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1897 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1897

Field	Value
title	1897 World Figure Skating Championships
comptype	ISU Championship
startdate	February 13
enddate	14
skatingseason	1897
location	Sweden Stockholm, Sweden-Norway
championmen	AUT Gustav Hügel
previouscomp	[1896 World Championships](1896-world-figure-skating-championships)
nextcomp	[1898 World Championships](1898-world-figure-skating-championships)

The ** 1897 World Figure Skating Championship** was 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 13th to 14th in Stockholm, Sweden. All judges came from the same country – Sweden.

Gustav Hügel won the competition despite a tendon strain. He got this injury when he was training in Hamburg, Germany.

Results

Rank	Name	Total	Points
1	Austrian Empire Gustav Hügel	1697	339.4
2	Sweden Ulrich Salchow	1619	323.8
3	Norway Johan Lefstad	1593	318.6
Sweden Thiodolf Borgh	1484	296.8
Sweden Hugo Carlsson	1298	259.6
Norway Oscar Holthe	1285	257.0

Judges:

Sweden H. Cederblom
Sweden Ivar Hult
Sweden L. Lindqvist
Sweden C. F. Mellin
Sweden O. Wollert

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