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 1914 men competitions took place on February 21st to 22nd, 1914 in Helsingfors (Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

), Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. This was the first time that more than ten men participated in the competition.
The 1914 ladies competitions took place on January 24th to 25th, 1914 in St. Moritz

St. Moritz

St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...

, 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 1914 pairs competition took place January 25th, 1914 also in St. Moritz

St. Moritz

St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...

, 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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These were the last World Championships in figure skating before World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

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Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Gösta Sandahl Gösta Sandahl Gösta Sandahl was a Swedish figure skater. He was the 1912 European Champion and the 1914 World Champion.-Results:-References:* *...		12
2	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	17
3	Willy Böckl	Austria	17
4	Ernst Oppacher Ernst Oppacher Ernst Oppacher was an Austrian singles figure skater and the 1921 and 1922 Austrian national champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1924 Worlds and the 1922 Europeans.- Competitive highlights :...	Austria	20
5	Andor Szende		27
6	Ivan Malinin		30
7	Gillis Grafström Gillis Grafström Gillis Emanuel Grafström was a Swedish figure skater. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He won three successive Olympic gold medals in Men's Figure Skating as well as Olympic silver medal in same event in 1932, and three World Championships...		32
8	Harald Rooth		36
9	Richard Johansson Richard Johansson Richard Johansson was a Swedish figure skater. He won the silver medal in the men's singles competition at the 1908 London Olympics. He was part of the Swedish medal sweep there....		38
10	Erwin Schwarzböck	Austria	48
11	Martin Stixrud Martin Stixrud Martin Stixrud was a Norwegian figure skater. He was the 1920 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, 1923 European silver medalist, and 1912 European bronze medalist....		55
12	Björnsson Schauman		58
13	Sergei Vandervliet		64
WD	Sakari Ilmanen

Judges were

• H. Bardy
• 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....
  
   
• I. Kolomenkin
• O. Petterson
• Eugen Minich  Austria

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 ....		6
2	Angela Hanka	Austria	10
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	Thea Frenssen	Germany	22
5	Gisela Reichmann	Austria	24.5
6	Anna Lisa Allardt		24.5
7	Ksenia Caesar		35
8	Ramsay Salmon		41
9	Irene Lawley		44

Judges were

• Josef Fellner  Austria
• Eduard Engelmann  Austria
• 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....
  
   
• Herbert R. Yglesias 
• Georg Helfrich  Germany

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	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....		7
2	Helene Engelmann Helene Engelmann Helene Engelmann was an Austrian pair skater....  / Karl Mejstrik Karl Mejstrik Karl Mejstrik was an Austrian pair skater. He competed with Helene Engelmann. They were the 1913 World Champions and 1914 World silver medalists.-Results:SinglesPairs with Helene Engelmann-Navigation:...	Austria	11
3	Christa von Szabo / Leo Horwitz	Austria	12
4	Thea Frenssen / Julius Vogel	Germany	20
5	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....		25

Judges were

• Herbert R. Yglesias 
• E. S. Hirst
• J. Keiller Greig 
• Georg Helfrich  Germany
• 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...