North American Figure Skating Championships
{{Short description|Defunct ice skating competition}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox recurring event
| name = North American Figure Skating Championships
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| status = Defunct
| genre = International championship event
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| frequency = Biennial
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| countries = {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada
{{flagicon|USA}} United States
| years_active = 1923–71
| first = 1923
| organized = Canadian Figure Skating Association
United States Figure Skating Association
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The North American Figure Skating Championships were a biennial figure skating competition and although they were sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), they were actually a joint venture of the Canadian Figure Skating Association and the United States Figure Skating Association. The first North American Championships were held in 1923 in Ottawa, Canada, and featured men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and four skating. The championships were held every other year, with Canada and the United States alternating as hosts, as only skaters from Canada and the United States were eligible to compete. The championships were interrupted only once, in 1943, due to World War II. Ice dance was added as an event in 1947, while four skating was retired after 1949. The last edition was held in Peterborough, Canada, in 1971.
Montgomery Wilson of Canada holds the record for winning the most North American championship titles in men's singles (with six), his sister Constance Wilson-Samuel holds the record in women's singles (with four), and the two hold the record in pair skating (with three). Four teams are tied for winning the most North American championship titles in ice dance (with two each): Carmel Bodel and Edward Bodel of the United States, Lorna Dyer and John Carrell of the United States, Lois Waring and Walter Bainbridge of the United States, and Geraldine Fenton and William McLachlan of Canada. McLachlan also won a third ice dance championship title with a previous partner.
History
In 1914, the International Skating Union of America – a joint venture of the Canadian Figure Skating Association and the United States Figure Skating Association – hosted their first championship event in New Haven, Connecticut. The second championship event was held in 1918 in New York City, and was attended by skaters from England and the United States, but not from Canada. The last two competitions, held in 1920 and 1921, were attended only by skaters from the United States.{{cite book |last=Hines |first=James R. |title=Figure Skating in the Formative Years |publisher=University of Illinois Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-252-03906-5 |pages=88–91}}
Beginning in 1923, the Canadian Figure Skating Association and the U.S. Figure Skating Association joined together to launch the North American Championships: a soft relaunch of these earlier competitions. At this time, medal contenders at the World Figure Skating Championships and the Winter Olympics came from either Europe or North America. Though the North American Championships were sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), they were jointly organized and run by the Canadian and U.S. skating federations, and they allowed Canadian and American skaters the opportunity to compete at a comparable event to the European Figure Skating Championships. The championships were held every other year, with Canada and the United States alternating as hosts, and only skaters from Canada and the United States were eligible to compete.{{cite book |last=Hines |first=James R. |title=Figure Skating: A History |publisher=University of Illinois Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-252-07286-4 |pages=246–247; 332–335}}
The 1943 North American Championships were cancelled due to World War II, while the 1945 competition, held concurrently with the 1945 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in New York City, featured only the women's event. Ice dance was added as an event in 1947, while four skating was last held in 1949.
The 1961 North American Championships ended on February 12 in Philadelphia. On Friday 15, most of the U.S. national team, many of whom had just finished competing at the North American Championships, departed from New York City aboard Sabena Flight 548 bound for the World Figure Skating Championships in Prague. The airplane crashed while on approach to Brussels Airport in Belgium.{{Cite web |date=February 15, 1961 |title='Ice Queen,' 17 Other U.S. Skaters Killed |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1961/02/15/Ice-Queen-17-other-US-skaters-killed/1481518286206/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222210301/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1961/02/15/Ice-Queen-17-other-US-skaters-killed/1481518286206/ |archive-date=February 22, 2020 |access-date=February 16, 2025 |website=United Press International |language=en}} All sixty-one passengers and eleven crew members aboard the flight were killed, including the eighteen members of the U.S. national team as well as fourteen family members, coaches, and skating officials who were accompanying them. Among those killed were the recently-crowned North American women's champion Laurence Owen, men's silver medalist Bradley Lord, men's bronze medalist Gregory Kelley, pairs silver medalists Maribel Owen and Dudley Richards, and ice dance silver medalists Dona Lee Carrier and Roger Campbell. Nine-time U.S. champion and coach Maribel Vinson-Owen, mother of both Laurence and Maribel, was on the flight as well. Out of respect, the 1961 World Championships were cancelled the next day.{{Cite magazine |last=Swift |first=E.M. |date=February 21, 2011 |title=The Day the Music Stopped |url=https://www.si.com/vault/2011/02/21/106038188/the-day-the-music-stopped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816025944/https://www.si.com/vault/2011/02/21/106038188/the-day-the-music-stopped |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |access-date=August 16, 2016 |magazine=Sports Illustrated}}
At a planning meeting held in April 1972 and attended by representatives from both the Canadian Figure Skating Association and the U.S. Figure Skating Association, the Canadian delegation announced Canada's plans to withdraw from the North American Championships. With one of the two participating nations out, this effectively marked the end of the championships. The U.S. delegation was unaware at the time that the Canadian Figure Skating Association was already in the planning stages of launching their own international skating competition, the Skate Canada International, which debuted in 1973. The U.S. Figure Skating Association eventually launched their own international event as well in 1979: Skate America.
