The World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

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

is an annual figure skating competition

Figure skating competition

-International:* International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union. These competitions are held using ISU rules; skaters are entered by their respective national skating federations....

 sanctioned by the International Skating Union

International Skating Union

The International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...

 in which figure skaters

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 compete for the title of World Champion.

The 1931 the men competition, the ladies competitions and the pairs competition took place February 28 to March 1, 1931 in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It was the second year when all competitions were hold at the same location and the same time, but the first time in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

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Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Karl Schäfer Karl Schäfer Karl Schäfer was an Austrian figure skater and swimmer. In figure skating, he was a dual Olympic Champion at the 1932 Winter Olympics and the 1936 Winter Olympics, a seven-time World Champion and the eight-time European Champion...		8
2	Roger Turner Roger Turner Roger Felix Turner was an American figure skater.He was born in Milton, Massachusetts and died in Walpole, Massachusetts....	United States	26
3	Ernst Baier Ernst Baier Ernst Baier was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating. He became Olympic pair champion in 1936 together with Maxi Herber. The duo also won several World and European championships.Ernst Baier skated for the club Berliner SC...		33
4	Hugo Distler		33
5	Leopold Maier-Lembargo		41
6	Marcell Vadas		46
7	Markus Nikkanen		48
8	Herbert Haertel		55
9	Pierre Brunet		59
10	Rudolf Praznowsky		60
11	George Hill George Hill (figure skater) George Edward Bellows Hill was an American figure skater who competed in single skating and pair skating. As a pair skater, he was the 1933, 1935, 1936, and 1937 U.S. national champion with partner Maribel Vinson. As a single skater, he was the 1930, 1931, 1934, and 1936 U.S...	United States	76
12	Josef Slíva Josef Slíva Josef Slíva was a Czech figure skater who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1924 Winter Olympics and in the 1928 Winter Olympics.In 1924 he finished fourth in the singles event....		73
13	Theo Lass		79

Judges were

• Ludwig Niedermayer 
• Ludwig Fänner 
• Eugen Minich 
• W. L. Hildburgh  United States
• Walter Jakobsson
  Walter Jakobsson
  Walter Andreas Jakobsson was a Finnish figure skater.As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911....
  
   
• Herbert J. Clarke 
• H. Pika

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Sonja Henie Sonja Henie Sonja Henie was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, a ten-time World Champion and a six-time European Champion . Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies figure skater...		8
2	Hilde Holovsky Hilde Holovsky Hilde Holovsky was an Austrian figure skater. She was the 1931 World silver medalist, the 1933 World bronze medalist, and the 1931 European bronze medalist. When she won the silver medal behind Sonja Henie in 1931, she was only 13 years old and made a great impression...		17
3	Fritzi Burger Fritzi Burger Friederike "Fritzi" Burger was an Austrian figure skater competitive in the late 1920s and early 1930s. She was Jewish.-Career:...		21
4	Maribel Vinson	United States	26
5	Vivi-Anne Hultén Vivi-Anne Hultén Vivi-Anne Hultén was a Swedish figure skater who was a ten time national champion in ladies singles. She finished fifth at the 1932 Winter Olympics and then won the bronze medal at the 1936 Games. She was a two-time European bronze medalist and four time World medalist...		35
6	Edel Randem Edel Randem Edel Signe Randem was a Norwegian figure skater.She competed at the 1931 World Figure Skating Championships, where she finished sixth...		47
7	Nanna Egedius Nanna Egedius Nanna Egedius was a Norwegian figure skater.She competed at the 1931 World Figure Skating Championships, where she placed seventh. She also competed at the 1933, 1934 and 1935 World Figure Skating Championships, and she participated at the 1936 Winter Olympics...		48
8	Yvonne de Ligne-Geurts		50
9	Randi Gulliksen		63

Judges were

• W. L. Hildburgh  United States
• Kurt Dannenberg 
• S. Wallwork
• Hans Grünauer 
• O. R. Kolderup
• Erich Bartel 
• A. Anderberg

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Emília Rotter / László Szollás László Szollás László Szollás was a Hungarian pair skater. With partner Emília Rotter he won the World Figure Skating Championship four times in five years , and were the 1932 World silver medalists. They were the 1934 European Champions and 1930 & 1931 silver medalists...		13.5
2	Olga Orgonista Olga Orgonista Olga Orgonista was a Hungarian pair skater. With partner Sándor Szalay, she was the 1930 and 1931 European Champion. They won two medals at the World Figure Skating Championships, a bronze in 1929 and a silver in 1931...  / Sándor Szalay Sándor Szalay (figure skater) Sándor Szalay was a Hungarian pair skater. With partner Olga Orgonista, he was the 1930 and 1931 European Champion. They won two medals at the World Figure Skating Championships, a bronze in 1929 and a silver in 1931...		14.5
3	Idi Papez Idi Papez Idi Papez was an Austrian pair skater. With partner Karl Zwack, she was the 1933 European Champion and was a three-time World medalist-Results:with Karl Zwack-Navigation:...  / Karl Zwack Karl Zwack Karl Zwack was an Austrian pair skater. With partner Idi Papez, he was the 1933 European Champion and was a three-time World medalist-Results:with Idi Papez-Navigation:...		23.5
4	Lilly Gaillard-Scholz Lilly Scholz Lilly Scholz was an Austrian pair skater. She and partner Otto Kaiser won the 1929 World Championship in pair skating. They won the silver medal at the 1928 Winter Olympics...  / Willy Petter		27.5
5	Maribel Vinson / George Hill George Hill (figure skater) George Edward Bellows Hill was an American figure skater who competed in single skating and pair skating. As a pair skater, he was the 1933, 1935, 1936, and 1937 U.S. national champion with partner Maribel Vinson. As a single skater, he was the 1930, 1931, 1934, and 1936 U.S...	United States	39
6	Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe		39
7	Ilse Gaste / Ernst Gaste		45
8	Hansi Kast / Otto Kaiser Otto Kaiser (figure skater) Otto Kaiser was an Austrian pair skater. He and his partner Lilly Scholz won the 1929 World Championship in pair skating...		50
9	Elisabeth Böckel / Otto Hayek		63

Judges were

• S. Wallwork
• W. L. Hildburgh  United States
• Walter Jakobsson
  Walter Jakobsson
  Walter Andreas Jakobsson was a Finnish figure skater.As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911....
  
   
• C. Schulze
• Eugen Minich 
• J. Edhoffer
• Erich Bartel