1948 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1948 August 2026 1948 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship February 11 15 1948 Switzerland Davos, SwitzerlandLadies 1930-1949 http://www.eskatefans.com/skatabase/worldladies1930.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100309230742/http://www.eskatefans.com/skatabase/worldladies1930.html March 9, 2010 US 1912 Richard Button CAN 1921 Barbara Ann Scott Belgium Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet 1947 World Championships 1949 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 1948 competitions for men, ladies, and pair skating took place from February 11 to 15 in Davos, Switzerland. These were the second World Figure Skating Championships after World War II. Skaters from Germany and Japan were still not allowed to compete. Medal table SWI flagcountry 1 0 0 US 1912 0 1 0 yes 0 1 1 HUN 1946 1 0 1 CAN 1921 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Results Men Rank Name Places 1 US 1912 Dick Button 11 2 Switzerland Hans Gerschwiler 19 3 Hungary 1946 Ede Király 28 4 US 1912 John Lettengarver 32 5 US 1912 James Grogan 52 6 UK Graham Sharp 53 7 Austria Helmut Seibt 76 8 Austria Hellmuth May 79 9 Canada 1921 Wallace Diestelmeyer 85 10 Czechoslovakia Vladislav Čáp 84 11 Belgium Fernand Leemans 80 12 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Fikar 105 13 Denmark Per Cock-Clausen 115 WD Austria Edi Rada DNS Judges: Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer Czechoslovakia Vladimir Koudelka UK Hubert Martineau Denmark Harry Meistrup Canada 1921 Melville Rogers Austria Adolf Rosdol US 1912 Harold G. Stroke Hungary 1946 Marcell Vadas Belgium A. Voordeckers Ladies Rank Name Places 1 Canada 1921 Barbara Ann Scott 11 2 Austria Eva Pawlik 25 3 Czechoslovakia Jiřína Nekolová 32 4 UK Jeanette Altwegg 36 5 Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzáňová 39 6 US 1912 Yvonne Sherman 71 7 Austria Marta Bachem-Musilek 81 8 UK Bridget Adams 83 9 Hungary 1946 Andrea Kékesy 93 10 Czechoslovakia Dagmar Lerchová 109 11 Hungary 1946 Mária Saáry 102 12 Canada 1921 Marilyn Take 97 13 Canada 1921 Suzanne Morrow 107 14 Switzerland Maja Hug 124 15 UK Marion Davies 113 16 UK Barbara Wyatt 135 17 UK Beryl Bailey 141 18 France Jacqueline du Bief 149 19 UK Jill Hood-Linzee 163 20 Switzerland Lotti Höner 179 Judges: UK Kenneth Beaumont US 1912 Bernard Fox Denmark Harry Meistrup Austria Hans Meixner Canada 1921 Melville Rogers Hungary 1946 Elemér Terták France Georges Torchon Switzerland A. Winkler Czechoslovakia K. Zemek Pairs Rank Name Places 1 Belgium Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet 13.5 2 Hungary 1946 Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király 24.5 3 Canada 1921 Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer 26 4 US 1912 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy 38.5 5 US 1912 Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning 45 6 UK Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne 51.5 7 Hungary 1946 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy 72 8 UK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks 80.5 9 Czechoslovakia Blažena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka 86.5 10 Switzerland Luny Unold / Hans Kuster 91 11 Austria Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer 92 12 UK Joan Oglivie-Thompson / Robert Thompson 95 13 Austria Susi Giebisch / Helmut Seibt 104 14 Switzerland Eliane Steinemann / André Calame 125 WD France Denise Favart / Jacques Favart DNS Judges: Austria Rudolf Kaler Switzerland James Koch Czechoslovakia Vladimir Koudelka UK Mollie Phillips Canada 1921 Melville Rogers US 1912 Harold G. Storke France Georges Torchon Hungary 1946 Marcell Vadas Belgium A. Voordeckers References Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Switzerland Category:Sport in Davos World Figure Skating Championships