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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.
| 1953 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | February 8 – 15 |
| Season: | 1953 |
| Location: |  Davos, Switzerland |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Hayes Alan Jenkins | |
| Ladies' singles: Tenley Albright | |
Pairs:  Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | |
| Ice dance: Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy | |
| Previous: 1952 World Championships | |
| Next: 1954 World Championships | |
The 1953 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 8 to 15 in Davos, Switzerland.
Medal table
edit* Host nation (Switzerland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Results
editMen
edit| Rank | Name | Age | CF | FS | Points | Places | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hayes Jenkins | 19 | 2 | 925.2 | 1 | 727.2 | 183.6 | 13 |
| 2 | James Grogan | 21 | 1 | 931.9 | 3 | 704.3 | 181.8 | 16 |
| 3 | Carlo Fassi | 24 | 3 | 907.1 | 6 | 659.8 | 174.1 | 36 |
| 4 | Ronald Robertson | 15 | 7 | 851.8 | 2 | 707.9 | 173.3 | 37 |
| 5 |  Alain Giletti | 13 | 5 | 864.7 | 4 | 675.2 | 171.4 | 44 |
| 6 | Dudley Richards | 21 | 6 | 870.6 | 5 | 673.8 | 171.6 | 49 |
| 7 | Peter Firstbrook | 19 | 4 | 871.4 | 8 | 640.6 | 168.0 | 59 |
| 8 | Peter Dunfield | 21 | 8 | 790.7 | 7 | 656.5 | 160.8 | 73 |
| 9 | Michael Booker | 15 | 9 | 778.4 | 9 | 622.9 | 155.7 | 81 |
| 10 | Freimut Stein | 28 | 10 | 764.4 | 10 | 609.9 | 152.7 | 88 |
| 11 |  Kurt Oppelt | 20 | 13 | 712.8 | 11 | 592.2 | 145.0 | 102 |
| 12 | Hubert Köpfler | 17 | 11 | 745.4 | 12 | 553.3 | 144.3 | 106 |
| 13 | György Czakó | 19 | 14 | 701.6 | 13 | 543.1 | 138.3 | 115 |
| WD | Klaus Loichinger | 12 | 729.5 | DNF | ||||
Judges:
- Ercole Cattaneo
- Pamela Davis
- John D. Greig
Henri Hoyoux- A. Jaisli
- Alex Krupy
- Hans Meixner
- Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
- Adolf Walker
Ladies
edit| Rank | Name | Age | CF | FS | Total | Points | Places | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tenley Albright | 17 | 1 | 757.3 | 1 | 560.73 | 1318.03 | 188.29 | 7 |
| 2 | Gundi Busch | 17 | 2 | 730.9 | 3 | 531.27 | 1262.17 | 180.31 | 16 |
| 3 | Valda Osborn | 18 | 3 | 719.7 | 513.77 | 1233.47 | 176.21 | 28 | |
| 4 | Carol Heiss | 13 | 5 | 705.4 | 2 | 531.29 | 1236.69 | 176.67 | 27 |
| 5 | Suzanne Morrow | 22 | 4 | 716.7 | 516.63 | 1233.33 | 176.19 | 28 | |
| 6 | Vera Smith | 20 | 1198.68 | 171.24 | 48 | ||||
| 7 | Margaret Graham | 1189.79 | 169.97 | 49 | |||||
| 8 | Yvonne Sugden | 13 | 1175.51 | 167.93 | 53 | ||||
| 9 | Erica Batchelor | 19 | 1145.62 | 163.66 | 70 | ||||
| 10 | Ann Robinson | 1141.28 | 163.04 | 74 | |||||
| 11 | Annelies Schilhan | 16 | 12 | 642.1 | 499.11 | 1141.21 | 163.03 | 72 | |
| 12 | Mary Kenner | 19 | 86 | ||||||
| 13 | Norma Skevington | 83 | |||||||
| 14 | Rosi Pettinger | 19 | 97 | ||||||
| 15 | Doris Zerbe | 109 | |||||||
| 16 | Margaret Dean | 112 | |||||||
| 17 | Yolande Jobin | 22 | 112 | ||||||
| 18 | Eszter Jurek | 16 | 129 | ||||||
| 19 |  Lidy Stoppelman | 19 | 130 | ||||||
| WD | Helga Dudzinski | 23 | DNF | ||||||
| WD | Sissy Schwarz | 16 | DNF | ||||||
Judges:
- John D. Greig
- A. Jaisli
- Alex Krupy
- Ernst Labin
- Mollie Phillips
- Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
- Adolf Walker
Pairs
edit| Rank | Name | Age | Total | Points | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | 20/23 | 77.0 | 11.00 | 10.5 |
| 2 | Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | 23/26 | 76.37 | 10.91 | 16 |
| 3 | Marianna Nagy / László Nagy | 24/25 | 74.62 | 10.66 | 23.5 |
| 4 | Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean | 18/21 | 74.27 | 10.61 | 24 |
| 5 | Peri Horne / Raymond Lockwood | 20/24 | 71.40 | 10.20 | 39 |
| 6 | Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt | 16/20 | 70.14 | 10.02 | 43.5 |
| 7 | Jane Higson / Robert Hudson | 70.07 | 10.01 | 44.5 | |
| 8 | Éva Szöllősi / Gábor Vida | 18/23 | 67.48 | 9.64 | 57 |
| 9 | Eva Neeb / Karl Probst | 19/ | 66.78 | 9.54 | 61 |
| 10 | Charlotte Michiels / Gaston van Ghelder | 65.88 | 9.34 | 66 |
Judges:
- Pauline L. Barrajo
- Emile Finsterwald
- John D. Greig
- Henri Hoyoux
- Walter Malek
- Werner Rittberger
- Elemér Terták
Ice dance
edit| Rank | Name | Age | CD | FD | Points | Places | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy | 22/22 | 1 | 111.4 | 1 | 73.85 | 37.05 | 6 |
| 2 | Joan Dewhirst / John Slater | 17/25 | 2 | 110.0 | 2 | 73.05 | 36.61 | 10 |
| 3 | Carol Peters / Daniel Ryan | 20/23 | 3 | 104.4 | 3 | 70.7 | 35.02 | 14 |
| 4 | Nesta Davies / Paul Thomas | 5 | 102.6 | 4 | 68.0 | 34.12 | 20 | |
| 5 | Virginia Hoyns / Donald Jacoby | 4 | 101.0 | 6 | 67.45 | 33.69 | 23 | |
| 6 | Lydia Boon / Aadrian van Dam | 6 | 96.9 | 7 | 66.7 | 32.72 | 30 | |
| 7 | Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel | 40/32 | 7 | 88.9 | 5 | 67.85 | 31.35 | 35 |
| 8 | Albertina Brown / Nigel Brown | 8 | 83.0 | 9 | 61.1 | 28.82 | 42 | |
| 9 | Helga Binder / Edwin Führich | 10 | 81.8 | 8 | 61.5 | 28.66 | 45 | |
| 10 | Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink | 9 | 83.7 | 12 | 55.0 | 27.74 | 50 | |
| 11 | Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn | 11 | 82.0 | 11 | 55.4 | 27.48 | 54 | |
| 12 | Luise Lehner / Hans Kutschera | 12 | 76.5 | 10 | 55.9 | 26.48 | 59 | |
Judges:
- Pamela Davis
- Emile Finsterwald
- Hans Meixner
- R. Sackett
- A. Voordeckers
Sources
edit- Result List provided by the ISU