1929 World Figure Skating Championships

1929 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Season:1929
Location:United Kingdom London, United Kingdom (men)
Kingdom of Hungary Budapest, Hungary (ladies and pairs)
Champions
Men's singles:
Sweden Gillis Grafström
Ladies' singles:
Norway Sonja Henie
Pairs:
Austria Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser
Previous:
1928 World Championships
Next:
1930 World Championships

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.

Men's competitions took place from March 4 to 5 in London, United Kingdom. Ladies' and pairs' competitions took place from February 2 to 3 in Budapest, Hungary.

Results

Men

Rank Name Points Places
1 Sweden Gillis Grafström 353.15 6
2 Austria Karl Schäfer 346.50 10
3 Austria Ludwig Wrede 323.70 16
4 United Kingdom John Page 312.70 24
5 Austria Hugo Distler 25
6 Finland Markus Nikkanen 26
7 United Kingdom Ian Bowhill 32

Judges:

Ladies

Medalwinners and 4th and 5th-place pictured.
Rank Name Points Places
1 Norway Sonja Henie 280.40 5
2 Austria Fritzi Burger 259.25 12
3 Austria Melitta Brunner 254.65 13
4 Austria Ilse Hornung 236.10 20
5 Austria Grete Kubitschek 216.65 26
6 Belgium Yvonne de Ligne-Geurts 208.50 29

Judges:

Pairs

Rank Name Points Places
1 Austria Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser 11.25 6
2 Austria Melitta Brunner / Ludwig Wrede 10.75 13
3 Kingdom of Hungary Olga Orgonista / Sándor Szalay 10.30 18
4 Austria Gisela Hochhaltinger / Otto Preißecker 10.35 21.5
5 Kingdom of Hungary Emília Rotter / László Szollás 10.30 21.5
6 Czechoslovakia Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe 10.05 25
7 Germany Maria Schwendtbauer / Gustav Aichinger 8.30 35

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