1929 World Figure Skating Championships
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1929 World Figure Skating Championships
| 1929 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Season: | 1929 |
| Location: |  London (men) Budapest (ladies and pairs) |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Gillis Grafström |
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Ladies singles: Sonja Henie |
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Pair skating: Lilly Scholz & Otto Kaiser |
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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 1929 men competitions took place March 4th to 5th, 1929 in London, Great Britain. The 1929 ladies competitions took place February 2nd to 3rd, 1929 in Budapest, Hungary. The 1929 pairs competition took place February 2nd to 3rd, 1929 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gillis Grafström | Sweden |
6 |
| 2 | Karl Schäfer | Austria |
9 |
| 3 | Ludwig Wrede | Austria |
18 |
| 4 | John F. Page | United Kingdom |
24 |
| 5 | Hugo Distler | Austria |
25 |
| 6 | Markus Nikkanen |  Finland |
26 |
| 7 | Ian Bowhill | United Kingdom |
32 |
Judges were
- Eduard Engelmann jr. Austria
- L. Liebermann
Switzerland - André G. Poplimont
Belgium - Ulrich Salchow Sweden
- V. C. Wilson United Kingdom
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonja Henie | Norway |
5 |
| 2 | Fritzi Burger | Austria |
12 |
| 3 | Melitta Brunner | Austria |
13 |
| 4 | Ilse Hornung | Austria |
20 |
| 5 | Grete Kubitschek | Austria |
26 |
| 6 | Yvonne de Ligne-Geurts | Belgium |
29 |
Judges were
- Herbert J. Clarke United Kingdom
- Walter Jakobsson Finland
- B. Björjeson Norway
- Fernand de Montigny Belgium
- Eduard Engelmann jr. Austria
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser | Austria |
6 |
| 2 | Melitta Brunner / Ludwig Wrede | Austria |
13 |
| 3 | Olga Orgonista / Sándor Szalay | Hungary |
18 |
| 4 | Gisela Hochhaltinger / Otto Preißecker | Austria |
21.5 |
| 5 | Emília Rotter / László Szollás | Hungary |
21.5 |
| 6 | Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe |  Czechoslovakia |
25 |
| 7 | Maria Schwendtbauer / Gustav Aichinger |  Germany |
35 |
Judges were
- Ludowika Jakobsson Finland
- C. J. Clarke United Kingdom
- B. Björjeson Norway
- Otto Bohatsch Austria
- Theodor Meszléri Hungary
References
- Result List provided by the ISU
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