 11 UK Sybil Cooke / Robert Hudson 83.47 93.5 12 France Denise Favart / Jacques Favart 77.73 108 *: better placed due to the majority of the better placings Referee: US 1912 Walter Powell Judges: Canada 1921 Norman V. S. Gregory Switzerland A. Huber Austria Fritz Kachler Denmark Harry Meistrup US 1912 Harold G. Storke Hungary 1949 Elemér Terták France Georges Torchon Belgium A. Voordeckers UK Ernest Yates Ice Dance (unofficial) Rank Name Places 1 US 1912 Lois Waring / Michael McGean 2 UK Sybil Cooke / Robert Hudson 3 US 1912 Irene Maguire / Walter Mühlbronner http://www.omagdigital.com/article/On+To+Oslo+%281949-1952%29/3087426/496705/article.html On To Oslo (1949-1952) www.omagdigital.comNovember 2025 medicmedic References Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships, 1950 World Figure Skating Championships, 1950 Category:International sports competitions in London Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by the United Kingdom World Figure Skating Championships