1949 World Figure Skating Championships
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| 1949 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | 16 – 18 February 1949 |
| Season: | 1949 |
| Location: | France Paris, France |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: United States Dick Button | |
| Ladies' singles: Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzáňová | |
| Pairs: Hungary Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király | |
| Previous: 1948 World Championships | |
| Next: 1950 World Championships | |
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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]
Medal table
[edit | edit source]* Host nation (France)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Results
[edit | edit source]Men
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Name | Places |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Dick Button | 5 |
| 2 | Hungary Ede Király | 12 |
| 3 | Austria Edi Rada | 13 |
| 4 | United States James Grogan | 23 |
| 5 | Austria Helmut Seibt | 26 |
| 6 | United States Hayes Alan Jenkins | 29 |
| 7 | United States Austin Holt | 34 |
| 8 | Italy Carlo Fassi | 38 |
| 9 | Denmark Per Cock-Clausen | 45 |
| 10 | France Jean Vives | 50 |
Judges:
- Hungary Ferenc Kertész
- Austria Edwin Kucharz
- Denmark Harry Meistrup
- United States Harold G. Storke
- Italy Mario Verdi
Ladies
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Name | Places |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzáňová | 7 |
| 2 | United States Yvonne Sherman | 17 |
| 3 | United Kingdom Jeannette Altwegg | 18 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia Jiřina Nekolová | 44.5 |
| 5 | United Kingdom Bridget Adams | 46 |
| 6 | United States Andra McLaughlin | 48 |
| 7 | United States Virginia Baxter | 53 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia Dagmar Lerchová | 55 |
| 9 | France Jacqueline du Bief | 67 |
| 10 | United Kingdom Barbara Wyatt | 68.5 |
| 11 | United States Helen Uhl | 71 |
| 12 | United Kingdom Valda Osborn | 73 |
| 13 | United Kingdom Beryl Bailey | 82 |
| 14 | Austria Lilly Fuchs | 85 |
| 15 | France Liliane Madaule | 105 |
Judges:
- United Kingdom Kenneth Beaumont
- Hungary Ferenc Kertész
- Switzerland James Koch
- Austria Adolf Rosdol
- United States Harold G. Storke
- France Georges Torchon
- Czechoslovakia Josef Vosolsobě
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Pairs
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Name | Places |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király | 7 |
| 2 | United States Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | 14.5 |
| 3 | United States Ann Davies / Carleton Hoffner | 31.5 |
| 4 | Hungary Marianna Nagy / László Nagy | 33 |
| 5 | Austria Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer | 35.5* |
| 6 | United Kingdom Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | 35.5 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia Běla Zachova / Jaroslav Zach | 49.5 |
| 8 | Switzerland Eliane Steinemann / André Calame | 56.5 |
| 9 | Austria Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis | 56.5* |
| 10 | France Denise Favart / Jacques Favart | 63 |
| 11 | Belgium Suzanne Gheldorf / Jacques Rénard | 75 |
| 12 | United Kingdom Pamela Davis / Peter Scholes | 78.5 |
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*Better placed due to the majority of the better places
Judges:
- Switzerland Emile Finsterwald
- Hungary Ferenc Kertész
- United Kingdom Mollie Phillips
- Austria Adolf Rosdol
- United States Harold G. Storke
- France Georges Torchon
- Czechoslovakia Josef Vosolsobě
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Figure skating: "Favored to win, Eva Pawlik was forced to withdraw", in: Life Magazine, 14.3.1949
- ^ Susan D. Russell, "Eva Pawlik and Rudi Seeliger", In: International Figure Skating Magazine, Jan/Feb 2008
- ^ Matthias Hampe, The genesis of figure skating. Doctoral thesis at the Potsdam University 2010, page 218
- ^ Kelli Lawrence, Skating On Air. McFarland & Company. Jefferson (North Carolina) and London 2011. Chapter "Eva Pawlik - more than an overseas footnote", page 22. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).