1909 World Figure Skating Championships

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

1909 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Season:1909
Location:Sweden Stockholm, Sweden (men and pairs)
Kingdom of Hungary Budapest, Austria-Hungary (ladies)
Champions
Men's singles:
Sweden Ulrich Salchow
Ladies' singles:
Kingdom of Hungary Lily Kronberger
Pairs:
United Kingdom Phyllis Johnson / James H. Johnson
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Men's competitions took place on 7–8 February in Stockholm, Sweden. Ladies' competitions took place on 23–24 January in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. Lily Kronberger was the only competitor. Pairs' competition took place on 8 February in Stockholm, Sweden.

Medal table edit

  *   Host nations (Kingdom of Hungary, Sweden)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Sweden*1214
2  Great Britain1001
  Hungary*1001
4  Austria0011
Totals (4 entries)3227

Results edit

Men edit

Rank Name Points Places
1   Ulrich Salchow 413.0 7
2   Per Thorén 407.5 10
3   Ernst Herz 388.1 16
4   Richard Johansson 20
5   Fedor Datlin 22

Judges:

  •   Georg Helfrich
  •   Edward Hörle
  •   O. Sampe
  •   Rudolf Sundgrén
  •   O. C. Thorstensen

Ladies edit

The only competitor was the 19 years old   Lily Kronberger and won the gold medal. Her results were the followings: CF=769, FS=513, Total=1282, Points: 256.4. The referee was   Imre Szent-Györgyi.
Judges:

Pairs edit

Rank Name Points Places
1   Phyllis Johnson / James Johnson 116 5.5
2   Valborg Lindahl / Nils Rosenius 111 9.5
3   Gertrud Ström / Richard Johansson 94 16
4   Mimi Grømer / Karl Erikson 22
5   Alexia Schøien / Yngvar Bryn 19/27 22

Judges:

  •   August Anderberg
  •   Georg Helfrich
  •   Otto Petterson
  •   Rudolf Sundgren
  •   O. C. Thorstensen, he voted the top two couples exactly the same (each 1.5) and the other three couples also exactly the same (each 4).

Sources edit

  • Result List provided by the ISU
  • 01.011909 Suomen Urheilulehti no 4 (page 153)