World Figure Skating Championships 1949

World Figure Skating Championships 1949
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
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
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• Z = withdrawn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
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
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

1. ↑ Figure skating: "Favored to win, Eva Pawlik was forced to withdraw." In: Life Magazine, March 14, 1949
2. ^ Susan D. Russell, "Eva Pawlik and Rudi Seeliger", In: International Figure Skating Magazine, Jan / Feb 2008
3. ↑ 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
4. ^ 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