World Figure Skating Championships

Records

Event	Largest number of titles	Most consecutive titles	Medal sweeps
Men	Ulrich Salchow 10 (1901–1905, 1907–1911)	Karl Schafer 7 (1930–1936)	1925 : 1927–1928 : 1952 : 1955–1956 :
Ladies	Sonja Henie 10 (1927–1936)	Sonja Henie 10 (1927–1936)	1991:
Pairs	Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev 6 (1973–1978) ** Irina Rodnina won 10 titles from 1969–1978, the first 4 times partnering with Alexei Ulanov.	Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev 6 (1973–1978) ** Irina Rodnina won 10 titles from 1969–1978, the first 4 times partnering with Alexei Ulanov.	1939 : (Germany) 1969 : 1988 :
Ice Dance	Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexandr Gorshkov 6 (1970–1974, 1976)	Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexandr Gorshkov 5 (1970–1974)	1955–1956: 1968 : 1992 : (CIS) 1993 :

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	23	21	18	62
2	Austria	22	16	15	53
3	Sweden	15	4	3	22
4	Canada	14	13	6	33
5	Russia	7	4	5	16
6	Soviet Union	4	7	7	18
7	France	3	7	9	19
8	Czechoslovakia	3	3	1	7
9	Switzerland	3	1	2	6
10	Germany	2	9	9	20
11	Great Britain	2	8	5	15
12	Japan	2	6	4	12
13	East Germany	2	2	4	8
14	Spain	2	0	2	4
15	West Germany	1	2	1	4
16	CIS	1	0	0	1
17	Hungary	0	2	6	8
18	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	2
19	China	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
TOTAL		106	106	104	316

Rank	Skater	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden	1897	1911	10	3	-	13
2	Karl Schafer	Austria	1927	1936	7	2	1	10
3	Dick Button	United States	1947	1952	5	1	-	6
4	Willy Bockl	Austria	1913	1928	4	3	2	9
5	Alexei Yagudin	Russia	1997	2002	4	1	1	6
6	Kurt Browning	Canada	1989	1993	4	1	-	5
7	Hayes Alan Jenkins	United States	1950	1956	4	-	2	6
8	Scott Hamilton	United States	1981	1984	4	-	-	4
9	Fritz Kachler	Austria	1911	1925	3	3	1	7
10	Elvis Stojko	Canada	1992	2000	3	2	1	6

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	26	22	24	72
2	Norway	10	1	2	13
3	East Germany	9	8	2	19
4	Japan	8	4	6	18
5	Austria	7	17	12	36
6	Hungary	7	1	3	11
7	Great Britain	6	9	7	22
8	Russia	5	6	6	17
9	Canada	4	5	4	13
10	Netherlands	4	1	3	8
11	South Korea	2	2	2	6
12	Czechoslovakia	2	0	3	5
13	France	1	4	2	7
14	West Germany	1	4	1	6
15	Italy	1	2	4	7
16	China	1	1	2	4
17	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
17	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
19	Germany	0	4	3	7
20	Sweden	0	2	5	7
21	Soviet Union	0	2	1	3
22	Finland	0	0	1	1
TOTAL		96	95	93	284

Rank	Skater	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sonja Henie	Norway	1926	1936	10	1	-	11
2	Michelle Kwan	United States	1996	2004	5	3	1	9
3	Carol Heiss	United States	1955	1960	5	1	-	6
3	Herma Szabo	Austria	1922	1927	5	1	-	6
5	Katarina Witt	East Germany	1982	1988	4	2	-	6
6	Lily Kronberger	Hungary	1906	1911	4	-	2	6
7	Mao Asada	Japan	2007	2014	3	1	1	5
7	Sjoukje Dijkstra	Netherlands	1959	1964	3	1	1	5
9	Opika von Meray Horvath	Hungary	1911	1914	3	1	-	4
10	Peggy Fleming	United States	1965	1968	3	-	1	4

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	24	19	8	51
2	Germany	13	6	7	26
3	Canada	12	7	11	30
4	Russia	8	9	8	25
5	Austria	7	13	7	27
6	China	5	9	5	19
7	Hungary	5	3	5	13
8	West Germany	4	3	4	11
9	France	4	1	1	6
10	Finland	3	4	0	7
11	Great Britain	3	3	5	11
12	United States	2	6	17	25
13	Belgium	2	0	1	3
14	East Germany	1	6	6	13
15	CIS	1	0	0	1
15	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
17	Czechoslovakia	0	2	1	3
18	Sweden	0	1	3	4
19	Norway	0	1	2	3
20	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
21	Japan	0	0	1	1
21	Poland	0	0	1	1
TOTAL		95	94	93	282

