World Figure Skating Championships 1952

World Figure Skating Championships 1952
43rd edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	February 27 - March 1, 1952
Venue:	Paris , France
Gold medalist
Men's:	Richard Button (5)
Women:	Jacqueline du Bief
Couples:	Ria Baran & Paul Falk (2)
Ice dance:	Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy
World figure skating championships
1951 ◄ 1952 ► 1953

The 43rd World Figure Skating Championships in 1952 took place from February 27 to March 1, 1952 in Paris ( France ). For the first time at world championships there was a competition in ice dancing .

Jean Westwood and Lawrence Demmy from Great Britain became the first world ice dance champions. Richard Button won his fifth and final title in the men's singles, making him the most successful US American at world championships to this day . Only the Swede Ulrich Salchow and the Austrian Karl Schäfer won more titles.

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Richard Button	United States
2	James Grogan	United States
3	Hayes Alan Jenkins	United States
4th	Helmut Seibt	Austria
5	Dudley Richards	United States
6th	Carlo Fassi	Italy
7th	Peter Firstbrook	Canada
8th	Alain Giletti	France
9	Martin Felsenreich	Austria
10	Adrian Swan	Australia
11	François Pache	Switzerland

Judges were:

• Oscar Madl Austria 
• Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 
• Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques France 
• J. Wilson United Kingdom 
• Ercole Cattaneo Italy 
• H. Storke United States 
• J. Biedermann Switzerland 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Jacqueline du Bief	France
2	Sonya knockers	United States
3	Virginia Baxter	United States
4th	Suzanne Morrow	Canada
5	Barbara Wyatt	United Kingdom
6th	Gundi Busch	BR Germany
7th	Marlene Smith	Canada
8th	Valda Osborn	United Kingdom
9	Erica Batchelor	United Kingdom
10	Vera Smith	Canada
11	Helga Dudzinski	BR Germany
12	Patricia Devries	United Kingdom
13	Eva Weidler	Austria
14th	Annelies Schilhan	Austria
15th	Nancy Hallam-Burleigh	Austria
16	Ghislaine head	Switzerland
17th	Alida Elisabeth Stoppelman	Netherlands
18th	Jolande Jobin	Switzerland
19th	Gwenneth Molony	Australia
20th	Doris Zerbe	Switzerland
21st	Liliane de Becker	Belgium
22nd	Nicole Vanderberghe	Belgium
	Tenley Albright (Z)	United States

• Z = withdrawn

Judges were:

• F. Wojtanoskyj Austria 
• A. Voordeckers Belgium 
• Norman Gregory Canada 
• Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques France 
• VP Gross BR Germany 
• Mollie Phillips United Kingdom 
• Ercole Cattaneso Italy 
• E. Kirschhofer Switzerland 
• J. Krupy United States 

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	Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden	Canada
5	Janet Gerhauser / John Nightinghale	United States
6th	Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean	Switzerland
7th	Sissy Black / Kurt Oppelt	Austria
8th	Carol Johns / Jack Jost	United States
9	Jacqueline Mason / Mervyn Bower	Australia
10	Peri Horn / Raymond Lockwood	United Kingdom

Judges were:

• Hans Meixner Austria 
• Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 
• Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques France 
• P. Gross BR Germany 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• AW Kneteman Netherlands 
• Ercole Cattaneo Italy 
• AJ Krupy United States 
• J. Biedermann Switzerland 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country
1	Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy	United Kingdom
2	Joan Dewhirst / John Slater	United Kingdom
3	Carol Peters / Daniel Ryan	United States
4th	Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel	United States
5	Lydia Boon / Aadrian van Dam	Netherlands
6th	Ilse Reitmayer / Hans Kutschera	Austria
7th	Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink	Netherlands
8th	Albertina Brown / Nigel Brown	Switzerland
9	Paulin Haffner / Herbert Huber	Austria

Judges were:

• Hans Meixner Austria 
• A. Voordeckers Belgium 
• Norman Gregory Canada 
• Henri Meudec France 
• Mollie Phillips United Kingdom 
• R. Sackett United States 
• E. Kirchhofer Switzerland 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	1	3	3	7th
2	United Kingdom	1	1	1	3
3	France	1	-	-	1
	BR Germany	1	-	-	1

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• 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). 
• World figure skating championships 1952–1959 (dance). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English).