1939 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 11-12 (men and pairs)
February 17-19 (ladies)
Season:1939
Location:Kingdom of Hungary Budapest, Hungary (men and pairs)
Czechoslovakia Prague, Czechoslovakia (ladies)
Champions
Men's singles:
United Kingdom Graham Sharp
Ladies' singles:
United Kingdom Megan Taylor
Pairs:
Nazi Germany Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier
Previous:
1938 World Championships
Next:
1947 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.

Men and pairs competitions took place from February 17th to 19th in Budapest, Hungary. Ladies' competitions took place from February 11th to 12th in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

These World Figure Skating Championships were the last before World War II. The Austrian skaters Edi Rada, Emmy Puzinger, Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin, and the judge H. Deistler represented Germany. The former Austrian skater Herbert Alward represented Hungary.

Medal table

  *   Host nations (Hungary, Czechoslovakia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain2114
2 Germany1023
3 Austria0101
 United States0101
Totals (4 entries)3339

Results

Men

Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom Graham Sharp5
2 United Kingdom Freddie Tomlins11
3 Nazi Germany Horst Faber15
4 Austria Edi Rada24
5 Kingdom of Hungary Herbert Alward27
6 Kingdom of Hungary Elemér Terták25
7 Kingdom of Hungary Kristóf Kállay36
8 Nazi Germany Franz Loichinger39
9 Denmark Per Cock-Clausen43
10 Romania Max Bindea52
11 Estonia Alfred Hirv53

Judges:

Ladies

Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom Megan Taylor5
2 United States Hedy Stenuf14
3 United Kingdom Daphne Walker15
4 Nazi Germany Lydia Veicht18
5 Czechoslovakia Eva Nyklová27
6 Austria Emmy Putzinger29
7 Austria Marta Musilek37
8 United Kingdom Gladys Jagger35
9 Norway Gerd Helland-Bjørnstad52
10 Norway Anne-Marie Sæther53
11 Switzerland Anita Wägeler54
12 Norway Turid Helland-Bjørnstad57
13 Sweden Britta Råhlén52
14 France Jacqueline Bossoutrot65
15 Czechoslovakia Zdeňka Porgesova75

Judges:

Pairs

Rank Name Places
1 Nazi Germany Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier8
2 Austria Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin13
3 Nazi Germany Inge Koch / Günther Noack24
4 Kingdom of Hungary Piroska Szekrényessy / Attila Szekrényessy32
5 United Kingdom Violet Cliff / Leslie Cliff38
6 Switzerland Pierette Dubois / Paul Dubois44.5
7 Kingdom of Hungary Nadine Szilassy / Ferenc Kertész48
8 Kingdom of Hungary Erika Bass / Béla Barcza51
9 Poland Stephanie Kalusz / Erwin Kalusz62.5
10 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Silva Palme / Paul Schwab64

Judges:

  • Kingdom of Yugoslavia E. Bedetto
  • Poland J. Kowalski
  • United Kingdom Ethel Muckelt
  • Nazi Germany P. Weiss
  • Switzerland A. Winkler
  • Netherlands C. Witt
  • Kingdom of Hungary O. Zöllner

Sources

  • Result List provided by the ISU
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