1896 World Figure Skating Championships
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1896 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | 9 February |
Season: | 1896 |
Location: | Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Venue: | Yusupovsky Garden |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Gilbert Fuchs | |
Previous: – | |
Next: 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]
Medal table
* Host nation (Russia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Russia* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Results
Men
Rank | Name | Age | CF | FS | Total | Points | ||
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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 |
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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
- ^ Absalyamova I. The first World Figure Skating Championships // Centenary history of the first World Figure Skating Championships (single skating). — Moscow: FON, 1997.
Sources
- Result List by the ISU
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