1908 World Figure Skating Championships
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1908 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Season: | 1908 |
Location: | Troppau, Austria-Hungary (singles) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (pairs) |
Venue: | (StP's) |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Ulrich Salchow | |
Ladies' singles: Lily Kronberger | |
Pair skating: Anna Hübler / Heinrich Burger | |
Previous: 1907 World Championships | |
Next: 1909 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 and ladies' competitions were held on January 25–26 in Troppau, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Opava, Czech Republic). Pairs' competition took place on February 16 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. It was the first World Championships in which pair skating was contested.
Results[]
Men[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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1 | Ulrich Salchow | Sweden | 9 |
2 | Gilbert Fuchs | Germany | 12 |
3 | Heinrich Burger | Germany | 21 |
Judges:
- Austria
- C. Dorasil Germany ( Czechoslovakia)
- P. Engelhardt Germany
- H. D. Faith United Kingdom
- I. Forssling Sweden
- Gustav Hügel Austria
- Germany
Ladies[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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1 | Lily Kronberger | Hungary | 5 |
2 | Elsa Rendschmidt | Germany | 10 |
Judges:
- H. D. Faith United Kingdom
- Germany
- I. Forssling Sweden
- Gustav Hügel Austria
- P. Engelhardt Germany
Pairs[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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1 | Anna Hübler / Heinrich Burger | Germany | 5 |
2 | Phyllis Johnson / James H. Johnson | United Kingdom | 11.5 |
3 | Lidia Popova / Alexander Fischer | Russia | 13.5 |
Judges:
Sources[]
- Result List provided by the ISU
Categories:
- World Figure Skating Championships
- 1908 in figure skating
- International figure skating competitions hosted by Austria-Hungary
- International figure skating competitions hosted by Russia
- 1908 in Austria-Hungary
- 1908 in the Russian Empire
- Sports competitions in Saint Petersburg
- 1900s in Saint Petersburg
- January 1908 sports events
- February 1908 sports events