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{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
|title= 1930 World Figure Skating Championships
|image=
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|comptype= ISU Championship
|startdate= February 3rd
|enddate= February 5th
|skatingseason= 1930
|location= {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}} [[New York City]]
|host=
|venue=
|prizemoney=
|defendmen= {{flagIOC|SWE|1928 Winter}} [[Gillis Grafström]]
|defendladies= {{flagIOC|NOR|1928 Winter}} [[Sonja Henie]]
|defendpairs= {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}} [[Lilly Scholz]] and [[Otto Kaiser]]
|defenddance=
|defendsynchro=
|championmen= {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}} [[Karl Schäfer]]
|championladies= {{flagIOC|NOR|1928 Winter}} [[Sonja Henie]]
|championpairs= {{flagIOC|FRA|1928 Winter}} [[Andrée Joly|Andrée Brunet]] and [[Pierre Brunet]]
|championdance=
|championsynchro=
|previouscomp= [[1929 World Figure Skating Championships]]
|nextcomp= [[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 skating|figure skaters]] compete for the title of World Champion.

The 1930 the men competition, the ladies competitions and the pairs competion took place February 3rd to 5th, 1930 in [[New York City]], the first figure skating world championships in the [[USA]]. It was also the first year when all competitions were hold at the same location and the same time. Also all the judges for the three competitions were the same.

==Results==
===Men===
{| class=’wikitable’
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Places
|- bgcolor=’gold’
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’gold’| ”’1”’
| [[Karl Schäfer]] || {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}} || 5
|-bgcolor=’silver’
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’silver’| ”’2”’
| [[Roger Turner]] || {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}} || 11
|- bgcolor=’cc9966′
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’cc9966’|”’3”’
| [[Georg Gautschi]] || {{flagIOC|SUI|1928 Winter}} || 19
|-
! 4
| [[Montgomery Wilson]] || {{flagIOC|CAN|1928 Winter}} || 20
|-
! 5
| [[Ludwig Wrede]] || {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}} || 20
|-
! 6
| [[Gall Borden]] || {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}} || 32
|-
! 7
| [[James Lester Madden]] || {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}} || 35
|-
! 8
| [[William Nagle]] || {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}} || 38
|}

Judges were
* J. Edhoffer {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}}
* H. J. Clarke {{flagIOC|GBR|1928 Winter}}
* J. B. Liberman {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}}
* J. C. McDougall {{flagIOC|CAN|1928 Winter}}
* B. Börjeson {{flagIOC|NOR|1928 Winter}}

===Ladies===
{| class=’wikitable’
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Places
|- bgcolor=’gold’
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’gold’| ”’1”’
| [[Sonja Henie]] || {{flagIOC|NOR|1928 Winter}} || 5
|-bgcolor=’silver’
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’silver’| ”’2”’
| [[Cecil Smith]] || {{flagIOC|CAN|1928 Winter}} || 12
|- bgcolor=’cc9966′
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’cc9966’|”’3”’
| [[Maribel Vinson]] || {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}} || 16
|-
! 4
| [[Constance Wilson]] || {{flagIOC|CAN|1928 Winter}} || 19
|-
! 5
| [[Melitta Brunner]] || {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}} || 23
|-
! 6
| [[Suzanne Davis (figure skater)|Suzanne Davis]] || {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}} || 30
|}

Judges were
* J. Edhoffer {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}}
* H. J. Clarke {{flagIOC|GBR|1928 Winter}}
* J. B. Liberman {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}}
* J. C. McDougall {{flagIOC|CAN|1928 Winter}}
* B. Börjeson {{flagIOC|NOR|1928 Winter}}

===Pairs===
{| class=’wikitable’
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Places
|- bgcolor=’gold’
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’gold’| ”’1”’
| [[Andrée Joly|Andrée Brunet]] and [[Pierre Brunet]] || {{flagIOC|FRA|1928 Winter}} || 6.5
|-bgcolor=’silver’
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’silver’| ”’2”’
| [[Melitta Brunner]] and [[Ludwig Wrede]] || {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}} || 13.5
|- bgcolor=’cc9966′
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’cc9966’|”’3”’
| [[Beatrix Loughran]] and [[Sherwin Badger]] || {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}} || 16
|-
! 4
| [[Constance Samuel]] and [[Montgomery Wilson]] || {{flagIOC|CAN|1928 Winter}} || 21
|-
! 5
| [[Isobel Rogers]] and [[Melville Rogers]] || {{flagIOC|CAN|1928 Winter}} || 25.5
|-
! 6
| [[Theresa Weld Blanchard]] and [[Nathaniel Niles]] || {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}} || 30.5
|-
! 7
| [[Maude Smith]] and [[Jack Eastwood]] || {{flagIOC|CAN|1928 Winter}} || 32.5
|-
! 8
| [[Edith Secord]] and [[Joseph Savage]] || {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}} || 34.5
|}

Judges were
* B. Börjeson {{flagIOC|NOR|1928 Winter}}
* J. Edhoffer {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}}
* H. J. Clarke {{flagIOC|GBR|1928 Winter}}
* J. C. McDougall {{flagIOC|CAN|1928 Winter}}
* J. B. Liberman {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}}

==References==
* Result List provided by the ISU

{{ISU Championships Figure skating}}
{{World Figure skating}}

[[Category:World Figure Skating Championships by year]]
[[Category:1930 in figure skating]]

[[fr:Championnats du monde de patinage artistique 1930]]
[[nl:Wereldkampioenschappen kunstschaatsen 1930]]