1896 World Figure Skating Championships

1896 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:9 February
Season:1896
Location: Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Venue:Yusupovsky Garden
Champions
Men's singles:
Gilbert Fuchs
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1897 World Championships

The 1896 World Figure Skating Championships was 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, Russian Empire.

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 Name Age CF FS Total Points
1 Gilbert Fuchs 25 1 1026 1 497 1523 304.6
2 Gustav Hügel 25 2 939 2 455 1394 278.8
3 Georgiy Sanders 3 601 3 385 986 197.2
4 Nikolay Poduskov 4 485 4 301 786 157.2

Men. Five Special Figures

Rank Name Points
1 Georgiy Sanders 313
2 Gilbert Fuchs 312
3 Gustav Hügel 292
4 Nikolay Poduskov 239

Judges:

  • Georg Helfrich
  • Aleksandr Ivashentsov
  • C. Korper von Marienwert
  • H. Kurtén
  • P. E. Wolf

References

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