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1954 World Figure Skating Championships

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1954 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 16 – 19
Season:1954
Location:Norway Oslo, Norway
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Hayes Alan Jenkins
Ladies' singles:
West Germany Gundi Busch
Pairs:
Canada Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden
Ice dance:
United Kingdom Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy
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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 1954 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 16 to 19 in Oslo, Norway.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Norway)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1214
2 Great Britain1113
3 Canada1001
 West Germany1001
5 Switzerland0101
6 Austria0011
 France0011
Totals (7 entries)44412

Results

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Men

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Rank Name Places
1 United States Hayes Jenkins 5
2 United States James Grogan 12
3 France Alain Giletti 18
4 United States David Jenkins 20
5 United States Ronald Robertson 23
6 United Kingdom Michael Booker 35
7 Canada Charles Snelling 33
8 Canada Peter Dunfield 44
9 Austria Norbert Felsinger 43
10 Canada Douglas Court 45
11 France Alain Calmat 52

Judges:

Ladies

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Rank Name Places
1 West Germany Gundi Busch 9
2 United States Tenley Albright 12
3 United Kingdom Erica Batchelor 26
4 Canada Barbara Gratton 28
5 United States Frances Dorsey 45
6 United Kingdom Yvonne Sugden 52
7 Austria Hanna Eigel 55
8 Canada Yarmila Pachl 60
9 Canada Ann Johnston 62
10 Canada Sonja Currie 63
11 United States Margaret Graham 58
12 Austria Ingrid Wendl 89
13 West Germany Rosi Pettinger 88
14 West Germany Erika Rücker 100
15 United States Margaret Dean 104
16 United Kingdom Clema Cowley 108
17 Italy Fiorella Negro 113
18 Sweden Ally Lundström 130
19 Sweden Gun Ericson-Mothander 132
20 Norway Ingeborg Nilsson 136

Judges:

  • Italy Bruno Bonfiglio
  • West Germany F. Grimminger
  • Austria Franz Heinlein
  • Norway P. Reinertsen
  • Canada Melville Rogers
  • United States Harold G. Storke
  • United Kingdom J. Wilson

Pairs

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Rank Name Places
1 Canada Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden 9.5
2 Switzerland Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean 17.5
3 Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt 21
4 United States Carole Ormaca / Robin Greiner 30.5
5 United States Margaret Graham / Hugh Graham 41.5
6 West Germany Alice Zettel / Klaus Loichinger 45
7 West Germany Inge Minor / Hermann Braun 45
8 United Kingdom Jane Higson / Robert Hudson 46
9 Sweden Britta Lindmark / Ulf Berendt 62
10 Norway Bjørg Skjælaaen / Johannes Thorsen 67

Judges:

  • United Kingdom Pamela Davis
  • West Germany F. Grimminger
  • Austria Hans Grünauer
  • Sweden B. Holmberg
  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • Canada Melville Rogers
  • United States Harold G. Storke

Ice dance

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Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy 5
2 United Kingdom Nesta Davies / Paul Thomas 14
3 United States Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel 18
4 United Kingdom Barbara Radford / Raymond Lockwood 20
5 United States Virginia Hoyns / Donald Jacoby 23
6 United States Phyllis Forney / Martin Forney 25
7 Austria Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera 35

Judges:

  • United Kingdom Pamela Davis
  • United States M. Drake
  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • Austria Hans Meixner
  • France Henri Meudec

Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU