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1929 World Figure Skating Championships

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1929 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Season:1929
Location:United Kingdom London, United Kingdom (men)
Kingdom of Hungary Budapest, Hungary (ladies and pairs)
Champions
Men's singles:
Sweden Gillis Grafström
Ladies' singles:
Norway Sonja Henie
Pairs:
Austria Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser
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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 March 4 to 5 in London, United Kingdom. Ladies' and pairs' competitions took place from February 2 to 3 in Budapest, Hungary.

Medal table

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  *   Host nations (Hungary, Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Austria1326
2 Norway1001
 Sweden1001
4 Hungary*0011
Totals (4 entries)3339

Results

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Men

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Rank Name Age Points Places
1 Sweden Gillis Grafström 35 353.15 6
2 Austria Karl Schäfer 19 346.50 10
3 Austria Ludwig Wrede 34 323.70 16
4 United Kingdom John Page 29 312.70 24
5 Austria Hugo Distler 25
6 Finland Markus Nikkanen 25 26
7 United Kingdom Ian Bowhill 26 32

Judges:

Ladies

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Medalwinners and 4th and 5th-place pictured.
Rank Name Age Points Places
1 Norway Sonja Henie 16 280.40 5
2 Austria Fritzi Burger 18 259.25 12
3 Austria Melitta Brunner 22 254.65 13
4 Austria Ilse Hornung 20 236.10 20
5 Austria Grete Kubitschek 26 216.65 26
6 Belgium Yvonne de Ligne-Geurts 19 208.50 29

Judges:

Pairs

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Rank Name Age Points Places
1 Austria Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser 25/27 11.25 6
2 Austria Melitta Brunner / Ludwig Wrede 21/34 10.75 13
3 Kingdom of Hungary Olga Orgonista / Sándor Szalay 27/35 10.30 18
4 Austria Gisela Hochhaltinger / Otto Preißecker /30 10.35 21.5
5 Kingdom of Hungary Emília Rotter / László Szollás 21/20 10.30 21.5
6 Czechoslovakia Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe /43 10.05 25
7 Germany Maria Schwendtbauer / Gustav Aichinger 8.30 35

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Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU