1929 World Figure Skating Championships

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1929 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Season:1929
Location: Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, United Kingdom (men)
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Budapest, Hungary (ladies and pairs)
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of Sweden.svg Gillis Grafström
Ladies' singles:
Flag of Norway.svg Sonja Henie
Pairs:
Flag of Austria.svg Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser
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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.

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Men's competitions took place from March 4 to 5 in London, United Kingdom. Ladies' and pairs' competitions took place from February 2 to 3 in Budapest, Hungary.

Medal table

  *   Host nations (Hungary, Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1326
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1001
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1001
4Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary *0011
Totals (4 entries)3339

Results

Men

RankNameAgePointsPlaces
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Gillis Grafström 35353.156
2 Flag of Austria.svg Karl Schäfer 19346.5010
3 Flag of Austria.svg Ludwig Wrede 34323.7016
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Page 29312.7024
5 Flag of Austria.svg Hugo Distler 25
6 Flag of Finland.svg Markus Nikkanen 2526
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Bowhill 2632

Judges:

Ladies

Medalwinners and 4th and 5th-place pictured. Verdensmesterkapet i Kunstlop (1929) (14378550858).jpg
Medalwinners and 4th and 5th-place pictured.
RankNameAgePointsPlaces
1 Flag of Norway.svg Sonja Henie 16280.405
2 Flag of Austria.svg Fritzi Burger 18259.2512
3 Flag of Austria.svg Melitta Brunner 22254.6513
4 Flag of Austria.svg Ilse Hornung 20236.1020
5 Flag of Austria.svg Grete Kubitschek 26216.6526
6 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Yvonne de Ligne-Geurts 19208.5029

Judges:

Pairs

RankNameAgePointsPlaces
1 Flag of Austria.svg Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser 25/2711.256
2 Flag of Austria.svg Melitta Brunner / Ludwig Wrede 21/3410.7513
3 Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Olga Orgonista / Sándor Szalay 27/3510.3018
4 Flag of Austria.svg Gisela Hochhaltinger / Otto Preißecker /3010.3521.5
5 Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Emília Rotter / László Szollás 21/2010.3021.5
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe /4310.0525
7 Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Maria Schwendtbauer / Gustav Aichinger 8.3035

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