1937 World Figure Skating Championships

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.

1937 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 12-13 (men)
March 1-2 (ladies and pairs)
Season:1937
Location:Austria Vienna, Austria (men)
United Kingdom London, United Kingdom (ladies and pairs)
Venue:Empress Stadion (ladies and pairs)
Champions
Men's singles:
Austria Felix Kaspar
Ladies' singles:
United Kingdom Cecilia Colledge
Pairs:
Nazi Germany Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier
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Men's competitions took place from February 12 to 13 in Vienna, Austria. Ladies' and pairs' competitions took place from March 1 to 2 also in London, United Kingdom.

Medal table

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  *   Host nations (Austria, Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain*1214
2  Austria*1102
3  Germany1001
4  Hungary0011
  Sweden0011
Totals (5 entries)3339

Results

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Rank Name Age CF FS Points Places
1   Felix Kaspar 22 1 210.30 1 147.468 357.768 5
2   Graham Sharp 19 2 204.62 3 140.616 345.236 10
3   Elemer Tertak 18 3 199.62 5 138.892 338.52 17
4   Herbert Alward 5 197.02 4 139.608 336.628 19
5   Freddie Tomlins 17 7 189.18 2 142.264 332.064 25
6   Leopold Linhart 22 6 194.02 6 137.088 331.108 30
7   Marcus Nikkanen 33 4 197.38 10 129.528 326.908 35
8   Freddy Mesot 31 8 187.8 8 130.808 318.608 42
9   Emil Ratzenhofer 22 10 185.00 7 131.040 316.040 45
10   Lucian Büeler 26 9 186.52 11 123.228 309.748 52
11   Jaroslav Sadílek 25 11 183.48 9 129.780 313.260 50

Judges:

Ladies

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Rank Name Places
1   Cecilia Colledge 7
2   Megan Taylor 14
3   Vivi-Anne Hultén 25.5
4   Hedy Stenuf 31.5
5   Emmy Putzinger 32
6   Hanne Niernberger 42
7   Belita Jepson-Turner 49
8   Gladys Jagger 58
9   Martha Mayerhans 70
10   Angela Anderes 72
11   Victoria Lindpaintner 67
12   Audrey Peppe 78

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Pairs

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Rank Name Places
1   Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier 8.5
2   Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin 14.5
3   Violet Cliff / Leslie Cliff 24.5
4   Piroska Szekrényessy / Attila Szekrényessy 30.5
5   Inge Koch / Günther Noack 31.5
6   Anna Cattaneo / Ercole Cattaneo 42.5
7   Stephanie Kalus / Erwin Kalus 46.5
8   Feda Kalenčíková / Karel Globar 53.5

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Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU
  • newspaper Berliner Tageblatt, 4 March 1937