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1898 World Figure Skating Championships

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1898 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 15
Season:1898
Location:United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
Champions
Men's singles:
Sweden Henning Grenander
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The 1898 World Figure Skating Championship is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.

In 1898, the competition took place on February 15 in London, United Kingdom. It was won by Henning Grenander of Sweden. However, the second- and third-place contestants, Gustav Hügel and Gilbert Fuchs, who had won the championship in 1897 and 1896 respectively, filed a protest alleging biased refereeing: In their opinion, Judges Adams, Jenkin, and von Rosen strongly overestimated the Swede, and Hügel and Fuchs demanded that he should be deprived of his title. The organizers considered the protest, but rejected it as not substantiated. After this scandal, Grenander left figure skating and no longer performed at official competitions.[citation needed]

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Sweden1001
2 Austria0101
3 Germany0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Results

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Rank Name Age CF FS Total Points Places
1 Sweden Henning Grenander 24 3 892 1 531 1423 237.1 10
2 Austrian Empire Gustav Hügel 27 1 973 2 401 1374 229.0 13
3 German Empire Gilbert Fuchs 27 2 953 3 392 1345 224.1 13
4 United Kingdom H. C. Holt 4 181 4 198 379 63.1 24
WD Sweden Lars Wiik DNS

Judges:

Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU
  • ALLGEMEINE SPORT-ZEITUNG. (27 February 1898. No.196)