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.
| 1927 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Season: | 1927 |
| Location: |  Davos, Switzerland (men)  Oslo, Norway (ladies)  Vienna, Austria (pairs) |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Willy Böckl | |
| Ladies' singles: Sonja Henie | |
| Pairs: Herma Szabo / Ludwig Wrede | |
| Previous: 1926 World Championships | |
| Next: 1928 World Championships | |
Men's competitions took place from February 5th to 6th in Davos, Switzerland. Ladies' competitions took place from February 19th to 20th in Oslo, Norway. Pairs' competitions took place from February 22nd to 23rd in Vienna, Austria.
Medal table edit
* Host nations (Austria, Norway)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria* | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Norway* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Results edit
Men edit
| Rank | Name | Places |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willy Böckl |
11 |
| 2 | Otto Preißecker |
15 |
| 3 | Karl Schäfer |
24 |
| 4 | Georges Gautschi |
26 |
| 5 |  John Page |
30 |
| 6 | Ludwig Wrede |
42 |
| 7 |  Herbert Haertel |
48 |
| 8 |  Jean Henrion |
56 |
Judges:
Kurt Dannenberg
Eduard Engelmann- Josef Fellner
- Fritz Kachler
J. G. Künzli
Thomas Richardson- Artur Vieregg
Ladies edit
This result was controversial because the three Norwegian member of the judging panel placed the Sonja Henie on the first place, while the other two placed Herma Szabo, who retired after the competition. [1][2]
| Rank | Name | Judges | Places | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | |||
| 1 | Sonja Henie |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Herma Plank-Szabo |
2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Karen Simensen |
3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Ellen Brockhöft |
4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
Judges:
Arne Christiansen- O. R. Kolderup
- Knut Oeren Meinich
- Walter Müller
- Artur Vieregg
Pairs edit
| Rank | Name | Places |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herma Plank-Szabo / Ludwig Wrede |
6.5 |
| 2 | Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser |
9 |
| 3 | Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe |
14.5 |
| 4 | Hansi Eissert / Georg Pamperl |
20 |
Judges:
Walter Jakobsson
Otto Maly- Walter Müller
- Max Rendschmidt
- K. Scheibner
References edit
- ^ Nationalism in Winter Sports Judging and its Lessons for Organizational Decision Making, by Eric Zitzewitz, accessed July 3, 2006.
- ^ Worlds Greatest Skaters Archived 2007-07-21 at archive.today, accessed July 3, 2006.
Sources edit
- Result List provided by the ISU