World figure skating championship 1898

World figure skating championship 1898
3rd event
Type:	ISU championship
Date:	February 15, 1898
Venue:	London
Gold medalist
Men's:	Henning Grenander
World figure skating championships
1897 ◄ 1898 ► 1899

The 3rd World Figure Skating Championship took place on February 15, 1898 in London ( Great Britain ).

Henning Grenander became the first Swedish world champion and thus established a long tradition of success for Swedish figure skaters, which would last until the Second World War .

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Henning Grenander	Sweden
2	Gustav Hill	Austria
3	Gilbert Fuchs	German Empire
4th	HC Holt	United Kingdom

Judges were:

• WF Adams United Kingdom 
• CE Bell United Kingdom 
• C. Filunger Austria 
• AF Jenkin United Kingdom 
• Clarence von Rosen Sweden 
• JH Thomson United Kingdom 

source

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