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1937 World Figure Skating Championships

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1937 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 12-13 (men)
March 1-2 (ladies and pairs)
Season:1937
Location:Austria Vienna, Austria (men)
United Kingdom London, United Kingdom (ladies and pairs)
Venue:Empress Stadion (ladies and pairs)
Champions
Men's singles:
Austria Felix Kaspar
Ladies' singles:
United Kingdom Cecilia Colledge
Pairs:
Nazi Germany Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier
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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.

Men's competitions took place from February 12 to 13 in Vienna, Austria. Ladies' and pairs' competitions took place from March 1 to 2 also in London, United Kingdom.

Medal table

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  *   Host nations (Austria, Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain*1214
2 Austria*1102
3 Germany1001
4 Hungary0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (5 entries)3339

Results

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Men

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Rank Name Age CF FS Points Places
1 Austria Felix Kaspar 22 1 210.30 1 147.468 357.768 5
2 United Kingdom Graham Sharp 19 2 204.62 3 140.616 345.236 10
3 Kingdom of Hungary Elemer Tertak 18 3 199.62 5 138.892 338.52 17
4 Austria Herbert Alward 5 197.02 4 139.608 336.628 19
5 United Kingdom Freddie Tomlins 17 7 189.18 2 142.264 332.064 25
6 Austria Leopold Linhart 22 6 194.02 6 137.088 331.108 30
7 Finland Marcus Nikkanen 33 4 197.38 10 129.528 326.908 35
8 Belgium Freddy Mesot 31 8 187.8 8 130.808 318.608 42
9 Austria Emil Ratzenhofer 22 10 185.00 7 131.040 316.040 45
10 Switzerland Lucian Büeler 26 9 186.52 11 123.228 309.748 52
11 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Sadílek 25 11 183.48 9 129.780 313.260 50

Judges:

  • Switzerland A. Huber
  • Austria Rudolf Kaler
  • Czechoslovakia B. Pavliska
  • Nazi Germany Fritz Schober
  • Kingdom of Hungary Andor Szende

Ladies

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Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom Cecilia Colledge 7
2 United Kingdom Megan Taylor 14
3 Sweden Vivi-Anne Hultén 25.5
4 France Hedy Stenuf 31.5
5 Austria Emmy Putzinger 32
6 Austria Hanne Niernberger 42
7 United Kingdom Belita Jepson-Turner 49
8 United Kingdom Gladys Jagger 58
9 Nazi Germany Martha Mayerhans 70
10 Switzerland Angela Anderes 72
11 Nazi Germany Victoria Lindpaintner 67
12 United States Audrey Peppe 78

Judges:

Pairs

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Rank Name Places
1 Nazi Germany Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier 8.5
2 Austria Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin 14.5
3 United Kingdom Violet Cliff / Leslie Cliff 24.5
4 Kingdom of Hungary Piroska Szekrényessy / Attila Szekrényessy 30.5
5 Nazi Germany Inge Koch / Günther Noack 31.5
6 Kingdom of Italy Anna Cattaneo / Ercole Cattaneo 42.5
7 Poland Stephanie Kalus / Erwin Kalus 46.5
8 Czechoslovakia Feda Kalenčíková / Karel Globar 53.5

Judges:

Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU
  • newspaper Berliner Tageblatt, 4 March 1937