1954 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.

1954 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 16 – 19
Season:1954
Location:Norway Oslo, Norway
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Hayes Alan Jenkins
Ladies' singles:
West Germany Gundi Busch
Pair skating:
Canada Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden
Ice dance:
United Kingdom Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy
Previous:
1953 World Championships
Next:
1955 World Championships

The 1954 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 16 to 19 in Oslo, Norway.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Norway)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1214
2 Great Britain1113
3 Canada1001
 West Germany1001
5  Switzerland0101
6 Austria0011
 France0011
Totals (7 entries)44412

Results

Men

Rank Name Places
1 United States Hayes Jenkins5
2 United States James Grogan12
3 France Alain Giletti18
4 United States David Jenkins20
5 United States Ronald Robertson23
6 United Kingdom Michael Booker35
7 Canada Charles Snelling33
8 Canada Peter Dunfield44
9 Austria Norbert Felsinger43
10 Canada Douglas Court45
11 France Alain Calmat52

Judges:

Ladies

Rank Name Places
1 West Germany Gundi Busch9
2 United States Tenley Albright12
3 United Kingdom Erica Batchelor26
4 Canada Barbara Gratton28
5 United States Frances Dorsey45
6 United Kingdom Yvonne Sugden52
7 Austria Hanna Eigel55
8 Canada Yarmila Pachl60
9 Canada Ann Johnston62
10 Canada Sonja Currie63
11 United States Margaret Graham58
12 Austria Ingrid Wendl89
13 West Germany Rosi Pettinger88
14 West Germany Erika Rücker100
15 United States Margaret Dean104
16 United Kingdom Clema Cowley108
17 Italy Fiorella Negro113
18 Sweden Ally Lundström130
19 Sweden Gun Ericson-Mothander132
20 Norway Ingeborg Nilsson136

Judges:

  • Italy Bruno Bonfiglio
  • West Germany F. Grimminger
  • Austria Franz Heinlein
  • Norway P. Reinertsen
  • Canada Melville Rogers
  • United States Harold G. Storke
  • United Kingdom J. Wilson

Pairs

Rank Name Places
1 Canada Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden9.5
2 Switzerland Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean17.5
3 Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt21
4 United States Carole Ormaca / Robin Greiner30.5
5 United States Margaret Graham / Hugh Graham41.5
6 West Germany Alice Zettel / Klaus Loichinger45
7 West Germany Inge Minor / Hermann Braun45
8 United Kingdom Jane Higson / Robert Hudson46
9 Sweden Britta Lindmark / Ulf Berendt62
10 Norway Bjørg Skjælaaen / Johannes Thorsen67

Judges:

  • United Kingdom Pamela Davis
  • West Germany F. Grimminger
  • Austria Hans Grünauer
  • Sweden B. Holmberg
  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • Canada Melville Rogers
  • United States Harold G. Storke

Ice dance

Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy5
2 United Kingdom Nesta Davies / Paul Thomas14
3 United States Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel18
4 United Kingdom Barbara Radford / Raymond Lockwood20
5 United States Virginia Hoyns / Donald Jacoby23
6 United States Phyllis Forney / Martin Forney25
7 Austria Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera35

Judges:

  • United Kingdom Pamela Davis
  • United States M. Drake
  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • Austria Hans Meixner
  • France Henri Meudec

Sources

  • Result List provided by the ISU
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