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1939 World Figure Skating Championships

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1939 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 11–12 (men and pairs)
February 17–19 (ladies)
Season:1939
Location:Kingdom of Hungary Budapest, Hungary (men and pairs)
Czechoslovakia Prague, Czechoslovakia (ladies)
Champions
Men's singles:
United Kingdom Graham Sharp
Ladies' singles:
United Kingdom Megan Taylor
Pairs:
Nazi Germany Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier
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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 and pairs competitions took place from February 17 to 19 in Budapest, Hungary. Ladies' competitions took place from February 11 to 12 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

These World Figure Skating Championships were the last before World War II. The Austrian skaters Edi Rada, Emmy Puzinger, Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin, and the judge H. Deistler represented Germany. The former Austrian skater Herbert Alward represented Hungary.

Medal table

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  *   Host nations (Hungary, Czechoslovakia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain2114
2 Germany1023
3 Austria0101
 United States0101
Totals (4 entries)3339

Results

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Men

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Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom Graham Sharp 5
2 United Kingdom Freddie Tomlins 11
3 Nazi Germany Horst Faber 15
4 Austria Edi Rada 24
5 Kingdom of Hungary Herbert Alward 27
6 Kingdom of Hungary Elemér Terták 25
7 Kingdom of Hungary Kristóf Kállay 36
8 Nazi Germany Franz Loichinger 39
9 Denmark Per Cock-Clausen 43
10 Romania Max Bindea 52
11 Estonia Alfred Hirv 53

Judges:

Ladies

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Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom Megan Taylor 5
2 United States Hedy Stenuf 14
3 United Kingdom Daphne Walker 15
4 Nazi Germany Lydia Veicht 18
5 Czechoslovakia Eva Nyklová 27
6 Austria Emmy Putzinger 29
7 Austria Marta Musilek 37
8 United Kingdom Gladys Jagger 35
9 Norway Gerd Helland-Bjørnstad 52
10 Norway Anne-Marie Sæther 53
11 Switzerland Anita Wägeler 54
12 Norway Turid Helland-Bjørnstad 57
13 Sweden Britta Råhlén 52
14 France Jacqueline Bossoutrot 65
15 Czechoslovakia Zdeňka Porgesova 75

Judges:

Pairs

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Rank Name Places
1 Nazi Germany Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier 8
2 Austria Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin 13
3 Nazi Germany Inge Koch / Günther Noack 24
4 Kingdom of Hungary Piroska Szekrényessy / Attila Szekrényessy 32
5 United Kingdom Violet Cliff / Leslie Cliff 38
6 Switzerland Pierette Dubois / Paul Dubois 44.5
7 Kingdom of Hungary Nadine Szilassy / Ferenc Kertész 48
8 Kingdom of Hungary Erika Bass / Béla Barcza 51
9 Poland Stephanie Kalusz / Erwin Kalusz 62.5
10 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Silva Palme / Paul Schwab 64

Judges:

  • Kingdom of Yugoslavia E. Bedetto
  • Poland J. Kowalski
  • United Kingdom Ethel Muckelt
  • Nazi Germany P. Weiss
  • Switzerland A. Winkler
  • Netherlands C. Witt
  • Kingdom of Hungary O. Zöllner

Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU