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.

1939 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 11–12 (men and pairs)
February 17–19 (ladies)
Season:1939
Location: Budapest, Hungary (men and pairs)
Prague, Czechoslovakia (ladies)
Champions
Men's singles:
Graham Sharp
Ladies' singles:
Megan Taylor
Pairs:
Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier
Previous:
1938 World Championships
Next:
1947 World Championships

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.

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