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1953 World Figure Skating Championships

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1953 World Figure Skating Championships
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
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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

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  *   Host nation (Switzerland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain2114
 United States2114
3 Canada0101
 West Germany0101
5 Hungary0011
 Italy0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Results

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Men

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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

Ladies

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Rank Name Places
1 United States Tenley Albright 7
2 West Germany Gundi Busch 16
3 United Kingdom Valda Osborn 28
4 United States Carol Heiss 27
5 Canada Suzanne Morrow 28
6 Canada Vera Smith 48
7 United States Margaret Graham 49
8 United Kingdom Yvonne Sugden 53
9 United Kingdom Erica Batchelor 70
10 United Kingdom Ann Robinson 74
11 Austria Annelies Schilhan 72
12 Canada Mary Kenner 86
13 United Kingdom Norma Skevington 83
14 West Germany Rosi Pettinger 97
15 Switzerland Doris Zerbe 109
16 United States Margaret Dean 112
17 Switzerland Yolande Jobin 112
18 Hungary Eszter Jurek 129
19 Netherlands Lidy Stoppelman 130
WD West Germany Helga Dudzinski DNS

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

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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

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Ice dance

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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

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  • Result List provided by the ISU