1949 World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which amateur figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.

1949 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 16 – 18
Season:1949
Location:Paris, France
Champions
Men's singles:
Richard Button
Ladies' singles:
Alena Vrzanova
Pair skating:
Andrea Kekesy / Ede Király
Previous:
1948 World Championships
Next:
1950 World Championships

The 1949 championships took place from February 16 to 18 in Paris, France. At the men´s event, the favorite, Dick Button won. At the women´s event, however, the favorite, Eva Pawlik of Austria, who had been the Olympic runner-up behind Barbara Ann Scott one year before and who had just won the European title in 1949, dropped out because of a broken boot heel just before the free program.[1][2][3][4] which provided Alena Vrzáňová of Czechoslovakia with the opportunity to win the gold medal. She became the first woman to perform a double lutz.[5]

Results

Men
Rank Name Nation Figures Free Total Placings
1 Dick Button United States5
2 Ede Király Hungary12
3 Edi Rada Austria13
4 James Grogan United States23
5 Helmut Seibt Austria26
6 Hayes Alan Jenkins United States29
7 Austin Holt United States34
8 Carlo Fassi Italy38
9 Per Cock-Clausen Denmark45
10 Jean Vives France50

Judges:

Ladies
Rank Name Nation Figures Free Total Placings
1 Álena Vrzáňová Czechoslovakia7
2 Yvonne Sherman United States17
3 Jeannette Altwegg United Kingdom18
4 Jiřína Nekolová Czechoslovakia44.5
5 Bridget Shirley Adams United Kingdom46
6 Andra McLaughlin United States48
7 Virginia Baxter United States53
8 Dagmar Lerchová Czechoslovakia55
9 Jacqueline du Bief France67
10 Barbara Wyatt United Kingdom71
11 Helen Uhl United States68.5
12 Valda Osborn United Kingdom73
13 Beryl Bailey United Kingdom82
14 Lilly Fuchs Austria85
15 Liliane Madaule France105
WD Eva Pawlik Austria
WD Joan Lister United Kingdom

Judges:

Pairs

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

Rank Name Nation Placings
1 Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király Hungary7
2 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy United States14.5
3 Ann Davies / Carleton Hoffner United States31.5
4 Marianne Nagy / László Nagy Hungary33
5 Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer Austria35.5*
6 Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks United Kingdom35.5
7 Bela Zachova / Jaroslav Zach Czechoslovakia49.5
8 Elianne Steineman / André Calamé  Switzerland56.5
9 Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis Austria66,5*
10 Denise Farvart / Jacques Farvart France63
11 Suzanne Gheldorf / Jacques Rénard Belgium75
12 Pamela Davis / Peter Scholes United Kingdom78.5

Judges:

References
  1. Figure skating: "Favored to win, Eva Pawlik was forced to withdraw", in: Life Magazine, 14.3.1949
  2. Susan D. Russell, "Eva Pawlik and Rudi Seeliger", In: International Figure Skating Magazine, Jan/Feb 2008
  3. Matthias Hampe, The genesis of figure skating. Doctoral thesis at the Potsdam University 2010, page 218
  4. Kelli Lawrence, Skating On Air. McFarland & Company. Jefferson (North Carolina) and London 2011. Chapter "Eva Pawlik - more than an overseas footnote", page 22. ISBN 978-0-7864-4608-7
  5. Elliott, Helene (March 13, 2009). "Brian Orser heads list of World Figure Skating Hall of Fame inductees". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 8, 2011.

Sources
  • Result list provided by the ISU
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