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 1951 championships took place on February 23–25 in Milan, Italy. It was the first year after World War II that athletes from Germany and Japan were allowed to compete at Worlds.
Medal table
Results Men Rank Name CF FS Total Places 1 Dick Button 104.38 79.33 183.71 7 2 James Grogan 93.11 77.58 170.69 17 3 Helmut Seibt 94.08 74.78 168.86 22 4 Hayes Jenkins 90.80 77.35 168.15 25 5 Dudley Richards 85.63 70.93 156.56 38 6 Carlo Fassi 84.45 72.22 156.67 41 7 Don Laws 81.92 68.60 150.52 48 8 Michael Carrington 83.88 64.05 147.93 54 9 William Lewis 76.63 56.35 132.98 67 10 Freimut Stein 74.00 58.10 132.10 69 11 Ryusuke Arisaka 73.30 56.10 129.40 74
Judges: Donald Gilchrist Eugen Kirchhofer Mollie Phillips Walter Powell Adolf Rosdol W. Schilling Mario Verdi
Ladies
Rank Name CF FS Total Places 1 Jeannette Altwegg 114.73 77.99 192.72 8 2 Jacqueline du Bief 106.67 82.00 188.67 14 3 Sonya Klopfer 104.90 80.79 185.69 23 4 Suzanne Morrow 105.67 78.96 184.63 29 5 Barbara Wyatt 104.67 74.58 179.25 42 6 Tenley Albright 99.25 79.81 179.06 43 7 Andra McLaughlin 100.43 77.87 178.30 47 8 Margaret Graham 100.10 76.89 176.99 53 9 Valda Osborn 98.03 76.41 174.44 56 10 Gundi Busch 88.67 76.28 164.95 83 11 Frances Dorsey 91.70 73.12 164.82 85 12 Helga Dudzinski 87.62 75.31 162.93 89* 13 Elizabeth Hiscock 91.88 70.93 162.81 89* 14 Erika Kraft 88.63 74.70 163.33 87 15 Susi Wirz 91.47 69.59 161.06 94 16 Lotte Schwenk 84.82 66.92 151.74 116 17 Yolande Jobin 85.88 64.00 149.88 118 18 Ghislaine Kopf 85.70 59.98 145.68 129 19 Yvonne Sugden 80.30 65.21 145.51 131 20 Inge Jell 74.85 62.05 136.90 141 21 Etsuko Inada 81.29 54.02 135.31 144 22 Lidy Stoppelman 77.56 53.70 131.26 150 23 Grete Dunst 70.45 47.33 117.78 161 *: better placed due to the majority of the better placings
Judges: Pamela Davis Emile Finsterwald Donald Gilchrist Oskar Madl O. Maly Harold G. Storke Georges Torchon
Pairs Rank Name Points Places 1 Ria Baran / Paul Falk 10.89 10 2 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy 10.85 11.5 3 Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks 10.51 20.5 4 Eliane Steinemann / André Calame 10.07 35 5 Inge Minor / Hermann Braun 9.92 40 6 Marlies Schrör / Hans Schwarz 9.81 45 7 Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean 9.48 50 8 Janet Gerhauser / John Nightingale 9.46 53 9 Silva Palme / Marko Lajović 9.19 65 10 Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis 8.96 65 11 Anne Holt / Austin Holt 8.99 68 12 Elizabeth Williams / John McCann 7.94 83
Judges: Bruno Bonfiglio Donald Gilchrist Eugen Kirchhofer Hans Meixner Mollie Phillips W. Schilling Harold G. Storke
Ice Dance (unofficial)
Rank Name Places 1 Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy 2 Joan Dewhirst / John Slater 3 Lois Waring / Michael McGean
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