Rank	Pair skaters	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Irina Rodnina (partnering with Alexei Ulanov and partnering with Alexander Zaitsev)	Soviet Union	1969 1969 1973	1978 1972 1978	10 4 6	- - -	- - -	10 4 6
2	Aliona Savchenko (partnering with Robin Szolkowy and partnering with Bruno Massot)	Germany	2007 2007 2016	2016 2014 2016	5 5 -	2 2 -	2 1 1	9 8 1
3	Liudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov	Soviet Union	1962	1969	4	3	1	8
4	Andree Brunet (Joly) / Pierre Brunet	France	1925	1932	4	1	-	5
	Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov	Soviet Union	1986	1990	4	1	-	5
	Emilia Rotter / Laszlo Szollas	Hungary	1931	1935	4	1	-	5
7	Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier	Germany	1934	1939	4	-	1	5
8	Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul	Canada	1957	1960	4	-	-	4
9	Ludowika Jakobsson (Eilers) / Walter Jakobsson (as Ludowika Eilers / Walter Jakobsson and as Ludowika Jakobsson / Walter Jakobsson)	Finland Germany / Finland	1910 1910 1912	1923 1911 1923	3 1 2	4 1 3	- - -	7 2 5
10	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	China	1999	2007	3	3	1	7

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	17	10	7	34
2	Soviet Union	16	14	8	38
3	Russia	11	4	4	19
4	France	5	6	5	16
5	Czechoslovakia	4	0	0	4
6	Canada	3	11	12	26
7	United States	2	11	18	31
8	Bulgaria	2	1	1	4
8	Italy	2	1	1	4
10	CIS	1	1	1	3
10	Hungary	1	1	1	3
12	West Germany	0	3	1	4
13	Finland	0	1	1	2
14	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
TOTAL		64	64	64	192

Rank	Ice dancers	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov	Soviet Union	1969	1976	6	1	-	7
2	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin	Soviet Union	1981	1988	4	3	1	8
3	Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov	CIS Russia	1992	1997	4	1	1	6
4	Courtney Jones (partnering with June Markham and partnering with Doreen Denny)	Great Britain	1956 1956 1959	1960 1958 1960	4 2 2	1 1 -	- - -	5 3 2
5	Eva Romanova / Pavel Roman	Czechoslovakia	1962	1965	4	-	-	4
	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	Great Britain	1981	1984	4	-	-	4
	Diane Towler / Bernard Ford	Great Britain	1966	1969	4	-	-	4
	Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy	Great Britain	1952	1955	4	-	-	4
9	Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko	Soviet Union CIS	1985	1992	3	5	-	8
10	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Soviet Union	1975	1982	2	3	3	8

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	53	60	77	190
2	Soviet Union	44	42	24	110
3	Austria	36	46	34	116
4	Canada	33	36	33	102
5	Russia	31	23	23	77
6	Great Britain	28	30	24	82
7	Germany	15	19	20	54
8	Sweden	15	7	11	33
9	France	13	18	17	48
10	Hungary	13	7	15	35
11	East Germany	12	16	12	40
12	Japan	10	10	11	31
13	Norway	10	2	5	17
14	Czechoslovakia	9	5	5	19
15	West Germany	6	12	7	25
16	China	6	10	8	24
17	Switzerland	4	2	2	8
18	Netherlands	4	1	3	8
19	Finland	3	5	3	11
20	Italy	3	3	6	12
21	CIS	3	1	1	5
22	South Korea	2	2	2	6
23	Bulgaria	2	1	1	4
24	Spain	2	0	2	4
25	Belgium	2	0	1	3
26	Ukraine	1	0	2	3
27	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
28	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	2
29	Poland	0	0	2	2
30	Israel	0	0	1	1
30	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
TOTAL		361	359	354	1074

Rank	Skater	Country	Gender	Discipline	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden	M	Men's singles	1897	1911	10	3	-	13
2	Sonja Henie	Norway	F	Ladies' singles	1926	1936	10	1	-	11
3	Irina Rodnina	Soviet Union	F	Pairs	1969	1978	10	-	-	10
4	Karl Schafer	Austria	M	Men's singles	1927	1936	7	2	1	10
5	Herma Szabo	Austria	F	Ladies' singles & Pairs	1922	1927	7	1	1	9
6	Alexander Gorshkov	Soviet Union	M	Ice dancing	1969	1976	6	1	-	7
6	Liudmila Pakhomova	Soviet Union	F	Ice dancing	1969	1976	6	1	-	7
8	Alexander Zaitsev	Soviet Union	M	Pairs	1973	1978	6	-	-	6
9	Michelle Kwan	United States	F	Ladies' singles	1996	2004	5	3	1	9
10	Aliona Savchenko	Germany	F	Pairs	2007	2016	5	2	2	9