The World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

is an annual figure skating competition

Figure skating competition

-International:* International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union. These competitions are held using ISU rules; skaters are entered by their respective national skating federations....

 sanctioned by the International Skating Union

International Skating Union

The International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...

 in which figure skaters

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 compete for the title of World Champion.

The 1908 men and ladies competitions were held from January 25–26, 1908 in Troppau, Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...

 (modern-day Opava

Opava

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, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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). The 1908 pairs competition took place on February 16, 1906 in Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia

Russia

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. It was the first World Championships in which pair skating

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

 was contested.

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Ulrich Salchow Ulrich Salchow Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow was a Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century....		9
2	Gilbert Fuchs Gilbert Fuchs Gilbert Fuchs was a German figure skater and world champion in figure skating.In 1896, he won the first world figure skating championships, held in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1906 he recaptured the title in Munich....	Germany	12
3	Heinrich Burger Heinrich Burger Heinrich Burger was a German figure skater. He competed in both singles and pairs events. He was Olympic champion and two-time World champion together with Anna Hübler....	Germany	21

Judges were

• O. Bohatsch  Austria
• C. Dorasil  Germany ( )
• P. Engelhardt  Germany
• H. D. Faith
• I. Forssling
• Gustav Hügel
  Gustav Hügel
  Gustav Hügel was an Austrian figure skater. He was the 1897 & 1899-1900 World Champion and the 1901 European Champion. He won the German national championships in 1894 because, at that time, Austria and Germany held joint championships.-Results:-References:...
  
    Austria
• Otto Schöning  Germany

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Lily Kronberger Lily Kronberger Lily Kronberger , also spelled Lili Kronberger, was a Hungarian figure skater competitive during the early years of modern figure skating...		5
2	Elsa Rendschmidt Elsa Rendschmidt Elsa Rendschmidt was a German figure skater and the first German woman to win a medal at the Olympic Games....	Germany	10

Judges were

• H. D. Faith
• Otto Schöning  Germany
• I. Forssling
• Gustav Hügel
  Gustav Hügel
  Gustav Hügel was an Austrian figure skater. He was the 1897 & 1899-1900 World Champion and the 1901 European Champion. He won the German national championships in 1894 because, at that time, Austria and Germany held joint championships.-Results:-References:...
  
    Austria
• P. Engelhardt  Germany

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Anna Hübler Anna Hübler Anna Hübler was a German pair skater. She was an Olympic champion and two-time World champion with skating partner Heinrich Burger....  / Heinrich Burger Heinrich Burger Heinrich Burger was a German figure skater. He competed in both singles and pairs events. He was Olympic champion and two-time World champion together with Anna Hübler....	Germany	5
2	Phyllis Johnson Phyllis Johnson Phyllis Wyatt Johnson was a British figure skater.She won the silver medal in pair skating at the 1908 Olympic Games with James H. Johnson. They captured the gold at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1909 and 1912. In 1920, she won the bronze at the Olympics with new partner Basil Williams...  / James H. Johnson James H. Johnson James Henry Johnson was a British pair skater competitive during the early days of modern figure skating. He and partner Phyllis Johnson won the silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics to include figure skating events.The Johnsons also participated in the first official World...		11.5
3	Lidia Popova / A. L. Fischer		13.5

Judges were

• R. Sundgren
• V. Shnobel
• J. Kettnitz
• A. Ivashenztsov
• V. Sresnevsky