1892 European Figure Skating Championships
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The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition
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-International:* International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union. These competitions are held using ISU rules; skaters are entered by their respective national skating federations....

 in which elite figure skaters
Figure skating
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 compete for the title of European Champion.

The 1892 Championships were held on January 24th. These were the second European Figure Skating Championships ever.

The skating association of Germany and Austria joined in one club "Deutscher und Österreichischer Eislaufverband" organised also these second European Championships in figure skating in Vienna, Austria, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 in 1892 even before the International Skating Union
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The International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...

 (ISU) was found.

Skaters competed only in the categories of men's singles
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

. The competitors performed only compulsory figures.

Men

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Eduard Engelmann, Jr.   Austria 1
2 Tibor von Földváry
Tibor von Földváry
Tibor von Földváry was an Hungarian figure skater. He was the European Figure Skating Championships gold medalist in 1895. He was also a judge at the World Championships shortly after his competitive career.-Results:-Navigation:...

 
  Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 
2
3 Georg Zachariades   Austria 3
4 Karl Kaiser   Austria 4
5 Josef Nowy   Austria 5
6 Gustav Hügel
Gustav Hügel
Gustav Hügel was an Austrian figure skater. He was the 1897 & 1899-1900 World Champion and the 1901 European Champion. He won the German national championships in 1894 because, at that time, Austria and Germany held joint championships.-Results:-References:...

 
 Austria 6
7 Alfred Klement   Austria 7
8 Fritz Ahrendt   Germany 8
WD Carl Sage   Austria
WD Fritz Rehm   Germany


Judges:
  • L. Stickler  Germany
  • J. Ehrlich   Hungary
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

  • M. Mitscha  Germany
  • F. Wolff  Germany
  • Bieberhofer  Austria
  • C. Felgel  Austria
  • C. Fillunger  Austria
  • E. Schmidt  Austria
  • A. Tuschel  Austria
  • M. Wirth  Austria
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