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 1939 men competitions took place on February 17th to 19th, 1939 in Budapest, Hungary. The 1939 ladies competitions took place on February 11th to 12th, 1939 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The 1939 pairs competition took place February 17th to 19th, 1939 in Budapest, Hungary. These World Figure Skating Championships were the last before World War II. The Austrian skaters Edi Rada, Emmy Puzinger, Anita Wägeler, Ilse Pausin and Erich Pausin and the judge Dr. H. Deistler were representing Germany. The former Austrian skater Herbert Alward was representing Hungary.
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