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| 1948 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | February 11 – 15 |
| Season: | 1948 |
| Location: |  Davos, Switzerland |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Richard Button | |
Ladies' singles:  Barbara Ann Scott | |
Pairs:  Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet | |
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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 1948 competitions for men, ladies, and pair skating took place from February 11 to 15 in Davos, Switzerland. These were the second World Figure Skating Championships after World War II. Skaters from Germany and Japan were still not allowed to compete.
* Host nation (Switzerland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Rank | Name | Places |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dick Button |
11 |
| 2 | Hans Gerschwiler |
19 |
| 3 | Ede Király |
28 |
| 4 | John Lettengarver |
32 |
| 5 | James Grogan |
52 |
| 6 |  Graham Sharp |
53 |
| 7 | Helmut Seibt |
76 |
| 8 | Hellmuth May |
79 |
| 9 | Wallace Diestelmeyer |
85 |
| 10 | Vladislav Čáp |
84 |
| 11 | Fernand Leemans |
80 |
| 12 | Zdeněk Fikar |
105 |
| 13 |  Per Cock-Clausen |
115 |
| WD | Edi Rada |
DNS |
Judges:
Eugen Kirchhofer Vladimir Koudelka Hubert Martineau Harry Meistrup Melville Rogers Adolf Rosdol Harold G. Stroke Marcell Vadas A. Voordeckers| Rank | Name | Places |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbara Ann Scott |
11 |
| 2 | Eva Pawlik |
25 |
| 3 | Jiřína Nekolová |
32 |
| 4 | Jeanette Altwegg |
36 |
| 5 | Alena Vrzáňová |
39 |
| 6 | Yvonne Sherman |
71 |
| 7 | Marta Bachem-Musilek |
81 |
| 8 | Bridget Adams |
83 |
| 9 | Andrea Kékesy |
93 |
| 10 | Dagmar Lerchová |
109 |
| 11 | Mária Saáry |
102 |
| 12 | Marilyn Take |
97 |
| 13 | Suzanne Morrow |
107 |
| 14 | Maja Hug |
124 |
| 15 | Marion Davies |
113 |
| 16 | Barbara Wyatt |
135 |
| 17 | Beryl Bailey |
141 |
| 18 |  Jacqueline du Bief |
149 |
| 19 | Jill Hood-Linzee |
163 |
| 20 | Lotti Höner |
179 |
Judges:
Kenneth Beaumont Bernard Fox Harry Meistrup Hans Meixner Melville Rogers Elemér Terták Georges Torchon A. Winkler K. Zemek| Rank | Name | Places |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet |
13.5 |
| 2 | Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király |
24.5 |
| 3 | Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer |
26 |
| 4 | Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy |
38.5 |
| 5 | Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning |
45 |
| 6 | Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne |
51.5 |
| 7 | Marianna Nagy / László Nagy |
72 |
| 8 | Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks |
80.5 |
| 9 | Blažena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka |
86.5 |
| 10 | Luny Unold / Hans Kuster |
91 |
| 11 | Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer |
92 |
| 12 | Joan Oglivie-Thompson / Robert Thompson |
95 |
| 13 | Susi Giebisch / Helmut Seibt |
104 |
| 14 | Eliane Steinemann / André Calame |
125 |
| WD | Denise Favart / Jacques Favart |
DNS |
Judges:
Rudolf Kaler James Koch Vladimir Koudelka Mollie Phillips Melville Rogers Harold G. Storke Georges Torchon Marcell Vadas A. Voordeckers
