1948 World Figure Skating Championships

1948 World Figure Skating Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Date: February 11 – 15
Season: 1948
Location: Davos, Switzerland
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Richard Button
Ladies' singles:
Canada Barbara Ann Scott
Pair skating:
Belgium Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet
Previous:
1947 World Championships
Next:
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.

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Dick Button  United States 11
2 Hans Gerschwiler   Switzerland 19
3 Ede Király  Hungary 28
4 John Lettengarver  United States 32
5 James Grogan  United States 52
6 Graham Sharp  United Kingdom 53
7 Helmut Seibt  Austria 76
8 Hellmuth May  Austria 79
9 Wallace Diestelmeyer  Canada 85
10 Ladislav Čáp  Czechoslovakia 84
11 Fernand Leemans  Belgium 80
12 Zdeněk Fikar  Czechoslovakia 105
13 Per Cock-Clausen  Denmark 115
WD Edi Rada  Austria

Judges:

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Barbara Ann Scott  Canada 11
2 Eva Pawlik  Austria 25
3 Jiřína Nekolová  Czechoslovakia 32
4 Jeanette Altwegg  United Kingdom 36
5 Alena Vrzáňová  Czechoslovakia 39
6 Yvonne Sherman  United States 71
7 Marta Bachem-Musilek  Austria 81
8 Bridget Shirley Adams  United Kingdom 83
9 Andrea Kékesy  Hungary 93
10 Dagmar Lerchova  Czechoslovakia 109
11 Marika Saáry  Hungary 102
12 Marilyn Ruth Take  Canada 97
13 Suzanne Morrow  Canada 107
14 Maja Hug   Switzerland 124
15 Marion Davies  United Kingdom 113
16 Barbara Wyatt  United Kingdom 135
17 Beryl Bailey  United Kingdom 141
18 Jacqueline du Bief  France 149
19 Jill Hood-Linzee  United Kingdom 163
20 Lotti Höner   Switzerland 179

Judges:

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet  Belgium 13.5
2 Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király  Hungary 24.5
3 Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer  Canada 26
4 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy  United States 38.5
5 Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning  United States 45
6 Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne  United Kingdom 51.5
7 Marianne Nagy / László Nagy  Hungary 72
8 Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks  United Kingdom 80.5
9 Blažena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka  Czechoslovakia 86.5
10 Luny Kuster-Unold / Hans Unold   Switzerland 91
11 Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer  Austria 92
12 Joan Oglivie-Thompson / Robert Thompson  United Kingdom 95
13 Susi Giebsch / Helmut Seibt  Austria 104
14 Elianne Steinemann / André Calame   Switzerland 125
WD Denise Favart / Jacques Favart  France

Judges:

Sources

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