1949 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1949November 2023 1949 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship 16 18 February 1949 1949 France Paris, France US 1912 Dick Button Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzáňová Hungary 1946 Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király 1948 World Championships 1950 World Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which amateur figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The 1949 championships took place from 16 to 18 February 1949 in Paris, France. At the men's event, the favorite, Dick Button won. At the women's event, however, the favorite, Eva Pawlik of Austria, who had been the Olympic runner-up behind Barbara Ann Scott one year before and who had just won the European title in 1949, dropped out because of a broken boot heel just before the free program.Figure skating: "Favored to win, Eva Pawlik was forced to withdraw", in: Life Magazine, 14.3.1949Susan D. Russell, "Eva Pawlik and Rudi Seeliger", In: International Figure Skating Magazine, Jan/Feb 2008Matthias Hampe, The genesis of figure skating. Doctoral thesis at the Potsdam University 2010, page 218Kelli Lawrence, Skating On Air. McFarland & Company. Jefferson (North Carolina) and London 2011. Chapter "Eva Pawlik - more than an overseas footnote", page 22. 978-0-7864-4608-7 which provided Alena Vrzáňová of Czechoslovakia with the opportunity to win the gold medal. She became the first woman to perform a double lutz. Medal table FRA flagcountry 1 2 1 USA 1912 1 1 0 HUN 1946 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Results Men Rank Name Places 1 US 1912 Dick Button 5 2 Hungary 1946 Ede Király 12 3 Austria Edi Rada 13 4 US 1912 James Grogan 23 5 Austria Helmut Seibt 26 6 US 1912 Hayes Alan Jenkins 29 7 US 1912 Austin Holt 34 8 Italy Carlo Fassi 38 9 Denmark Per Cock-Clausen 45 10 France Jean Vives 50 Judges: Hungary 1946 Ferenc Kertész Austria Edwin Kucharz Denmark Harry Meistrup US 1912 Harold G. Storke Italy Mario Verdi Ladies Rank Name Places 1 Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzáňová 7 2 US 1912 Yvonne Sherman 17 3 UK Jeannette Altwegg 18 4 Czechoslovakia Jiřina Nekolová 44.5 5 UK Bridget Adams 46 6 US 1912 Andra McLaughlin 48 7 US 1912 Virginia Baxter 53 8 Czechoslovakia Dagmar Lerchová 55 9 France Jacqueline du Bief 67 10 UK Barbara Wyatt 68.5 11 US 1912 Helen Uhl 71 12 UK Valda Osborn 73 13 UK Beryl Bailey 82 14 Austria Lilly Fuchs 85 15 France Liliane Madaule 105 Judges: UK Kenneth Beaumont Hungary 1946 Ferenc Kertész Switzerland James Koch Austria Adolf Rosdol US 1912 Harold G. Storke France Georges Torchon Czechoslovakia Josef Vosolsobě Pairs Rank Name Places 1 Hungary 1946 Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király 7 2 US 1912 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy 14.5 3 US 1912 Ann Davies / Carleton Hoffner 31.5 4 Hungary 1946 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy 33 5 Austria Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer 35.5* 6 UK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks 35.5 7 Czechoslovakia Běla Zachova / Jaroslav Zach 49.5 8 Switzerland Eliane Steinemann / André Calame 56.5 9 Austria Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis 56.5* 10 France Denise Favart / Jacques Favart 63 11 Belgium Suzanne Gheldorf / Jacques Rénard 75 12 UK Pamela Davis / Peter Scholes 78.5 *Better placed due to the majority of the better places Judges: Switzerland Emile Finsterwald Hungary 1946 Ferenc Kertész UK Mollie Phillips Austria Adolf Rosdol US 1912 Harold G. Storke France Georges Torchon Czechoslovakia Josef Vosolsobě References https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/03/brian-orser-hea.html Brian Orser heads list of World Figure Skating Hall of Fame inductees Helene Elliott Los Angeles Times March 13, 2009 November 8, 2011 Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by France World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships Category:International sports competitions in Paris