World Figure Skating Championships 1947

World Figure Skating Championships 1947
38th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	13-17 February 1947
Venue:	Stockholm , Sweden
Gold medalist
Men's:	Hans Gerschwiler
Women:	Barbara Ann Scott
Couples:	Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet
World figure skating championships
1939 ◄ 1947 ► 1948

The 38th World Figure Skating Championships took place in Stockholm ( Sweden ) from February 13 to 17, 1947 . It was the first world championships after the Second World War . Athletes from Germany , Austria and Japan were not allowed. This exclusion was a hard blow, especially for Austrian figure skating, as Eva Pawlik and Edi Rada would have had great chances of winning medals.

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Hans Gerschwiler	Switzerland
2	Richard Button	United States
3	Arthur Apple	United Kingdom
4th	Vladislav Čáp	Czechoslovakia
5	Per Cock-Clausen	Denmark

Judges were:

• J. Bizek Czechoslovakia 
• P Sorensen Denmark 
• HM Martineau United Kingdom 
• A. Winkler Switzerland 
• L. Wakefield United States 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Barbara Ann Scott	Canada
2	Daphne Walker	United Kingdom
3	Gretchen Merrill	United States
4th	Eileen Seigh	United States
5	Jeannette Altwegg	United Kingdom
6th	Janette Ahrens	United States
7th	Alena Vrzáňová	Czechoslovakia
8th	Bridget Shirley Adams	United Kingdom
9	Britta Råhlén	Sweden
10	Jiřina Nekolová	Czechoslovakia
11	Jill Linzee	United Kingdom
12	Patricia Molony	Australia
13	Gun Ericson	Sweden
14th	Liv Borg	Norway
15th	Ingeborg Nilsson	Norway
16	Leena Pietila	Finland
17th	Kristi Linna	Finland
18th	Liisa Helanterä	Finland
19th	Harriet Pantaenius	Finland

Judges were:

• CF MacGillicuddy Australia 
• DB Cruikshank Canada 
• J. Hainz Czechoslovakia 
• Walter Jakobsson Finland 
• HJ Clarke United Kingdom 
• B. Börjeson Norway 
• P. Sörensen Denmark 
• T. Mothander Switzerland 
• L. Wakefield United States 

Couples

space	athlete	country
1	Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet	Belgium
2	Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy	United States
3	Suzanne Diskeuve / Edmond Verbustel	Belgium
4th	Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne	United Kingdom
5	Britta Råhlén / Bo Mothander	Sweden
6th	Doris Noffke / Walter Noffke	United States
7th	Denise Fayolle / Guy Pigier	France
8th	Běla Zachová / Jaroslav Zach	Czechoslovakia
9	Margot Walle / Allan Fjeldheim	Norway
10	Denise Favart / Jacques Favart	France
11	Marit Henie / Erling Bjerkhoel	Norway

Judges were:

• M. Nicaise Belgium 
• J. Hainz Czechoslovakia 
• G. Torchon France 
• HM Martineau United Kingdom 
• C. Christensen Norway 
• E. Törsleff Sweden 
• L. Wakefield United States 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Belgium	1	-	1	2
2	Canada	1	-	-	1
	Switzerland	1	-	-	1
4th	United States	-	2	1	3
5	United Kingdom	-	1	1	2

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• World figure skating championships 1947–1949 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 23, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1947–1949 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 23, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1947–1949 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 23, 2018 (English).