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 1953 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 8 to 15 in Davos, Switzerland.
Medal table
Results Men Rank Name Age CF FS Points Places 1 Hayes Jenkins 19 2 925.2 1 727.2 183.6 13 2 James Grogan 21 1 931.9 3 704.3 181.8 16 3 Carlo Fassi 24 3 907.1 6 659.8 174.1 36 4 Ronald Robertson 15 7 851.8 2 707.9 173.3 37 5 Alain Giletti 13 5 864.7 4 675.2 171.4 44 6 Dudley Richards 21 6 870.6 5 673.8 171.6 49 7 Peter Firstbrook 19 4 871.4 8 640.6 168.0 59 8 Peter Dunfield 21 8 790.7 7 656.5 160.8 73 9 Michael Booker 15 9 778.4 9 622.9 155.7 81 10 Freimut Stein 28 10 764.4 10 609.9 152.7 88 11 Kurt Oppelt 20 13 712.8 11 592.2 145.0 102 12 Hubert Köpfler 17 11 745.4 12 553.3 144.3 106 13 György Czakó 19 14 701.6 13 543.1 138.3 115 WD Klaus Loichinger 12 729.5 DNF
Judges: Ercole Cattaneo Pamela Davis John D. Greig Henri Hoyoux A. Jaisli Alex Krupy Hans Meixner Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques Adolf Walker
Ladies Rank Name Age CF FS Total Points Places 1 Tenley Albright 17 1 757.3 1 560.73 1318.03 188.29 7 2 Gundi Busch 17 2 730.9 3 531.27 1262.17 180.31 16 3 Valda Osborn 18 3 719.7 513.77 1233.47 176.21 28 4 Carol Heiss 13 5 705.4 2 531.29 1236.69 176.67 27 5 Suzanne Morrow 22 4 716.7 516.63 1233.33 176.19 28 6 Vera Smith 20 1198.68 171.24 48 7 Margaret Graham 1189.79 169.97 49 8 Yvonne Sugden 13 1175.51 167.93 53 9 Erica Batchelor 19 1145.62 163.66 70 10 Ann Robinson 1141.28 163.04 74 11 Annelies Schilhan 16 12 642.1 499.11 1141.21 163.03 72 12 Mary Kenner 19 86 13 Norma Skevington 83 14 Rosi Pettinger 19 97 15 Doris Zerbe 109 16 Margaret Dean 112 17 Yolande Jobin 22 112 18 Eszter Jurek 16 129 19 Lidy Stoppelman 19 130 WD Helga Dudzinski 23 DNF WD Sissy Schwarz 16 DNF
Judges: John D. Greig A. Jaisli Alex Krupy Ernst Labin Mollie Phillips Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques Adolf Walker
Pairs Rank Name Age Total Points Places 1 Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks 20/23 77.0 11.00 10.5 2 Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden 23/26 76.37 10.91 16 3 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy 24/25 74.62 10.66 23.5 4 Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean 18/21 74.27 10.61 24 5 Peri Horne / Raymond Lockwood 20/24 71.40 10.20 39 6 Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt 16/20 70.14 10.02 43.5 7 Jane Higson / Robert Hudson 70.07 10.01 44.5 8 Éva Szöllősi / Gábor Vida 18/23 67.48 9.64 57 9 Eva Neeb / Karl Probst 19/ 66.78 9.54 61 10 Charlotte Michiels / Gaston van Ghelder 65.88 9.34 66
Judges: Pauline L. Barrajo Emile Finsterwald John D. Greig Henri Hoyoux Walter Malek Werner Rittberger Elemér Terták
Ice dance Rank Name Age CD FD Points Places 1 Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy 22/22 1 111.4 1 73.85 37.05 6 2 Joan Dewhirst / John Slater 17/25 2 110.0 2 73.05 36.61 10 3 Carol Peters / Daniel Ryan 20/23 3 104.4 3 70.7 35.02 14 4 Nesta Davies / Paul Thomas 5 102.6 4 68.0 34.12 20 5 Virginia Hoyns / Donald Jacoby 4 101.0 6 67.45 33.69 23 6 Lydia Boon / Aadrian van Dam 6 96.9 7 66.7 32.72 30 7 Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel 40/32 7 88.9 5 67.85 31.35 35 8 Albertina Brown / Nigel Brown 8 83.0 9 61.1 28.82 42 9 Helga Binder / Edwin Führich 10 81.8 8 61.5 28.66 45 10 Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink 9 83.7 12 55.0 27.74 50 11 Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn 11 82.0 11 55.4 27.48 54 12 Luise Lehner / Hans Kutschera 12 76.5 10 55.9 26.48 59
Judges: Pamela Davis Emile Finsterwald Hans Meixner R. Sackett A. Voordeckers
Sources Result List provided by the ISU