1896 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1896 World Figure Skating Championships was 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.

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

Men. Five Special Figures

Rank	Name	Points
1	Georgiy Sanders	313
2	Gilbert Fuchs	312
3	Gustav Hügel	292
4	Nikolay Poduskov	239

Judges:

• Georg Helfrich
• Aleksandr Ivashentsov [ru]
• C. Korper von Marienwert
• H. Kurtén
• P. E. Wolf