| 1938 World Figure Skating Championships | |
| Comptype: | ISU Championship |
| Startdate: | February 4-5 (ladies) February 18-19 (men and pairs) |
| Skatingseason: | 1938 |
| Location: |  Stockholm, Sweden (ladies)Berlin, Germany (men and pairs) |
| Championmen: |  Felix Kaspar |
| Championladies: | Megan Taylor |
| Championpairs: | Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier |
| Previouscomp: | 1937 World Championships |
| Nextcomp: | 1939 World Championships |
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.
Men's competitions took place on February 18 to 19 in Berlin, Germany and ladies' competitions took place on February 4 to 5 in Stockholm, Sweden. Pairs' competition took place on February 18 in Berlin, Germany.
Graham Sharp won the CF by 231.4 ahead of Felix Kaspar who gained 229.7, but the FS won by Kaspar with 164.6 ahead of Sharp who gained 159.8. With this in the overall points Felix Kaspar finished before Graham Sharp with 3.1 margin.
| Rank | Name | Age | CF | FS | Points | Places | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 394.3 | 9 | |
| align=center | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 391.2 | 12 | |
| align=center | 3 | 3 | 363.6 | 32 | |||
| 4 | 16 | 4 | 368.1 | 33 | |||
| 5 | 16 | 7 | 366.4 | 35 | |||
| 6 | 28 | 9 | 366.0 | 37 | |||
| 7 | 15 | 6 | 359.3 | 47 | |||
| 8 | 22 | 8 | 357.7 | 47 | |||
| 9 | 19 | 5 | 65 | ||||
| 10 | 23 | 10 | 68 |
Judges:
E. Delpy
Walter Jakobsson Rudolf Kaler
P. Sørensen| Rank | Name | Places | |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 7 | |
| align=center | 2 | 8 | |
| align=center | 3 | 21 | |
| 4 | 22 | ||
| 5 | 23 | ||
| 6 | 29 | ||
| 7 | 30 | ||
| 8 | 43 | ||
| 9 | 44 | ||
| 10 | 50 | ||
| 11 | 53 | ||
| WD | DNS |
Judges:
H. Deistler
Z. Johansen Thore Mothander| Rank | Name | Places | |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 12 | |
| align=center | 2 | 16 | |
| align=center | 3 | 30 | |
| 4 | 37 | ||
| 5 | 44 | ||
| 6 | 67 | ||
| 7 | 72.5 | ||
| 8 | 79 | ||
| 9 | 79.5 | ||
| 10 | 82.5 | ||
| 11 | 88 | ||
| 12 | 94.5 | ||
| 13 | 117 |
Judges:
Eduard Engelmann Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers
Alfred Theuer
A. Winkler