| 1952 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | February 27th – March 1st |
| Season: | 1952 |
| Location: | Paris |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Richard Button |
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| Ladies singles: Jacqueline du Bief |
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| Pair skating: Ria Baran and Paul Falk |
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| Ice dancing: Jean Westwood and Lawrence Demmy |
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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 1952 competitions for men, ladies, pairs and ice dancing took place February 27th to March 1st, 1952 in Paris, France. The World Championships in Ice Dancing were the first of its kind.
Contents |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dick Button | United States | 7 |
| 2 | James Grogan | United States | 19 |
| 3 | Hayes Alan Jenkins | United States | 21 |
| 4 | Helmut Seibt | Austria | 25 |
| 5 | Dudley Richards | United States | 34 |
| 6 | Carlo Fassi | Italy | 44 |
| 7 | Peter Firstbrook | Canada | 46 |
| 8 | Alain Giletti | France | 57 |
| 9 | Martin Felsenreich | Austria | 66 |
| 10 | Adrian Swan | Australia | 67 |
| 11 | François Pache | Switzerland | 76 |
Judges were
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacqueline du Bief | France | 9 |
| 2 | Sonya Klopfer | United States | 21 |
| 3 | Virginia Baxter | United States | 24 |
| 4 | Suzanne Morrow | Canada | 43 |
| 5 | Barbara Wyatt | United Kingdom | 55 |
| 6 | Gundi Busch | Germany | 59 |
| 7 | Marlene Smith | Canada | 64 |
| 8 | Valda Osborn | United Kingdom | 65 |
| 9 | Erica Batchelor | United Kingdom | 82 |
| 10 | Vera Smith | Canada | 90 |
| 11 | Helga Dudzinski | Germany | 96 |
| 12 | Patricia Devries | United Kingdom | 110 |
| 13 | Eva Weidler | Austria | 123 |
| 14 | Annelies Schilhan | Austria | 132 |
| 15 | Nancy Hallam-Burley | Austria | 129 |
| 16 | Ghislaine Kopf | Switzerland | 124 |
| 17 | Alida Elisabeth Stoppelman | Netherlands | 158 |
| 18 | Jolande Jobin | Switzerland | 161 |
| 19 | Gweneth Molony | Australia | 170 |
| 20 | Doris Zerbe | Switzerland | 175 |
| 21 | Liliane de Becker | Belgium | 192 |
| 22 | Nicole Vanderberghe | Belgium | 195 |
| WD | Tenley Albright | United States |
Judges were
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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| 1 | Ria Baran / Paul Falk | Germany | 9 |
| 2 | Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | United States | 23.5 |
| 3 | Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | United Kingdom | 29 |
| 4 | Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | Canada | 31.5 |
| 5 | Janet Gerhauser / John Nightingale | United States | 48.5 |
| 6 | Sylvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean | Switzerland | 49.5 |
| 7 | Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt | Austria | 68 |
| 8 | Carol Johns / Jack Jost | United States | 72 |
| 9 | Jacqueline Mason / Mervyn Bower | Australia | 81 |
| 10 | Peri Horn / Raymond Lockwood | United Kingdom | 83 |
Judges were
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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| 1 | Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy | United Kingdom | 7 |
| 2 | Joan Dewhirst / John Slater | United Kingdom | 14 |
| 3 | Carol Peters / Daniel Ryan | United States | 23 |
| 4 | Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel | United States | 26 |
| 5 | Lydia Boon / Aadrian van Dam | Netherlands | 35 |
| 6 | Ilse Reitmayer / Hans Kutschera | Austria | 44 |
| 7 | Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink | Netherlands | 54 |
| 8 | Albertina Brown / Nigel Brown | Switzerland | 54 |
| 9 | Paulin Haffner / Herbert Huber | Austria | 58 |
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