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: Stockholm, Sweden (men and pairs)
Budapest, Austria-Hungary (ladies)
Champions
Men's singles:
Ulrich Salchow
Ladies' singles:
Lily Kronberger
Pairs:
Phyllis Johnson / James H. Johnson
Previous:
1908 World Championships
Next:
1910 World Championships

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

  *   Host nations (Kingdom of Hungary, Sweden)

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

Results

Men

Rank Name Points Places
1 Ulrich Salchow413.07
2 Per Thorén407.510
3 Ernst Herz388.116
4 Richard Johansson20
5 Fedor Datlin22

Judges:

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

Ladies

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:

  • Carl Fillunger
  • Georg Helfrich
  • Edward Hörle
  • Ludwig Niedermeyer
  • Oskar Uhlig

Pairs

Rank Name Points Places
1 Phyllis Johnson / James Johnson1165.5
2 Valborg Lindahl / Nils Rosenius1119.5
3 Gertrud Ström / Richard Johansson9416
4 Mimi Grømer / Karl Erikson22
5 Alexia Schøien / Yngvar Bryn19/2722

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

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