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 1949 championships took place on February 16 to 18, 1949 in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. Alena Vrzáňová of Czechoslovakia became the first woman to perform a double lutz.

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Placings	Figures	Free	Total
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...	United States	5
2	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...		12
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....		13
4	James Grogan James Grogan James Grogan was an American figure skater. He won the bronze medal at the 1952 Oslo Olympics. He won four silver medals at the United States Figure Skating Championships and at the World Figure Skating Championships...	United States	23
5	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...		26
6	Hayes Alan Jenkins Hayes Alan Jenkins Hayes Alan Jenkins , an American figure skater, led men's skating for 4 years, 1953-56. He won four consecutive World Figure Skating Championships from 1953 to 1956. He also won the gold medal in the 1956 Winter Olympics, after placing 4th in the 1952 Winter Olympics. His brother David Jenkins...	United States	29
7	Austin Holt	United States	34
8	Carlo Fassi Carlo Fassi Carlo Fassi was a well-known Italian figure skater and international coach whose students included several World and Olympic champions.-Career:Fassi was born in Milan....		38
9	Per Cock-Clausen Per Cock-Clausen Per Cock-Clausen was a Danish figure skater. He was the 13-time Danish National Champion from 1940-1963 and Nordic Champion from 1949-1951 and 1953. He competed at both the 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympic Games finishing 16th and 14th respectively...		45
10	Jean Vives		50

Judges were

• E. Kucharz
• H. Meistrup
• Ferenc Kertesz 
• Mario Verdi 
• Harold G. Storke  United States

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Placings	Figures	Free	Total
1	Ája Vrzáňová		7
2	Yvonne Sherman Yvonne Sherman Yvonne C. Sherman Tutt was an American figure skater. She won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice in ladies' single skating and once in pair skating with Robert Swenning. Sherman competed in both disciplines in the 1948 Winter Olympics.After her competitive career...	United States	17
3	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...		18
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:...		44.5
5	Bridget Shirley Adams		46
6	Andra McLauchlin	United States	48
7	Virginia Baxter Virginia Baxter Virginia "Ginny" Baxter was an American figure skater from Detroit. She won the bronze medal at the United States Figure Skating Championships three times and captured the bronze at the 1952 World Figure Skating Championships...	United States	53
8	Dagmar Lerchová		55
9	Jacqueline du Bief Jacqueline du Bief Jacqueline du Bief is a French figure skater who competed in single skating and pair skating. As a single skater, she is the 1952 World Champion, the 1952 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1950-1952 European silver medalist, and the 1947-1952 French national champion.As a pair skater, she competed with...		67
10	Barbara Wyatt		71
11	Helen Uhl	United States	68.5
12	Valda Osborn Valda Osborn Valda Rosemary Osborn was a British figure skater. She was the 1953 European champion and World bronze medalist. She represented Great Britain at the 1952 Winter Olympics where she placed 11th.- Personal life:Valda Osborn was born in Wembley, England in 1934 and started skating at age 2 1/2 at...		73
13	Beryl Bailey		82
14	Lilly Fuchs		85
15	Liliane Madaule		105
WD	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...
WD	Joan Lister

Remark: * better placed due to the majority of the better placings

Judges were

• Adolf Rosdol 
• Georges Torchon 
• Kenneth Beaumont 
• Ferenc Kertesz 
• Josef Vosolsobe 
• Harold G. Storke  United States
• Dr. J. Koch

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Placings
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...		7
2	Karol Kennedy Karol Kennedy Karol Estelle Kennedy Kucher was an American pair skater. With her brother, Peter, she won five U.S. Championship titles from 1948-1952...  / Peter Kennedy	United States	14.5
3	Ann Davies Anne Davies (figure skater) Anne Davies Rieley was an American figure skater who competed in both ice dance and pairs with partner Carleton Hoffner. They won the dance title at the 1946 U.S...  / Carleton Hoffner Carleton Hoffner Carleton Hoffner is an American figure skater who competed in both ice dance and pairs with partner Anne Davies. They won the dance title at the 1946 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and won the bronze medal in pairs at the 1949 World Figure Skating Championships.-Results:-References:...	United States	31.5
4	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:...		33
5	Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer		*35.5
6	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...		35.5
7	Bela Zachova / Jaroslav Zach		49.5
8	Elianne Steineman / André Calamé		56.5
9	Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis		*66,5
10	Denise Farvart / Jacques Farvart		63
11	Suzanne Gheldorf / Jacques Rénard		75
12	Pamela Davis / Peter Scholes		78.5

Remark: * better placed due to the majority of the better placings

Judges were

• Adolf Rosdol 
• Georges Torchon 
• Mollie Phillips 
• Ferenc Kertesz 
• E. Finsterwald
• Josef Vosolsobe 
• Harold G. Storke  United States