1939 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1939 May 2026 1939 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship February 11–12 (men and pairs) February 17–19 (ladies) 1939 Kingdom of Hungary Budapest, Hungary (men and pairs) Czechoslovakia Prague, Czechoslovakia (ladies) UK Graham Sharp UK Megan Taylor Nazi Germany Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier 1938 World Championships 1947 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. Men and pairs competitions took place from February 17 to 19 in Budapest, Hungary. Ladies' competitions took place from February 11 to 12 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. These World Figure Skating Championships were the last before World War II. The Austrian skaters Edi Rada, Emmy Puzinger, Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin, and the judge H. Deistler represented Germany. The former Austrian skater Herbert Alward represented Hungary. Results Men Rank Name Places 1 UK Graham Sharp 5 2 UK Freddie Tomlins 11 3 Nazi Germany Horst Faber 15 4 Austria 1938 Edi Rada 24 5 Kingdom of Hungary Herbert Alward 27 6 Kingdom of Hungary Elemér Terták 25 7 Kingdom of Hungary Kristóf Kállay 36 8 Nazi Germany Franz Loichinger 39 9 Denmark Per Cock-Clausen 43 10 Romania Max Bindea 52 11 Estonia Alfred Hirv 53 Judges: UK Herbert Clarke Poland 1928 J. Kowalski Nazi Germany Fritz Schober Kingdom of Hungary Andor Szende Switzerland A. Winkler Ladies Rank Name Places 1 UK Megan Taylor 5 2 US 1912 Hedy Stenuf 14 3 UK Daphne Walker 15 4 Nazi Germany Lydia Veicht 18 5 Czechoslovakia Eva Nyklová 27 6 Austria 1938 Emmy Putzinger 29 7 Austria 1938 Marta Musilek 37 8 UK Gladys Jagger 35 9 Norway Gerd Helland-Bjørnstad 52 10 Norway Anne-Marie Sæther 53 11 Switzerland Anita Wägeler 54 12 Norway Turid Helland-Bjørnstad 57 13 Sweden Britta Råhlén 52 14 France Jacqueline Bossoutrot 65 15 Czechoslovakia Zdeňka Porgesova 75 Judges: UK Herbert Clarke Austria 1938 H. Deistler Czechoslovakia J. Hainz Switzerland A. Huber France Charles Sabouret Pairs Rank Name Places 1 Nazi Germany Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier 8 2 Austria 1938 Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin 13 3 Nazi Germany Inge Koch / Günther Noack 24 4 Kingdom of Hungary Piroska Szekrényessy / Attila Szekrényessy 32 5 UK Violet Cliff / Leslie Cliff 38 6 Switzerland Pierette Dubois / Paul Dubois 44.5 7 Kingdom of Hungary Nadine Szilassy / Ferenc Kertész 48 8 Kingdom of Hungary Erika Bass / Béla Barcza 51 9 Poland 1928 Stephanie Kalusz / Erwin Kalusz 62.5 10 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Silva Palme / Paul Schwab 64 Judges: Kingdom of Yugoslavia E. Bedetto Poland J. Kowalski UK Ethel Muckelt Nazi Germany P. Weiss Switzerland A. Winkler Netherlands C. Witt Kingdom of Hungary O. Zöllner Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Czechoslovakia Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Hungary Category:1939 in Hungarian sport Category:1930s in Budapest Category:1930s in Prague Category:February 1939 sports events in Europe