The 1946 U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from February 28-March 2 at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. Gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded in four disciplines – men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice. Senior Men's singles returned after a two year absence as the skaters returned from WWII.
Senior results Men
Rank Name 1 Richard Button 2 James Lochead Jr. 3 John Tuckerman 4 Patrick Kazda Women
Rank Name 1 Gretchen Van Zandt Merrill 2 Janette Ahrens 3 Madelon Olson 4 Eileen Seigh 5 Roberta Jenks Burns
Pairs
Rank Name 1 Donna Jean Pospisil / Jean Pierre Brunet 2 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy 3 Patty Sonnekson / Charles W. Brinkman 4 Beverly Dean Osburn / Patrick Kazda
Ice dancing (Gold dance)
Rank Name 1 Anne Davies / Carleton Hoffner Jr. 2 Lois Waring / Walter H. Bainbridge 3 Carmel Waterbury / Edward Bodel 4 Marcella May Willis / Frank H. Davenport
Junior results Men
Rank Name 1 John Lettengarver 2 Charles W. Brinkman 3 Robert Swenning 4 Carleton Hoffner Jr.
Women Rank Name 1 Barbara Jones 2 Yvonne Sherman 3 Shirley Irene Lander 4 Lois Johnson 5 Jane Weiss 6 Joan Swanston 7 Helen Uhl 8 Bonnie Paterson 9 Carole Gregory 10 Barbara Uhl 11 Donna Jeanne Pospisil 12 Slavka Kohout 13 Kay Lindstrom 14 Betty Jane Ricker 15 Carolyn Welch
Pairs
Rank Name 1 Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning 2 Harriet Sutton / John Lettengarver 3 Barbara De Julio / Herman Maricich 4 Anne Davies / Carleton C. Hoffner Jr. 5 Jane Schellentrager / Riki Bliss 6 Joan Erickson / Joan Erickson 7 Marilyn Thomsen / Marlyn Thomsen 8 Nancy Sue Jenkins / Hayes Alan Jenkins
Ice dancing (Silver dance)
Rank Name 1 Vivian H. Queisser / Richard C. Queisser 2 Vera Halliday / E. Tefft Barker 3 Camilfa Cliff / Sidney J. Moore 4 Sidney J. Moore / Donald E. Laws
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