1950 World Figure Skating Championships

1950 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 6 – 8
Season:1950
Location:United Kingdom Wembley, UK
Venue:Wembley Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Richard Button
Ladies' singles:
Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzanova
Pairs:
United States Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy
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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 1950 championships took place on March 6 to 8 in Wembley, United Kingdom.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States2024
2 Czechoslovakia1001
3 Great Britain*0202
4 Hungary0112
Totals (4 entries)3339

Results

Men

Rank Name CF FS Total Places
1 United States Dick Button 824.71 594.76 1419.47 7
2 Hungary Ede Király 778.86 566.06 1344.92 14
3 United States Hayes Alan Jenkins 728.93 549.03 1277.96 25
4 Austria Helmut Seibt 739.90 534.45 1274.35 29
5 United States Austin Holt 723.21 524.30 1247.51 34
6 United Kingdom Michael Carrington 704.55 537.25 1241.80 38
7 Australia Reg Park 672.50 497.60 1170.10 51
8 Canada Roger Wickson 686.00 473.20 1159.20 55
9 Denmark Per Cock-Clausen 652.98 443.45 1096.43 62
  • Referee: Switzerland James Koch
  • Assistant Referee: Netherlands Gustavus F. C. Witt

Judges:

Ladies

Rank Name CF FS Total Places
1 Czechoslovakia Álena Vrzáňová 790.65 568.51 1359.16 12
2 United Kingdom Jeannette Altwegg 789.71 556.00 1345.71 18
3 United States Yvonne Sherman 782.48 548.10 1330.58 23
4 Canada Suzanne Morrow 766.38 553.35 1319.73 24
5 United States Sonya Klopfer 734.18 560.93 1295.11 37*
6 France Jacqueline du Bief 741.53 560.93 1302.46 36
7 United States Virginia Baxter 715.28 552.41 1267.69 54
8 Czechoslovakia Jiřina Nekolová 755.18 491.98 1247.16 62
9 Canada Marlene Smith 719.60 537.83 1257.43 64
10 United Kingdom Barbara Wyatt 725.78 514.03 139.81 69
11 United States Andra McLaughlin 707.70 525.11 1232.81 74
12 Czechoslovakia Dagmar Lerchová 714.93 499.56 1214.49 83
13 United Kingdom Valda Osborn 704.78 496.18 1200.96 85
14 United Kingdom Beryl Bailey 689.15 501.31 1190.46 94

*: better placed due to the majority of the better placings

Judges:

  • Canada Norman V. S. Gregory
  • Czechoslovakia J. Hainz
  • Denmark Harry Meistrup
  • United States Harold G. Storke
  • France Georges Torchon
  • Belgium A. Voordeckers
  • United Kingdom Geoffrey Yates

Pairs

Rank Name Total Places
1 United States Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy 96.07 15
2 United Kingdom Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks 92.70 28.5
3 Hungary Marianna Nagy / László Nagy 92.25 32
4 Switzerland Eliane Steinemann / André Calame 90.00 44.5
5 Belgium Suzanne Gheldorf / Jacques Rénard 89.43 48.5
6 Austria Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis 88.08 61
7 Canada Marlene Smith / Donald Gilchrist 87.07 63*
8 United Kingdom Joan Waterhouse / Gordon Holloway 88.31 62
9 Belgium Liliane de Becker / Edmond Verbustel 88.42 64
10 United States Irene Maguire / Walter Mühlbronner 84.26 82
11 United Kingdom Sybil Cooke / Robert Hudson 83.47 93.5
12 France Denise Favart / Jacques Favart 77.73 108

*: better placed due to the majority of the better placings

Judges:

Ice Dance (unofficial)

Rank Name Places
1 United States Lois Waring / Michael McGean
2 United Kingdom Sybil Cooke / Robert Hudson
3 United States Irene Maguire / Walter Mühlbronner

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References

  1. ^ "On To Oslo (1949-1952)". www.omagdigital.com.

Sources

  • Result List provided by the ISU