World Figure Skating Championships 1931

World Figure Skating Championships 1931
29th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	February 28 - March 1, 1931
Venue:	Berlin
Gold medalist
Men's:	Karl Schäfer (2)
Women:	Sonja Henie (5)
Couples:	Emília Rotter & László Szollás
World figure skating championships
1930 ◄ 1931 ► 1932

The 29th World Figure Skating Championships took place from February 28 to March 1, 1931 in Berlin ( Germany ). It was the second time that all competitions were held in the same location.

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Karl Schäfer	Austria
2	Roger Turner	United States
3	Ernst Baier	German Empire
4th	Hugo Distler	Austria
5	Leopold Maier-Labergo	German Empire
6th	Marcell Vadas	Hungary
7th	Marcus Nikkanen	Finland
8th	Herbert Haertel	German Empire
9	Pierre Brunet	France
10	Rudolf Praznowsky	Czechoslovakia
11	George Hill	United States
12	Josef Slíva	Czechoslovakia
13	Theo Lass	German Empire

Judges were:

• Ludwig Niedermayer German Empire 
• Ludwig Fänner Austria 
• Eugen Minich Hungary 
• WL Hildburgh United States 
• Walter Jakobsson Finland 
• HJ Clarke United Kingdom 
• H. Pika Czechoslovakia 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Sonja Henie	Norway
2	Hilde Holovsky	Austria
3	Fritzi Burger	Austria
4th	Maribel Vinson	United States
5	Vivi-Anne Hultén	Sweden
6th	Edel Randem	Norway
7th	Nanna Egedius	Norway
8th	Yvonne de Ligne-Geurts	Belgium
9	Randi Gulliksen	Norway

Judges were:

• WL Hildburgh United States 
• Kurt Dannenberg German Empire 
• S. Wallwork United Kingdom 
• Hans Grünauer Austria 
• OR Kolderup Norway 
• Erich Bartel Czechoslovakia 
• A. Anderberg Sweden 

Couples

space	athlete	country
1	Emília Rotter / László Szollás	Hungary
2	Olga Orgonista / Sándor Szalay	Hungary
3	Idi Papez / Karl Zwack	Austria
4th	Lilly Gaillard / Willy Petter	Austria
5	Maribel Vinson / George Hill	United States
6th	Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe	Czechoslovakia
7th	Use Gaste / Ernst Gaste	German Empire
8th	Hansi Kast / Otto Kaiser	Austria
9	Elisabeth Böckel / Otto Hayek	German Empire

Judges were:

• S. Wallwork United Kingdom 
• WL Hildburgh United States 
• Walter Jakobsson Finland 
• C. Schulze German Empire 
• Eugen Minich Hungary 
• J. Edhoffer Austria 
• Erich Bartel Czechoslovakia 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Austria	1	1	2	4th
2	Hungary	1	1	-	2
3	Norway	1	-	-	1
4th	United States	-	1	-	1
5	German Empire	-	-	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).