World Figure Skating Championships cumulative medal count

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Ulrich Salchow at the Olympic Summer Games 1908 in London
Ulrich Salchow is the most decorated figure skater at the World Championships with ten gold and three silver medals.

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual senior figure skating event awarding medals in four disciplines: men's and women's singles, pairs and ice dance. The world title is considered the most important competitive achievement in figure skating after the Olympic gold medal and the most prestigious title at ISU Figure Skating Championships.

Men's singles[]

The men's event was first held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg and is the oldest discipline at the World Championships.[1] Until 1902 men and women were allowed to compete in the same event (open singles). Since 1903 only men can attend the event.[2]

Ulrich Salchow from Sweden has won the most gold medals in the men's singles discipline and also the most medals in total (thirteen). He won ten golds in a row, however, this feat was not achieved at back-to-back events, as he didn't compete at the World Championships 1906 in Munich. The record for most back-to-back titles is held by Austrian Karl Schäfer with seven gold medals. Most silver medals were won by James Grogan from the United States and Brian Orser from Canada (four each). Andor Szende from Hungary, Alexander Fadeev from the Soviet Union and Jan Hoffmann from East Germany share the record for most bronze medals (three each).[1]

Total medal count by nation[]

Hayes Alan Jenkins (left) and David Jenkins (right) on a press photo in 1956
Hayes Alan Jenkins (left) and his brother David (right) won together seven gold and four bronze medals for the United States in the men's singles discipline.
  • Countries that no longer participate highlighted in italic
  • Small medals of the single competition segments are not included in the list.
  • At the 1900 and 1901 World Championships only two competitors participated in the men's singles event, no bronze medals were awarded.[1]
  • In 1902 female skater Madge Syers from Great Britain won a silver medal in the open singles event, which counts for the men's singles medal table.[2]
Number of World Championship medals in the men's singles discipline by nation[3][4]
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States26211966
2 Austria22161553
3 Sweden154322
4 Canada1413633
5 Russia74617
6 Soviet Union47718
7 Japan310518
8 France37919
9 Czechoslovakia3317
10  Switzerland3126
11 Germany29920
12 Great Britain28515
13 East Germany2248
14 Spain2024
15 West Germany1214
16 CIS1001
17 Hungary0268
18 Kazakhstan0112
19 China0022
20 Finland0011
 Italy0011
 Norway0011
 Poland0011
 Ukraine0011
Totals (24 nations)110110108328

Most gold medals by skater[]

Dick Button at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Dick Button won the most gold medals in the men's singles discipline at the World Championships in the post-war era. He won all five gold medals at back-to-back events.
  • Number of gold medals highlighted in bold. If the number of gold medals is identical, the silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skaters get the same placement and are sorted by the alphabetic order.
  • The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participations at the World Championships.
Top 10 ranking of male single skaters by most won gold medals at the World Championships[3][4]
No. Skater Country Period Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place Total
1 Ulrich Salchow  Sweden 1897–1911 10 3 – 13
2 Karl Schäfer  Austria 1927–1936 7 2 1 10
3 Dick Button United States United States 1947–1952 5 1 – 6
4 Willy Böckl  Austria 1913–1928 4 3 2 9
5 Alexei Yagudin  Russia 1997–2002 4 1 1 6
6 Kurt Browning  Canada 1989–1993 4 1 – 5
7 Hayes Alan Jenkins United States United States 1950–1956 4 – 2 6
8 Scott Hamilton  United States 1981–1984 4 – – 4
9 Fritz Kachler  Austria 1911–1925 3 3 1 7
10 Elvis Stojko  Canada 1992–2000 3 2 1 6

Most total medals by skater[]

Yuzuru Hanyu at the victory ceremony of the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships
Yuzuru Hanyu is the only active figure skater to win more than six medals at the World Championships (seven in total).
  • (A) – Active skater
  • Total number of medals highlighted in bold. If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skaters get the same placement and are sorted by the alphabetic order.
  • The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participations at the World Championships.
Top 10 ranking of male single skaters by most won medals at the World Championships[3][4]
No. Skater Country Period Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place Total
1 Ulrich Salchow  Sweden 1897–1911 10 3 – 13
2 Karl Schäfer  Austria 1927–1936 7 2 1 10
3 Willy Böckl  Austria 1913–1928 4 3 2 9
4 Fritz Kachler  Austria 1911–1925 3 3 1 7
5 Yuzuru Hanyu (A)  Japan 2012–2021 2 3 2 7
6 Jan Hoffmann  East Germany 1973–1980 2 2 3 7
7 Dick Button United States United States 1947–1952 5 1 – 6
8 Alexei Yagudin  Russia 1997–2002 4 1 1 6
9 Hayes Alan Jenkins United States United States 1950–1956 4 – 2 6
10 Elvis Stojko  Canada 1992–2000 3 2 1 6

