1908 World Figure Skating 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.

1908 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Season:1908
Location:Austrian Empire Troppau, Austria-Hungary (singles)
Russian Empire Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (pairs)
Venue:Yusupovsky Garden,
Saint Petersburg
Champions
Men's singles:
Sweden Ulrich Salchow
Ladies' singles:
Kingdom of Hungary Lily Kronberger
Pairs:
German Empire Anna Hübler / Heinrich Burger
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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.

Medal table

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  *   Host nations (Austrian Empire, Russian Empire)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany1214
2  Hungary1001
  Sweden1001
4  Great Britain0101
5  Russia*0011
Totals (5 entries)3328

Results

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Rank Name Places
1   Ulrich Salchow 9
2   Gilbert Fuchs 12
3   Heinrich Burger 21

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Ladies

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Rank Name Points Places
1   Lily Kronberger 204.90 5
2   Elsa Rendschmidt [1] 10

Judges:

Pairs

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Rank Name Places
1   Anna Hübler / Heinrich Burger 5
2   Phyllis Johnson / James Johnson 11.5
3   Lidia Popova / Alexander Fischer 13.5

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References

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Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU