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1898 European Figure Skating Championships

Figure skating competition

1898 European Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 26
Season:1898
Location:Trondheim, Norway
Champions
Men's singles:
Ulrich Salchow
Previous:
1895 European Championships
Next:
1899 European Championships

The 1898 European Figure Skating Championships were held on February 26 in Trondheim, Norway. Elite figure skaters competed for the title of European Champion in the category of men's singles. The competitors performed only compulsory figures.

1898 European Figure Skating Championships Intro articles: 4
1 Trondheim
Trondheim, is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It has a population of 205,332 as of 2020, and is the third most populous municipality in Norway, although the fourth largest urban area. Trondheim lies on the south shore of Trondheim Fjord at the mouth of the River Nidelva. The city is dominated by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF), St. Olavs University Hospital and other technology-oriented institutions.More
2 Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose mainland territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen as well as the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land.More
3 Figure skating
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The four Olympic disciplines are men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance; the non-Olympic disciplines include synchronized skating, Theater on Ice, and four skating. From intermediate through senior-level competition, skaters generally perform two programs, which, depending on the discipline, may include spins, jumps, moves in the field, lifts, throw jumps, death spirals, and other elements or moves.More
4 Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating in which male and female skaters compete individually. Men's singles and women's singles, along with the other figure skating disciplines of pair skating, ice dance, and synchronized skating, are governed by the International Skating Union (ISU). Figure skating is the older winter sport contested at the Olympics, with men's and women's single skating appearing as two of the four figure skating events at the London Games in 1908.More

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Ulrich Salchow  Sweden 7
2 Johan Lefstad  Norway 8
3 Oscar Holthe  Norway 15

Judges:

References

Sources

  • Result List provided by the ISU