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1952 World Figure Skating Championships

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1952 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 27 – March 1
Season:1952
Location:France Paris, France
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Richard Button
Ladies' singles:
France Jacqueline du Bief
Pairs:
West Germany Ria Baran / Paul Falk
Ice dance:
United Kingdom Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy
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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 1952 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 27 to March 1 in Paris, France. The World Championships in ice dancing were the first of its kind.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (France)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1337
2 Great Britain1113
3 France*1001
 West Germany1001
Totals (4 entries)44412

Results

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Men

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Rank Name Places
1 United States Dick Button 7
2 United States James Grogan 19
3 United States Hayes Jenkins 21
4 Austria Helmut Seibt 25
5 United States Dudley Richards 34
6 Italy Carlo Fassi 44
7 Canada Peter Firstbrook 46
8 France Alain Giletti 57
9 Austria Martin Felsenreich 66
10 Australia Adrian Swan 67
11 Switzerland François Pache 76

Judges:

Ladies

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Rank Name Places
1 France Jacqueline du Bief 9
2 United States Sonya Klopfer 21
3 United States Virginia Baxter 24
4 Canada Suzanne Morrow 43
5 United Kingdom Barbara Wyatt 55
6 West Germany Gundi Busch 59
7 Canada Marlene Smith 64
8 United Kingdom Valda Osborn 65
9 United Kingdom Erica Batchelor 82
10 Canada Vera Smith 90
11 West Germany Helga Dudzinski 96
12 United Kingdom Patricia Devries 110
13 Austria Eva Weidler 123
14 Austria Annelies Schilhan 132
15 Australia Nancy Hallam-Burley 129
16 Switzerland Ghislaine Kopf 124
17 Netherlands Lidy Stoppelman 158
18 Switzerland Yolande Jobin 161
19 Australia Gweneth Molony 170
20 Switzerland Doris Zerbe 175
21 Belgium Liliane de Becker 192
22 Belgium Nicole Vanderberghe 195
WD United States Tenley Albright DNS

Judges:

  • Italy Ercole Cattaneo
  • Canada Norman V. S. Gregory
  • West Germany V. P. Gross
  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • United States Alex Krupy
  • United Kingdom Mollie Phillips
  • France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
  • Belgium A. Voordeckers
  • Austria Franz Wojtanowskyj

Pairs

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Rank Name Places
1 West Germany Ria Baran / Paul Falk 9
2 United States Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy 23.5
3 United Kingdom Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks 29
4 Canada Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden 31.5
5 United States Janet Gerhauser / John Nightingale 48.5
6 Switzerland Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean 49.5
7 Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt 68
8 United States Caryl Johns / Jack Jost 72
9 Australia Jacqueline Mason / Mervyn Bower 81
10 United Kingdom Peri Horne / Raymond Lockwood 83

Judges:

Ice dance

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Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy 7
2 United Kingdom Joan Dewhirst / John Slater 14
3 United States Carol Peters / Daniel Ryan 23
4 United States Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel 26
5 Netherlands Lydia Boon / Aadrian van Dam 35
6 Austria Ilse Reitmayer / Hans Kutschera 44
7 Netherlands Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink 54
8 Switzerland Albertina Brown / Nigel Brown 54
9 Austria Paulin Haffner / Herbert Huber 58

Judges:

  • Canada Norman V. S. Gregory
  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • Austria Hans Meixner
  • France Henri Meudec
  • United Kingdom Mollie Phillips
  • United States R. Sackett
  • Belgium A. Voordeckers

Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU