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 1950 championships took place from 6 to 8 March in Wembley, United Kingdom.
Results Men Rank Name CF FS Total Places 1 Dick Button 824.71 594.76 1419.47 7 2 Ede Király 778.86 566.06 1344.92 14 3 Hayes Alan Jenkins 728.93 549.03 1277.96 25 4 Helmut Seibt 739.90 534.45 1274.35 29 5 Austin Holt 723.21 524.30 1247.51 34 6 Michael Carrington 704.55 537.25 1241.80 38 7 Reg Park 672.50 497.60 1170.10 51 8 Roger Wickson 686.00 473.20 1159.20 55 9 Per Cock-Clausen 652.98 443.45 1096.43 62
Referee: James Koch Assistant Referee: Gustavus F. C. Witt Judges: Norman V. S. Gregory A. Huber Fritz Kachler Harry Meistrup Graham Sharp Harold G. Storke Elemér Terták
Ladies
Rank Name CF FS Total Places 1 Álena Vrzáňová 790.65 568.51 1359.16 12 2 Jeannette Altwegg 789.71 556.00 1345.71 18 3 Yvonne Sherman 782.48 548.10 1330.58 23 4 Suzanne Morrow 766.38 553.35 1319.73 24 5 Sonya Klopfer 734.18 560.93 1295.11 37* 6 Jacqueline du Bief 741.53 560.93 1302.46 36 7 Virginia Baxter 715.28 552.41 1267.69 54 8 Jiřina Nekolová 755.18 491.98 1247.16 62 9 Marlene Smith 719.60 537.83 1257.43 64 10 Barbara Wyatt 725.78 514.03 139.81 69 11 Andra McLaughlin 707.70 525.11 1232.81 74 12 Dagmar Lerchová 714.93 499.56 1214.49 83 13 Valda Osborn 704.78 496.18 1200.96 85 14 Beryl Bailey 689.15 501.31 1190.46 94 *: better placed due to the majority of the better placings
Referee: Kenneth Beaumont Assistant Referee: Gustavus F. C. Witt Judges: Norman V. S. Gregory J. Hainz Harry Meistrup Harold G. Storke Georges Torchon A. Voordeckers Geoffrey Yates
Pairs
Rank Name Total Places 1 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy 96.07 15 2 Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks 92.70 28.5 3 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy 92.25 32 4 Eliane Steinemann / André Calame 90.00 44.5 5 Suzanne Gheldorf / Jacques Rénard 89.43 48.5 6 Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis 88.08 61 7 Marlene Smith / Donald Gilchrist 87.07 63* 8 Joan Waterhouse / Gordon Holloway 88.31 62 9 Liliane de Becker / Edmond Verbustel 88.42 64 10 Irene Maguire / Walter Mühlbronner 84.26 82 11 Sybil Cooke / Robert Hudson 83.47 93.5 12 Denise Favart / Jacques Favart 77.73 108 *: better placed due to the majority of the better placings
Referee: Walter Powell Judges: Norman V. S. Gregory A. Huber Fritz Kachler Harry Meistrup Harold G. Storke Elemér Terták Georges Torchon A. Voordeckers Ernest Yates
Ice Dance (unofficial)
Rank Name Places 1 Lois Waring / Michael McGean 2 Sybil Cooke / Robert Hudson 3 Irene Maguire / Walter Mühlbronner
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