By the mid-1970s, skaters from Asia were also successfully competing at major international events. The last North American Championships had been held in 1971, so skaters from Europe had the advantage of an ISU championship event that was not accessible to skaters outside of Europe. In order to provide equal opportunities for all skaters, the ISU established the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in 1999; the name referred to the four continents outside of Europe where competitive figure skating took place: Africa, Asia, Australia (Oceania), and North America.
Medalists
=Men's singles=
= Women's singles =
| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:80%"
|+Women's event medalists ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:15%" | Location ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:gold" | Gold ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:silver" | Silver ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1923
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Ottawa | {{flagicon|USA}} Theresa Weld-Blanchard | {{flagicon|USA}} Beatrix Loughran | {{flagicon|CAN}} Dorothy Jenkins |
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| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1925
| {{flagicon|USA}} Boston | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} Beatrix Loughran | {{flagicon|CAN}} Cecil Smith | {{flagicon|USA}} Theresa Weld-Blanchard |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1927
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto | {{flagicon|CAN}} Constance Wilson | {{flagicon|CAN}} Cecil Smith |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1929
| {{flagicon|USA}} Boston | rowspan="4" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Constance Wilson-Samuel | {{flagicon|USA}} Maribel Vinson | {{flagicon|USA}} Suzanne Davis |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1931
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Ottawa | {{flagicon|CAN}} Elizabeth Fisher | {{flagicon|USA}} Edith Secord |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1933
| {{flagicon|USA}} New York City | {{flagicon|CAN}} Cecil Gooderham | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} Suzanne Davis |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1935
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Montreal | {{flagicon|USA}} Maribel Vinson |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1937
| {{flagicon|USA}} Boston | {{flagicon|USA}} Maribel Vinson | {{flagicon|CAN}} Veronica Clarke | {{flagicon|CAN}} Eleanor O'Meara |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1939
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Mary Rose Thacker | {{flagicon|USA}} Joan Tozzer | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Norah McCarthy |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1941
| {{flagicon|USA}} Philadelphia | {{flagicon|CAN}} Eleanor O'Meara |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1943
| colspan="4" bgcolor="e5e4e2" align="center" | No competition due to World War II |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1945
| {{flagicon|USA}} New York City | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Barbara Ann Scott | {{flagicon|USA}} Gretchen Merrill | {{flagicon|USA}} Janette Ahrens |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1947
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Ottawa | {{flagicon|USA}} Janette Ahrens | {{flagicon|USA}} Yvonne Sherman |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1949
| {{flagicon|USA}} Philadelphia | {{flagicon|USA}} Yvonne Sherman | {{flagicon|CAN}} Marlene Smith | {{flagicon|USA}} Virginia Baxter |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1951
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Calgary | {{flagicon|USA}} Sonya Klopfer | {{flagicon|CAN}} Suzanne Morrow | {{flagicon|USA}} Tenley Albright |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1953
| {{flagicon|USA}} Cleveland | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} Tenley Albright | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} Carol Heiss | {{flagicon|CAN}} Barbara Gratton |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1955
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Regina | {{flagicon|USA}} Patricia Firth |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1957
| {{flagicon|USA}} Rochester | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} Carol Heiss | {{flagicon|CAN}} Carole Jane Pachl | {{flagicon|USA}} Joan Schenke |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1959
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto | {{flagicon|USA}} Lynn Finnegan | {{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Heiss |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1961
| {{flagicon|USA}} Philadelphia | {{flagicon|USA}} Laurence Owen | {{flagicon|CAN}} Wendy Griner | {{flagicon|CAN}} Sonia Snelling |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1963
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Vancouver | {{flagicon|CAN}} Wendy Griner | {{flagicon|CAN}} Petra Burka | {{flagicon|CAN}} Shirra Kenworthy |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1965
| {{flagicon|USA}} Rochester | {{flagicon|CAN}} Petra Burka | {{flagicon|USA}} Peggy Fleming | {{flagicon|CAN}} Valerie Jones |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1967
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Montreal | {{flagicon|USA}} Peggy Fleming | {{flagicon|CAN}} Valerie Jones | {{flagicon|USA}} Tina Noyes |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1969
| {{flagicon|USA}} Oakland | {{flagicon|USA}} Janet Lynn | {{flagicon|CAN}} Karen Magnussen | {{flagicon|CAN}} Linda Carbonetto |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1971
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Peterborough | {{flagicon|CAN}} Karen Magnussen | {{flagicon|USA}} Janet Lynn | {{flagicon|USA}} Suna Murray |
= Pairs =
| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:80%"
|+Pairs event medalists ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:15%" | Location ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:gold" | Gold ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:silver" | Silver ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1923
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Ottawa | {{FS skater|CAN|nolink=yes|Dorothy Jenkins|nolink2=yes|Gordon McClennan}} | {{FS skater|USA|Theresa Weld-Blanchard|link2=Nathaniel Niles (figure skater)|Nathaniel Niles}} | {{FS skater|USA|nolink=yes|Clara Frothingham|nolink2=yes|Charles Rotch}} |
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| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1925
| {{flagicon|USA}} Boston | {{FS skater|USA|Theresa Weld-Blanchard|link2=Nathaniel Niles (figure skater)|Nathaniel Niles}} | {{FS skater|CAN|nolink=yes|Gladys Rogers|Melville Rogers}} | bgcolor="e5e4e2" align="center" | No other competitors |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1927
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto | {{FS skater|CAN|nolink=yes|Marion McDougall|Chauncey Bangs}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|USA|Theresa Weld-Blanchard|link2=Nathaniel Niles (figure skater)|Nathaniel Niles}} | {{FS skater|CAN|link=Constance Wilson-Samuel|Constance Wilson|Montgomery Wilson}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1929
| {{flagicon|USA}} Boston | rowspan="3" | {{FS skater|CAN|Constance Wilson-Samuel|Montgomery Wilson}} | {{FS skater|USA|Maribel Vinson|Thornton Coolidge}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1931
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Ottawa | {{FS skater|CAN|Frances Claudet|Chauncey Bangs}} | {{FS skater|USA|Beatrix Loughran|Sherwin Badger}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1933
| {{flagicon|USA}} New York City | {{FS skater|CAN|nolink=yes|Maud Smith|Jack Eastwood}} | {{FS skater|CAN|nolink=yes|Kathleen Lopdell|nolink2=yes|Donald Cruikshank}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1935
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Montreal | {{FS skater|USA|Maribel Vinson|link2=George Hill (figure skater)|George Hill}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Constance Wilson-Samuel|Montgomery Wilson}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Louise Bertram|Stewart Reburn}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1937
| {{flagicon|USA}} Boston | {{FS skater|CAN|Veronica Clarke|Ralph McCreath}} | {{FS skater|USA|Maribel Vinson|link2=George Hill (figure skater)|George Hill}} | {{FS skater|USA|Grace Madden|link2=J. Lester Madden|James Madden}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1939
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto | {{FS skater|USA|Joan Tozzer|link2=Bernard Fox (figure skater)|Bernard Fox}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Norah McCarthy|Ralph McCreath}} | {{FS skater|CAN|nolink=yes|Aidrie Cruikshank|nolink2=yes|Donald Cruikshank}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1941
| {{flagicon|USA}} Philadelphia | {{FS skater|CAN|Eleanor O'Meara|Ralph McCreath}} | {{FS skater|USA|Donna Atwood|Eugene Turner}} | {{FS skater|USA|Patricia Vaeth|nolink2=yes|Jack Might}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1943
| colspan="4" bgcolor="e5e4e2" align="center" | No competition due to World War II |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1945
| {{flagicon|USA}} New York City | colspan="3" bgcolor="e5e4e2" align="center" | No pairs competition due to World War II |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1947
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Ottawa | {{FS skater|CAN|Suzanne Morrow|Wallace Distelmeyer}} | {{FS skater|USA|Yvonne Sherman|Robert Swenning}} | {{FS skater|USA|Karol Kennedy|link2=Peter Kennedy (figure skater)|Peter Kennedy}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1949
| {{flagicon|USA}} Philadelphia | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|USA|Karol Kennedy|link2=Peter Kennedy (figure skater)|Peter Kennedy}} | {{FS skater|CAN|link=Marlene Smith (figure skater)|Marlene Smith|Donald Gilchrist}} | {{FS skater|USA|Irene Maguire|Walter Muehlbronner}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1951
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Calgary | {{FS skater|USA|Janet Gerhauser|link2=John Nightingale (figure skater)|John Nightingale}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Jane Kirby|nolink2=yes|Donald Tobin}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1953
| {{flagicon|USA}} Cleveland | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|CAN|Frances Dafoe|Norris Bowden}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|USA|Carole Ormaca|Robin Greiner}} | {{FS skater|USA|nolink=yes|Margaret Anne Graham|link2=Hugh Graham (figure skater)|Hugh Graham}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1955
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Regina | {{FS skater|CAN|Barbara Wagner|link2=Robert Paul (figure skater)|Robert Paul}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1957
| {{flagicon|USA}} Rochester | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|CAN|Barbara Wagner|link2=Robert Paul (figure skater)|Robert Paul}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Maria Jelinek|Otto Jelinek}} | {{FS skater|USA|Nancy Rouillard|Ronald Ludington}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1959
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto | {{FS skater|USA|Nancy Rouillard|Ronald Ludington}} | {{FS skater|USA|Maribel Owen|Dudley Richards}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1961
| {{flagicon|USA}} Philadelphia | {{FS skater|CAN|Maria Jelinek|Otto Jelinek}} | {{FS skater|USA|Maribel Owen|Dudley Richards}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Debbi Wilkes|Guy Revell}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1963
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Vancouver | {{FS skater|CAN|Debbi Wilkes|Guy Revell}} | {{FS skater|CAN|nolink=yes|Gertrude Desjardins|nolink2=yes|Maurice Lafrance}} | {{FS skater|USA|Vivian Joseph|link2=Ronald Joseph (figure skater)|Ronald Joseph}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1965
| {{flagicon|USA}} Rochester | {{FS skater|USA|Vivian Joseph|link2=Ronald Joseph (figure skater)|Ronald Joseph}} | {{FS skater|USA|Cynthia Kauffman|Ronald Kauffman}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Susan Huehnergard|Paul Huehnergard}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1967
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Montreal | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|USA|Cynthia Kauffman|Ronald Kauffman}} | {{FS skater|USA|nolink=yes|Susan Berens|Roy Wagelein}} | {{FS skater|USA|nolink=yes|Betty Jean Lewis|nolink2=yes|Richard Gilbert}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1969
| {{flagicon|USA}} Oakland | {{FS skater|USA|JoJo Starbuck|Ken Shelley}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Mary Petrie|nolink2=yes|Robert McAvoy}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1971
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Peterborough | {{FS skater|USA|JoJo Starbuck|Ken Shelley}} | {{FS skater|USA|Melissa Militano|Mark Militano}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Sandra Bezic|Val Bezic}} |
=Ice dance=
| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:80%"
|+Ice dance event medalists ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:15%" | Location ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:gold" | Gold ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:silver" | Silver ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1947
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Ottawa | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|USA|Lois Waring|Walter Bainbridge}} | {{FS skater|USA|link=Ann Davies (figure skater)|Ann Davies|Carleton Hoffner Jr.}} | {{FS skater|USA|link=Marcella May|Marcella May Willis|Frank Davenport}} |
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| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1949
