1947 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. The 1947 competitions for men, ladies, and pair skating took place from February 13 to 17 in Stockholm, Sweden. These were the first World Figure Skating Championships after World War II. Skaters from Germany, Austria, and Japan were not allowed to compete. It was the first time skaters from Australia competed at Worlds.^[1]

1947 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	February 13 – 17
Season:	1947
Location:	Stockholm, Sweden
Champions
Men's singles: Hans Gerschwiler
Ladies' singles: Barbara Ann Scott
Pairs: Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet
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Medal table

  *   Host nation (Sweden)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Belgium	1	0	1	2
2	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
4	United States	0	2	1	3
5	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
Totals (5 entries)		3	3	3	9

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Places
1	Hans Gerschwiler	7
2	Dick Button	8
3	Arthur Apfel	16
4	Vladislav Čáp	20
5	Per Cock-Clausen	24

Judges:

• J. Bizek
• Hubert Martineau
• P. Sørensen
• Lyman Wakefield
• A. Winkler

Ladies

Rank	Name	Places
1	Barbara Ann Scott	10
2	Daphne Walker	22
3	Gretchen Merrill	32
4	Eileen Seigh	50
5	Jeanette Altwegg	53
6	Janette Ahrens	58
7	Alena Vrzáňová	61
8	Bridget Shirley Adams	71
9	Britta Råhlén	72
10	Jiřína Nekolová	80
11	Jill Linzee	88
12	Patricia Molony	109
13	Gun Ericson	116
14	Liv Borg	124
15	Ingeborg Nilsson	138
16	Leena Pietilä	143
17	Kristi Linna	159
18	Liisa Helanterä	160
19	Harriet Pantanenius	164

Judges:

• B. Børjeson
• Herbert Clarke
• Donald Cruikshank
• J. Hainz
• Walter Jakobsson
• C. F. MacGillicuddy
• Thore Mothander
• P. Sørensen
• Lyman Wakefield

Pairs

Rank	Name	Places
1	Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet	16
2	Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy	19.5
3	Suzanne Diskeuve / Edmond Verbustel	25.5
4	Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne	25.5
5	Britta Råhlén / Bo Mothander	38
6	Doris Noffke / Walter Noffke	43.5
7	Denise Fayolle / Guy Pigier	48
8	Běla Zachova / Jaroslav Zach	52
9	Margot Walle / Allan Fjeldheim	58
10	Denise Favart / Jacques Favart	59.5
11	Marit Henie / Erling Bjerkhoel	76.5

Judges:

• Christen Christensen
• J. Hainz
• Hubert Martineau
• M. Nicaise
• Georges Torchon
• Einar Törsleff
• Lyman Wakefield

References

1. Hines, James R. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-8108-6859-5.

• Result List provided by the ISU