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1896 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1896

Field	Value
title	1896 World Figure Skating Championships
comptype	ISU Championship
startdate	9 February
skatingseason	1896
location	Russian Empire Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
venue	Yusupovsky Garden
championmen	GER Gilbert Fuchs
previouscomp	–
nextcomp	[1897 World Championships](1897-world-figure-skating-championships)

The 1896 World Figure Skating Championships was an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The first competition took place on February 9, 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire.

In 1895, the International Skating Union organized the first World Figure Skating Championships committee, which consisted of 5 people. This committee was entrusted with preparation and presentation of the figure skating rules. ISU also confirmed that World Figure Skating Championships will be held and that in the meantime men skaters should comply with the rules not yet published.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Age	CF	FS	Total	Points	4
1	German Empire Gilbert Fuchs	25	1	1026	1	497	1523
2	Austrian Empire Gustav Hügel	25	2	939	2	455	1394
3	Russian Empire Georgiy Sanders		3	601	3	385	986
Russian Empire Nikolay Poduskov		4	485	4	301	786	157.2

Men. Five Special Figures

Rank	Name	Points
1	Russian Empire Georgiy Sanders	313
2	German Empire Gilbert Fuchs	312
3	Austrian Empire Gustav Hügel	292
Russian Empire Nikolay Poduskov	239

Judges:

German Empire Georg Helfrich
Russian Empire
Austrian Empire C. Korper von Marienwert
Russian Empire H. Kurtén
Russian Empire P. E. Wolf

References

Absalyamova I. The first World Figure Skating Championships // ''Centenary history of the first World Figure Skating Championships (single skating)''. — Moscow: FON, 1997.

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