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 1930 the men competition, the ladies competitions and the pairs competition 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.
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