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
Pair skating: Phyllis Johnson / James H. Johnson
Previous: 1908 World Championships
Next: 1910 World Championships

Men's competitions took place on February 7–8 in Stockholm, Sweden. Ladies' competitions took place on January 23–24 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. Lily Kronberger was the only competitor. Pairs' competition took place on February 8 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Points	Places
1	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden	413.0	7
2	Per Thorén	Sweden	407.5	10
3	Ernst Herz	Austria	388.1	16
4	Richard Johansson	Sweden		20
5	Fedor Datlin	Russia		22

Judges:

• G. Helfrich
• Rudolf Sundgrén  Finland
• O. C. Thorstensen  Norway
• Edward Hörle  Sweden
• O. Sampe  Sweden

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Points	Places
1	Lily Kronberger	Hungary		5

Judges:

• C. Fillunger  Austria
• G. Helfrich  Germany
• Edward Hörle  Sweden
• Ludwig Niedermeyer  Germany
• Oskar Uhlig  Germany

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Points	Places
1	Phyllis Johnson / James H. Johnson	United Kingdom	116	5.5
2	Valborg Lindahl / Nils Rosenius	Sweden	111	9.5
3	Gertrud Ström / Richard Johansson	Sweden	94	16
4	Mimi Grømer / Karl Erikson	Norway		22
5	Alexia Schøien / Yngvar Bryn	Norway		22

Judges:

• G. Helfrich  Germany German Empire
• Rudolf Sundgrén  Finland
• O. C. Thorstensen  Norway
• August Anderberg  Sweden
• Otto Petterson  Sweden

O. C. Thorstensen voted the top two couples exactly the same (each 1.5 placings) and the other three couples also exactly the same (each 4 placings).

Sources

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