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 1932 the men competition, the ladies competitions and the pairs competition took place February 17 to 20, 1932 in Montreal, Canada. These were the first figure skating world championships in Canada. It was the third year in a row that all competitions were hold at the same location and the same time. It was the first time that Japanese skaters participated.
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