1938 World Figure Skating Championships

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.

1938 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 4-5 (ladies)
February 18-19 (men and pairs)
Season:1938
Location:Sweden Stockholm, Sweden (ladies)
Nazi Germany Berlin, Germany (men and pairs)
Champions
Men's singles:
Austria Felix Kaspar
Ladies' singles:
United Kingdom Megan Taylor
Pairs:
Nazi Germany Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier
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Men's competitions took place on February 18 to 19 in Berlin, Germany and ladies' competitions took place on February 4 to 5 in Stockholm, Sweden. Pairs' competition took place on February 18 in Berlin, Germany.

Medal table

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  *   Host nations (Sweden, Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain1203
2  Austria1113
3  Germany*1012
4  United States0011
Totals (4 entries)3339

Results

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Graham Sharp won the CF by 231.4 ahead of Felix Kaspar who gained 229.7, but the FS won by Kaspar with 164.6 ahead of Sharp who gained 159.8. With this in the overall points Felix Kaspar finished before Graham Sharp with 3.1 margin.

Rank Name Age CF FS Points Places
1   Felix Kaspar 23 2 1 394.3 9
2   Graham Sharp 20 1 2 391.2 12
3   Herbert Alward 3 363.6 32
4   Horst Faber 16 4 368.1 33
5   Freddie Tomlins 16 7 366.4 35
6   Robert van Zeebroeck 28 9 366.0 37
7   Edi Rada 15 6 359.3 47
8   Günther Lorenz 22 8 357.7 47
9   Elemer Tertak 19 5 65
10   Per Cock-Clausen 23 10 68
  • Referee:   Kurt Dannenberg

Judges:

Ladies

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Rank Name Places
1   Megan Taylor 7
2   Cecilia Colledge 8
3   Hedy Stenuf 21
4   Gladys Jagger 22
5   Lydia Veicht 23
6   Hanne Niernberger 29
7   Daphne Walker 30
8   Gerd Helland-Bjørnstad 43
9   Gunnel Ericson 44
10   Britta Råhlén 50
11   Anne-Marie Sæther 53
WD   Emmy Putzinger DNS

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Pairs

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Rank Name Places
1   Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier 12
2   Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin 16
3   Inge Koch / Günther Noack 30
4   Violet Cliff / Leslie Cliff 37
5   Piroska Szekrényessy / Attila Szekrényessy 44
6   Pierette Dubois / Paul Dubois 67
7   Elisabeth Roth / Bruno Walter 72.5
8   Gisela Grätz / Otto Weiß 79
9   Hildegard Faulhaber / Karl Eigel 79.5
10   Anna Cattaneo / Ercole Cattaneo 82.5
11   Elisabeth Kianek / Adolf Rosdol 88
12   Stephanie Kalusz / Erwin Kalusz 94.5
13   A. Wächter / Fritz Lesk 117

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Sources

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  • Result list provided by the ISU