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 1938 men competitions took place on February 18th to 19th, 1938 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...

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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...

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The 1938 ladies competitions took place on February 4th to 5th, 1938 in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

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Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

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The 1938 pairs competition took place February 18th, 1938 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...

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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...

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Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Felix Kaspar Felix Kaspar Felix Kaspar was an Austrian figure skater, twice World champion, and 1936 bronze medalist....		9
2	Graham Sharp		12
3	Herbert Alward		32
4	Horst Faber Horst Faber Horst Faber was a German figure skater who competed in men's singles. He represented the SC Riessersee and was a nine-time German champion. His biggest accomplishment was winning the silver medal at the 1951 European Championships.-Results:...	Germany	33
5	Freddie Tomlins Freddie Tomlins Frederick William Edwin "Freddie" Tomlins was a British figure skater. He was the 1939 World silver medalist and European silver medalist. He competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics and placed 10th.He served in the Royal Air Force in World War II...		35
6	Elemér Terták Elemér Terták Elemér Terták was an Hungarian figure skater who competed in men's singles. He won the bronze medal at the 1934 European Figure Skating Championships, the 1937 European Championships, and the 1937 World Figure Skating Championships. He also competed in the 1936 Winter Olympic Games, finishing...		25
7	Edi Rada Edi Rada Edi Rada was an Austrian figure skater. He won the bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics and was the 1949 European Champion. He won a bronze medal at the 1949 World Figure Skating Championships....		47
8	Günther Lorenz	Germany	47
9	Robert van Zeebroeck Robert van Zeebroeck Robert Van Zeebroeck is a Belgian figure skater.He won the bronze medal in the singles event at the 1928 Winter Olympics. He also participated with his partner Josy Van Leberghe in the pairs competition where they finished sixth....		65
10	Per Cock-Clausen Per Cock-Clausen Per Cock-Clausen was a Danish figure skater. He was the 13-time Danish National Champion from 1940-1963 and Nordic Champion from 1949-1951 and 1953. He competed at both the 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympic Games finishing 16th and 14th respectively...		68

Judges were

• O. Gattwinkel  Germany
• Herbert J. Clarke 
• R. Kaler
• J. Liedemann
• E. Delpy
• P. Sörensen
• 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....
  
   

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Megan Taylor Megan Taylor Megan Devenish Taylor was a British figure skater competitive in the 1930s. She won the World Championships in 1938 and 1939.She was born in Rochdale and died in Jamaica...		7
2	Cecilia Colledge Cecilia Colledge Magdelena Cecilia Colledge was a British figure skater. She was the 1936 Olympic silver medalist, the 1937 World Champion, the 1938-1939 European Champion, and a six-time British national champion....		8
3	Hedy Stenuf Hedy Stenuf Hedy Stenuf was an Austrian figure skater who later competed for France and the United States.Stenuf first became known in the United States when she accompanied the Austrian champion Karl Schäfer on an exhibition tour in North America in 1934, when she was only 11 years old...	United States	21
4	Gladys Jagger		22
5	Lydia Veicht Lydia Veicht Lydia Veicht was a German figure skater. She won five national titles. She also participated in the 1938, where she placed fifth, and in the 1939, where she placed fourth....	Germany	23
6	Hanne Niernberger		29
7	Daphne Walker Daphne Walker Daphne Walker is a British figure skater. She is the 1939 World bronze medalist and 1947 silver medalist, and the 1939 & 1947 European bronze medalist.-Results:-References:...		30
8	Gerd Helland-Bjørnstad		43
9	Gunnel Ericson		44
10	Britta Rahlen		50
11	Anne-Marie Saether		53
WD	Emmy Putzinger Emmy Putzinger Emmy Putzinger was an Austrian figure skater who competed in ladies singles. She finished seventh at the 1936 Winter Olympic Games and won the bronze medal at the European Figure Skating Championships in 1937 and 1938.-Results:...

Judges were

• Herbert J. Clarke 
• H. Deistler
• Z. Johansen
• Thore Mothander 
• P. Weiss  Germany

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Maxi Herber Maxi Herber Maxi Herber was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating. She became Olympic pair champion with Ernst Baier at the 1936 Winter Olympics...  / 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...	Germany	12
2	Ilse Pausin Ilse Pausin Ilse Pausin-Ulrich was an Austrian pair skater. With her brother and partner Erik Pausin, she won the silver medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics at age 17...  / Erich Pausin		16
3	Inge Koch / Günther Noack	Germany	30
4	Violet Cliff Violet Cliff Violet Hamilton Cliff was a British pair skater who competed with her husband, Leslie Cliff. The couple finished seventh at the 1936 Winter Olympics. That same year, they won the silver medal at the European Figure Skating Championships and the bronze at the World Figure Skating Championships...  / Leslie Cliff Leslie Cliff (figure skater) Leslie Howard Talbot Cliff was a British pair skater who competed with his wife, Violet Cliff. The couple finished seventh at the 1936 Winter Olympics. That same year, they won the silver medal at the European Figure Skating Championships and the bronze at the World Figure Skating Championships...		37
5	Piroska Szekrényessy / Attila Szekrényessy		44
6	Pierette Dubois / Paul Dubois		67
7	Liesel Roth / Bruno Walter	Germany	72.5
8	Gisa Graetz / Otto Weiss Otto Weiß (figure skater) Otto Weiß is a former German pair skater.Weiß became German pair champion in 1932 and 1933 with partner Wally Hempel. Weiß represented Germany in the 1936 Winter Olympics with Eva Prawitz. In 1937 the pair became also German champions...	Germany	79
9	Hildegard Faulhaber / Karl Eigel		79.5
10	Anna Cattaneo / Ercole Cattaneo		82.5
11	Liese Kianek / Adolf Rosdol		88
12	Stephanie Kalusz / Erwin Kalusz		94.5
13	A. Wächter / Fritz Lesk		117

Judges were

• P. Weiss  Germany
• Herbert J. Clarke 
• Eduard Engelmann Jr.
  Eduard Engelmann Jr.
  Eduard Engelmann Jr. was an Austrian figure skater, engineer, and cyclist. He was a three-time gold medallist at the European Figure Skating Championships...
  
   
• E. Bonfiglio
• A. Winkler
• Otto Zappe 
• Alfred Theuer 
• Ludowika Jakobsson
  Ludowika Jakobsson
  Ludowika Jakobsson was a German-Finnish figure skater. Competing in pair skating with skating partner and husband Walter Jakobsson, she became Olympic Champion in 1920 and three-time World champion. Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers was also successful in ladies' single skating...