1948 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.

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

Judges:

Ladies

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

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Pairs

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

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Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU