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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.
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| 1908 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Season: | 1908 |
| Location: |  Troppau, Austria-Hungary (singles)  Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (pairs) |
| Venue: | Yusupovsky Garden, Saint Petersburg |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Ulrich Salchow | |
Ladies' singles:  Lily Kronberger | |
Pairs:  Anna Hübler / Heinrich Burger | |
| Previous: 1907 World Championships | |
| Next: 1909 World Championships | |
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.
* Host nations (Austrian Empire, Russian Empire)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Russia* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
Men
| Rank | Name | Places |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulrich Salchow | 9 |
| 2 | Gilbert Fuchs | 12 |
| 3 | Heinrich Burger | 21 |
Judges:
Otto Bohatsch
C. Dorasil- P. Engelhardt
H. D. Faith
I. Forssling- Gustav Hügel
- Otto Schöning
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Points | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily Kronberger | 204.90 | 5 |
| 2 | Elsa Rendschmidt | [1] | 10 |
Judges:
- P. Engelhardt
- H. D. Faith
- I. Forssling
- Gustav Hügel
- Otto Schöning
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Places |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Hübler / Heinrich Burger | 5 |
| 2 | Phyllis Johnson / James Johnson | 11.5 |
| 3 | Lidia Popova / Alexander Fischer | 13.5 |
Judges:
Aleksandr Ivashentsov- J. Kettnitz
- V. Shnobel
- Vyacheslav Sreznevsky
- Rudolf Sundgren
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