1908 World Figure Skating Championships
| 1908 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Season: | 1908 |
| Location: |
.svg.png){kind=small} Troppau (singles)  Saint Petersburg (pairs) |
| Venue: | Yusupovsky Garden (StP's) |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Ulrich Salchow | |
Ladies' singles:  Lily Kronberger | |
Pair skating:  Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger | |
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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 1908 men and ladies competitions were held from January 25–26, 1908 in Troppau, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Opava, Czech Republic). The 1908 pairs competition took place on February 16, 1906 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was the first World Championships in which pair skating was contested.
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulrich Salchow | Sweden | 9 |
| 2 | Gilbert Fuchs | Germany | 12 |
| 3 | Heinrich Burger | Germany | 21 |
Judges were
- Otto Bohatsch
Austria - C. Dorasil Germany (
Czech Republic) - P. Engelhardt Germany
- H. D. Faith
United Kingdom - I. Forssling Sweden
- Gustav Hügel Austria
- Otto Schöning Germany
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily Kronberger | Hungary | 5 |
| 2 | Elsa Rendschmidt | Germany | 10 |
Judges were
- H. D. Faith United Kingdom
- Otto Schöning Germany
- I. Forssling Sweden
- Gustav Hügel Austria
- P. Engelhardt Germany
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Hübler / Heinrich Burger | Germany | 5 |
| 2 | Phyllis Johnson / James H. Johnson | United Kingdom | 11.5 |
| 3 | Lidia Popova / A. L. Fischer | Russia | 13.5 |
Judges were
- Rudolf Sundgren
Finland - V. Shnobel Russia
- J. Kettnitz Russia
- A. Ivashenztsov Russia
- Viacheslav Sresnevsky Russia
References
- Result List provided by the ISU
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