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 1928 men competitions took place February 25th to26th, 1928 in Berlin

Berlin

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Germany

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The 1928 ladies competitions took place March 5th to 6th, 1928 in London

London

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Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

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The 1928 pairs competition took place March 5th to 6th, 1928 in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

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Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Willy Böckl		5.5
2	Karl Schäfer Karl Schäfer Karl Schäfer was an Austrian figure skater and swimmer. In figure skating, he was a dual Olympic Champion at the 1932 Winter Olympics and the 1936 Winter Olympics, a seven-time World Champion and the eight-time European Champion...		11.5
3	Hugo Distler		22
4	John F. Page		25
5	Roger Turner Roger Turner Roger Felix Turner was an American figure skater.He was born in Milton, Massachusetts and died in Walpole, Massachusetts....	United States	26
6	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...		27
7	Montgomery Wilson Montgomery Wilson Montgomery "Bud" Wilson was a Canadian figure skater who won 9 Canadian championship titles in men's single skating between 1929 and 1939, and holds the record for the most Canadian titles won by any skater...	Canada	29
8	Paul Franke Paul Franke Paul Walter Franke was an American operatic tenor who specialized in the comprimario repertoire...		35
9	Jack Eastwood	Canada	44
10	Nathaniel Niles Nathaniel Niles (figure skater) Nathaniel William Niles was an American figure skater who competed in single skating, pair skating, and ice dancing between 1914 and 1932.He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Brookline, Massachusetts....	United States	50

Judges were

• K. M. Beaumont
• Harald. Rooth 
• Otto Maly 
• Ludwig Fänner 
• Otto Schöning 

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	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...		6
2	Maribel Vinson	United States	13
3	Fritzi Burger Fritzi Burger Friederike "Fritzi" Burger was an Austrian figure skater competitive in the late 1920s and early 1930s. She was Jewish.-Career:...		15
4	Constance Wilson Constance Wilson-Samuel Constance Wilson-Samuel was a Canadian figure skater. In 1932, she won the bronze medal at the World Figure Skating Championships.Wilson-Samuel also competed in pair skating with her brother Montgomery Wilson...	Canada	18
5	Melitta Brunner Melitta Brunner Melitta Brunner was an Austrian figure skater in both pairs and singles. As a single skater, she won the bronze medal at the 1929 World Championships. As a pair skater, she skated with Ludwig Wrede and won the bronze at the 1928 Olympics in St. Moritz...		23
6	Kathleen Shaw Kathleen Shaw Gertrude Kathleen Shaw was a British figure skater. She was born in Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire and was the 1926 World bronze medalist. She represented Great Britain at the 1924 Winter Olympics, where she placed 7th, and at the 1928 Winter Olympics, where she placed 14th...		30

Judges were

• Willy Böckl 
• B. Björjeson
• Herbert J. Clarke 
• René Japiot 
• Ulrich Salchow
  Ulrich Salchow
  Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow was a Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century....
  
   

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Andrée Joly / Pierre Brunet		7
2	Lilly Scholz Lilly Scholz Lilly Scholz was an Austrian pair skater. She and partner Otto Kaiser won the 1929 World Championship in pair skating. They won the silver medal at the 1928 Winter Olympics...  / Otto Kaiser Otto Kaiser (figure skater) Otto Kaiser was an Austrian pair skater. He and his partner Lilly Scholz won the 1929 World Championship in pair skating...		8
3	Melitta Brunner Melitta Brunner Melitta Brunner was an Austrian figure skater in both pairs and singles. As a single skater, she won the bronze medal at the 1929 World Championships. As a pair skater, she skated with Ludwig Wrede and won the bronze at the 1928 Olympics in St. Moritz...  / 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...		18
4	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		18
5	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...  / Sherwin Badger Sherwin Badger Sherwin Campbell Badger was an American figure skater who competed in singles and pairs. He earned the men's titles at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships from 1920 through 1924. He also captured the pairs gold medal with partner Beatrix Loughran three times, and the pair won the silver medal...	United States	25
6	Maude Smith / Jack Eastwood	Canada	33.5
7	Theresa Weld Blanchard / Nathaniel Niles Nathaniel Niles (figure skater) Nathaniel William Niles was an American figure skater who competed in single skating, pair skating, and ice dancing between 1914 and 1932.He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Brookline, Massachusetts....	United States	35
8	Kathleen Lovett / Proctor Burman		35.5

Judges were

• Ulrich Salchow
  Ulrich Salchow
  Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow was a Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century....
  
   
• Willy Böckl 
• B. Björjeson
• René Japiot 
• Herbert Yglesias