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1902 World Figure Skating Championships

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1902 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 13
Season:1902
Location:United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
Champions
Men's singles:
Sweden 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.[1]

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.[2] 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

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  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Sweden1001
2 Great Britain*0101
3 Germany0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Results

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Singles

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

Judges:

  • United Kingdom W. F. Adams
  • United Kingdom J. H. Thompson
  • German Empire Hermann Wendt
  • Russian Empire Piotr Weryho
  • Sweden Ivar Westergren

Pairs (unofficial)

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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 United Kingdom Madge Syers / Edgar Syers.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Hines, James R. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-8108-6859-5.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Panin-Kolomenkin, N. A. (1951). Stranitsy iz proschlogo. Moscow: FiS.

Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU