1939 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.

Men and pairs competitions took place from February 17 to 19 in Budapest, Hungary. Ladies' competitions took place from February 11 to 12 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

These World Figure Skating Championships were the last before World War II. The Austrian skaters Edi Rada, Emmy Puzinger, Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin, and the judge H. Deistler represented Germany. The former Austrian skater Herbert Alward represented Hungary.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Places
1	Template:Flagicon Graham Sharp	5
2	Template:Flagicon Freddie Tomlins	11
3	Template:Flagicon Horst Faber	15
4	Template:Flagicon Edi Rada	24
5	Template:Flagicon Herbert Alward	27
6	Template:Flagicon Elemér Terták	25
7	Template:Flagicon Kristóf Kállay	36
8	Template:Flagicon Franz Loichinger	39
9	Template:Flagicon Per Cock-Clausen	43
10	Template:Flagicon Max Bindea	52
11	Template:Flagicon Alfred Hirv	53

Judges:

• Template:Flagicon Herbert Clarke
• Template:Flagicon J. Kowalski
• Template:Flagicon Fritz Schober
• Template:Flagicon Andor Szende
• Template:Flagicon A. Winkler

Ladies

Rank	Name	Places
1	Template:Flagicon Megan Taylor	5
2	Template:Flagicon Hedy Stenuf	14
3	Template:Flagicon Daphne Walker	15
4	Template:Flagicon Lydia Veicht	18
5	Template:Flagicon Eva Nyklová	27
6	Template:Flagicon Emmy Putzinger	29
7	Template:Flagicon Marta Musilek	37
8	Template:Flagicon Gladys Jagger	35
9	Template:Flagicon Gerd Helland-Bjørnstad	52
10	Template:Flagicon Anne-Marie Sæther	53
11	Template:Flagicon Anita Wägeler	54
12	Template:Flagicon Turid Helland-Bjørnstad	57
13	Template:Flagicon Britta Råhlén	52
14	Template:Flagicon Jacqueline Bossoutrot	65
15	Template:Flagicon Zdeňka Porgesova	75

Judges:

• Template:Flagicon Herbert Clarke
• Template:Flagicon H. Deistler
• Template:Flagicon J. Hainz
• Template:Flagicon A. Huber
• Template:Flagicon Charles Sabouret

Pairs

Rank	Name	Places
1	Template:Flagicon Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier	8
2	Template:Flagicon Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin	13
3	Template:Flagicon Inge Koch / Günther Noack	24
4	Template:Flagicon Piroska Szekrényessy / Attila Szekrényessy	32
5	Template:Flagicon Violet Cliff / Leslie Cliff	38
6	Template:Flagicon Pierette Dubois / Paul Dubois	44.5
7	Template:Flagicon Nadine Szilassy / Ferenc Kertész	48
8	Template:Flagicon Erika Bass / Béla Barcza	51
9	Template:Flagicon Stephanie Kalusz / Erwin Kalusz	62.5
10	Template:Flagicon Silva Palme / Paul Schwab	64

Judges:

• Template:Flagicon E. Bedetto
• Template:Flagicon J. Kowalski
• Template:Flagicon Ethel Muckelt
• Template:Flagicon P. Weiss
• Template:Flagicon A. Winkler
• Template:Flagicon C. Witt
• Template:Flagicon O. Zöllner