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1938 World Figure Skating Championships

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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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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.

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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Men

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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 Austria Felix Kaspar 23 2 1 394.3 9
2 United Kingdom Graham Sharp 20 1 2 391.2 12
3 Austria Herbert Alward 3 363.6 32
4 Nazi Germany Horst Faber 16 4 368.1 33
5 United Kingdom Freddie Tomlins 16 7 366.4 35
6 Belgium Robert van Zeebroeck 28 9 366.0 37
7 Austria Edi Rada 15 6 359.3 47
8 Nazi Germany Günther Lorenz 22 8 357.7 47
9 Kingdom of Hungary Elemer Tertak 19 5 65
10 Denmark Per Cock-Clausen 23 10 68
  • Referee: Nazi Germany Kurt Dannenberg

Judges:

Ladies

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

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Pairs

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

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Sources

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  • Result list provided by the ISU