The

World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). The first World Championships were held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and they have been held e ...

is an annual

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sanctioned by the

International Skating Union The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international sport governing body, governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded ...

in which

figure skaters Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic dis ...

compete for the title of World Champion. Men and pairs competitions took place from February 17 to 19 in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

. Ladies' competitions took place from February 11 to 12 in

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

. These World Figure Skating Championships were the last before

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. The Austrian skaters

Edi Rada Edi Rada (13 September 1922 – 13 July 1997) was an Austrian figure skater. He won the bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics and was the 1949 European Champion. He won a bronze medal at the 1949 World Figure Skating Championships ...

, Emmy Puzinger,

Ilse Pausin Ilse Pausin-Ulrich (née Pausin) (7 February 1919 – 6 August 1999) was an Austrian pair skater. With her brother Erik Pausin, she won the silver medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics at age 17. They won five consecutive silver medals (1935-193 ...

/ Erich Pausin, and the judge H. Deistler represented Germany. The former Austrian skater Herbert Alward represented

Results

Men

Judges: * Herbert Clarke * J. Kowalski * Fritz Schober *

Andor Szende Andor Szende (14 April 1886 – 22 May 1972) was a Hungarian figure skater who competed in men's singles. He was later a coach and architect. He won bronze medals in men's single skating at three World Figure Skating Championships: in 1910, 191 ...

* A. Winkler

Ladies

Judges: * Herbert Clarke * H. Deistler * J. Hainz * A. Huber *

Charles Sabouret Charles Sabouret (8 June 1884 – 18 April 1967) was a French figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, ...

Pairs

Judges: * E. Bedetto * J. Kowalski * Ethel Muckelt * P. Weiss * A. Winkler * C. Witt * O. Zöllner * {{World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships

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