World Figure Skating Championships 1908

World Figure Skating Championships 1908
13th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	January 25-26, 1908
Venue:	Troppau (single) Saint Petersburg (couples)
Gold medalist
Men's:	Ulrich Salchow (7)
Women:	Lily Kronberger
Couples:	Anna Hübler / Heinrich Burger
World figure skating championships
1907 ◄ 1908 ► 1909

The 13th World Figure Skating Championships in 1908 took place for the individual competitions on January 25 and 26, 1908 in Opava ( Cisleithania ) and for the pair competition, the first ever in history, in Saint Petersburg ( Russian Empire ).

The Germans Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger won their first pair skating world championship.

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden
2	Gilbert Fuchs	German Empire
3	Heinrich Burger	German Empire

Judges were:

• O. Bohatsch Austria 
• C. Dorasil German Empire 
• P. Engelhardt German Empire 
• HD Faith United Kingdom 
• I. Forssling Sweden 
• Gustav Hill Austria 
• Otto Schöning German Empire 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Lily Kronberger	Hungary
2	Elsa Rendschmidt	German Empire

Judges were:

• HD Faith United Kingdom 
• Otto Schöning German Empire 
• I. Forssling Sweden 
• Gustav Hill Austria 
• P. Engelhardt German Empire 

Couples

space	athlete	country
1	Anna Hübler / Heinrich Burger	German Empire
2	Phyllis Johnson / James H. Johnson	United Kingdom
3	Lidija Popowa / Alexander L. Fischer	Russia

Judges were:

• R. Sundgren Grand Duchy of Finland 
• W. Schnobel Russia 
• J. Kettnitz Russia 
• A. Ivashetsov Russia 
• W. Sresnewsky Russia 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	German Empire	1	2	1	4th
2	Sweden	1	-	-	1
	Hungary	1	-	-	1
4th	United Kingdom	-	1	-	1
5	Russia	-	-	1	1

source

• World figure skating championships 1900–1909 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 22, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1906–1914 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 22, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1908–1914 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 22, 2018 (English).