1908 World Figure Skating Championships
1908 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Season: | 1908 |
Location: |
Troppau, Austria-Hungary (singles) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (pairs) |
Venue: | Yusupovsky Garden (StP's) |
Champions | |
Men's singles: ![]() | |
Ladies' singles: ![]() | |
Pair skating: ![]() | |
Previous: 1907 World Championships | |
Next: 1909 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 1908 men and ladies competitions were held on January 25–26 in Troppau, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Opava, Czech Republic). The 1908 pairs competition took place on February 16 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. It was the first World Championships in which pair skating was contested.
Results
Men
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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1 | Ulrich Salchow | ![]() | 9 |
2 | Gilbert Fuchs | ![]() | 12 |
3 | Heinrich Burger | ![]() | 21 |
Judges:
- Otto Bohatsch
Austria
- C. Dorasil
Germany (
Czechoslovakia)
- P. Engelhardt
Germany
- H. D. Faith
United Kingdom
- I. Forssling
Sweden
- Gustav Hügel
Austria
- Otto Schöning
Germany
Ladies
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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1 | Lily Kronberger | ![]() | 5 |
2 | Elsa Rendschmidt | ![]() | 10 |
Judges:
- H. D. Faith
United Kingdom
- Otto Schöning
Germany
- I. Forssling
Sweden
- Gustav Hügel
Austria
- P. Engelhardt
Germany
Pairs
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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1 | Anna Hübler / Heinrich Burger | ![]() | 5 |
2 | Phyllis Johnson / James H. Johnson | ![]() | 11.5 |
3 | Lidia Popova / A. L. Fischer | ![]() | 13.5 |
Judges:
- Rudolf Sundgren
Finland
- V. Shnobel
Russia
- J. Kettnitz
Russia
- A. Ivashenztsov
Russia
- Viacheslav Sresnevsky
Russia
Sources
- Result List provided by the ISU
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