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1930 World Figure Skating Championships

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1930 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 3 – 5
Season:1930
Location:United States New York City, New York United States
Champions
Men's singles:
Austria Karl Schäfer
Ladies' singles:
Norway Sonja Henie
Pairs:
France Andrée Brunet / Pierre Brunet
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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 competitions took place from February 3 to 5 in New York City, the first figure skating world championships in the United States. It was also the first year when all competitions were held at the same location and at the same time. All the judges for the three competitions were also the same.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Austria1102
2 France1001
 Norway1001
4 United States*0123
5 Canada0101
6 Switzerland0011
Totals (6 entries)3339

Results

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Men

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Rank Name Places
1 Austria Karl Schäfer 5
2 United States Roger Turner 11
3 Switzerland Georges Gautschi 19
4 Canada Montgomery Wilson 20
5 Austria Ludwig Wrede 20
6 United States Gail Borden 32
7 United States Lester Madden 35
8 United States William Nagle 38

Judges:

  • Norway B. Børjeson
  • United Kingdom Herber Clarke
  • Austria J. Edhoffer
  • United States J. B. Liberman
  • Canada J. C. McDougall
Left to right: Wilson, Davis, Brunner, Smith, Vinson, Henie

Ladies

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Rank Name Places
1 Norway Sonja Henie 5
2 Canada Cecil Smith 12
3 United States Maribel Vinson 16
4 Canada Constance Wilson 19
5 Austria Melitta Brunner 23
6 United States Suzanne Davis 30

Judges:

  • Norway B. Børjeson
  • United Kingdom Herbert Clarke
  • Austria J. Edhoffer
  • United States J. B. Liberman
  • Canada J. C. McDougall

Pairs

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Rank Name Places
1 France Andrée Brunet / Pierre Brunet 6.5
2 Austria Melitta Brunner / Ludwig Wrede 13.5
3 United States Beatrix Loughran / Sherwin Badger 16
4 Canada Constance Samuel / Montgomery Wilson 21
5 Canada Isobel Rogers / Melville Rogers 25.5
6 United States Theresa Weld / Nathaniel Niles 30.5
7 Canada Maude Smith / Jack Eastwood 32.5
8 United States Edith Secord / Joseph Savage 34.5

Judges:

  • Norway B. Børjeson
  • United Kingdom Herbert Clarke
  • Austria J. Edhoffer
  • United States J. B. Liberman
  • Canada J. C. McDougall

Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU