1927 World Figure Skating Championships
1927 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Season: | 1927 |
Location: |
Davos, Switzerland (men) Oslo, Norway (ladies) Vienna, Austria (pairs) |
Champions | |
Men's singles: ![]() | |
Ladies' singles: ![]() | |
Pair skating: ![]() | |
Previous: 1926 World Championships | |
Next: 1928 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.
The 1927 men competitions took place from February 5th to 6th in Davos, Switzerland. The 1927 ladies competitions took place from February 19th to 20th in Oslo, Norway. The 1927 pairs competitions took place from February 22nd to 23rd in Vienna, Austria.
Results
Men
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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1 | Willy Böckl | ![]() | 11 |
2 | Otto Preißecker | ![]() | 15 |
3 | Karl Schäfer | ![]() | 24 |
4 | Georges Gautschi | ![]() | 26 |
5 | John F. Page | ![]() | 30 |
6 | Ludwig Wrede | ![]() | 42 |
7 | Herbert Haertel | ![]() | 48 |
8 | Jean Henrion | ![]() | 56 |
Judges:
- Kurt Dannenberg
Germany
- Eduard Engelmann jr.
Austria
- Josef Fellner
Austria
- Fritz Kachler
Austria
- J. G. Künzli
Switzerland
- T. D. Richardson
United Kingdom
- Artur Vieregg
Germany
Ladies
Szabo retired after she was defeated by Sonja Henie of Norway. This result was controversial because the judging panel consisted of three Norwegians, a German, and an Austrian. The three Norwegian judges placed Henie first, while the German and Austrian judges placed Szabo first.[1][2]
Rank | Name | Nation | judge 1 | judge 2 | judge 3 | judge 4 | judge 5 | Places |
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1 | Sonja Henie | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
2 | Herma Plank-Szabo | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
3 | Karen Simensen | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
4 | Ellen Brockhöft | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
Judges:
- Arne Christiansen
Norway
- O. R. Kolderup
Norway
- Knut Oeren Meinich
Norway
- Walter Müller
Austria
- Artur Vieregg
Germany
Pairs
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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1 | Herma Plank-Szabo / Ludwig Wrede | ![]() | 6.5 |
2 | Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser | ![]() | 9 |
3 | Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe | ![]() | 14.5 |
4 | Hansi Eissert / Georg Pamperl | ![]() | 20 |
Judges:
- Walter Jakobsson
Finland
- Otto Maly
Czechoslovakia
- Walter Müller
Austria
- Max Rendschmidt
Germany
- K. Scheibner
Austria
References
- ↑ Nationalism in Winter Sports Judging and its Lessons for Organizational Decision Making, by Eric Zitzewitz, accessed July 3, 2006.
- ↑ Worlds Greatest Skaters, accessed July 3, 2006.
Sources
- Result List provided by the ISU