| 1953 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | February 8th – February 15th |
| Season: | 1953 |
| Location: | Davos |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Hayes Alan Jenkins |
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| Ladies singles: Tenley Albright |
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| Pair skating: Jennifer Nicks and John Nicks |
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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 1953 competitions for men, ladies, pairs and ice dancing took place February 8th to February 15th, 1953 in Davos, Switzerland.
Contents |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hayes Alan Jenkins | United States | 13 |
| 2 | James Grogan | United States | 16 |
| 3 | Carlo Fassi | Italy | 36 |
| 4 | Ronald Robertson | United States | 37 |
| 5 | Alain Giletti | France | 44 |
| 6 | Dudley Richards | United States | 49 |
| 7 | Peter Firstbrook | Canada | 59 |
| 8 | Peter Dunfield | Canada | 73 |
| 9 | Michael Booker | United Kingdom | 81 |
| 10 | Freimut Stein | West Germany | 88 |
| 11 | Kurt Oppelt | Austria | 102 |
| 12 | Hubert Köpfler | Switzerland | 106 |
| 13 | György Czakó | Hungary | 115 |
| WD | Claus Loichinger | West Germany |
Judges were
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tenley Albright | United States | 7 |
| 2 | Gundi Busch | West Germany | 16 |
| 3 | Valda Osborn | United Kingdom | 28 |
| 4 | Carol Heiss | United States | 27 |
| 5 | Suzanne Morrow | Canada | 28 |
| 6 | Vera Smith | Canada | 48 |
| 7 | Margaret Anne Graham | United States | 49 |
| 8 | Yvonne Sugden | United Kingdom | 53 |
| 9 | Erica Batchelor | United Kingdom | 70 |
| 10 | Ann Robinson | United Kingdom | 74 |
| 11 | Anneliese Schilhan | Austria | 72 |
| 12 | Mary Kenner | Canada | 86 |
| 13 | Norma Skevington | United Kingdom | 83 |
| 14 | Rose Pettinger | West Germany | 97 |
| 15 | Doris Zerbe | Switzerland | 109 |
| 16 | Margaret Dean | United States | 112 |
| 17 | Yolande Jobin | Switzerland | 112 |
| 18 | Eszter Jurek | Hungary | 129 |
| 19 | Alida Elisabeth Stoppelman | Netherlands | 130 |
| WD | Helga Dudzinski | West Germany |
Judges were
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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| 1 | Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | United Kingdom | 10.5 |
| 2 | Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | Canada | 16 |
| 3 | Marianne Nagy / László Nagy | Hungary | 23.5 |
| 4 | Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean | Switzerland | 24 |
| 5 | Peri Horn / Raymond Lockwood | United Kingdom | 39 |
| 6 | Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt | Austria | 43.5 |
| 7 | Jean Higson / Robert Hudson | United Kingdom | 44.5 |
| 8 | Eva Szőllősy / Gabor Vida | Hungary | 57 |
| 9 | Eva Neeb / Karl Probst | West Germany | 61 |
| 10 | Charlotte Michiels / Gaston von Ghelder | Belgium | 66 |
Judges were
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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| 1 | Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy | United Kingdom | 6 |
| 2 | Joan Dewhirst / John Slater | United Kingdom | 10 |
| 3 | Carol Peters / Daniel Ryan | United States | 16 |
| 4 | Nesta Davies / Paul Thomas | United Kingdom | 20 |
| 5 | Virginia Hoyns / Donald Jacoby | United States | 23 |
| 6 | Lydia Boon / Aadrian van Dam | Netherlands | 30 |
| 7 | Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel | United States | 35 |
| 8 | Albertina Brown / Nigel Brown | Switzerland | 42 |
| 9 | Helga Binder / Edwin Fuhrich | Austria | 45 |
| 10 | Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink | Netherlands | 50 |
| 11 | Luzzi Fischer / Rudolf Zorn | Austria | 54 |
| 12 | Luise Lehner / Hans Kutchera | Austria | 59 |
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