1901 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1901 1901 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship February 10 11 1901 Sweden 1844 Stockholm, Sweden-Norway Sweden 1844 Ulrich Salchow 1900 World Championships 1902 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. The competition took place from February 10 to 11 in Stockholm, Sweden. Originally allotted to London the competition was transferred to Stockholm due to the death of Queen Victoria.http://www.iceskating.org.uk/index.cfm/about/history/ History - National Ice Skating Assoc 2017-09-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20170921000258/http://www.iceskating.org.uk/index.cfm/about/history/ 2017-09-21 dead There were only two contestants. Four out of six judges came from Sweden. None of the judges came from the German Empire. Still the placings were the same. Adams, Pettersson, and Westergren put Salchow in first position, the other three judges Fuchs. Results Singles Rank Name CF FS Total Points Places 1 Sweden 1844 Ulrich Salchow 1 2 1423 237.17 9 2 German Empire Gilbert Fuchs 2 1 1409 234.83 9 Russian Empire G. Hoppe 3 21 Russian Empire A. Panshin 3 21 Judges: United Kingdom W. F. Adams Austrian Empire G. Euler Sweden 1844 A. Hansson Sweden 1844 L. Lindquist Sweden 1844 H. Pettersson Sweden 1844 Ivar Westergren Pairs (unofficial) The 1901 championship was the first since 1896 to include doubles competitions in addition to singles, but the title of "world champion" and medals were not awarded. Rank Name Points Places 1 Austrian Empire Christina von Szabo / Carl Euler 10 7 2 United Kingdom Madge Syers / Edgar Syers 8.3/7 14 3 German Empire Hedwig Muller / Martin Gordan 7.4/7 21 4 Sweden 1844 Emmy Sjöberg / Christian Soldan 6.5/7 28 References Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships, 1901 Category:Figure skating in Sweden Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Sweden Category:February 1901 sports events in Europe Category:1901 in Swedish sport Category:1900s in Stockholm Category:International sports competitions in Stockholm