Women's singles[]

After the exclusion of female skaters from the open singles event at the World Championships in 1902, the International Skating Union established a separate second-class competition for women called the ISU Championships, which was first held 1906 in Davos.[2] The first combined World Championships for men, women and pairs took place in 1930 in New York City.[5]

Sonja Henie from Norway holds the records in women's singles for the most won medals (eleven) and most golds (ten), which is also the longest winning streak at back-to-back events in this discipline. Six skaters share the record of most won silver medals (three) – Megan Taylor from Great Britain, Regine Heitzer from Austria, Gabriele Seyfert from East Germany, Surya Bonaly from France, Irina Slutskaya from Russia and Michelle Kwan from the United States. Vivi-Anne Hultén from Sweden and Carolina Kostner from Italy hold the record for the most bronze medals (three each).[3]

Total medal count by nation[]

Sonja Henie at the 1931 World Championships in Berlin
Sonja Henie is the most decorated skater at the World Championships in the women's singles discipline. She has won ten gold and one silver medal for Norway.
  • Countries that no longer participate highlighted in italic
  • Small medals of the single competition segments are not included in the list.
  • At the 1908 and 1910 World Championships only two competitors participated in the women's singles event, no bronze medals were awarded.[6]
  • At the 1909 World Championships Lily Kronberger from Hungary was the only competitor and winner of the gold medal. No silver or bronze medal was awarded.[6]
Number of World Championship medals in the women's singles discipline by nation[3][7]
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States26222472
2 Norway101213
3 East Germany98219
4 Japan85720
5 Austria7171236
6 Russia76720
7 Hungary71311
8 Great Britain69722
9 Canada56516
10 Netherlands4138
11 South Korea2226
12 Czechoslovakia2035
13 France1427
14 West Germany1416
15 Italy1247
16 China1124
17FSR Figure Skating Federation of Russia1113
18  Switzerland1001
 Ukraine1001
20 Germany0437
21 Sweden0257
22 Soviet Union0213
23 Kazakhstan0101
24 Finland0011
Totals (24 nations)1009997296

Most gold medals by skater[]

Carol Heiss with the Steuben Glass Trophy in 1960
Carol Heiss was the first female single skater in the post-war era to win five gold medals at the World Championships.
  • Number of gold medals highlighted in bold. If the number of gold medals is identical, the silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skaters get the same placement and are sorted by the alphabetic order.
  • The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participations at the World Championships.
Top 10 ranking of female single skaters by most won gold medals at the World Championships[3][7]
No. Skater Country Period Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place Total
1 Sonja Henie  Norway 1926–1936 10 1 – 11
2 Michelle Kwan  United States 1996–2004 5 3 1 9
3 Carol Heiss United States United States 1955–1960 5 1 – 6
Herma Szabo  Austria 1922–1927 5 1 – 6
5 Katarina Witt  East Germany 1982–1988 4 2 – 6
6 Lily Kronberger Hungary Hungary 1906–1911 4 – 2 6
7 Mao Asada  Japan 2007–2014 3 1 1 5
Sjoukje Dijkstra  Netherlands 1959–1964 3 1 1 5
9 Opika von Méray Horváth Hungary Hungary 1911–1914 3 1 – 4
10 Peggy Fleming  United States 1965–1968 3 – 1 4

Most total medals by skater[]

Michelle Kwan 2010 in Baltimore
With five gold and nine medals in total Michelle Kwan is the most successful skater in the women's singles discipline at the World Championships in the post-war era.
  • Total number of medals highlighted in bold. If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skaters get the same placement and are sorted by the alphabetic order.
  • The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participations at the World Championships.
Top 10 ranking of female single skaters by most won medals at the World Championships[3][7]
No. Skater Country Period Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place Total
1 Sonja Henie  Norway 1926–1936 10 1 – 11
2 Michelle Kwan  United States 1996–2004 5 3 1 9
3 Carol Heiss United States United States 1955–1960 5 1 – 6
Herma Szabo  Austria 1922–1927 5 1 – 6
5 Katarina Witt  East Germany 1982–1988 4 2 – 6
6 Lily Kronberger Hungary Hungary 1906–1911 4 – 2 6
7 Irina Slutskaya  Russia 1996–2005 2 3 1 6
8 Yuna Kim  South Korea 2007–2013 2 2 2 6
9 Carolina Kostner  Italy 2005–2014 1 2 3 6
10 Mao Asada  Japan 2007–2014 3 1 1 5
Sjoukje Dijkstra  Netherlands 1959–1964 3 1 1 5

Pairs[]

The first separate pairs event was held in 1908 in Saint Petersburg.[8] The first combined World Championships for men, women and pairs took place in 1930 in New York City.[5]

Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev from the Soviet Union hold the pair record for most won gold medals and the longest winning streak at back-to-back events (six). Rodnina won another four gold medals with her first partner Alexei Ulanov and was undefeated at ten World Championships in a row.[8] The record of most medals in total is shared by two pairs (eight each): Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy from Germany, and Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov from the Soviet Union. Savchenko won another three medals with Bruno Massot and holds the record of most medals by a skater in the pairs discipline (eleven). The siblings Ilse and Erik Pausin won the most silver medals (five), representing Austria and Nazi Germany in their last competition in 1939. Lyudmila Smirnova from the Soviet Union won five silvers as well, but with two different partners. Three pairs share the record for the most bronze medals (three each): the siblings Marianna and László Nagy from Hungary, Cynthia and Ronald Kauffman from the United States and the pair Pang Qing and Tong Jian from China. Todd Sand from the United States also won three bronze medals, but with two different partners.[3]

Total medal count by nation[]

Irina Rodnina (left) has won ten gold medals at Worlds in the pairs discipline for the Soviet Union, four with her first partner Alexei Ulanov (right) and another six with Alexander Zaitsev.
  • Countries that no longer participate highlighted in italic
  • Small medals of the single competition segments are not included in the list.
  • At the 1910 and 1911 World Championships Ludowika Eilers and Walter Jakobsson competed as a pair representing two different countries (Eilers for Germany and Jakobsson for Finland).[8] Their results count individually for each country in the total medal table.
  • At the 1911 World Championships Eilers and Jakobsson were the only competitors in the pairs event, no silver or bronze medal was awarded.[8]
Number of world championship medals in the pairs discipline by nation[3][9]
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union2419851
2 Germany147728
3 Canada1271130
4 Russia8111029
5 Austria713727
6 China710522
7 Hungary53513
8 West Germany43411
9 France4127
10 Finland3407
11 Great Britain33511
12 United States261725
13 Belgium2013
14 East Germany16613
15FSR Figure Skating Federation of Russia1012
16 CIS1001
 Czech Republic1001
18 Czechoslovakia0213
19 Sweden0134
20 Norway0123
21  Switzerland0101
22 Japan0011
 Poland0011
Totals (23 nations)999897294

Most gold medals by pair[]

Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy at the victory ceremony of the 2008 World Championships in Gothenburg
With five gold and eight medals in total Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy are the most successful pairs couple at the World Championships in the 21st century.
  • Only pair results are included in the list. Individual results in case of partner changes are marked with a note or listed separately below the table.
  • Number of gold medals highlighted in bold. If the number of gold medals is identical, the silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the pairs get the same placement and are sorted by the alphabetic order by female partner's last name.
  • The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participations at the World Championships.
  • If a skater or pair has competed for multiple countries, all these countries are listed in chronological order based by the period of the competing (from first to last).
Top 10 ranking of pairs by most won gold medals at the World Championships[3][9]
No. Female partner Male partner Country Period Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place Total
1 Irina Rodnina Alexander Zaitsev  Soviet Union 1973–1978 6 – – 6
2 Aljona Savchenko[a] Robin Szolkowy  Germany 2007–2014 5 2 1 8
3 Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov  Soviet Union 1962–1969 4 3 1 8
4 Andrée Brunet (Joly) Pierre Brunet  France 1925–1932 4 1 – 5
Ekaterina Gordeeva Sergei Grinkov  Soviet Union 1986–1990 4 1 – 5
Emília Rotter László Szollás Hungary Hungary 1931–1935 4 1 – 5
7 Maxi Herber Ernst Baier Germany Germany 1934–1939 4 – 1 5
8 Irina Rodnina Alexei Ulanov[b]  Soviet Union 1969–1972 4 – – 4
Barbara Wagner Robert Paul Canada Canada 1957–1960 4 – – 4
10 Ludowika Jakobsson (Eilers) Walter Jakobsson German Empire Germany /  Finland[c]
 Finland		 1910–1923 3 4 – 7

