1947 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. The 1947 competitions for men, ladies, and pair skating took place from February 13 to 17 in Stockholm, Sweden. These were the first World Figure Skating Championships after World War II. Skaters from Germany, Austria, and Japan were not allowed to compete. It was the first time skaters from Australia competed at Worlds.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Places
1	Template:Flagicon Hans Gerschwiler	7
2	Template:Flagicon Dick Button	8
3	Template:Flagicon Arthur Apfel	16
4	Template:Flagicon Vladislav Čáp	20
5	Template:Flagicon Per Cock-Clausen	24

Judges:

• Template:Flagicon J. Bizek
• Template:Flagicon Hubert Martineau
• Template:Flagicon P. Sørensen
• Template:Flagicon Lyman Wakefield
• Template:Flagicon A. Winkler

Ladies

Rank	Name	Places
1	Template:Flagicon Barbara Ann Scott	10
2	Template:Flagicon Daphne Walker	22
3	Template:Flagicon Gretchen Merrill	32
4	Template:Flagicon Eileen Seigh	50
5	Template:Flagicon Jeanette Altwegg	53
6	Template:Flagicon Janette Ahrens	58
7	Template:Flagicon Alena Vrzáňová	61
8	Template:Flagicon Bridget Shirley Adams	71
9	Template:Flagicon Britta Råhlén	72
10	Template:Flagicon Jiřína Nekolová	80
11	Template:Flagicon Jill Linzee	88
12	Template:Flagicon Patricia Molony	109
13	Template:Flagicon Gun Ericson	116
14	Template:Flagicon Liv Borg	124
15	Template:Flagicon Ingeborg Nilsson	138
16	Template:Flagicon Leena Pietilä	143
17	Template:Flagicon Kristi Linna	159
18	Template:Flagicon Liisa Helanterä	160
19	Template:Flagicon Harriet Pantanenius	164

Judges:

• Template:Flagicon B. Børjeson
• Template:Flagicon Herbert Clarke
• Template:Flagicon Donald Cruikshank
• Template:Flagicon J. Hainz
• Template:Flagicon Walter Jakobsson
• Template:Flagicon C. F. MacGillicuddy
• Template:Flagicon Thore Mothander
• Template:Flagicon P. Sørensen
• Template:Flagicon Lyman Wakefield

Pairs

Rank	Name	Places
1	Template:Flagicon Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet	16
2	Template:Flagicon Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy	19.5
3	Template:Flagicon Suzanne Diskeuve / Edmond Verbustel	25.5
4	Template:Flagicon Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne	25.5
5	Template:Flagicon Britta Råhlén / Bo Mothander	38
6	Template:Flagicon Doris Noffke / Walter Noffke	43.5
7	Template:Flagicon Denise Fayolle / Guy Pigier	48
8	Template:Flagicon Běla Zachova / Jaroslav Zach	52
9	Template:Flagicon Margot Walle / Allan Fjeldheim	58
10	Template:Flagicon Denise Favart / Jacques Favart	59.5
11	Template:Flagicon Marit Henie / Erling Bjerkhoel	76.5

Judges:

• Template:Flagicon Christen Christensen
• Template:Flagicon J. Hainz
• Template:Flagicon Hubert Martineau
• Template:Flagicon M. Nicaise
• Template:Flagicon Georges Torchon
• Template:Flagicon Einar Törsleff
• Template:Flagicon Lyman Wakefield