1953 World Figure Skating Championships
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| 1953 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | February 8 – 15 |
| Season: | 1953 |
| Location: | Switzerland Davos, Switzerland |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: United States Hayes Alan Jenkins | |
| Ladies' singles: United States Tenley Albright | |
| Pairs: United Kingdom Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | |
| Ice dance: United Kingdom Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy | |
| Previous: 1952 World Championships | |
| Next: 1954 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 figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.
The 1953 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 8 to 15 in Davos, Switzerland.
Medal table
[edit | edit source]* Host nation (Switzerland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | File:Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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Results
[edit | edit source]Men
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Name | Age | CF | FS | Points | Places | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Hayes Jenkins | 19 | 2 | 925.2 | 1 | 727.2 | 183.6 | 13 |
| 2 | United States James Grogan | 21 | 1 | 931.9 | 3 | 704.3 | 181.8 | 16 |
| 3 | Italy Carlo Fassi | 24 | 3 | 907.1 | 6 | 659.8 | 174.1 | 36 |
| 4 | United States Ronald Robertson | 15 | 7 | 851.8 | 2 | 707.9 | 173.3 | 37 |
| 5 | France Alain Giletti | 13 | 5 | 864.7 | 4 | 675.2 | 171.4 | 44 |
| 6 | United States Dudley Richards | 21 | 6 | 870.6 | 5 | 673.8 | 171.6 | 49 |
| 7 | Canada Peter Firstbrook | 19 | 4 | 871.4 | 8 | 640.6 | 168.0 | 59 |
| 8 | Canada Peter Dunfield | 21 | 8 | 790.7 | 7 | 656.5 | 160.8 | 73 |
| 9 | United Kingdom Michael Booker | 15 | 9 | 778.4 | 9 | 622.9 | 155.7 | 81 |
| 10 | West Germany Freimut Stein | 28 | 10 | 764.4 | 10 | 609.9 | 152.7 | 88 |
| 11 | Austria Kurt Oppelt | 20 | 13 | 712.8 | 11 | 592.2 | 145.0 | 102 |
| 12 | Switzerland Hubert Köpfler | 17 | 11 | 745.4 | 12 | 553.3 | 144.3 | 106 |
| 13 | Hungary György Czakó | 19 | 14 | 701.6 | 13 | 543.1 | 138.3 | 115 |
| WD | West Germany Klaus Loichinger | 12 | 729.5 | DNF | ||||
Judges:
- Italy Ercole Cattaneo
- United Kingdom Pamela Davis
- Canada John D. Greig
- Belgium Henri Hoyoux
- Switzerland A. Jaisli
- United States Alex Krupy
- Austria Hans Meixner
- France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
- West Germany Adolf Walker
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Ladies
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Name | Age | CF | FS | Total | Points | Places | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Tenley Albright | 17 | 1 | 757.3 | 1 | 560.73 | 1318.03 | 188.29 | 7 |
| 2 | West Germany Gundi Busch | 17 | 2 | 730.9 | 3 | 531.27 | 1262.17 | 180.31 | 16 |
| 3 | United Kingdom Valda Osborn | 18 | 3 | 719.7 | 513.77 | 1233.47 | 176.21 | 28 | |
| 4 | United States Carol Heiss | 13 | 5 | 705.4 | 2 | 531.29 | 1236.69 | 176.67 | 27 |
| 5 | Canada Suzanne Morrow | 22 | 4 | 716.7 | 516.63 | 1233.33 | 176.19 | 28 | |
| 6 | Canada Vera Smith | 20 | 1198.68 | 171.24 | 48 | ||||
| 7 | United States Margaret Graham | 1189.79 | 169.97 | 49 | |||||
| 8 | United Kingdom Yvonne Sugden | 13 | 1175.51 | 167.93 | 53 | ||||
| 9 | United Kingdom Erica Batchelor | 19 | 1145.62 | 163.66 | 70 | ||||
