1931 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.

1931 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	February 28 – March 1
Season:	1931
Location:	Berlin, Germany
Champions
Men's singles: Karl Schäfer
Ladies' singles: Sonja Henie
Pairs: Emília Rotter / László Szollás
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The competitions took place from February 28 to March 1 in Berlin, Germany. It was the second year when all competitions were held at the same location and the same time, but the first time in Europe.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Germany)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	1	1	2	4
2	Hungary	1	1	0	2
3	Norway	1	0	0	1
4	United States	0	1	0	1
5	Germany*	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		3	3	3	9

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Age	Total	Points	Places
1	Karl Schäfer	21	2563.26	366.18	8
2	Roger Turner	29	2362.60	337.51	26
3	Ernst Baier	26	2310.70	330.10	33
4	Hugo Distler		2286.97	326.71	33
5	Leopold Maier-Labergo	23	2264.78	323.54	41
6	Marcell Vadas		2213.54	316.22	46
7	Marcus Nikkanen	27	2217.97	316.85	48
8	Herbert Haertel		2170.77	310.11	55
9	Pierre Brunet	28	2100.07	300.01	59
10	Rudolf Práznovský		2173.50	310.50	60
11	George Hill	23	2072.00	296.00	76
12	Josef Slíva	32	2138.29	305.47	73
13	Theo Lass		2035.88	290.84	79

• Referee: Ulrich Salchow

Judges:

• Herbert Clarke
• Ludwig Fänner
• Walter Hildburgh
• Walter Jakobsson
• Jenő Minich
• Ludwig Niedermayer
• H. Pika

Ladies

Rank	Name	Age	CF	FS	Total	Points	Places
1	Sonja Henie	18	1	1	2545.90	363.70	8
2	Hilde Holovsky	13	2	2	2688.77	384.11	17
3	Fritzi Burger	20	3	3	2386.30	340.90	21
4	Maribel Vinson	19	4	5	2333.24	333.24	26
5	Vivi-Anne Hultén	19	5	4	2244.76	320.68	35
6	Edel Randem	20	6	7	2061.85	294.55	47
7	Nanna Egedius	17	7	8	2068.64	295.52	48
8	Yvonne de Ligne-Geurts	23	8	6	2056.04	293.72	50
9	Randi Gulliksen		9	9	1884.26	269.18	63

• Referee: Herbert Clarke

Judges:

• August Anderberg
• Erich Bartel
• Kurt Dannenberg
• Hans Grünauer
• Walter Hildburgh
• Oscar R. Kolderup
• S. Wallwork

Pairs

Rank	Name	Age	Total	Points	Places
1	Emília Rotter / László Szollás	24/23	74.0	10.57	13.5
2	Olga Orgonista / Sándor Szalay	29/37	73.4	10.49	14.5
3	Idi Papez / Karl Zwack	/25	70.7	10.10	23.5
4	Lilly Gaillard-Scholz / Willy Petter	27/	69.7	9.96	27.5
5	Maribel Vinson / George Hill	19/23	64.0	9.14	39
6	Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe	/45	62.6	8.94	39
7	Ilse Gaste / Ernst Gaste	24/32	62.7	8.96	45
8	Hansi Kast / Otto Kaiser	/29	60.8	8.70	50
9	Elisabeth Böckel / Otto Hayek		49.9	7.13	63

• Referee: Hans Pfeifer

Judges:

• Erich Bartel
• J. Edhoffer
• Walter Hildburgh
• Walter Jakobsson
• Jenő Minich
• C. Schulze
• S. Wallwork