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 1948 competitions for men, ladies, and pair skating took place from February 11 to 15 in Davos, Switzerland. These were the second World Figure Skating Championships after World War II. Skaters from Germany and Japan were still not allowed to compete.
Medal table
Results Men Rank Name Places 1 Dick Button 11 2 Hans Gerschwiler 19 3 Ede Király 28 4 John Lettengarver 32 5 James Grogan 52 6 Graham Sharp 53 7 Helmut Seibt 76 8 Hellmuth May 79 9 Wallace Diestelmeyer 85 10 Vladislav Čáp 84 11 Fernand Leemans 80 12 Zdeněk Fikar 105 13 Per Cock-Clausen 115 WD Edi Rada DNS
Judges: Eugen Kirchhofer Vladimir Koudelka Hubert Martineau Harry Meistrup Melville Rogers Adolf Rosdol Harold G. Stroke Marcell Vadas A. Voordeckers
Ladies Rank Name Places 1 Barbara Ann Scott 11 2 Eva Pawlik 25 3 Jiřína Nekolová 32 4 Jeanette Altwegg 36 5 Alena Vrzáňová 39 6 Yvonne Sherman 71 7 Marta Bachem-Musilek 81 8 Bridget Adams 83 9 Andrea Kékesy 93 10 Dagmar Lerchová 109 11 Mária Saáry 102 12 Marilyn Take 97 13 Suzanne Morrow 107 14 Maja Hug 124 15 Marion Davies 113 16 Barbara Wyatt 135 17 Beryl Bailey 141 18 Jacqueline du Bief 149 19 Jill Hood-Linzee 163 20 Lotti Höner 179
Judges: Kenneth Beaumont Bernard Fox Harry Meistrup Hans Meixner Melville Rogers Elemér Terták Georges Torchon A. Winkler K. Zemek
Pairs Rank Name Places 1 Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet 13.5 2 Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király 24.5 3 Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer 26 4 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy 38.5 5 Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning 45 6 Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne 51.5 7 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy 72 8 Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks 80.5 9 Blažena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka 86.5 10 Luny Unold / Hans Kuster 91 11 Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer 92 12 Joan Oglivie-Thompson / Robert Thompson 95 13 Susi Giebisch / Helmut Seibt 104 14 Eliane Steinemann / André Calame 125 WD Denise Favart / Jacques Favart DNS
Judges: Rudolf Kaler James Koch Vladimir Koudelka Mollie Phillips Melville Rogers Harold G. Storke Georges Torchon Marcell Vadas A. Voordeckers
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