1948 European Figure Skating Championships

The 1948 European Figure Skating Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations, in addition to the United States and Canada, competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles,[1] ladies' singles,[2] and pair skating.[3]

1948 European Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Season:1947–48
Location:Czechoslovakia Prague, Czechoslovakia
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Dick Button
Ladies' singles:
Canada Barbara Ann Scott
Pair skating:
Hungary Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király
Previous:
1947 European Championships
Next:
1949 European Championships

Because North Americans were allowed to participate, the best European single skaters, Eva Pawlik of Austria and Hans Gerschwiler of Switzerland, were awarded only the European Silver Medals. That was the reason the International Skating Union restricted the 1949 Europeans and all the following European Championships to European skaters. Dick Button is the only winner from outside Europe in men's singles. Barbara Ann Scott is the only winner from outside Europe in ladies' singles, this was her second title.

Results

Men
Rank Name Places
1 United States Dick Button
2 Switzerland Hans Gerschwiler
3 Austria Edi Rada
4 Hungary Ede Király26[4]
5 United States John Lettengarver
6 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Fikar
7 Austria Helmut Seibt
8 Czechoslovakia Vladislav Čáp
9 Czechoslovakia Josef Dědič

Ladies
Rank Name Places
1 Canada Barbara Ann Scott
2 Austria Eva Pawlik
3 Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzáňová
4 Czechoslovakia Jiřina Nekolová
5 United Kingdom Jeannette Altwegg
6 Czechoslovakia Dagmar Lerchová
7 Hungary Andrea Kékesy
8 United Kingdom Bridget Adams
9 United Kingdom Marion Davies
10 United Kingdom Barbara Wyatt
11 Austria Martha Bachem
12 Czechoslovakia Miloslava Tumová
13 Austria Ingeborg Solar
14 Hungary Éva Lindner
15 Austria Hildegard Appeltauer
16 Hungary Mária Saáry
17 United Kingdom Beryl Bailey
18 United States Roberta Scholdan
19 Czechoslovakia Věra Masáková

Pairs
Rank Name Places
1 Hungary Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király5[5]
2 Czechoslovakia Blažena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka
3 Austria Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer
4 United Kingdom Joan Thompson / Robert Ogilvie
5 United Kingdom Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks
6 Hungary Marianna Nagy / László Nagy29.5[6]
7 Hungary Györgyi Botond / Ferenc Kertész
8 Austria Susi Giebisch / Helmut Seibt
9 Czechoslovakia Dagmar Hrubá / Jiří Očenášek
10 Austria Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis
11 Czechoslovakia P. Přenosilová / František Landi

References
  1. "European Figure Skating Championships Men" (PDF). www.isu.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-03.
  2. "European Figure Skating Championships Ladies" (PDF). www.isu.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-03.
  3. "European Figure Skating Championships Pairs" (PDF). www.isu.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-12.
  4. European Championships 1948. Prague, Czechoslovakia
  5. European Championships 1948. Prague, Czechoslovakia
  6. European Championships 1948. Prague, Czechoslovakia
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