1929 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.

1929 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Season:1929
Location:United Kingdom London, United Kingdom (men)
Kingdom of Hungary Budapest, Hungary (ladies and pairs)
Champions
Men's singles:
Sweden Gillis Grafström
Ladies' singles:
Norway Sonja Henie
Pairs:
Austria Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser
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Men's competitions took place from March 4 to 5 in London, United Kingdom. Ladies' and pairs' competitions took place from February 2 to 3 in Budapest, Hungary.

Medal table

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  *   Host nations (Hungary, Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Austria1326
2  Norway1001
  Sweden1001
4  Hungary*0011
Totals (4 entries)3339

Results

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Rank Name Age Points Places
1   Gillis Grafström 35 353.15 6
2   Karl Schäfer 19 346.50 10
3   Ludwig Wrede 34 323.70 16
4   John Page 29 312.70 24
5   Hugo Distler 25
6   Markus Nikkanen 25 26
7   Ian Bowhill 26 32

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Ladies

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Medalwinners and 4th and 5th-place pictured.
Rank Name Age Points Places
1   Sonja Henie 16 280.40 5
2   Fritzi Burger 18 259.25 12
3   Melitta Brunner 22 254.65 13
4   Ilse Hornung 20 236.10 20
5   Grete Kubitschek 26 216.65 26
6   Yvonne de Ligne-Geurts 19 208.50 29

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Pairs

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Rank Name Age Points Places
1   Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser 25/27 11.25 6
2   Melitta Brunner / Ludwig Wrede 21/34 10.75 13
3   Olga Orgonista / Sándor Szalay 27/35 10.30 18
4   Gisela Hochhaltinger / Otto Preißecker /30 10.35 21.5
5   Emília Rotter / László Szollás 21/20 10.30 21.5
6   Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe /43 10.05 25
7   Maria Schwendtbauer / Gustav Aichinger 8.30 35

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Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU