1896 World Figure Skating Championships

1896 World Figure Skating Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Date: February 9
Season: 1896
Location: Russian Empire St. Petersburg
Venue: Yusupovsky Garden
Champions
Men's singles:
Germany Gilbert Fuchs
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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. The first competition took place on February 9, 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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.[1]

Results

Men

Rank Nation Age Name Points CF FS Total
1  Germany 25 Gilbert Fuchs 304.6 1 1026 1 497 1523
2  Austria 25 Gustav Hügel 278.8 2 939 2 455 1394
3  Russia Georg Sanders 197.2 3 601 3 385 986
4  Russia Nikolai Poduskov 157.2 4 485 4 301 786

Men. Five Special Figures

Rank Nation Age Name SF Points
1  Russia Georg Sanders 1 313
2  Germany 25 Gilbert Fuchs 2 312
3  Austria 25 Gustav Hügel 3 292
4  Russia Nikolai Poduskov 4 239

Judges were

References

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