1927 World Figure Skating Championships
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| 1927 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Season: | 1927 |
| Location: | Switzerland Davos, Switzerland (men) Norway Oslo, Norway (ladies) Austria Vienna, Austria (pairs) |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Austria Willy Böckl | |
| Ladies' singles: Norway Sonja Henie | |
| Pairs: Austria Herma Szabo / Ludwig Wrede | |
| Previous: 1926 World Championships | |
| Next: 1928 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.
In 1927, men's competitions took place from February 5th to 6th in Davos, Switzerland. Ladies' competitions took place from February 19th to 20th in Oslo, Norway. Pairs' competitions took place from February 22nd to 23rd in Vienna, Austria.
Results
[edit | edit source]Men
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Name | Places |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria Willy Böckl | 11 |
| 2 | Austria Otto Preißecker | 15 |
| 3 | Austria Karl Schäfer | 24 |
| 4 | Switzerland Georges Gautschi | 26 |
| 5 | United Kingdom John Page | 30 |
| 6 | Austria Ludwig Wrede | 42 |
| 7 | Germany Herbert Haertel | 48 |
| 8 | 56 |
Judges:
- Germany Kurt Dannenberg
- Austria Eduard Engelmann
- Austria Josef Fellner
- Austria Fritz Kachler
- Switzerland J. G. Künzli
- United Kingdom Thomas Richardson
- Germany Artur Vieregg
Ladies
[edit | edit source]This result was controversial because the three Norwegian member of the judging panel placed the Sonja Henie on the first place, while the other two placed Herma Szabo, who retired after the competition. [1][2]
| Rank | Name | Judges | Places | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | |||
| 1 | Norway Sonja Henie[3] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Austria Herma Plank-Szabo | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Norway Karen Simensen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Germany Ellen Brockhöft | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
Judges:
- Norway Arne Christiansen
- Norway O. R. Kolderup
- Norway Knut Oeren Meinich
- Austria Walter Müller
- Germany Artur Vieregg
Pairs
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Name | Places |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria Herma Plank-Szabo / Ludwig Wrede | 6.5 |
| 2 | Austria Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser | 9 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe | 14.5 |
| 4 | Austria Hansi Eissert / Georg Pamperl | 20 |
Judges:
- Finland Walter Jakobsson
- Czechoslovakia Otto Maly
- Austria Walter Müller
- Germany Max Rendschmidt
- Austria K. Scheibner
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Nationalism in Winter Sports Judging and its Lessons for Organizational Decision Making, by Eric Zitzewitz, accessed July 3, 2006.
- ^ Worlds Greatest Skaters Archived 2007-07-21 at archive.today, accessed July 3, 2006.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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