The 1948 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships

European Figure Skating Championships

The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...

 of the 1947-1948 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations, in addition to the United States

United States

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 and Canada

Canada

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, competed for the title of European Champion. Skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' singles

Single skating

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, men's singles

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, and pair skating

Pair skating

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.

In 1948, the European Championships were held in Prague

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, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

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.

Men

Button is the only winner from outside Europe in mens singles.

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Dick Button Dick Button Richard Totten "Dick" Button is an American former figure skater and a well-known long-time skating television analyst. He is a two-time Olympic Champion and five-time World Champion...
2	Hans Gerschwiler Hans Gerschwiler Hans Gerschwiler was a Swiss figure skater.-Biography:Born in Switzerland, Gerschwiler made his international debut at the 1939 European Figure Skating Championships, where he placed 5th. Between 1939 and 1947, no international skating competitions were held, due to World War II...
3	Edi Rada Edi Rada Edi Rada was an Austrian figure skater. He won the bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics and was the 1949 European Champion. He won a bronze medal at the 1949 World Figure Skating Championships....
4	Ede Király Ede Király Ede Király was a Hungarian figure skater. He was born in Budapest. As a solo skater he won two silver medals and a bronze at the World Figure Skating Championships, placing second behind Dick Button twice. He also was European men's champion in 1950. In pairs, he and Andrea Kékesy won the silver...
5	John Lettengarver John Lettengarver John Lettengarver was an American figure skater who competed in men's singles. He won the silver medal at the 1947 United States Figure Skating Championships and finished fourth at the 1948 Winter Olympics.-Results:...
6	Zdeněk Fikar
7	Helmut Seibt Helmut Seibt Helmut Seibt was an Austrian figure skater. He won the silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics. He was the 1951–1952 European Champion. He placed 9th at the 1948 Winter Olympics and won a bronze medal at the 1951 World Figure Skating Championships...
8	Vladislav Čáp Vladislav Cáp Vladislav Čáp was a figure skater who competed internationally for Czechoslovakia. He was the 1947 European silver medalist. He competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics and placed 10th.-Results:-References:*...
9	Josef Dědič Josef Dědič Josef Dědič was a Czechoslovak figure skater and sport official. He placed 9th at the 1948 European Figure Skating Championships and retired from competitive skating in that year....

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Barbara Ann Scott	Canada
2	Eva Pawlik Eva Pawlik Eva Pawlik was an Austrian figure skater , a show star, an actress and the first European figure skater to be a TV figure skating commentator .-Childhood:Born in 1927, Pawlik was regarded as a child prodigy, able to jump a single axel and do a large number of spins...
3	Alena Vrzáňová
4	Jiřína Nekolová Jirína Nekolová Jiřína Nekolová is a Czech figure skater who competed for Czechoslovakia. She is the 1948 World bronze medalist. She competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics and placed 4th.-Results:...
5	Jeannette Altwegg Jeannette Altwegg Jeannette Altwegg CBE is a British figure skater. She is the 1952 Olympic champion in Ladies' Singles, the 1948 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1951 World champion, and the 1951 & 1952 European champion...
6	Dagmar Lurchova
7	Andrea Kékesy Andrea Kékesy Andrea Kékesy is a former pair skater from Hungary. She and Ede Király won the silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics. They placed second at the 1948 World Championships, and first in 1949. They were also European Champions in 1948 and 1949.-Results:-Navigation:...
8	Bridget Shirley Adams
9	Marion Davies
10	Barbara Wyatt
11	Marta Bachem-Musilek
12	Milena Tumova
13	Ingeborg Solar
14	Eva Lindner
15	Hildegarde Appeltauer
16	Marika Saary
17	Beryl Bailey
18	Roberta Scholdan
19	Vera Masakova

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Andrea Kékesy Andrea Kékesy Andrea Kékesy is a former pair skater from Hungary. She and Ede Király won the silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics. They placed second at the 1948 World Championships, and first in 1949. They were also European Champions in 1948 and 1949.-Results:-Navigation:...  / Ede Király Ede Király Ede Király was a Hungarian figure skater. He was born in Budapest. As a solo skater he won two silver medals and a bronze at the World Figure Skating Championships, placing second behind Dick Button twice. He also was European men's champion in 1950. In pairs, he and Andrea Kékesy won the silver...
2	Blažena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka
3	Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer
4	Joan Thompson / Robert Ogilvie
5	Jennifer Nicks Jennifer Nicks Jennifer Mary Nicks was a British pair skater. She competed with brother John Nicks. In 1953, the two won Great Britain's only World and European titles in pair skating, after having placed fourth at the 1952 Winter Olympics. She died as the result of a heart attack.-Competitive...  / John Nicks John Nicks John Allen Wisden Nicks is a British figure skating coach and former pair skater. His pairs partner was his sister Jennifer Nicks, and together they were the 1953 World Champions...
6	Marianne Nagy / László Nagy László Nagy (figure skater) László Nagy was a Hungarian pair skater. He and his partner and sister Marianne Nagy were two time Olympic bronze medalists, two-time European champions , and three-time World bronze medalists . He was born in Szombathely.-Competitive highlights:-References:* -Navigation:...
7	Györgyi von Botond / Ferenc Kertész
8	Susi Giebisch / Helmut Seibt Helmut Seibt Helmut Seibt was an Austrian figure skater. He won the silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics. He was the 1951–1952 European Champion. He placed 9th at the 1948 Winter Olympics and won a bronze medal at the 1951 World Figure Skating Championships...
9	Dagmar Hruba / Jiří Ocenasek
10	Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis
11	P. Prenosilova / Frontisek Landi