1906 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.
| 1906 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Season: | 1906 |
| Location: | Munich, German Empire (men) Davos, Switzerland (ladies) |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Gilbert Fuchs | |
| Ladies' singles: Madge Syers-Cave | |
| Previous: 1905 World Championships | |
| Next: 1907 World Championships | |
Men's competition took place on February 4 in Munich, German Empire. Ulrich Salchow did not participate because he feared that the judgement would not be fair in Gilber Fuchs' hometown Munich. Ladies' competition took place from January 28 to 29 in Davos, Switzerland. It was the first World Championships in figure skating for ladies.
Medal table
* Host nations (Switzerland, German Empire)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Age | CF | FS | Total | Points | Places | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilbert Fuchs | 35 | 1 | 2917 | 1 | 770 | 3687 | 737.4 | 5 |
| 2 | Heinrich Burger | 24 | 4 | 2455 | 2 | 709 | 3164 | 632.8 | 14 |
| 3 | Bror Meyer | 20 | 2 | 2520 | 4 | 511 | 3031 | 606.2 | 17 |
| 4 | Karl Zenger | 32 | 5 | 2351 | 3 | 616 | 2967 | 593.4 | 20 |
| 5 | Per Thorén | 21 | 3 | 2462 | 6 | 490 | 2952 | 590.4 | 23 |
| 6 | Anton Steiner | 6 | 2167 | 5 | 497 | 2664 | 532.8 | 27 | |
| 7 | Martin Gordan | 29 | 7 | 1807 | 7 | 392 | 2199 | 439.8 | 34 |
Judges:
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Places |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madge Syers-Cave | 5 |
| 2 | Jenny Herz | 13 |
| 3 | Lily Kronberger | 13.5 |
| 4 | Elsa Rendschmidt | 21.5 |
| 5 | Dorothy Greenhough-Smith | 22 |
Judges:
- P. Birum
- E. Collingwood
- Tibor Földváry
- M. Holtz
- H. Winzer
Sources
- Result List provided by the ISU
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