| {{flagicon|USA}} Philadelphia | {{FS skater|USA|Irene Maguire|Walter Muehlbronner}} | {{FS skater|USA|link=Ann Davies (figure skater)|Ann Davies|Carleton Hoffner Jr.}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1951
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Calgary | {{FS skater|USA|Carmel Bodel|Edward Bodel}} | {{FS skater|USA|Carol Ann Peters|link2=Daniel Ryan (figure skater)|Daniel Ryan}} | {{FS skater|CAN|nolink=yes|Pierette Paquin|nolink2=yes|Donald Tobin}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1953
| {{flagicon|USA}} Cleveland | {{FS skater|USA|Carol Ann Peters|link2=Daniel Ryan (figure skater)|Daniel Ryan}} | {{FS skater|USA|nolink=yes|Virginia Hoyns|Donald Jacoby}} | {{FS skater|USA|Carmel Bodel|Edward Bodel}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1955
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Regina | {{FS skater|USA|Carmel Bodel|Edward Bodel}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|USA|Joan Zamboni|nolink2=yes|Roland Junso}} | {{FS skater|USA|nolink=yes|Virginia Hoyns|nolink2=yes|William Kipp}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1957
| {{flagicon|USA}} Rochester | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|CAN|Geraldine Fenton|link2=William McLachlan (figure skater)|William McLachlan}} | {{FS skater|USA|Sharon McKenzie|link2=Bert Wright (figure skater)|Bert Wright}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1959
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto | {{FS skater|USA|Andree Jacoby|Donald Jacoby}} | {{FS skater|CAN|nolink=yes|Anne Martin|link2=Edward Collins (figure skater)|Edward Collins}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1961
| {{flagicon|USA}} Philadelphia | {{FS skater|CAN|Virginia Thompson|link2=William McLachlan (figure skater)|William McLachlan}} | {{FS skater|USA|Dona Lee Carrier|Roger Campbell}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Paulette Doan|Kenneth Ormsby}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1963
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Vancouver | {{FS skater|CAN|Paulette Doan|Kenneth Ormsby}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Donna Mitchell|nolink2=yes|John Mitchell}} | {{FS skater|USA|Sally Schantz|Stanley Urban}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1965
| {{flagicon|USA}} Rochester | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|USA|Lorna Dyer|link2=John Carrell (figure skater)|John Carrell}} | {{FS skater|USA|Kristin Fortune|Dennis Sveum}} | {{FS skater|CAN|nolink=yes|Carole Forrest|nolink2=yes|Kevin Lethbridge}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1967
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Montreal | {{FS skater|CAN|nolink=yes|Joni Graham|nolink2=yes|Don Phillips}} | {{FS skater|USA|Judy Schwomeyer|James Sladky}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1969
| {{flagicon|USA}} Oakland | {{FS skater|CAN|nolink=yes|Donna Taylor|nolink2=yes|Bruce Lennie}} | {{FS skater|USA|Judy Schwomeyer|James Sladky}} | {{FS skater|USA|nolink=yes|Debbie Gerken|nolink2=yes|Raymond Tiedemann}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1971
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Peterborough | {{FS skater|USA|Judy Schwomeyer|James Sladky}} | {{FS skater|USA|Anne Millier|Harvey Millier}} | {{FS skater|USA|Mary Karen Campbell|Johnny Johns}} |
=Four skating=
| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:80%"
|+Fours event medalists ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:15%" | Location ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:gold" | Gold ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:silver" | Silver ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1923
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Ottawa | {{flagicon|CAN}} {{FS skater||nolink=yes|Elizabeth Blair|nolink2=yes|Florence Wilson}}{{FS skater||nolink=yes|Philip Chrysler|nolink2=yes|C.R. Morphy}} | {{flagicon|USA}} {{FS skater||nolink=yes|Clara Hartman|nolink2=yes|Grace Munstock}}{{FS skater||nolink=yes|Paul Armitage|nolink2=yes|Joel Liberman}} | {{flagicon|USA}} {{FS skater||nolink=yes|Clara Frothingham|Theresa Weld-Blanchard}}{{FS skater||nolink=yes|Charles Rotch|Sherwin Badger}} |
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| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|1925–29}}
| colspan="5" bgcolor="e5e4e2" align="center" | No fours competitions held |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1931
