World figure skating championship 1896

World figure skating championship 1896
1st edition
Type:	ISU championship
Date:	February 9, 1896
Venue:	St. Petersburg
Gold medalist
Men's:	Gilbert Fuchs
World figure skating championships
1896 ► 1897

The 1st World Figure Skating Championship was the first event of its kind. It was organized by the International Figure Skating Union and took place on February 9, 1896 in Saint Petersburg ( Russia ).

Only men took part and there were only four participants in total. The first world champion was the German Gilbert Fuchs .

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Gilbert Fuchs	German Empire
2	Gustav Hill	Austria
3	Georg Sanders	Russia
4th	Nikolai Poduskov	Russia

Judges were:

• C. Body of Marienwert Austria 
• H. Kurtén Grand Duchy of Finland 
• G. Helfrich German Empire 
• PE Wolf Russia 
• A. Ivashetsov Russia 

source

• World figure skating championships 1896–1899 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 21, 2018 (English).