World Figure Skating Championships 1930

World Figure Skating Championships 1930
28th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	3rd to 5th February 1930
Venue:	new York
Gold medalist
Men's:	Karl Schäfer
Women:	Sonja Henie (4)
Couples:	Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet (3)
World figure skating championships
1929 ◄ 1930 ► 1931

The 28th World Figure Skating Championships took place from February 3rd to 5th, 1930 in New York ( USA ). These were the first world championships where all competitions were held in the same place and at the same time, and the first outside of Europe. The judges were also the same in all competitions.

After two silver medals, Karl Schäfer won his first of a total of seven titles in a row.

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Karl Schäfer	Austria
2	Roger Turner	United States
3	Georges Gautschi	Switzerland
4th	Montgomery Wilson	Canada
5	Ludwig Wrede	Austria
6th	Gail Borden	United States
7th	James Lester Madden	United States
8th	William Nagle	United States

Judges were:

• J. Edhoffer Austria 
• HJ Clarke United Kingdom 
• JB Liberman United States 
• JC McDougall Canada 
• B. Börjeson Norway 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Sonja Henie	Norway
2	Cecil Smith	Canada
3	Maribel Vinson	United States
4th	Constance Wilson	Canada
5	Melitta Brunner	Austria
6th	Suzanne Davis	United States

Judges were:

• J. Edhoffer Austria 
• HJ Clarke United Kingdom 
• JB Liberman United States 
• JC McDougall Canada 
• B. Börjeson Norway 

Couples

space	athlete	country
1	Andrée Brunet / Pierre Brunet	France
2	Melitta Brunner / Ludwig Wrede	Austria
3	Beatrix Loughran / Sherwin Badger	United States
4th	Constance Wilson / Montgomery Wilson	Canada
5	Isobel Rogers / Melville Rogers	Canada
6th	Theresa Weld / Nathaniel Niles	United States
7th	Maude Smith / Jack Eastwood	Canada
8th	Edith Secord / Joseph Savage	United States

Judges were:

• B. Börjeson Norway 
• J. Edhoffer Austria 
• HJ Clarke United Kingdom 
• JC McDougall Canada 
• JB Liberman United States 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Austria	1	1	-	2
2	France	1	-	-	1
	Norway	1	-	-	1
4th	United States	-	1	2	3
5	Canada	-	1	-	1
6th	Switzerland	-	-	1	1

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• World figure skating championships 1930–1939 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 23, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1930–1939 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 23, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1930–1939 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 23, 2018 (English).