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Ottawa | {{flagicon|CAN}} {{FS skater||Frances Claudet|nolink2=yes|Kathleen Lopdell}}{{FS skater||Melville Rogers|link2=Guy Owen (figure skater)|Guy Owen}} | {{flagicon|CAN}} {{FS skater||link=Cecil Smith (figure skater)|Cecil Smith|Maude Smith}}{{FS skater||Stewart Reburn|Jack Eastwood}} | {{flagicon|CAN}} {{FS skater||Mary Littlejohn|link2=Elizabeth Fisher (figure skater)|Elizabeth Fisher}}{{FS skater||nolink=yes|Hubert Sprott|nolink2=yes|Jack Hose}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1933
| {{flagicon|USA}} New York City | rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|CAN}} {{FS skater||nolink=yes|Margaret Davis|nolink2=yes|Prudence Holbrook}}{{FS skater||Melville Rogers|link2=Guy Owen (figure skater)|Guy Owen}} | {{flagicon|CAN}} {{FS skater||Constance Wilson-Samuel|link2=Elizabeth Fisher (figure skater)|Elizabeth Fisher}}{{FS skater||Montgomery Wilson|nolink2=yes|Hubert Sprott}} | {{flagicon|USA}} {{FS skater||link=Theresa Weld|Theresa Weld-Blanchard|link2=Suzanne Davis (figure skater)|Suzanne Davis}}{{FS skater||nolink=yes|Richard Hapgood|nolink2=yes|Fred Parmenter}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1935
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Montreal | {{flagicon|USA}} {{FS skater||nolink=yes|Nettie Prantel|Ardelle Kloss}}{{FS skater||Joseph Savage|nolink2=yes|Roy Hunt}} | {{flagicon|USA}} {{FS skater||link=Suzanne Davis (figure skater)|Suzanne Davis|Grace Madden}}{{FS skater||nolink=yes|Frederick Goodridge|link2=George Hill (figure skater)|George Hill}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1937
| {{flagicon|USA}} Boston | {{flagicon|CAN}} {{FS skater||nolink=yes|Naomi Slater|nolink2=yes|Aidrie Cruikshank}}{{FS skater||nolink=yes|Jack Hose|nolink2=yes|Donald Cruikshank}} | {{flagicon|USA}} {{FS skater||nolink=yes|Nettie Prantel|Ardelle Kloss}}{{FS skater||Joseph Savage|nolink2=yes|George Boltres}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1939
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto | {{flagicon|CAN}} {{FS skater||Dorothy Caley|nolink2=yes|Hazel Caley}}{{FS skater||Ralph McCreath|Montgomery Wilson}} | {{flagicon|CAN}} {{FS skater||nolink=yes|Gillian Watson|nolink2=yes|Ruth Hall}}{{FS skater||nolink=yes|Sandy McKechnie|Donald Gilchrist}} | {{flagicon|USA}} {{FS skater||nolink=yes|Nettie Prantel|link2=Marjorie Parker (figure skater)|Marjorie Parker}} {{FS skater||Joseph Savage|nolink2=yes|George Boltres}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1941
| {{flagicon|USA}} Philadelphia | {{flagicon|USA}} {{FS skater||Janette Ahrens|Mary Louise Premer}}{{FS skater||Robert Uppgren|nolink2=yes|Lyman Wakefield Jr.}} | {{flagicon|CAN}} {{FS skater||nolink=yes|Therese McCarthy|nolink2=yes|Virginia Wilson}}{{FS skater||Donald Gilchrist|link2=Michael Kirby (figure skater)|Michael Kirby}} | bgcolor="e5e4e2" align="center" | No other competitors |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1943
| colspan="4" bgcolor="e5e4e2" align="center" | No competition due to World War II |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1945
| {{flagicon|USA}} New York City | colspan="3" bgcolor="e5e4e2" align="center" | No fours competition due to World War II |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1947
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Ottawa | colspan="3" bgcolor="e5e4e2" align="center" | No fours competition held |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1949
| {{flagicon|USA}} Philadelphia | {{flagicon|USA}} {{FS skater||Janet Gerhauser|nolink2=yes|Marilyn Thomsen}}{{FS skater||link=John Nightingale (figure skater)|John Nightingale|nolink2=yes|Marlyn Thomsen}} | {{flagicon|CAN}} {{FS skater||link=Mary Kenner (figure skater)|Mary Kenner|link2=Vera Smith (figure skater)|Vera Smith}}{{FS skater||Peter Dunfield|Peter Firstbrook}} | {{flagicon|USA}} {{FS skater||nolink=yes|Jean Matzke|nolink2=yes|Elizabeth Royer}}{{FS skater||nolink=yes|Newbold Black IV|nolink2=yes|Henry Mayer IV}} |
Records
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| footer = Siblings Montgomery Wilson and Constance Wilson-Samuel of Canada hold the record for winning the most North American championship titles in men's singles (with six), women's singles (with four), and pair skating (with three).
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| alt1 = Montgomery Wilson performing on ice
| alt2 = Constance Wilson posing for photograph
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Cumulative medal count
References
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Works cited
- {{cite book |last=Hines |first=James R. |title=Figure Skating: A History |publisher=University of Illinois Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-252-07286-4}}
- {{cite book |last=Hines |first=James R. |title=Figure Skating in the Formative Years |publisher=University of Illinois Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-252-03906-5}}