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1948 World Figure Skating Championships

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

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Switzerland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada1012
2 Belgium1001
 United States1001
4 Hungary0112
5 Austria0101
 Switzerland*0101
7 Czechoslovakia0011
Totals (7 entries)3339

Results

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Men

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

Judges:

Ladies

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

Judges:

Pairs

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

Judges:

Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU