World Figure Skating Championships 1929
World Figure Skating Championships 1929 | |
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27th event | |
Type: | ISU championships |
Date: | February 2 - 3 (women & couples) March 4 - 5 (men) 1929 |
Venue: |
Budapest (women & couples) London (men) |
Gold medalist | |
Men's: | Gillis Grafström (3) |
Women: | Sonja Henie (3) |
Couples: | Lilly Scholz & Otto Kaiser |
World figure skating championships | |
1928 ◄ 1929 ► 1930 |
The 27th World Figure Skating Championships were held for women and couples on February 2 and 3, 1929 in Budapest ( Hungary ) and for men on March 4 and 5, 1929 in London ( United Kingdom ).
The three-time Olympic champion Gillis Grafström won his third and final world title.
Results
Men's
space | athlete | country |
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1 | Gillis Grafström | Sweden |
2 | Karl Schäfer | Austria |
3 | Ludwig Wrede | Austria |
4th | John Page | United Kingdom |
5 | Hugo Distler | Austria |
6th | Marcus Nikkanen | Finland |
7th | Ian Bowhill | United Kingdom |
Judges were:
- Eduard Engelmann Austria
- L. Liebermann Switzerland
- André G. Poplimont Belgium
- Ulrich Salchow Sweden
- VC Wilson United Kingdom
Ladies
space | sportswoman | country |
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1 | Sonja Henie | Norway |
2 | Fritzi Burger | Austria |
3 | Melitta Brunner | Austria |
4th | Use Hornung | Austria |
5 | Grete Kubitschek | Austria |
6th | Yvonne de Ligne-Geurts | Belgium |
Judges were:
- HJ Clarke United Kingdom
- Walter Jakobsson Finland
- B. Björjeson Norway
- Fernand de Montigny Belgium
- Eduard Engelmann Austria
Couples
space | athlete | country |
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1 | Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser | Austria |
2 | Melitta Brunner / Ludwig Wrede | Austria |
3 | Olga Orgonista / Sándor Szalay | Hungary |
4th | Gisela Hochhaltinger / Otto Preissecker | Austria |
5 | Emília Rotter / László Szollás | Hungary |
6th | Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe | Czechoslovakia |
7th | Maria Schwendtbauer / Gustav Aichinger | German Empire |
Judges were:
- Ludowika Jakobsson Finland
- CJ Clarke United Kingdom
- B. Björjeson Norway
- Otto Bohatsch Austria
- Theodor Meszléri Hungary
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
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1 | Austria | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6th |
2 | Norway | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Sweden | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
4th | Hungary | - | - | 1 | 1 |
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- World figure skating championships 1922–1929 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 22, 2018 (English).
- World figure skating championships 1922–1929 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 22, 2018 (English).
- World figure skating championships 1922–1929 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 22, 2018 (English).