1951 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.

1951 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 23 – 25
Season:1951
Location:Milan, Italy
Venue:Palazzo del Ghiaccio
Champions
Men's singles:
Richard Button
Ladies' singles:
Jeannette Altwegg
Pair skating:
Ria Baran / Paul Falk
Previous:
1950 World Championships
Next:
1952 World Championships

The 1951 championships took place on February 23–25 in Milan, Italy. It was the first year after World War II that athletes from Germany and Japan were allowed to participate in international sport competition as this World Figure Skating Championships.

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation Figures Free Total Placings
1 Dick Button United States104.3879.33183.717
2 James Grogan United States93.1177.58170.6917
3 Helmut Seibt Austria94.0874.78168.8622
4 Hayes Alan Jenkins United States90.8077.35168.1525
5 Dudley Richards United States85.6370.93156.5638
6 Carlo Fassi Italy84.4572.22156.6741
7 Don Laws United States81.9268.60150.5248
8 Michael Carrington United Kingdom83.8864.05147.9354
9 William Lewis Canada76.6356.35132.9867
10 Freimut Stein West Germany74.0058.10132.1069
11 Ryusuke Arisaka Japan73.3056.10129.4074

Judges:

Ladies

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

Rank Name Nation Figures Free Total Placings
1 Jeannette Altwegg United Kingdom114.7377.99192.728
2 Jacqueline du Bief France106.6782.00188.6714
3 Sonya Klopfer United States104.9080.79185.6923
4 Suzanne Morrow Canada105.6778.96184.6329
5 Barbara Wyatt United Kingdom104.6774.58179.2542
6 Tenley Albright United States99.2579.81179.0643
7 Andra McLauchlin United States100.4377.87178.3047
8 Margaret Anne Graham United States100.1076.89176.9953
9 Valda Osborn United Kingdom98.0376.41174.4456
10 Gundi Busch West Germany88.6776.28164.9583
11 Frances Dorsey United States91.7073.12164.8285
12 Helga Dudzinski West Germany87.6275.31162.9389*
13 Elizabeth Hiscock Canada91.8870.93162.8189*
14 Erika Kraft West Germany88.6374.70163.3387
15 Susi Wirz  Switzerland91.4769.59161.0694
16 Lotte Schwenk Austria84.8266.92151.74116
17 Yolande Jobin  Switzerland85.8864.00149.88118
18 Ghislaine Kopf  Switzerland85.7059.98145.68129
19 Yvonne Sugden United Kingdom80.3065.21145.51131
20 Inge Jell West Germany74.8562.05136.90141
21 Etsuko Inada Japan81.2954.02135.31144
22 Alida Elisabeth Stoppelman Netherlands77.5653.70131.26150
23 Grete Dunst Austria70.4547.33117.78161

Judges:

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Total Placings
1 Ria Baran / Paul Falk West Germany10.8910
2 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy United States10.8511.5
3 Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks United Kingdom10.5120.5
4 Elianne Steineman / André Calamé  Switzerland10.0735
5 Inge Minor / Hermann Braun West Germany9.9240
6 Marlies Schrör / Hans Schwarz West Germany9.8145
7 Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean  Switzerland9.4850
8 Janet Gerhauser / John Nightingale United States9.4653
9 Silva Palme / Marco Lajovic Yugoslavia9.1965
10 Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis Austria8.9665
11 Anne Holt / Austin Holt United States8.9968
12 Elizabeth Williams / John McCann United Kingdom7.9483

Judges:

Sources

  • Result list provided by the ISU
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