1931 World Figure Skating Championships

1931 World Figure Skating Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Date: February 28 – March 1
Season: 1931
Location: Berlin, Germany
Champions
Men's singles:
Austria Karl Schäfer
Ladies' singles:
Norway Sonja Henie
Pair skating:
Hungary Emília Rotter / Laszlo Szollas
Previous:
1930 World Championships
Next:
1932 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 1931 men, ladies, and pairs competitions took place from February 28 to March 1 in Berlin, Germany. It was the second year when all competitions were held at the same location and the same time, but the first time in Europe.

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Karl Schäfer  Austria 8
2 Roger Turner  United States 26
3 Ernst Baier  Germany 33
4 Hugo Distler  Austria 33
5 Leopold Maier-Lembargo  Germany 41
6 Marcell Vadas  Hungary 46
7 Markus Nikkanen  Finland 48
8 Herbert Haertel  Germany 55
9 Pierre Brunet  France 59
10 Rudolf Praznowsky  Czechoslovakia 60
11 George Hill  United States 76
12 Josef Slíva  Czechoslovakia 73
13 Theo Lass  Germany 79

Judges:

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Sonja Henie  Norway 8
2 Hilde Holovsky  Austria 17
3 Fritzi Burger  Austria 21
4 Maribel Vinson  United States 26
5 Vivi-Anne Hultén  Sweden 35
6 Edel Randem  Norway 47
7 Nanna Egedius  Norway 48
8 Yvonne de Ligne-Geurts  Belgium 50
9 Randi Gulliksen  Norway 63

Judges:

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Emília Rotter / László Szollás  Hungary 13.5
2 Olga Orgonista / Sándor Szalay  Hungary 14.5
3 Idi Papez / Karl Zwack  Austria 23.5
4 Lilly Gaillard-Scholz / Willy Petter  Austria 27.5
5 Maribel Vinson / George Hill  United States 39
6 Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe  Czechoslovakia 39
7 Ilse Gaste / Ernst Gaste  Germany 45
8 Hansi Kast / Otto Kaiser  Austria 50
9 Elisabeth Böckel / Otto Hayek  Germany 63

Judges:

Sources

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