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.
In 1927, men's competitions took place from February 5th to 6th in Davos, Switzerland. Ladies' competitions took place from February 19th to 20th in Oslo, Norway. Pairs' competitions took place from February 22nd to 23rd in Vienna, Austria.
Results Men Rank Name Places 1 Willy Böckl 11 2 Otto Preißecker 15 3 Karl Schäfer 24 4 Georges Gautschi 26 5 John Page 30 6 Ludwig Wrede 42 7 Herbert Haertel 48 8 Jean Henrion 56
Judges: Kurt Dannenberg Eduard Engelmann Josef Fellner Fritz Kachler J. G. Künzli Thomas Richardson Artur Vieregg
Ladies This result was controversial because the three Norwegian member of the judging panel placed the Sonja Henie on the first place, while the other two placed Herma Szabo, who retired after the competition.Nationalism in Winter Sports Judging and its Lessons for Organizational Decision Making, by Eric Zitzewitz, accessed July 3, 2006.Worlds Greatest Skaters , accessed July 3, 2006.
RankNameJudgesPlaces #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 1 Sonja Henie 1 1 1 2 2 7 2 Herma Plank-Szabo 2 2 2 1 1 8 3 Karen Simensen 3 3 3 4 4 17 4 Ellen Brockhöft 4 4 4 3 3 18
Judges: Arne Christiansen O. R. Kolderup Knut Oeren Meinich Walter Müller Artur Vieregg
Pairs Rank Name Places 1 Herma Plank-Szabo / Ludwig Wrede 6.5 2 Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser 9 3 Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe 14.5 4 Hansi Eissert / Georg Pamperl 20
Judges: Walter Jakobsson Otto Maly Walter Müller Max Rendschmidt K. Scheibner
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