World Figure Skating Championships 1951

World Figure Skating Championships 1951
42nd event
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	23-25 February 1951
Venue:	Milan , Italy
Gold medalist
Men's:	Richard Button (4)
Women:	Jeannette Altwegg
Couples:	Ria Baran & Paul Falk
World figure skating championships
1950 ◄ 1951 ► 1952

The 42nd World Figure Skating Championships took place in Milan ( Italy ) from February 23-25, 1951 . For the first time after the Second World War , athletes from Germany and Japan were again admitted.

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Richard Button	United States
2	James Grogan	United States
3	Helmut Seibt	Austria
4th	Hayes Alan Jenkins	United States
5	Dudley Richards	United States
6th	Carlo Fassi	Italy
7th	Donald Laws	United States
8th	Michael Carrington	United Kingdom
9	William Lewis	Canada
10	Frankness stone	BR Germany
11	Ryusuke Arisaka	Japan

Judges were:

• Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 
• Eugen Kirchhofer Switzerland 
• Mollie Phillips United Kingdom 
• Walter S. Powell United States 
• Adolf Rosdol Austria 
• W. Schilling BR Germany 
• Mario Verdi Italy 

Ladies

space	athlete	country
1	Jeannette Altwegg	United Kingdom
2	Jacqueline du Bief	France
3	Sonya knockers	United States
4th	Suzanne Morrow	Canada
5	Barbara Wyatt	United Kingdom
6th	Tenley Albright	United States
7th	Andra McLauchlin	United States
8th	Margaret Anne Graham	United States
9	Valda Osborn	United Kingdom
10	Gundi Busch	BR Germany
11	Frances Dorsey	United States
12	Helga Dudzinski	BR Germany
13	Elizabeth Hiscock	Canada
14th	Erika Kraft	BR Germany
15th	Susy Wirz	Switzerland
16	Lotte Schwenk	Austria
17th	Jolande Jobin	Switzerland
18th	Ghislaine head	Switzerland
19th	Yvonne Sugden	United Kingdom
20th	Inge Jell	BR Germany
21st	Etsuko Inada	Japan
22nd	Alida Elisabeth Stoppelman	Netherlands
23	Grete haze	Austria

Judges were:

• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Emile Finsterwald Switzerland 
• Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 
• Oscar Madl Austria 
• O. Maly BR Germany 
• Harold G. Storke United States 
• Georges Torchon France 

Couples

space	athlete	country
1	Ria Baran / Paul Falk	BR Germany
2	Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy	United States
3	Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks	United Kingdom
4th	Elianne Steineman / André Calamé	Switzerland
5	Inge Minor / Hermann Braun	BR Germany
6th	Marlies Schroer / Hans Schwarz	BR Germany
7th	Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean	Switzerland
8th	Janet Gerhauser / John Nightingale	United States
9	Silva Palme / Marko Lajović	Yugoslavia
10	Elly Stark / Harry Gareis	Austria
11	Anne Holt / Austin Holt	United States
12	Elizabeth Williams / John McCann	United Kingdom

Judges were:

• Bruno Bonfiglio Italy 
• Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 
• Eugen Kirchhofer Switzerland 
• Hans Meixner Austria 
• Mollie Phillips United Kingdom 
• W. Schilling BR Germany 
• Harold G. Storke United States 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	1	2	1	4th
2	United Kingdom	1	-	1	2
3	BR Germany	1	-	-	1
4th	France	-	1	-	1
5	Austria	-	-	1	1

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• World figure skating championships 1950–1959 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1950–1959 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1950–1959 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English).