Most total medals by pair[]

Ludmilla Belousova and Oleg Protopopov at the 1963 exhibition gala in Karl-Marx-Stadt
Ludmilla Belousova and Oleg Protopopov were the first pairs couple to win eight medals at the World Championships.
  • Only pair results are included in the list. Individual results in case of partner changes are marked with a note or listed separately below the table.
  • Total number of medals highlighted in bold. If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the pairs get the same placement and are sorted by the alphabetic order by female partner's last name.
  • The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participations at the World Championships.
  • If a skater or pair has competed for multiple countries, all these countries are listed in chronological order based by the period of the competing (from first to last).
Top 10 ranking of pairs by most won medals at the World Championships[3][9]
No. Female partner Male partner Country Period Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place Total
1 Aljona Savchenko[a] Robin Szolkowy  Germany 2007–2014 5 2 1 8
2 Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov  Soviet Union 1962–1969 4 3 1 8
3 Ludowika Jakobsson (Eilers) Walter Jakobsson German Empire Germany /  Finland[c]
 Finland		 1910–1923 3 4 – 7
4 Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo  China 1999–2007 3 3 1 7
5 Irina Rodnina[d] Alexander Zaitsev  Soviet Union 1973–1978 6 – – 6
6 Elena Valova Oleg Vasiliev  Soviet Union 1983–1988 3 3 – 6
7 Pang Qing Tong Jian  China 2004–2015 2 1 3 6
8 Andrée Brunet (Joly) Pierre Brunet  France 1925–1932 4 1 – 5
Ekaterina Gordeeva Sergei Grinkov  Soviet Union 1986–1990 4 1 – 5
Emília Rotter László Szollás Hungary Hungary 1931–1935 4 1 – 5

Four more figure skaters won a total of 6 medals in the pairs event, but with different partners:[8]

Ice dance[]

Ice dance is the youngest of all four disciplines at the World Figure Skating Championships. It was first held in 1952 in Paris.[10]

Lyudmila Pakhomova and Alexandr Gorshkov from the Soviet Union hold the record for most won gold medals (six) and the longest winning streak at back-to-back events with five (they did not compete in 1975). The record of most medals in total is shared by three ice dance duos (eight each): Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, and Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov, all competed for the Soviet Union (although Klimova and Ponomarenko represented CIS in their last competition in 1992). Most silvers were won by Klimova and Ponomarenko as well (five), the record for most bronze medals is held by Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz from Canada (four).[10]

Total medal count by nation[]

Lyudmila Pakhomova and Alexandr Goshkov in Moscow 1969
Lyudmila Pakhomova and Alexandr Gorshkov have won the most gold medals in ice dance at the World Championships (six in total).
  • Countries that no longer participate highlighted in italic
  • Small medals of the single competition segments are not included in the list.
Number of world championship medals in ice dance by nation[3][11]
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain1710734
2 Soviet Union1614838
3 Russia115420
4 France77519
5 Canada4111429
6 Czechoslovakia4004
7 United States2132035
8 Bulgaria2114
 Italy2114
10 CIS1113
 Hungary1113
12FSR Figure Skating Federation of Russia1001
13 West Germany0314
14 Finland0112
15 Germany0011
 Israel0011
 Lithuania0011
 Ukraine0011
Totals (18 nations)686868204

Most gold medals by ice dance duo[]

