1897 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1897

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1897 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	February 13 – 14
Season:	1897
Location:	Stockholm, Sweden-Norway
Champions
Men's singles: Gustav Hügel
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The 1897 World Figure Skating Championship was an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.

The competition took place from February 13th to 14th in Stockholm, Sweden. All judges came from the same country – Sweden.

Gustav Hügel won the competition despite a tendon strain. He got this injury when he was training in Hamburg, Germany.

Medal table

* Host nation (Sweden)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	1	0	0	1
2	Sweden*	0	1	0	1
3	Norway	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

Results

Rank	Name	Age	Total	Points
1	Gustav Hügel	26	1697	339.4
2	Ulrich Salchow	19	1619	323.8
3	Johan Lefstad	27	1593	318.6
4	Thiodolf Borgh		1484	296.8
5	Hugo Carlsson		1298	259.6
6	Oscar Holthe		1285	257.0
WD	Gilbert Fuchs	26		DNS

Judges:

H. Cederblom
Ivar Hult
L. Lindqvist
C. F. Mellin
O. Wollert

Sources

Result List provided by the ISU

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