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's competitions took place on February 18 to 19 in Berlin, Germany and ladies' competitions took place on February 4 to 5 in Stockholm, Sweden. Pairs' competition took place on February 18 in Berlin, Germany.
Results Men
Graham Sharp won the CF by 231.4 ahead of Felix Kaspar who gained 229.7, but the FS won by Kaspar with 164.6 ahead of Sharp who gained 159.8. With this in the overall points Felix Kaspar finished before Graham Sharp with 3.1 margin.
Rank Name CF FS Points Places 1 Felix Kaspar 2 1 394.3 9 2 Graham Sharp 1 2 391.2 12 3 Herbert Alward 3 363.6 32 4 Horst Faber 4 368.1 33 5 Freddie Tomlins 7 366.4 35 6 Robert van Zeebroeck 9 366.0 37 7 Edi Rada 6 359.3 47 8 Günther Lorenz 8 357.7 47 9 Elemer Tertak 5 65 10 Per Cock-Clausen 10 68
Referee: Kurt Dannenberg
Judges: Herbert Clarke E. Delpy O. Gattwinkel Walter Jakobsson Rudolf Kaler János Liedemann P. Sørensen
Ladies Rank Name Places 1 Megan Taylor 7 2 Cecilia Colledge 8 3 Hedy Stenuf 21 4 Gladys Jagger 22 5 Lydia Veicht 23 6 Hanne Niernberger 29 7 Daphne Walker 30 8 Gerd Helland-Bjørnstad 43 9 Gunnel Ericson 44 10 Britta Råhlén 50 11 Anne-Marie Sæther 53 WD Emmy Putzinger DNS
Judges: Herbert Clarke H. Deistler Z. Johansen Thore Mothander P. Weiss
Pairs Rank Name Places 1 Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier 12 2 Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin 16 3 Inge Koch / Günther Noack 30 4 Violet Cliff / Leslie Cliff 37 5 Piroska Szekrényessy / Attila Szekrényessy 44 6 Pierette Dubois / Paul Dubois 67 7 Elisabeth Roth / Bruno Walter 72.5 8 Gisela Grätz / Otto Weiß 79 9 Hildegard Faulhaber / Karl Eigel 79.5 10 Anna Cattaneo / Ercole Cattaneo 82.5 11 Elisabeth Kianek / Adolf Rosdol 88 12 Stephanie Kalusz / Erwin Kalusz 94.5 13 A. Wächter / Fritz Lesk 117
Judges: E. Bonfiglio Herbert Clarke Eduard Engelmann Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers Alfred Theuer P. Weiss A. Winkler Otto Zappe