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.
Medal table
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
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