1948 World Figure Skating Championships

1948 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 11 – 15
Season:1948
Location: Davos, Switzerland
Champions
Men's singles:
Richard Button
Ladies' singles:
Barbara Ann Scott
Pairs:
Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet
Previous:
1947 World Championships
Next:
1949 World 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.

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

  *   Host nation (Switzerland)

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

Results

Men

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:

  • Eugen Kirchhofer
  • Vladimir Koudelka
  • Hubert Martineau
  • Harry Meistrup
  • Melville Rogers
  • Adolf Rosdol
  • Harold G. Stroke
  • Marcell Vadas
  • A. Voordeckers

Ladies

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

Judges:

Pairs

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

Judges:

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