1948 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 11 – 15
Season:1948
Location:Switzerland Davos, Switzerland
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Richard Button
Ladies' singles:
Canada Barbara Ann Scott
Pairs:
Belgium Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet
Previous:
1947 World Championships
Next:
1949 World Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.

The 1948 competitions for men, ladies, and pair skating took place from February 11 to 15 in Davos, Switzerland. These were the second World Figure Skating Championships after World War II. Skaters from Germany and Japan were still not allowed to compete.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Switzerland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada1012
2 Belgium1001
 United States1001
4 Hungary0112
5 Austria0101
  Switzerland*0101
7 Czechoslovakia0011
Totals (7 entries)3339

Results

Men

Rank Name Places
1 United States Dick Button11
2 Switzerland Hans Gerschwiler19
3 Hungary Ede Király28
4 United States John Lettengarver32
5 United States James Grogan52
6 United Kingdom Graham Sharp53
7 Austria Helmut Seibt76
8 Austria Hellmuth May79
9 Canada Wallace Diestelmeyer85
10 Czechoslovakia Vladislav Čáp84
11 Belgium Fernand Leemans80
12 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Fikar105
13 Denmark Per Cock-Clausen115
WD Austria Edi RadaDNS

Judges:

  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • Czechoslovakia Vladimir Koudelka
  • United Kingdom Hubert Martineau
  • Denmark Harry Meistrup
  • Canada Melville Rogers
  • Austria Adolf Rosdol
  • United States Harold G. Stroke
  • Hungary Marcell Vadas
  • Belgium A. Voordeckers

Ladies

Rank Name Places
1 Canada Barbara Ann Scott11
2 Austria Eva Pawlik25
3 Czechoslovakia Jiřína Nekolová32
4 United Kingdom Jeanette Altwegg36
5 Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzáňová39
6 United States Yvonne Sherman71
7 Austria Marta Bachem-Musilek81
8 United Kingdom Bridget Adams83
9 Hungary Andrea Kékesy93
10 Czechoslovakia Dagmar Lerchová109
11 Hungary Mária Saáry102
12 Canada Marilyn Take97
13 Canada Suzanne Morrow107
14 Switzerland Maja Hug124
15 United Kingdom Marion Davies113
16 United Kingdom Barbara Wyatt135
17 United Kingdom Beryl Bailey141
18 France Jacqueline du Bief149
19 United Kingdom Jill Hood-Linzee163
20 Switzerland Lotti Höner179

Judges:

Pairs

Rank Name Places
1 Belgium Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet13.5
2 Hungary Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király24.5
3 Canada Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer26
4 United States Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy38.5
5 United States Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning45
6 United Kingdom Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne51.5
7 Hungary Marianna Nagy / László Nagy72
8 United Kingdom Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks80.5
9 Czechoslovakia Blažena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka86.5
10 Switzerland Luny Unold / Hans Kuster91
11 Austria Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer92
12 United Kingdom Joan Oglivie-Thompson / Robert Thompson95
13 Austria Susi Giebisch / Helmut Seibt104
14 Switzerland Eliane Steinemann / André Calame125
WD France Denise Favart / Jacques FavartDNS

Judges:

Sources

  • Result List provided by the ISU
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