World Figure Skating Championships 1939

World Figure Skating Championships 1939
37th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	11-12 February (women) 17-19. February (men & couples) 1939
Venue:	Prague (women) Budapest (men & couples)
Gold medalist
Men's:	Graham Sharp
Women:	Megan Taylor (2)
Couples:	Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier (4)
World figure skating championships
1938 ◄ 1939 ► 1947

The 37th World Figure Skating Championships took place for men and couples from February 17 to 19, 1939 in Budapest ( Hungary ) and for women on February 11 and 12, 1939 in Prague ( Czechoslovakia ).

It was the last world championship before World War II . The Austrian athletes Edi Rada , Emmy Putzinger , Anita Wägeler , Ilse Pausin and Erik Pausin and the juror Dr. H. Deistler represented the German Empire . Former Austrian athlete Herbert Alward represented Hungary .

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Graham Sharp	United Kingdom
2	Freddie Tomlins	United Kingdom
3	Horst Faber	German Empire
4th	Edi Rada	German Empire
5	Herbert Alward	Hungary
6th	Elemér Terták	Hungary
7th	Kristof Kallay	Hungary
8th	Franz Loichinger	German Empire
9	Per Cock-Clausen	Denmark
10	Max Bindea	Romania
11	Alfred Hirv	Poland

Judges were:

• HJ Clarke United Kingdom 
• J. Kowalski Poland 
• F. Schober German Empire 
• Andor Szende Hungary 
• A. Winkler Switzerland 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Megan Taylor	United Kingdom
2	Hedy Stenuf	United States
3	Daphne Walker	United Kingdom
4th	Lydia Veicht	German Empire
5	Eva Nyklová	Czechoslovakia
6th	Emmy Putzinger	German Empire
7th	Martha Musilek	German Empire
8th	Gladys Jagger	United Kingdom
9	Gerd Helland-Bjoernstad	Norway
10	Anne-Marie Saether	Norway
11	Anita Wägeler	German Empire
12	Turid Helland-Bjoernstad	Norway
13	Britta Råhlén	Sweden
14th	Jacqueline Bossout red	France
15th	Zdeňka Porgesová	Czechoslovakia

Judges were:

• HJ Clarke United Kingdom 
• H. Deistler German Empire 
• A. Huber Switzerland 
• J. Hainz Czechoslovakia 
• Ch. Sabouret France 

Couples

space	athlete	country
1	Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier	German Empire
2	Ilse Pausin / Erik Pausin	German Empire
3	Inge Koch / Günther Noack	German Empire
4th	Piroska Szekrényessy / Attila Szekrényessy	Hungary
5	Violet Cliff / Leslie Cliff	United Kingdom
6th	Pierette Dubois / Paul Dubois	Switzerland
7th	Nadine Szilassy / Ferenc Kertész	Hungary
8th	Erika Bass / Béla Barcza	Hungary
9	Stephanie Kalusz / Ervin Kalusz	Poland
10	Sylva Palme / Paul Schwab	Yugoslavia

Judges were:

• E. Bedetto Yugoslavia 
• J. Kowalski Poland 
• Ethel Muckelt United Kingdom 
• P. Weiss German Empire 
• A. Winkler Switzerland 
• C. Witt Netherlands 
• O. Customs officer Hungary 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United Kingdom	2	1	1	4th
2	German Empire	1	1	2	4th
3	United States	-	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).