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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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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.

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.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Russia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	1	1	0	2
2	Russia*	1	0	1	2
3	Austria	0	1	1	2
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

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

References

1. Absalyamova I. The first World Figure Skating Championships // Centenary history of the first World Figure Skating Championships (single skating). — Moscow: FON, 1997.

Sources

• Result List by the ISU

• World Figure Skating Championships
• 1896 in figure skating
• 1896 in the Russian Empire
• International figure skating competitions hosted by Russia
• Sports competitions in Saint Petersburg
• 1896 in sports
• February 1896 events
• 1890s in Saint Petersburg