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1908 World Figure Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition held in 1908
Annual figure skating competition held in 1908
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1908 World Figure Skating Championships |
| comptype | ISU Championship |
| skatingseason | 1908 |
| location | Austrian Empire Troppau, Austria-Hungary (singles) |
| Russian Empire Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (pairs) | |
| venue | Yusupovsky Garden, |
| Saint Petersburg | |
| championmen | Sweden Ulrich Salchow |
| championladies | Kingdom of Hungary Lily Kronberger |
| championpairs | German Empire Anna Hübler / Heinrich Burger |
| previouscomp | [1907 World Championships](1907-world-figure-skating-championships) |
| nextcomp | [1909 World Championships](1909-world-figure-skating-championships) |
Russian Empire Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (pairs) Saint Petersburg
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
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 Lily Kronberger | 204.90 | 5 |
| **2** | German Empire Elsa Rendschmidt | 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
- Russian Empire J. Kettnitz
- Russian Empire V. Shnobel
- Russian Empire Vyacheslav Sreznevsky
- Russian Empire Rudolf Sundgren
References
References
- [http://skating.bplaced.net/Results/worlds/WC1908.htm World Championships 1908. Troppau, Austria Men]
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