1950 World Figure Skating Championships

1950 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	March 6 – 8
Season:	1950
Location:	Wembley, UK
Venue:	Wembley Arena
Champions
Men's singles: Richard Button
Ladies' singles: Alena Vrzanova
Pair skating: Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy
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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 on March 6 to 8 in Wembley, United Kingdom.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Figures	Free	Total	Placings
1	Dick Button	United States	824.71	594.76	1419.47	7
2	Ede Király	Hungary	778.86	566.06	1344.92	14
3	Hayes Alan Jenkins	United States	728.93	549.03	1277.96	25
4	Helmut Seibt	Austria	739.90	534.45	1274.35	29
5	Austin Holt	United States	723.21	524.30	1247.51	34
6	Michael Carrington	United Kingdom	704.55	537.25	1241.80	38
7	Reg Park	Australia	672.50	497.60	1170.10	51
8	Roger Wickson	Canada	686.00	473.20	1159.20	55
9	Per Cock-Clausen	Denmark	652.98	443.45	1096.43	62

• Referee: Dr. James Koch   Switzerland
• Assistant Referee: Gustavus F. C. Witt  Netherlands

Judges:

• Fritz Kachler  Austria
• Mr. Norman V. S. Gregory  Canada
• Mr. H. Meistrup  Denmark
• Capt. Henry Graham Sharp  United Kingdom
• Mr. Elemér Terták  Hungary
• Dr. A. Huber   Switzerland
• Harold G. Storke  United States

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Figures	Free	Total	Placings
1	Álena Vrzáňová	Czechoslovakia	790.65	568.51	1359.16	12
2	Jeannette Altwegg	United Kingdom	789.71	556.00	1345.71	18
3	Yvonne Sherman	United States	782.48	548.10	1330.58	23
4	Suzanne Morrow	Canada	766.38	553.35	1319.73	24
5	Sonya Klopfer	United States	734.18	560.93	1295.11	*37
6	Jacqueline du Bief	France	741.53	560.93	1302.46	36
7	Virginia Baxter	United States	715.28	552.41	1267.69	54
8	Jiřína Nekolová	Czechoslovakia	755.18	491.98	1247.16	62
9	Marlene Smith	Canada	719.60	537.83	1257.43	64
10	Barbara Watt	United Kingdom	725.78	514.03	139.81	69
11	Andra McLauchlin	United States	707.70	525.11	1232.81	74
12	Dagmar Lerchova	Czechoslovakia	714.93	499.56	1214.49	83
13	Valda Osborn	United Kingdom	704.78	496.18	1200.96	85
14	Beryl Bailey	United Kingdom	689.15	501.31	1190.46	94

Remark: * better placed due to the majority of the better placings

• Referee: Major Kenneth M. Beaumont  United Kingdom
• Assistant Referee: Gustavus F. C. Witt  Netherlands

Judges:

• Mr. A. Voordeckers  Belgium
• Mr. Norman V. S. Gregory  Canada
• Dr. J. Hainz  Czechoslovakia
• Mr. H. Meistrup  Denmark
• Georges Torchon  France
• Major Geoffrey S. Yates  United Kingdom
• Harold G. Storke  United States

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total	Placings
1	Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy	United States	96.07	15
2	Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks	United Kingdom	92.70	28.5
3	Marianne Nagy / László Nagy	Hungary	92.25	32
4	Elianne Steineman / André Calamé	Switzerland	90.00	44.5
5	Suzanne Gheldorf / Jacques Rénard	Belgium	89.43	48.5
6	Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis	Austria	88.08	61
7	Marlene Smith / Donald Gilchrist	Canada	87.07	*63
8	Joan Waterhouse / Gordon Holloway	United Kingdom	88.31	62
9	Liliane de Becker / Edmund Verbustel	Belgium	88.42	64
10	Irene Maguire / Walter Muehlbronner	United States	84.26	82
11	Sybil Cooke / Bob Hudson	United Kingdom	83.47	93.5
12	Denise Favart / Jacques Favart	France	77.73	108

Remark: * better placed due to the majority of the better placings

• Referee: Walter S. Powell  United States

Judges:

• Mr. Fritz Kachler  Austria
• Mr. A. Voordeckers  Belgium
• Mr. Norman V. S. Gregory  Canada
• Mr. H. Meistrup  Denmark
• Georges Torchon  France
• Cap. Ernest H. C. Yates  United Kingdom
• Mr. Elemér Terták  Hungary
• Dr. A. Huber   Switzerland
• Harold G. Storke  United States

Sources

• Result List provided by the ISU