FAI World Championship 1953 in class F1A Glider
Held at Lesce-Bled, Yugoslavia from August 21 to 24
Flight times are given in each of the 3 rounds in seconds.
Individual results
| No. | Name | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans Hansen | DEN | 900.0 | 900.0 | ||
| 2 | Heinz Denzin | GER | 285.4 | 300.0 | 258.0 | 843.4 |
| 3 | Jen Pierre Templier | FRA | 300.0 | 235.0 | 300.0 | 835.0 |
| 4 | Bora Gunic | YUG | 300.0 | 270.0 | 254.0 | 824.0 |
| 5 | L Bausch | NED | 300.0 | 251.0 | 265.0 | 816.0 |
| 6 | Gerald Skala | AUT | 200.0 | 300.0 | 300.0 | 800.0 |
| 7 | Walter Schonborn | SAAR | 211.7 | 288.0 | 300.0 | 799.7 |
| 8 | Giovani Federici | ITA | 152.0 | 300.0 | 281.3 | 733.3 |
| 9 | Lenart T Persson | SWE | 300.0 | 243.0 | 189.0 | 732.0 |
| 10 | Borge Hansen | DEN | 242.0 | 292.0 | 195.0 | 729.0 |
| 11 | Hans Schnabel | SUI | 128.0 | 300.0 | 300.0 | 728.0 |
| 12 | J Van Loo | NED | 209.2 | 271.4 | 226.6 | 707.2 |
| 13 | Alfred Bickel | SUI | 131.0 | 300.0 | 272.0 | 703.0 |
| 14 | Hacklinger | GER | 187.1 | 300.0 | 215.0 | 702.1 |
| 15 | Naftali Kadmon | ISR | 276.0 | 159.0 | 245.0 | 680.0 |
| 16 | Emil Fresl | YUG | 206.0 | 182.0 | 290.0 | 678.0 |
| 17 | Henri Macs | BEL | 180.2 | 247.0 | 225.0 | 652.2 |
| 18 | Rudolf Schenker | SUI | 300.0 | 172.0 | 162.0 | 634.0 |
| 19 | Andre Goetz | FRA | 143.0 | 270.0 | 190.0 | 603.0 |
| 20 | Gerhard Wummel | GER | 300.0 | 170.5 | 132.0 | 602.5 |
| 21 | Pierre Follete Dupuit | MON | 129.0 | 271.0 | 184.0 | 584.0 |
| 22 | Fritz Neumann | DEN | 300.0 | 282.0 | 582.0 | |
| 23 | Valdemaro Lensi | ITA | 212.4 | 152.1 | 217.0 | 581.5 |
| 24 | Kurt Persson | SWE | 246.6 | 196.0 | 123.5 | 566.1 |
| 25 | Werner Hauenstein | SUI | 300.0 | 175.0 | 90.0 | 565.0 |
| 26 | Rudi Knoll | SAAR | 35.0 | 300.0 | 214.0 | 549.0 |
| 27 | Rune Anderson | SWE | 155.6 | 203.6 | 184.6 | 543.8 |
| 28 | Shraga Katz | ISR | 254.4 | 70.8 | 211.0 | 536.2 |
| 29 | Eduard Avonts | BEL | 276.0 | 118.0 | 138.0 | 532.0 |
| 30 | J F Hecking | NED | 300.0 | 217.4 | 517.4 | |
| 31 | Cassio Pisani | ITA | 108.5 | 234.3 | 162.0 | 504.8 |
| 32 | Oskar Czepa | AUT | 300.0 | 101.0 | 98.0 | 499.0 |
| 33 | Pierre Lefort | FRA | 133.0 | 190.0 | 173.5 | 496.5 |
| 34 | Lean Maes | BEL | 118.2 | 145.0 | 229.0 | 492.2 |
| 35 | Luciano Toni | ITA | 90.0 | 162.4 | 213.1 | 465.5 |
| 36 | Christian Claesens | BEL | 108.0 | 229.0 | 119.0 | 456.0 |
| 37 | Rudolf Lindner | GER | 147.0 | 187.0 | 119.5 | 453.5 |
| 38 | Herbert Weintraut | SAAR | 151.0 | 129.0 | 165.0 | 445.0 |
| 39 | G C M Byrd | GBR | 300.0 | 137.0 | 437.0 | |
| 40 | Kurt Sandberg | SWE | 97.0 | 139.0 | 173.4 | 409.4 |
| 41 | A A Teunissen | NED | 22.0 | 208.6 | 161.2 | 391.8 |
| 42 | Sakellarakis | GRE | 42.6 | 192.0 | 155.7 | 390.3 |
| 43 | Josef Schober | AUT | 219.8 | 43.0 | 103.2 | 366.0 |
| 44 | A I Brooks | GBR | 211.0 | 140.0 | 351.0 | |
| 45 | Fritz Zidek | AUT | 20.4 | 153.0 | 174.0 | 347.4 |
| 46 | Joze Smole | YUG | 185.0 | 160.0 | 345.0 | |
| 47 | Ove Nesdam | DEN | 135.0 | 86.0 | 123.0 | 344.0 |
| 48 | J Fontaine | FRA | 16.0 | 130.0 | 187.5 | 333.5 |
| 49 | Zeev Ben Shaher | ISR | 42.0 | 169.6 | 105.6 | 317.2 |
| 50 | Henry Dore | USA | 35.4 | 41.6 | 133.0 | 210.0 |
| 51 | J Novaro | MON | 208.0 | 208.0 | ||
| 52 | Meir Fried | ISR | 114.0 | 57.0 | 33.0 | 204.0 |
| 53 | George Perryman | USA | 16.8 | 70.0 | 49.0 | 135.8 |
| 54 | Roger Aubertin | MON | 86.0 | 86.0 | ||
| 55 | Ladislav Pincer | YUG | 80.5 | 80.5 | ||
| Number of maximums | 9 | 11 | 5 | |||
| Number of full scores | 9 | 1 | 1 | |||
team results
| Rank | Country | Abbreviation | Total | Team | Member | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | DEN | 2211.0 | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Germany | GER | 2148.0 | 2 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | Switzerland | SUI | 2065.0 | 11 | 13 | 18 |
| 4 | Netherlands | NED | 2040.6 | 5 | 12 | 30 |
| 5 | France | FRA | 1934.5 | 3 | 19 | 33 |
| 6 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 1847.0 | 4 | 16 | 46 |
| 7 | Sweden | SWE | 1841.9 | 9 | 24 | 27 |
| 8 | Italy | ITA | 1819.6 | 8 | 23 | 31 |
| 9 | Saar | SAAR | 1793.7 | 7 | 26 | 38 |
| 10 | Belgium | BEL | 1676.4 | 17 | 29 | 34 |
| 11 | Austria | AUT | 1665.0 | 6 | 32 | 43 |
| 12 | Israel | ISR | 1533.4 | 15 | 28 | 49 |
| 13 | Monaco | MON | 878.0 | 21 | 51 | 54 |
| 14 | Great Britain | GBR | 788.0 | 39 | 44 | |
| 15 | Greece | GRE | 390.3 | 42 | ||
| 16 | USA | USA | 345.8 | 50 | 53 |