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1908 World Figure Skating Championships

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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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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

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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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Men

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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

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Rank Name Points Places
1 Kingdom of Hungary Lily Kronberger 204.90 5
2 German Empire Elsa Rendschmidt [1] 10

Judges:

  • German Empire P. Engelhardt
  • United Kingdom H. D. Faith
  • Sweden I. Forssling
  • Austrian Empire Gustav Hügel
  • German Empire Otto Schöning

Pairs

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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:

References

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Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU