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
Previous:
1929 World Championships
Next:
1931 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 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

  *   Host nation (United States)

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

Results

Men

Rank Name Places
1 Austria Karl Schäfer5
2 United States Roger Turner11
3 Switzerland Georges Gautschi19
4 Canada Montgomery Wilson20
5 Austria Ludwig Wrede20
6 United States Gail Borden32
7 United States Lester Madden35
8 United States William Nagle38

Judges:

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

Ladies

Rank Name Places
1 Norway Sonja Henie5
2 Canada Cecil Smith12
3 United States Maribel Vinson16
4 Canada Constance Wilson19
5 Austria Melitta Brunner23
6 United States Suzanne Davis30

Judges:

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

Pairs

Rank Name Places
1 France Andrée Brunet / Pierre Brunet6.5
2 Austria Melitta Brunner / Ludwig Wrede13.5
3 United States Beatrix Loughran / Sherwin Badger16
4 Canada Constance Samuel / Montgomery Wilson21
5 Canada Isobel Rogers / Melville Rogers25.5
6 United States Theresa Weld / Nathaniel Niles30.5
7 Canada Maude Smith / Jack Eastwood32.5
8 United States Edith Secord / Joseph Savage34.5

Judges:

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

Sources

  • Result List provided by the ISU
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