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron at the victory ceremony of the 2016 European Championships
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron are the only active ice dance couple to win four gold and five medals in total at the World Championships.
  • (A) – Active skater
  • Only duos' results are included in the list. Individual results in case of partner changes are listed separately below the table.
  • Number of gold medals highlighted in bold. If the number of gold medals is identical, the silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the duos get the same placement and are sorted by the alphabetic order by female partner's last name.
  • The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participations at the World Championships.
  • If a skater or duo has competed for multiple countries, all these countries are listed in chronological order based by the period of the competing (from first to last).
Top 10 ranking of ice dance teams by most won gold medals at the World Championships[3][11]
No. Female partner Male partner Country Period Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place Total
1 Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov  Soviet Union 1969–1976 6 1 – 7
2 Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin  Soviet Union 1981–1988 4 3 1 8
3 Oksana Grishuk Evgeni Platov  CIS
 Russia		 1992–1997 4 1 1 6
4 Gabriella Papadakis (A) Guillaume Cizeron (A)  France 2015–2019 4 1 – 5
5 Eva Romanová Pavel Roman  Czechoslovakia 1962–1965 4 – – 4
Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean  Great Britain 1981–1984 4 – – 4
Diane Towler Bernard Ford  Great Britain 1966–1969 4 – – 4
Jean Westwood Lawrence Demmy  Great Britain 1952–1955 4 – – 4
9 Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko  Soviet Union
 CIS		 1985–1992 3 5 – 8
10 Tessa Virtue Scott Moir  Canada 2008–2017 3 3 1 7

One more figure skater has won 4 gold and 1 silver medal in the ice dance event, but with two different partners:[10]

Most total medals by ice dance duo[]

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at the victory ceremony of the 2010 World Championships
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are the only ice dance couple of the 21st century to win seven medals at the World Championships.
  • (A) – Active skater
  • Only duos' results are included in the list. Individual results in case of partner changes are listed separately below the table.
  • Total number of medals highlighted in bold. If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the duo get the same placement and are sorted by the alphabetic order by female partner's last name.
  • The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participations at the World Championships.
  • If a skater or duo has competed for multiple countries, all these countries are listed in chronological order based by the period of the competing (from first to last).
Top 10 ranking of ice dance teams by most won medals at the World Championships[3][11]
No. Female partner Male partner Country Period Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place Total
1 Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin  Soviet Union 1981–1988 4 3 1 8
2 Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko  Soviet Union
 CIS		 1985–1992 3 5 – 8
3 Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov  Soviet Union 1975–1982 2 3 3 8
4 Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov  Soviet Union 1969–1976 6 1 – 7
5 Tessa Virtue Scott Moir  Canada 2008–2017 3 3 1 7
6 Oksana Grishuk Evgeni Platov  CIS
 Russia		 1992–1997 4 1 1 6
7 Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz  Canada 1996–2003 1 1 4 6
8 Gabriella Papadakis (A) Guillaume Cizeron (A)  France 2015–2019 4 1 – 5
9 Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov  Soviet Union 1974–1980 2 1 2 5
10 Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin  Soviet Union
 CIS
 Russia		 1989–1993 1 2 2 5

Three more figure skaters won a total of 5 medals in the ice dance event, but with different partners:[10]

Overall[]

  • The table only shows the period of the achievement, not all participations at the World Championships.
  • If a skater or team has competed for multiple countries, all these countries are listed in chronological order based by the period of the competing (from first to last).
Medals records across all four disciplines at the World Figure Skating Championships[3]
Achievement Record Skater Country Discipline Period
Most gold medals 10 Ulrich Salchow  Sweden Men's singles 1901–1911
Sonja Henie  Norway Women's singles 1927–1936
Irina Rodnina  Soviet Union Pairs 1969–1978
Most silver medals 5 Erik Pausin  Austria
Nazi Germany Germany 		Pairs 1935–1939
Ilse Pausin
Lyudmila Smirnova  Soviet Union Pairs 1970–1974
Marina Klimova  Soviet Union Ice dance 1985–1991
Sergei Ponomarenko
Most bronze medals 4 Shae-Lynn Bourne  Canada Ice dance 1996–1999
Victor Kraatz
Most medals in total 13 Ulrich Salchow  Sweden Men's singles 1897–1911
Most wins at back-to-back events 10 Sonja Henie  Norway Women's singles 1927–1936
Irina Rodnina  Soviet Union Pairs 1969–1978

Total medal count by nation[]