| 10 | United Kingdom Ann Robinson | 1141.28 | 163.04 | 74 | |||||
| 11 | Austria Annelies Schilhan | 16 | 12 | 642.1 | 499.11 | 1141.21 | 163.03 | 72 | |
| 12 | Canada Mary Kenner | 19 | 86 | ||||||
| 13 | United Kingdom Norma Skevington | 83 | |||||||
| 14 | West Germany Rosi Pettinger | 19 | 97 | ||||||
| 15 | Switzerland Doris Zerbe | 109 | |||||||
| 16 | United States Margaret Dean | 112 | |||||||
| 17 | Switzerland Yolande Jobin | 22 | 112 | ||||||
| 18 | Hungary Eszter Jurek | 16 | 129 | ||||||
| 19 | Netherlands Lidy Stoppelman | 19 | 130 | ||||||
| WD | West Germany Helga Dudzinski | 23 | DNF | ||||||
| WD | Austria Sissy Schwarz | 16 | DNF | ||||||
Judges:
- Canada John D. Greig
- Switzerland A. Jaisli
- United States Alex Krupy
- Austria Ernst Labin
- United Kingdom Mollie Phillips
- France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
- West Germany Adolf Walker
Pairs
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Name | Age | Total | Points | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | 20/23 | 77.0 | 11.00 | 10.5 |
| 2 | Canada Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | 23/26 | 76.37 | 10.91 | 16 |
| 3 | Hungary Marianna Nagy / László Nagy | 24/25 | 74.62 | 10.66 | 23.5 |
| 4 | Switzerland Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean | 18/21 | 74.27 | 10.61 | 24 |
| 5 | United Kingdom Peri Horne / Raymond Lockwood | 20/24 | 71.40 | 10.20 | 39 |
| 6 | Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt | 16/20 | 70.14 | 10.02 | 43.5 |
| 7 | United Kingdom Jane Higson / Robert Hudson | 70.07 | 10.01 | 44.5 | |
| 8 | Hungary Éva Szöllősi / Gábor Vida | 18/23 | 67.48 | 9.64 | 57 |
| 9 | West Germany Eva Neeb / Karl Probst | 19/ | 66.78 | 9.54 | 61 |
| 10 | Belgium Charlotte Michiels / Gaston van Ghelder | 65.88 | 9.34 | 66 |
Judges:
- United Kingdom Pauline L. Barrajo
- Switzerland Emile Finsterwald
- Canada John D. Greig
- Belgium Henri Hoyoux
- Austria Walter Malek
- West Germany Werner Rittberger
- Hungary Elemér Terták
Ice dance
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Name | Age | CD | FD | Points | Places | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy | 22/22 | 1 | 111.4 | 1 | 73.85 | 37.05 | 6 |
| 2 | United Kingdom Joan Dewhirst / John Slater | 17/25 | 2 | 110.0 | 2 | 73.05 | 36.61 | 10 |
| 3 | United States Carol Peters / Daniel Ryan | 20/23 | 3 | 104.4 | 3 | 70.7 | 35.02 | 14 |
| 4 | United Kingdom Nesta Davies / Paul Thomas | 5 | 102.6 | 4 | 68.0 | 34.12 | 20 | |
| 5 | United States Virginia Hoyns / Donald Jacoby | 4 | 101.0 | 6 | 67.45 | 33.69 | 23 | |
| 6 | Netherlands Lydia Boon / Aadrian van Dam | 6 | 96.9 | 7 | 66.7 | 32.72 | 30 | |
| 7 | United States Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel | 40/32 | 7 | 88.9 | 5 | 67.85 | 31.35 | 35 |
| 8 | Switzerland Albertina Brown / Nigel Brown | 8 | 83.0 | 9 | 61.1 | 28.82 | 42 | |
| 9 | Austria Helga Binder / Edwin Führich | 10 | 81.8 | 8 | 61.5 | 28.66 | 45 | |
| 10 | Netherlands Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink | 9 | 83.7 | 12 | 55.0 | 27.74 | 50 | |
| 11 | Austria Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn | 11 | 82.0 | 11 | 55.4 | 27.48 | 54 | |
| 12 | Austria Luise Lehner / Hans Kutschera | 12 | 76.5 | 10 | 55.9 | 26.48 | 59 | |
Judges:
- United Kingdom Pamela Davis
- Switzerland Emile Finsterwald
- Austria Hans Meixner
- United States R. Sackett
- Belgium A. Voordeckers
Sources
[edit | edit source]- Result List provided by the ISU