The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual event sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The competition took place on February 5–6 in Stockholm, Sweden. These were the last figure skating world championships with only the men's category.

Results Rank Name Places 1 Ulrich Salchow 8 2 Max Bohatsch 14 3 Per Thorén 21 4 Richard Johansson 28 5 Martin Gordan 34

Judges: E. Hörle E. Markus O. Petterson M. Rendschmidt Rudolf Sundgren Ivar Westergren Herbert Yglesias