World Figure Skating Championships 1948
World Figure Skating Championships 1948 | |
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39th event | |
Type: | ISU championships |
Date: | 11-15 February 1948 |
Venue: | Davos , Switzerland |
Gold medalist | |
Men's: |
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Women: |
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Couples: |
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World figure skating championships | |
1947 ◄ 1948 ► 1949 |
The 39th World Figure Skating Championships in 1948 took place from February 11th to 15th, 1948 in Davos ( Switzerland ).
Athletes from Germany and Japan were also excluded from the second tournament after World War II . With the victory of Richard Button , the first victory of an American in a world championship, a twelve-year dominance of the Americans in the men's competition began.
Results
Men's
space | athlete | country |
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1 | Richard Button |
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2 | Hans Gerschwiler |
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3 | Ede Király |
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4th | John Lettengarver |
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5 | James Grogan |
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6th | Graham Sharp |
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7th | Helmut Seibt |
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8th | Hellmut May |
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9 | Wallace Diestelmeyer |
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10 | Vladislav Čáp |
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11 | Fernand Leemans |
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12 | Zděnek Fikar |
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13 | Per Cock-Clausen |
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Edi Rada (Z) |
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- Z = withdrawn
Judges were:
- Adolf Rosdol Austria
- A. Voordeckers Belgium
-
Melville Rogers Canada
- Vladimir Koudelka Czechoslovakia
- H. Meistrup Denmark
- HM Martineau United Kingdom
- Marcel Vadas Hungary
- H. Storke United States
- E. Kirchhofer Switzerland
Ladies
space | sportswoman | country |
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1 | Barbara Ann Scott |
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2 | Eva Pawlik |
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3 | Jiřina Nekolová |
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4th | Jeannette Altwegg |
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5 | Alena Vrzáňová |
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6th | Yvonne Sherman |
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7th | Martha Bachem |
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8th | Bridget Shirley Adams |
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9 | Andrea Kékesy |
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10 | Dagmar Lerchová |
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11 | Mária Saáry |
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12 | Marilyn Ruth Take |
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13 | Suzanne Morrow |
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14th | Maja Hug |
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15th | Marion Davies |
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16 | Barbara Wyatt |
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17th | Beryl Bailey |
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18th | Jacqueline du Bief |
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19th | Jill Hood-Linzee |
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20th | Lotti Höner |
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Judges were:
- Hans Meixner Austria
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Melville Rogers Canada
- K. Zemek Czechoslovakia
- Georges Torchon France
- Kenneth M. Beaumont United Kingdom
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Elemér Terták Hungary
- H. Meistrup Denmark
- M. Bernard Fox United States
- A. Winkler Switzerland
Couples
- Z = withdrawn
Judges were:
- Rudolf Kaler Austria
- A. Voordeckers Belgium
-
Melville Rogers Canada
- Vladimir Koudelka Czechoslovakia
- Georges Torchon France
- Mollie Phillips United Kingdom
- Marcel Vadas Hungary
- Harold G. Storke United States
- James Koch Switzerland
Medal table
space | country |
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total |
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1 |
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1 | - | 1 | 2 |
2 |
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1 | - | - | 1 |
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1 | - | - | 1 | |
4th |
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 |
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
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- | 1 | - | 1 | |
7th |
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
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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).