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
	Previous: ; –
	Next: ; 1897 World Championships

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 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	Nation	Age	CF		FS		Total	Points
1	Gilbert Fuchs	Germany	25	1	1026	1	497	1523	304.6
2	Gustav Hügel	Austria	25	2	939	2	455	1394	278.8
3	Georg Sanders	Russia		3	601	3	385	986	197.2
4	Nikolai Poduskov	Russia		4	485	4	301	786	157.2

Men. Five Special Figures

Rank	Name	Nation	Age	SF	Points
1	Georg Sanders	Russia		1	313
2	Gilbert Fuchs	Germany	25	2	312
3	Gustav Hügel	Austria	25	3	292
4	Nikolai Poduskov	Russia		4	239

Judges:

Mr. C. Korper von Marienwert Austria
Mr. H. Kurtén Finland
Mr. Georg Helfrich Germany
Mr. P. E. Wolf Russia
Mr. A. Ivashenzov Russia

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

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

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