1939 World Figure Skating Championships
Rank Name Nation Places
1 Megan Taylor United Kingdom 5
2 Hedy Stenuf United States 14
3 Daphne Walker United Kingdom 15
4 Lydia Veicht Germany 18
5 Eva Nyklova Czechoslovakia 27
6 Emmy Putzinger Germany 29
7 Marta Musilek Germany 37
8 Gladys Jagger United Kingdom 35
9 Gerd Helland-Bjørnstad Norway 52
10 Anne-Marie Saether Norway 53
11 Anita Wägeler Germany 54
12 Turid Helland-Bjørnstad Norway 57
13 Britta Rahlen Sweden 52
14 Jacqueline Bossoutrot France 65
15 Zdenka Porgesova Czechoslovakia 75
Results -- Ladies
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 1939 men and pairs competitions took place from February 17th to 19th in Budapest, Hungary. The 1939 ladies competitions took place from February 11th to 12th in Prague, Czechoslovakia. These World Figure Skating Championships were the last before World War II. The Austrian skaters Edi Rada, Emmy Puzinger, Anita Wägeler, Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin, and the judge Dr. H. Deistler represented Germany. The former Austrian skater Herbert Alward represented Hungary.