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Annual figure skating competition held in 1908 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
Rank | Name | Places |
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1 | Ulrich Salchow | 9 |
2 | Gilbert Fuchs | 12 |
3 | Heinrich Burger | 21 |
Judges:
Rank | Name | Points | Places |
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1 | Lily Kronberger | 204.90 | 5 |
2 | Elsa Rendschmidt | [1] | 10 |
Judges:
Rank | Name | Places |
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1 | Anna Hübler / Heinrich Burger | 5 |
2 | Phyllis Johnson / James Johnson | 11.5 |
3 | Lidia Popova / Alexander Fischer | 13.5 |
Judges:
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