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 figure skating competition

Figure skating competition

-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....

 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 1912 men competitions took place on February 16th to 17th, 1912 in Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

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The 1912 ladies competitions took place on January 27th to 28th, 1912 in Davos

Davos

Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

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The 1912 pairs competition took place February 27th, 1912 also in Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

. Only one pair competed.
The judges for the ladies and the pairs competition were the same.

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Fritz Kachler Fritz Kachler Fritz Kachler was an Austrian figure skater. He was the 1912, 1913, and 1923 World champion and the 1914 & 1924 European champion.He did not believe that sport and nationalism should be mixed and therefore chose not to participate in the Olympic Games of 1920 and 1924.A mechanical engineer, he rose...	Austria	8
2	Werner Rittberger Werner Rittberger Werner Rittberger was a German figure skater.Rittberger invented the Loop jump in 1910...	Germany	16
3	Andor Szende		18
4	Harald Rooth		28
5	Arthur Cumming		36
6	Dunbar Poole		41

Judges were

• Eugen Minich 
• H. Günther
• G. Helfrich  Germany
• E. S. Hirst
• Louis Magnus
  Louis Magnus
  Louis Magnus was an ice skater. He competed as a figure skater representing France. He is considered as the builder of the International Ice Hockey Federation .He moved to France in 1889....
  
   
• Horatio Torromé
  Horatio Torromé
  Horatio Tertuliano Torromé, also credited as Henri Torromé, was a British figure skater who also competed for Argentina. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and died in Willesden, Greater London....
  
   
• Herbert R. Yglesias 

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Opika von Méray Horváth Opika von Méray Horváth Opika von Méray Horváth , aka Zsófia Méray-Horváth, was a Hungarian figure skater. She won three consecutive World titles ....		7
2	Dorothy Greenhough-Smith Dorothy Greenhough-Smith Dorothy Greenhough-Smith was a British figure skater.She was the daughter of writer James Edward Preston Muddock, and married publisher/editor Herbert Greenhough Smith in 1900....		14
3	Phyllis Johnson Phyllis Johnson Phyllis Wyatt Johnson was a British figure skater.She won the silver medal in pair skating at the 1908 Olympic Games with James H. Johnson. They captured the gold at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1909 and 1912. In 1920, she won the bronze at the Olympics with new partner Basil Williams...		18
4	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...		18
5	Grete Strasilla	Germany	20
6	Mizzi Wellenreiter	Austria	28
7	Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers		35

Judges were

• J. Keiller Greig 
• Louis Magnus
  Louis Magnus
  Louis Magnus was an ice skater. He competed as a figure skater representing France. He is considered as the builder of the International Ice Hockey Federation .He moved to France in 1889....
  
   
• H. Günther
• Josef Fellner  Austria
• P. Birum

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Phyllis Johnson Phyllis Johnson Phyllis Wyatt Johnson was a British figure skater.She won the silver medal in pair skating at the 1908 Olympic Games with James H. Johnson. They captured the gold at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1909 and 1912. In 1920, she won the bronze at the Olympics with new partner Basil Williams...  / James H. Johnson James H. Johnson James Henry Johnson was a British pair skater competitive during the early days of modern figure skating. He and partner Phyllis Johnson won the silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics to include figure skating events.The Johnsons also participated in the first official World...		8.5
2	Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers / Walter Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson Walter Andreas Jakobsson was a Finnish figure skater.As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911....		10
3	Alexia Bryn-Schøien Alexia Bryn Alexia Bryn was a Norwegian pair skater. She competed with Yngvar Bryn...  / Yngvar Bryn Yngvar Bryn Yngvar Bryn was a Norwegian track and field athlete and pairs figure skater who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....		14
4	Hedwig Winzer / Hugo Winzer Hugo Winzer Dr. Hugo Winzer was a German pair skater. He was German pair champion in 1912 with his wife Hedwig Winzer....	Germany	20
5	Anita del Monte / Louis Magnus Louis Magnus Louis Magnus was an ice skater. He competed as a figure skater representing France. He is considered as the builder of the International Ice Hockey Federation .He moved to France in 1889....		25.5
6	Enid Harrison / Basil Williams Basil Williams (figure skater) Basil Williams was a British single skater and pair skater. With partner Phyllis Johnson, he won the bronze medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Before teaming up with Johnson, he competed with Enid Harrison. They placed 6th at the 1912 World Figure Skating Championships...		29
7	Mrs. Arthur Cadogan / Arthur Cumming		36
8	Louise Lovett / Ernest Worsley		37

Judges were

• Eugen Minich 
• H. Günther
• G. Helfrich  Germany
• Horatio Torromé
  Horatio Torromé
  Horatio Tertuliano Torromé, also credited as Henri Torromé, was a British figure skater who also competed for Argentina. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and died in Willesden, Greater London....
  
   
• Herbert R. Yglesias