1929 World Figure Skating Championships

1929 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Season:	1929
Location:	London, United Kingdom (men) Budapest, Hungary (ladies and pairs)
Champions
Men's singles: Gillis Grafström
Ladies' singles: Sonja Henie
Pairs: Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser
Previous: 1928 World Championships
Next: 1930 World 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.

Men's competitions took place from March 4 to 5 in London, United Kingdom. Ladies' and pairs' competitions took place from February 2 to 3 in Budapest, Hungary.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Points	Places
1	Gillis Grafström	353.15	6
2	Karl Schäfer	346.50	10
3	Ludwig Wrede	323.70	16
4	John Page	312.70	24
5	Hugo Distler		25
6	Markus Nikkanen		26
7	Ian Bowhill		32

Judges:

• Eduard Engelmann
• L. Liebermann
• André Poplimont
• Ulrich Salchow
• V. C. Wilson

Ladies

Medalwinners and 4th and 5th-place pictured.

Rank	Name	Points	Places
1	Sonja Henie	280.40	5
2	Fritzi Burger	259.25	12
3	Melitta Brunner	254.65	13
4	Ilse Hornung	236.10	20
5	Grete Kubitschek	216.65	26
6	Yvonne de Ligne-Geurts	208.50	29

Judges:

• B. Børjeson
• Herbert Clarke
• Eduard Engelmann
• Walter Jakobsson
• Fernand de Montigny

Pairs

Rank	Name	Points	Places
1	Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser	11.25	6
2	Melitta Brunner / Ludwig Wrede	10.75	13
3	Olga Orgonista / Sándor Szalay	10.30	18
4	Gisela Hochhaltinger / Otto Preißecker	10.35	21.5
5	Emília Rotter / László Szollás	10.30	21.5
6	Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe	10.05	25
7	Maria Schwendtbauer / Gustav Aichinger	8.30	35

Judges:

• Otto Bohatsch
• B. Børjeson
• C. J. Clarke
• Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers
• Tivadar Meszléri