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