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1928 World Figure Skating Championships

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1928 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Season:1928
Location:Germany Berlin, Germany (men)
United Kingdom London, United Kingdom (ladies and pairs)
Venue:Sportpalast (men)
Champions
Men's singles:
Austria Willy Böckl
Ladies' singles:
Norway Sonja Henie
Pairs:
France Andrée Joly / Pierre Brunet
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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. Men's competitions took place from February 25 to 26 in Berlin, Germany. Ladies' and pairs' competitions took place from March 5 to 6 in London, United Kingdom.

Medal table

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  *   Host nations (Germany, Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Austria1236
2 France1001
 Norway1001
4 United States0101
Totals (4 entries)3339

Results

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Men

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Rank Name Places
1 Austria Willy Böckl 5.5
2 Austria Karl Schäfer 11.5
3 Austria Hugo Distler 22
4 United Kingdom John Page 25
5 United States Roger Turner 26
6 Austria Ludwig Wrede 27
7 Canada Montgomery Wilson 29
8 Germany Paul Franke 35
9 Canada Jack Eastwood 44
10 United States Nathaniel Niles 50

Judges:

Ladies

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Rank Name Places
1 Norway Sonja Henie 6
2 United States Maribel Vinson 13
3 Austria Fritzi Burger 15
4 Canada Constance Wilson 18
5 Austria Melitta Brunner 23
6 United Kingdom Kathleen Shaw 30

Judges:

Pairs

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Rank Name Places
1 France Andrée Joly / Pierre Brunet 7
2 Austria Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser 8
3 Austria Melitta Brunner / Ludwig Wrede 18
4 United Kingdom Ethel Muckelt / John Page 18
5 United States Beatrix Loughran / Sherwin Badger 25
6 Canada Maude Smith / Jack Eastwood 33.5
7 United States Theresa Weld / Nathaniel Niles 35
8 United Kingdom Kathleen Lovett / Proctor Burman 35.5

Judges:

Sources

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  • Result list provided by the ISU