Press photo of Hayes Alan Jenkins in 1960
Hayes Alan Jenkins (photo), his brother David and spouse Carol Heiss have contributed twelve gold, one silver and four bronze medals to the total medal count of the United States at the World Championships.
  • Countries that no longer participate highlighted in italic
  • Small medals of the single competition segments are not included in the list.
Total number of world championship medals by nation[3][4][7][9][11]
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States566280198
2 Soviet Union444224110
3 Austria364634116
4 Canada353736108
5 Russia33262786
6 Great Britain28302482
7 Germany16202056
8 France15191852
9 Sweden1571133
10 Hungary1371535
11 East Germany12161240
12 Japan11151339
13 Norway102517
14 Czechoslovakia95519
15 China811928
16 West Germany612725
17  Switzerland4228
18 Netherlands4138
19 Finland35311
20 Italy33612
21FSR Figure Skating Federation of Russia3126
22 CIS3115
23 South Korea2226
24 Bulgaria2114
25 Spain2024
26 Belgium2013
27 Ukraine1023
28 Czech Republic1001
29 Kazakhstan0213
30 Poland0022
31 Israel0011
 Lithuania0011
Totals (32 nations)3773753701122

Most gold medals by skater[]

Sonja Henie and Karl Schäfer at the 1932 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid
Sonja Henie and Karl Schäfer have won together a total of seventeen gold medals at the World Championships.
  • Number of gold medals highlighted in bold. If the number of gold medals is identical, the silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skaters get the same placement and are sorted by the alphabetic order.
  • The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participations at the World Championships.
Top 10 ranking of skaters by most won gold medals across all disciplines at the World Championships[3][4][7][9][11]
No. Skater Country Discipline(s) Period Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place Total
1 Ulrich Salchow  Sweden Men's singles 1897–1911 10 3 – 13
2 Sonja Henie  Norway Women's singles 1926–1936 10 1 – 11
3 Irina Rodnina  Soviet Union Pairs 1969–1978 10 – – 10
4 Karl Schäfer  Austria Men's singles 1927–1936 7 2 1 10
5 Herma Szabo  Austria Women's singles 1922–1927 7 1 1 9
Pairs
6 Aljona Savchenko  Germany Pairs 2007–2018 6 3 2 11
7 Aleksandr Gorshkov  Soviet Union Ice dance 1969–1976 6 1 – 7
Lyudmila Pakhomova  Soviet Union Ice dance 1969–1976 6 1 – 7
9 Alexander Zaitsev  Soviet Union Pairs 1973–1978 6 – – 6
10 Michelle Kwan  United States Women's singles 1996–2004 5 3 1 9

Most total medals by skater[]

Aljona Savchenko at the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang 2018
With a total of eleven medals Aljona Savchenko is the most decorated skater across all disciplines at the World Championships in the post-war era.
  • Total number of medals highlighted in bold. If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skaters get the same placement and are sorted by the alphabetic order.
  • The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participations at the World Championships.
Top 10 ranking of skaters by most won medals across all disciplines at the World Championships[3][4][7][9][11]
No. Skater Country Discipline(s) Period Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place Total
1 Ulrich Salchow  Sweden Men's singles 1897–1911 10 3 – 13
2 Sonja Henie  Norway Women's singles 1926–1936 10 1 – 11
3 Aljona Savchenko  Germany Pairs 2007–2018 6 3 2 11
4 Irina Rodnina  Soviet Union Pairs 1969–1978 10 – – 10
5 Karl Schäfer  Austria Men's singles 1927–1936 7 2 1 10
6 Herma Szabo  Austria Women's singles 1922–1927 7 1 1 9
Pairs
7 Michelle Kwan  United States Women's singles 1996–2004 5 3 1 9
8 Willy Böckl  Austria Men's singles 1913–1928 4 3 2 9
9 Ernst Baier Germany Germany Men's singles 1931–1939 4 2 3 9
Pairs
10 Robin Szolkowy  Germany Pairs 2007–2014 5 2 1 8

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Aljona Savchenko has won another gold, silver and bronze with Bruno Massot (2016–2018), earning her six gold and eleven medals in total.
  2. ^ Ulanov has won another two silver medals partnering with Lyudmila Smirnova (1973–1974), earning him six world medals in total.
  3. ^ a b At the 1910 and 1911 World Championships Ludowika Eilers and Walter Jakobsson competed as a pair representing two different countries (Eilers for Germany and Jakobsson for Finland). In 1911 they married and together completed for Finland since then until 1923.
  4. ^ Irina Rodnina has won another four golds with her first partner Alexei Ulanov (1969–1972), earning her a total of ten medals (all gold).

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "World Figure Skating Championships – Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2006.
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