1908 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1908 April 2020 1908 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship 1908 Austrian Empire Troppau, Austria-Hungary (singles) Russian Empire Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (pairs) Yusupovsky Garden,Saint Petersburg Sweden Ulrich Salchow Kingdom of Hungary 1896 Lily Kronberger German Empire Anna Hübler / Heinrich Burger 1907 World Championships 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. Medal table Austrian Empire Russian Empire flagcountry 1 0 0 1 2 1 German Empire 1 0 0 Hungary 1896 0 1 0 0 0 1 Russian Empire yes Results Men Rank Name Places 1 Sweden Ulrich Salchow 9 2 German Empire Gilbert Fuchs 12 3 German Empire Heinrich Burger 21 Judges: Austrian Empire Otto Bohatsch German Empire C. Dorasil German Empire P. Engelhardt United Kingdom H. D. Faith Sweden I. Forssling Austrian Empire Gustav Hügel German Empire Otto Schöning Ladies Rank Name Points Places 1 Kingdom of Hungary 1896 Lily Kronberger 204.90 5 2 German Empire Elsa Rendschmidt World Championships 1908. Troppau, Austria Men 10 Judges: German Empire P. Engelhardt United Kingdom H. D. Faith Sweden I. Forssling Austrian Empire Gustav Hügel German Empire Otto Schöning Pairs Rank Name Places 1 German Empire Anna Hübler / Heinrich Burger 5 2 United Kingdom Phyllis Johnson / James Johnson 11.5 3 Russian Empire Lidia Popova / Alexander Fischer 13.5 Judges: Russian Empire Aleksandr Ivashentsov ru Ивашенцов, Александр Петрович Russian Empire J. Kettnitz Russian Empire V. Shnobel Russian Empire Vyacheslav Sreznevsky Russian Empire Rudolf Sundgren References Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships, 1908 Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Austria-Hungary Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Russia Category:1908 in Austria-Hungary Category:1908 in the Russian Empire Category:Sports competitions in Saint Petersburg Category:1900s in Saint Petersburg Category:January 1908 sports events in Europe Category:February 1908 sports events in Europe