1927 World Figure Skating Championships
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1927 World Figure Skating Championships
| 1927 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Season: | 1927 |
| Location: |  Davos (men) Oslo (ladies) Vienna (pairs) |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Willy Böckl |
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| Ladies singles: Sonja Henie |
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| Pair skating: Herma Szabo and Ludwig Wrede |
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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.
The 1927 men competitions took place on February 5th to6th, 1927 in Davos, Switzerland. The 1927 ladies competitions took place on February 19th to 20th, 1927 in Oslo, Norway. The 1927 pairs competition took place February 22nd to 23rd, 1927 in Vienna, Austria.
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Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willy Böckl | Austria |
11 |
| 2 | Otto Preißecker | Austria |
15 |
| 3 | Karl Schäfer | Austria |
24 |
| 4 | Georges Gautschi |  Switzerland |
26 |
| 5 | John F. Page |  United Kingdom |
30 |
| 6 | Ludwig Wrede | Austria |
42 |
| 7 | Herbert Haertel |  Germany |
48 |
| 8 | Jean Henrion |  France |
56 |
Judges were
- Kurt Dannenberg Germany
- Eduard Engelmann jr. Austria
- Josef Fellner Austria
- Fritz Kachler Austria
- J. G. Künzli Switzerland
- T. D. Richardson United Kingdom
- Artur Vieregg Germany
Ladies
Szabo retired after she was defeated by Sonja Henie of Norway. This result was controversial because the judging panel consisted of three Norwegians, a German, and an Austrian. The three Norwegian judges placed Henie first, while the German and Austrian judges placed Szabo first.[1][2]
| Rank | Name | Nation | judge 1 | judge 2 | judge 3 | judge 4 | judge 5 | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonja Henie | Norway |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Herma Jaross-Szabo | Austria |
2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Karen Simensen | Norway |
3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Ellen Brockhöft | Germany |
4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
Judges were
- Arne Christiansen Norway
- O. R. Kolderup Norway
- Knut Oeren Meinich Norway
- Walter Müller Austria
- Artur Vieregg Germany
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herma Jaross-Szabo / Ludwig Wrede | Austria |
6.5 |
| 2 | Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser | Austria |
9 |
| 3 | Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe |  Czechoslovakia |
14.5 |
| 4 | Hansi Eissert / Georg Pamperl | Austria |
20 |
Judges were
- Walter Jakobsson
Finland - Otto Maly Czechoslovakia
- Walter Müller Austria
- Max Rendschmidt Germany
- K. Scheibner Austria
References
- ^ Nationalism in Winter Sports Judging and its Lessons for Organizational Decision Making, by Eric Zitzewitz, accessed July 3, 2006.
- ^ Worlds Greatest Skaters, accessed July 3, 2006.
- Result List provided by the ISU
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