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 1948 competitions for men, ladies, and pair skating took place from February 11 to 15 in Davos, Switzerland. These were the second World Figure Skating Championships after World War II. Skaters from Germany and Japan were still not allowed to compete.
Medal table
* Host nation (Switzerland)
Results
Men
Judges:
- Eugen Kirchhofer
- Vladimir Koudelka
- Hubert Martineau
- Harry Meistrup
- Melville Rogers
- Adolf Rosdol
- Harold G. Stroke
- Marcell Vadas
- A. Voordeckers
Ladies
Judges:
- Kenneth Beaumont
- Bernard Fox
- Harry Meistrup
- Hans Meixner
- Melville Rogers
- Elemér Terták
- Georges Torchon
- A. Winkler
- K. Zemek
Pairs
Judges:
- Rudolf Kaler
- James Koch
- Vladimir Koudelka
- Mollie Phillips
- Melville Rogers
- Harold G. Storke
- Georges Torchon
- Marcell Vadas
- A. Voordeckers




