1907 World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

is an annual event sanctioned by the International Skating Union

International Skating Union

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...

in which figure skaters

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

compete for the title of World Champion.

The 1907 competition took place on January 21-22, 1907 in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

, Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Ulrich Salchow Ulrich Salchow Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow was a Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century....		5
2	Max Bohatsch Max Bohatsch Max Bohatsch was an Austrian figure skater. He won the gold medal at the 1905 European Figure Skating Championships and captured three medals at the World Figure Skating Championships.-Results:-Navigation:...	Austria	11
3	Gilbert Fuchs Gilbert Fuchs Gilbert Fuchs was a German figure skater and world champion in figure skating.In 1896, he won the first world figure skating championships, held in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1906 he recaptured the title in Munich....	Germany	12
4	Per Thorén Per Thorén Per Thorén was a Swedish figure skater in the early 20th century who won a bronze medal at the 1908 Olympic Games.-Results:...		20
5	Heinrich Burger Heinrich Burger Heinrich Burger was a German figure skater. He competed in both singles and pairs events. He was Olympic champion and two-time World champion together with Anna Hübler....	Germany	24
6	Martin Gordan	Germany	32
7	Martinus Löhrdahl		33

Judges were

Eduard Engelmann Austria
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:...
H. Günther
L. Niedermeyer Germany
A. Lebedev

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Madge Syers-Cave		5
2	Jenny Herz	Austria	12
3	Lily Kronberger Lily Kronberger Lily Kronberger , also spelled Lili Kronberger, was a Hungarian figure skater competitive during the early years of modern figure skating...		13
4	Elsa Rendschmidt Elsa Rendschmidt Elsa Rendschmidt was a German figure skater and the first German woman to win a medal at the Olympic Games....	Germany	22
5	Gwendolyn Lycett Gwendolyn Lycett Gloria Gwendolyn Lycett was a British figure skater.She competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics where figure skating was contested, and finished fifth out of five skaters. She also participated at the World Figure Skating Championships twice, finishing fourth in 1912.-Competitive...		23

Judges were

E. v. Markus
E. S. Hirst
L. Niedermeyer Germany
E. Gschöpf Austria
Eduard Engelmann Austria

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