| 1953 World Figure Skating Championships | |
| Comptype: | ISU Championship |
| Startdate: | February 8 |
| Enddate: | 15 |
| Skatingseason: | 1953 |
| Location: |  Davos, Switzerland |
| Championmen: |  Hayes Alan Jenkins |
| Championladies: | Tenley Albright |
| Championpairs: | Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks |
| Championdance: | Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy |
| Previouscomp: | 1952 World Championships |
| Nextcomp: | 1954 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.
The 1953 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 8 to 15 in Davos, Switzerland.
| Rank | Name | Age | CF | FS | Points | Places | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 19 | 2 | 925.2 | 1 | 727.2 | 183.6 | 13 | |
| align=center | 2 | 21 | 1 | 931.9 | 3 | 704.3 | 181.8 | 16 | |
| align=center | 3 | 24 | 3 | 907.1 | 6 | 659.8 | 174.1 | 36 | |
| 4 | 15 | 7 | 851.8 | 2 | 707.9 | 173.3 | 37 | ||
| 5 | 13 | 5 | 864.7 | 4 | 675.2 | 171.4 | 44 | ||
| 6 | 21 | 6 | 870.6 | 5 | 673.8 | 171.6 | 49 | ||
| 7 | 19 | 4 | 871.4 | 8 | 640.6 | 168.0 | 59 | ||
| 8 | 21 | 8 | 790.7 | 7 | 656.5 | 160.8 | 73 | ||
| 9 | 15 | 9 | 778.4 | 9 | 622.9 | 155.7 | 81 | ||
| 10 | 28 | 10 | 764.4 | 10 | 609.9 | 152.7 | 88 | ||
| 11 | 20 | 13 | 712.8 | 11 | 592.2 | 145.0 | 102 | ||
| 12 | 17 | 11 | 745.4 | 12 | 553.3 | 144.3 | 106 | ||
| 13 | 19 | 14 | 701.6 | 13 | 543.1 | 138.3 | 115 | ||
| WD | 12 | 729.5 | DNF | ||||||
Judges:
Ercole Cattaneo
John D. Greig
Henri Hoyoux A. Jaisli Alex Krupy
Hans Meixner
Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques| Rank | Name | Age | CF | FS | Total | Points | Places | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 17 | 1 | 757.3 | 1 | 560.73 | 1318.03 | 188.29 | 7 | |
| align=center | 2 | 17 | 2 | 730.9 | 3 | 531.27 | 1262.17 | 180.31 | 16 | |
| align=center | 3 | 18 | 3 | 719.7 | 513.77 | 1233.47 | 176.21 | 28 | ||
| 4 | 13 | 5 | 705.4 | 2 | 531.29 | 1236.69 | 176.67 | 27 | ||
| 5 | 22 | 4 | 716.7 | 516.63 | 1233.33 | 176.19 | 28 | |||
| 6 | 20 | 1198.68 | 171.24 | 48 | ||||||
| 7 | 1189.79 | 169.97 | 49 | |||||||
| 8 | 13 | 1175.51 | 167.93 | 53 | ||||||
| 9 | 19 | 1145.62 | 163.66 | 70 | ||||||
| 10 | 1141.28 | 163.04 | 74 | |||||||
| 11 | 16 | 12 | 642.1 | 499.11 | 1141.21 | 163.03 | 72 | |||
| 12 | 19 | 86 | ||||||||
| 13 | 83 | |||||||||
| 14 | 19 | 97 | ||||||||
| 15 | 109 | |||||||||
| 16 | 112 | |||||||||
| 17 | 22 | 112 | ||||||||
| 18 | 16 | 129 | ||||||||
| 19 | 19 | 130 | ||||||||
| WD | 23 | DNF | ||||||||
| WD | 16 | DNF | ||||||||
Judges:
John D. Greig A. Jaisli Alex Krupy Ernst Labin Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques| Rank | Name | Age | Total | Points | Places | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 20/23 | 77.0 | 11.00 | 10.5 | |
| align=center | 2 | 23/26 | 76.37 | 10.91 | 16 | |
| align=center | 3 | 24/25 | 74.62 | 10.66 | 23.5 | |
| 4 | 18/21 | 74.27 | 10.61 | 24 | ||
| 5 | 20/24 | 71.40 | 10.20 | 39 | ||
| 6 | 16/20 | 70.14 | 10.02 | 43.5 | ||
| 7 | 70.07 | 10.01 | 44.5 | |||
| 8 | 18/23 | 67.48 | 9.64 | 57 | ||
| 9 | 19/ | 66.78 | 9.54 | 61 | ||
| 10 | 65.88 | 9.34 | 66 |
Judges:
Emile Finsterwald John D. Greig Henri Hoyoux Walter Malek
Elemér Terták| Rank | Name | Age | CD | FD | Points | Places | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 22/22 | 1 | 111.4 | 1 | 73.85 | 37.05 | 6 | |
| align=center | 2 | 17/25 | 2 | 110.0 | 2 | 73.05 | 36.61 | 10 | |
| align=center | 3 | 20/23 | 3 | 104.4 | 3 | 70.7 | 35.02 | 14 | |
| 4 | 5 | 102.6 | 4 | 68.0 | 34.12 | 20 | |||
| 5 | 4 | 101.0 | 6 | 67.45 | 33.69 | 23 | |||
| 6 | 6 | 96.9 | 7 | 66.7 | 32.72 | 30 | |||
| 7 | 40/32 | 7 | 88.9 | 5 | 67.85 | 31.35 | 35 | ||
| 8 | 8 | 83.0 | 9 | 61.1 | 28.82 | 42 | |||
| 9 | 10 | 81.8 | 8 | 61.5 | 28.66 | 45 | |||
| 10 | 9 | 83.7 | 12 | 55.0 | 27.74 | 50 | |||
| 11 | 11 | 82.0 | 11 | 55.4 | 27.48 | 54 | |||
| 12 | 12 | 76.5 | 10 | 55.9 | 26.48 | 59 | |||
Judges:
Emile Finsterwald Hans Meixner R. Sackett A. Voordeckers