1897 World Figure Skating Championships

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1897 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	February 13 – 14
Season:	1897
Location:	Stockholm, Sweden
Champions
Men's singles: Gustav Hügel
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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 competition took place from February 13th to 14th in Stockholm, Sweden. All judges came from the same country – Sweden.

Gustav Hügel won the competition despite a tendon strain. He got this injury when he was training in Hamburg, Germany.

Results[]

Men[]

Rank	Name	Nation	Age	CF		FS		Total	Points
1	Gustav Hügel	Austria	26					1697	339.4
2	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden	19					1619	323.8
3	Johan Lefstad	Norway	27					1593	318.6
4		Sweden						1484	296.8
5		Sweden						1298	259.6
6	Oscar Holthe	Norway						1285	257.0
WD	Gilbert Fuchs	Germany	26						DNS

Judges:

• Mr. H. Cederblom  Sweden
• Mr. O. Wollert  Sweden
• Mr. C. F. Mellin  Sweden
• Mr. L. Lindqvist  Sweden
• Mr.  Sweden

Sources[]

• Result List provided by the ISU