The 1948 European Figure Skating Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations, in addition to the United States and Canada, competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating.
Because North Americans were allowed to participate, the best European single skaters, Eva Pawlik of Austria and Hans Gerschwiler of Switzerland, were awarded only the European Silver Medals. That was the reason the International Skating Union restricted the 1949 Europeans and all the following European Championships to European skaters. Dick Button is the only winner from outside Europe in men's singles. Barbara Ann Scott is the only winner from outside Europe in ladies' singles, this was her second title.
Results Men
Rank Name Places 1 Dick Button 2 Hans Gerschwiler 3 Edi Rada 4 Ede Király 26European Championships 1948. Prague, Czechoslovakia 5 John Lettengarver 6 Zdeněk Fikar 7 Helmut Seibt 8 Vladislav Čáp 9 Josef Dědič
Ladies
Rank Name Places 1 Barbara Ann Scott 2 Eva Pawlik 3 Alena Vrzáňová 4 Jiřina Nekolová 5 Jeannette Altwegg 6 Dagmar Lerchová 7 Andrea Kékesy 8 Bridget Adams 9 Marion Davies 10 Barbara Wyatt 11 Martha Bachem 12 Miloslava Tumová 13 Ingeborg Solar 14 Éva Lindner 15 Hildegard Appeltauer 16 Mária Saáry 17 Beryl Bailey 18 Roberta Scholdan 19 Věra Masáková
Pairs Rank Name Places 1 Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király 5European Championships 1948. Prague, Czechoslovakia 2 Blažena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka 3 Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer 4 Joan Thompson / Robert Ogilvie 5 Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks 6 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy 29.5European Championships 1948. Prague, Czechoslovakia 7 Györgyi Botond / Ferenc Kertész 8 Susi Giebisch / Helmut Seibt 9 Dagmar Hrubá / Jiří Očenášek 10 Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis 11 P. Přenosilová / František Landi
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