1949 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | 16 – 18 February 1949 |
Season: | 1949 |
Location: | Paris, France |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Dick Button | |
Ladies' singles: Alena Vrzáňová | |
Pairs: Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király | |
Previous: 1948 World Championships | |
Next: 1950 World Championships |
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which amateur figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.
The 1949 championships took place from 16 to 18 February 1949 in Paris, France. At the men's event, the favorite, Dick Button won. At the women's event, however, the favorite, Eva Pawlik of Austria, who had been the Olympic runner-up behind Barbara Ann Scott one year before and who had just won the European title in 1949, dropped out because of a broken boot heel just before the free program. [1] [2] [3] [4] which provided Alena Vrzáňová of Czechoslovakia with the opportunity to win the gold medal. She became the first woman to perform a double lutz. [5]
* Host nation (France)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Rank | Name | Places |
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1 | Dick Button | 5 |
2 | Ede Király | 12 |
3 | Edi Rada | 13 |
4 | James Grogan | 23 |
5 | Helmut Seibt | 26 |
6 | Hayes Alan Jenkins | 29 |
7 | Austin Holt | 34 |
8 | Carlo Fassi | 38 |
9 | Per Cock-Clausen | 45 |
10 | Jean Vives | 50 |
Judges:
Rank | Name | Places |
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1 | Alena Vrzáňová | 7 |
2 | Yvonne Sherman | 17 |
3 | Jeannette Altwegg | 18 |
4 | Jiřina Nekolová | 44.5 |
5 | Bridget Adams | 46 |
6 | Andra McLaughlin | 48 |
7 | Virginia Baxter | 53 |
8 | Dagmar Lerchová | 55 |
9 | Jacqueline du Bief | 67 |
10 | Barbara Wyatt | 68.5 |
11 | Helen Uhl | 71 |
12 | Valda Osborn | 73 |
13 | Beryl Bailey | 82 |
14 | Lilly Fuchs | 85 |
15 | Liliane Madaule | 105 |
WD | Eva Pawlik | DNS |
WD | Joan Lister | DNS |
Judges:
Rank | Name | Places |
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1 | Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király | 7 |
2 | Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | 14.5 |
3 | Ann Davies / Carleton Hoffner | 31.5 |
4 | Marianna Nagy / László Nagy | 33 |
5 | Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer | 35.5* |
6 | Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | 35.5 |
7 | Běla Zachova / Jaroslav Zach | 49.5 |
8 | Eliane Steinemann / André Calame | 56.5 |
9 | Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis | 56.5* |
10 | Denise Favart / Jacques Favart | 63 |
11 | Suzanne Gheldorf / Jacques Rénard | 75 |
12 | Pamela Davis / Peter Scholes | 78.5 |
*Better placed due to the majority of the better places
Judges:
Eva Pawlik was an Austrian figure skater, show star, actress and commentator. She was the 1948 Olympic silver medalist, the 1948 World silver medalist, and the 1949 European champion.
Alena "Ája" Vrzáňová was a Czech figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia in competition. Vrzáňová is the 1949 & 1950 World champion and 1950 European champion.
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