1927 World Figure Skating 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.

1927 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Season:1927
Location:Switzerland Davos, Switzerland (men)
Norway Oslo, Norway (ladies)
Austria Vienna, Austria (pairs)
Champions
Men's singles:
Austria Willy Böckl
Ladies' singles:
Norway Sonja Henie
Pairs:
Austria Herma Szabo / Ludwig Wrede
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Men's competitions took place from February 5th to 6th in Davos, Switzerland. Ladies' competitions took place from February 19th to 20th in Oslo, Norway. Pairs' competitions took place from February 22nd to 23rd in Vienna, Austria.

Medal table

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  *   Host nations (Austria, Norway)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Austria*2316
2  Norway*1012
3  Czechoslovakia0011
Totals (3 entries)3339

Results

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Rank Name Places
1   Willy Böckl 11
2   Otto Preißecker 15
3   Karl Schäfer 24
4   Georges Gautschi 26
5   John Page 30
6   Ludwig Wrede 42
7   Herbert Haertel 48
8   Jean Henrion 56

Judges:

Ladies

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This result was controversial because the three Norwegian member of the judging panel placed the Sonja Henie on the first place, while the other two placed Herma Szabo, who retired after the competition. [1][2]

Rank Name Judges Places
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5
1   Sonja Henie[3] 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

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Pairs

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Rank Name Places
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:

References

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  1. ^ Nationalism in Winter Sports Judging and its Lessons for Organizational Decision Making, by Eric Zitzewitz, accessed July 3, 2006.
  2. ^ Worlds Greatest Skaters Archived 2007-07-21 at archive.today, accessed July 3, 2006.
  3. ^ Hines, James R. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. xxiii. ISBN 978-0-8108-6859-5.

Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU