1909 World Figure Skating Championships

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

The 1909 men competitions took place on February 7–8 in Stockholm, Sweden. The 1909 ladies competitions took place on January 23–24 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. Lily Kronberger was the only competitor. The 1909 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)