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{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
|title= 1931 World Figure Skating Championships
|image=
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|comptype= ISU Championship
|startdate= February 28th
|enddate= March 1st
|skatingseason= 1931
|location= {{flagIOC|GER|1928 Winter}} [[Berlin]]
|host=
|venue=
|prizemoney=
|defendmen= {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}} [[Karl Schäfer]]
|defendladies= {{flagIOC|NOR|1928 Winter}} [[Sonja Henie]]
|defendpairs= {{flagIOC|FRA|1928 Winter}} [[Andrée Joly|Andrée Brunet]] and [[Pierre Brunet]]
|defenddance=
|defendsynchro=
|championmen= {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}} [[Karl Schäfer]]
|championladies= {{flagIOC|NOR|1928 Winter}} [[Sonja Henie]]
|championpairs= {{flagIOC|HUN|1928 Winter}} [[Emilie Rotter]] and [[Laszlo Szollas]]
|championdance=
|championsynchro=
|previouscomp= [[1930 World Figure Skating Championships]]
|nextcomp= [[1932 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 1931 the men competition, the ladies competitions and the pairs competion took place February 28th to March 1st, 1931 in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. It was the second year when all competitions were hold at the same location and the same time, but the first time in [[Europe]].

==Results==
===Men===
{| class=’wikitable’
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Places
|- bgcolor=’gold’
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’gold’| ”’1”’
| [[Karl Schäfer]] || {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}} || 8
|-bgcolor=’silver’
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’silver’| ”’2”’
| [[Roger Turner]] || {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}} || 26
|- bgcolor=’cc9966′
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’cc9966’|”’3”’
| [[Ernst Baier]] || {{flagIOC|GER|1928 Winter}} || 33
|-
! 4
| [[Hugo Distler]] || {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}} || 33
|-
! 5
| [[Leopold Maier-Lembargo]] || {{flagIOC|GER|1928 Winter}} || 41
|-
! 6
| [[Marcell Vadas]] || {{flagIOC|HUN|1928 Winter}} || 46
|-
! 7
| [[Markus Nikkanen]] || {{flagIOC|FIN|1928 Winter}} || 48
|-
! 8
| [[Herbert Haertel]] || {{flagIOC|GER|1928 Winter}} || 55
|-
! 9
| [[Pierre Brunet]] || {{flagIOC|FRA|1928 Winter}} || 59
|-
! 10
| [[Rudolf Praznowsky]] || {{flagIOC|TCH|1928 Winter}} || 60
|-
! 11
| [[George Hill]] || {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}} || 76
|-
! 12
| [[Josef Silva]] || {{flagIOC|TCH|1928 Winter}} || 73
|-
! 13
| [[Theo Lass]] || {{flagIOC|GER|1928 Winter}} || 79

|}

Judges were
* L. Niedermayer {{flagIOC|GER|1928 Winter}}
* L. Fänner {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}}
* E. Minich {{flagIOC|HUN|1928 Winter}}
* W. L. Hildburgh {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}}
* [[Walter Jakobsson]] {{flagIOC|FIN|1928 Winter}}
* H. J. Clarke {{flagIOC|GBR|1928 Winter}}
* H. Pika {{flagIOC|TCH|1928 Winter}}

===Ladies===
{| class=’wikitable’
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Places
|- bgcolor=’gold’
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’gold’| ”’1”’
| [[Sonja Henie]] || {{flagIOC|NOR|1928 Winter}} || 8
|-bgcolor=’silver’
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’silver’| ”’2”’
| [[Hilde Holovsky]] || {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}} || 17
|- bgcolor=’cc9966′
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’cc9966’|”’3”’
| [[Fritzi Burger]] || {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}} || 21
|-
! 4
| [[Maribel Vinson]] || {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}} || 26
|-
! 5
| [[Vivi-Anne Hulten]] || {{flagIOC|SWE|1928 Winter}} || 35
|-
! 6
| [[Edel Randem]] || {{flagIOC|NOR|1928 Winter}} || 47
|-
! 7
| [[Nanna Egedius]] || {{flagIOC|NOR|1928 Winter}} || 48
|-
! 8
| [[Yvonne de Ligne-Geurts]] || {{flagIOC|BEL|1928 Winter}} || 50
|-
! 9
| [[Randi Gulliksen]] || {{flagIOC|NOR|1928 Winter}} || 63
|}

Judges were
* W. L. Hildburgh {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}}
* K. Dannenberg {{flagIOC|GER|1928 Winter}}
* S. Wallwork {{flagIOC|GBR|1928 Winter}}
* H. Grünauer {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}}
* O. R. Kolderup {{flagIOC|NOR|1928 Winter}}
* E. Bartel {{flagIOC|TCH|1928 Winter}}
* A. Anderberg {{flagIOC|SWE|1928 Winter}}

===Pairs===
{| class=’wikitable’
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Places
|- bgcolor=’gold’
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’gold’| ”’1”’
| [[Emilie Rotter]] and [[Laszlo Szollas]] || {{flagIOC|HUN|1928 Winter}} || 13.5
|-bgcolor=’silver’
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’silver’| ”’2”’
| [[Olga Orgonista]] and [[Sandor Szalay]] || {{flagIOC|HUN|1928 Winter}} || 14.5
|- bgcolor=’cc9966′
| align=’center’ bgcolor=’cc9966’|”’3”’
| [[Idi Papez]] and [[Karl Zwack]] || {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}} || 23.5
|-
! 4
| [[Lilly Scholz|Lilly Geilllard-Scholz]] and [[Willi Petter]] || {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}} || 27.5
|-
! 5
| [[Maribel Vinson]] and [[George Hill]] || {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}} || 39
|-
! 6
| [[Else Hoppe]] and [[Oscar Hoppe]] || {{flagIOC|TCH|1928 Winter}} || 39
|-
! 7
| [[Ilse Gaste]] and [[Ernst Gaste]] || {{flagIOC|GER|1928 Winter}} || 45
|-
! 8
| [[Hansi Kast]] and [[Otto Kaiser]] || {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}} || 50
|-
! 9
| [[Elisabeth Böckel]] and [[Otto Hayek]] || {{flagIOC|GER|1928 Winter}} || 63
|}

Judges were
* S. Wallwork {{flagIOC|GBR|1928 Winter}}
* W. L. Hildburgh {{flagIOC|USA|1928 Winter}}
* [[Walter Jakobsson]] {{flagIOC|FIN|1928 Winter}}
* C. Schulze {{flagIOC|GER|1928 Winter}}
* E. Minich {{flagIOC|HUN|1928 Winter}}
* J. Edhoffer {{flagIOC|AUT|1928 Winter}}
* E. Bartel {{flagIOC|TCH|1928 Winter}}

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

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

[[Category:World Figure Skating Championships by year]]
[[Category:1931 in figure skating]]

[[fr:Championnats du monde de patinage artistique 1931]]
[[nl:Wereldkampioenschappen kunstschaatsen 1931]]