1902 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1902

1902 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	February 13
Season:	1902
Location:	London, United Kingdom
Champions
Men's singles: Ulrich Salchow
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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.

The competition took place on 13 February in London, United Kingdom. It was the first World Championships held on artificial ice.

It was assumed that only men would compete in the event, and just four skaters participated. However, one of them was a woman, Madge Syers. After the competition, the winner, Ulrich Salchow, delighted with Syers, presented her with the gold medal he had just won. At the time, the International Skating Union rules did not specify that only men are allowed to participate. In the following year, rules were changed and separate championships for females and males were introduced. However, it was several years before the ladies' event first took place in 1906.

Medal table

* Host nation (Great Britain)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	1	0	0	1
2	Great Britain*	0	1	0	1
3	Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

Results

Singles

Rank	Name	Age	CF		FS		Total	Points	Places
1	Ulrich Salchow	24	1	1188	1	638	1826	365.2	5
2	Madge Syers	20	2	843	3	396	1239	247.8	13
3	Martin Gordan	25	4	768	2	440	1208	241.6	15
4	Horatio Torrome	41	3	809	4	374	1183	236.6	17
WD	Knut Einar de Flon	19						DNS

Referee: Viktor Balck

Judges:

W. F. Adams
J. H. Thompson
Hermann Wendt
Piotr Weryho
Ivar Westergren

Pairs (unofficial)

The 1902 championships were the first to hold a pairs competition alongside the singles. The title of "world champions" and medals were not awarded, since the only pair to enter were Madge Syers / Edgar Syers.

References

Hines, James R. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-8108-6859-5.
Absaliamova, I. V. (1997). Stletniaya Istoria Chempionatov Mira po Figurnomu Kataniu na Konkach (Odinochnoe Katanie) (in Russian). Moscow: FON. p. 122. ISBN 5-89022-046-2.
Panin-Kolomenkin, N. A. (1951). Stranitsy iz proschlogo. Moscow: FiS.

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Result List provided by the ISU

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