The World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

is an annual figure skating competition

Figure skating competition

-International:* International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union. These competitions are held using ISU rules; skaters are entered by their respective national skating federations....

 sanctioned by the International Skating Union

International Skating Union

The International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...

 in which figure skaters

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 compete for the title of World Champion.

The 1924 men competitions took place on February 26th to 27th, 1924 in Manchester

Manchester

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, Great Britain

Great Britain

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The 1924 ladies competitions took place on February 16th to 17th, 1924 in Oslo

Oslo

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, Norway

Norway

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The 1924 pairs competition took place February 26th to 27th, 1924 also in Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, Great Britain

Great Britain

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Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Gillis Grafström Gillis Grafström Gillis Emanuel Grafström was a Swedish figure skater. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He won three successive Olympic gold medals in Men's Figure Skating as well as Olympic silver medal in same event in 1932, and three World Championships...		5
2	Willy Böckl		10
3	Ernst Oppacher Ernst Oppacher Ernst Oppacher was an Austrian singles figure skater and the 1921 and 1922 Austrian national champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1924 Worlds and the 1922 Europeans.- Competitive highlights :...		22
4	John F. Page		23
5	Ludwig Wrede Ludwig Wrede Ludwig Wrede was an Austrian figure skater in both pairs and singles skating.He competed with Herma Szabo and won the World Championships in 1925 and 1927. They won the bronze in 1926. After Szabo retired, Wrede competed with Melitta Brunner, with whom he won the bronze medal at the 1928 Winter...		23
6	Otto Preißecker Otto Preißecker Otto Preißecker also Preissecker was an Austrian figure skater. He was the 1926-1928 national champion. He also skated in pairs with partner Gisela Hochhaltinger.-singles:-pairs:...		26
7	Martin Stixrud Martin Stixrud Martin Stixrud was a Norwegian figure skater. He was the 1920 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, 1923 European silver medalist, and 1912 European bronze medalist....		31

Judges were

• Ludwig Fänner 
• Reidar Lund 
• Eugen Minich 
• C. L. Wilson
• Herbert R. Yglesias 

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Herma Plank-Szabo Herma Szabo Herma Szabo was an Austrian singles and pairs figure skater. She is the 1924 Olympic champion in ladies' singles and a seven-time World Champion, including five titles in singles and two titles in pairs partnered with Ludwig Wrede.-Personal life:Szabo was born in Vienna, where she came from a...		5
2	Ellen Brockhöft		12
3	Beatrix Loughran Beatrix Loughran Beatrix S. Loughran was an American figure skater who competed in single skating and pair skating. She is the only American to win three Olympic medals in figure skating . She is a six-time National champion...	United States	16
4	Gisela Reichmann		12
5	Sonja Henie Sonja Henie Sonja Henie was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, a ten-time World Champion and a six-time European Champion . Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies figure skater...		22
6	Klara Johansen		28
7	Ragnvi Torslow		35

Judges were

• Josef Fellner 
• Fritz Hellmund 
• Reidar Lund 
• M. Mikkelsen
• Thor B. Poulsen 

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Helene Engelmann Helene Engelmann Helene Engelmann was an Austrian pair skater....  / Alfred Berger Alfred Berger Alfred Berger was an Austrian pair skater.In 1922 and 1924 he and Helene Engelmann were pair skating world champions. They were Olympic champions in 1924.-Results:with Helene Engelmann-Navigation:...		5
2	Ethel Muckelt Ethel Muckelt Ethel Muckelt , was a British figure skater who competed in singles and pairs. As a single skater, she won the bronze medal at the 1924 Winter Olympics. As a pair skater, she placed fifth at the 1920 Summer Olympics with Sydney Wallwork. With John F...  / John F. Page		10
3	Elna Herikson / Kaj af Ekström		15

Judges were

• Ludwig Fänner 
• Reidar Lund 
• Eugen Minich 
• C. L. Wilson
• Herbert R. Yglesias