World Figure Skating Championships 1949
World Figure Skating Championships 1949 | |
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40th edition | |
Type: | ISU championships |
Date: | 16.-18. February 1949 |
Venue: | Paris , France |
Gold medalist | |
Men's: | Richard Button (2) |
Women: | Alena Vrzáňová |
Couples: | Andrea Kékesy & Ede Király |
World figure skating championships | |
1948 ◄ 1949 ► 1950 |
The 40th World Figure Skating Championships took place in Paris ( France ) from February 16 to 18, 1949 .
As expected, last year's world champion and Olympic champion Richard Button won the men's competition. In the women's competition, however, the Olympic runner-up Eva Pawlik was the favorite. However, the reigning European champion from Austria was unable to compete in the free skate at the 1949 World Cup because of a broken heel of her ice shoe. The runner-up European champion Alena Vrzáňová took her chance and won her first World Cup gold.
Results
Men's
space | athlete | country |
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1 | Richard Button | United States |
2 | Ede Király | Hungary |
3 | Edi Rada | Austria |
4th | James Grogan | United States |
5 | Helmut Seibt | Austria |
6th | Hayes Alan Jenkins | United States |
7th | Austin Holt | United States |
8th | Carlo Fassi | Italy |
9 | Per Cock-Clausen | Denmark |
10 | Jean Vives | France |
Judges were:
- E. Kucharz Austria
- H. Meistrup Denmark
- Ferenc Kertész Hungary
- M. Verdi Italy
- Harold G. Storke United States
Ladies
space | sportswoman | country |
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1 | Alena Vrzáňová | Czechoslovakia |
2 | Yvonne Sherman | United States |
3 | Jeannette Altwegg | United Kingdom |
4th | Jiřina Nekolová | Czechoslovakia |
5 | Bridget Shirley Adams | United Kingdom |
6th | Andra McLauchlin | United States |
7th | Virginia Baxter | United States |
8th | Dagmar Lerchová | Czechoslovakia |
9 | Jacqueline du Bief | France |
10 | Barbara Wyatt | United Kingdom |
11 | Helen Uhl | United States |
12 | Valda Osborn | United Kingdom |
13 | Beryl Beiley | United Kingdom |
14th | Lilly fox | Austria |
15th | Liliane Madaule | France |
Eva Pawlik (Z) | Austria | |
Joan Lister (Z) | United Kingdom |
- Z = withdrawn
Judges were:
- A. Rosdol Austria
- Georges Torchon France
- Kenneth Beaumont United Kingdom
- Ferenc Kertész Hungary
- J. Vosolsobe Czechoslovakia
- Harold G. Storke United States
- Dr. J. Koch Switzerland
Couples
space | sportswoman | country |
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1 | Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király | Hungary |
2 | Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | United States |
3 | Anne Davies / Carleton Hoffner | United States |
4th | Marianna Nagy / László Nagy | Hungary |
5 | Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer | Austria |
6th | Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | United Kingdom |
7th | Bela Zachova / Jaroslav Zach | Czechoslovakia |
8th | Elianne Steineman / André Calamé | Switzerland |
9 | Elly Stark / Harry Gareis | Austria |
10 | Denise Favart / Jacques Favart | France |
11 | Suzanne Gheldorf / Jacques Rénard | Belgium |
12 | Pamela Davis / Peter Scholes | United Kingdom |
Judges were:
- A. Rosdol Austria
- Georges Torchon France
- Mollie Phillips United Kingdom
- Ferenc Kertész Hungary
- E. Finsterwald Switzerland
- J. Vosolsobe Czechoslovakia
- Harold G. Storke United States
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
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1 | United States | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
2 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
3 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | - | - | 1 |
4th | Austria | - | - | 1 | 1 |
United Kingdom | - | - | 1 | 1 |
swell
- 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).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Figure skating: "Favored to win, Eva Pawlik was forced to withdraw." In: Life Magazine, March 14, 1949
- ^ Susan D. Russell, "Eva Pawlik and Rudi Seeliger", In: International Figure Skating Magazine, Jan / Feb 2008
- ↑ Matthias Hampe, The Genesis of Figure Skating as a Process of Sport and Structural Changes in the Competition System and Performance Development. Dissertation to obtain the academic degree "Doctor of Philosophy" at the University of Potsdam 2010, page 218
- ^ Kelli Lawrence, Skating On Air. McFarland & Company. Jefferson (North Carolina) and London 2011. Chapter "Eva Pawlik - more than an overseas footnote", page 22. ISBN 978-0-7864-4608-7