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At the ], four ] events were contested, and winter sports were introduced for the very first time.
{{short description|Olympic figure skating events in London 1908}}
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| games = 1908 Summer
| image = Figure skating pictogram.svg
| image_size = 100px
| venue = ] <br> ], ]
| dates = 28–29 October
| competitors = 21
| nations = 6
| next = ]
}}


{{Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics}}
The venue was the Prince's Skating Club, in the district of ], ]. The competion took place on October 28 and 29, 1908.
==Medal table==
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Four '''figure skating''' events were contested '''at the 1908 Summer Olympics''' in ], but they were held in October 1908, six months after most of the other Olympic events at the ]. The ] competition took place at the ], in the district of ]. It was the first time that a winter sport had ever been included in the Olympic Games, sixteen years before the ] in ]. The number of competitors was very low, with two events having only three entrants, guaranteeing a medal for participation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/games/5/sports/FSK |title=Figure Skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics |work=Olympedia |access-date=1 July 2020}}</ref>
==Figure skating, Men==

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==Medal summary==
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| '''Athlete'''
Source:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hines |first=James R. |title=Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6859-5 |series= |location=Lanham, Maryland |pages=xxi-xxii}}</ref>
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|-
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| bgcolor="gold" | ] '''Gold'''
| ] ] (]) | Men's singles<br />{{DetailsLink|Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's singles}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|]|SWE|1908 Summer}}
|377.3
| {{flagIOCmedalist|]|SWE|1908 Summer}}
|-
| {{flagIOCmedalist|]|SWE|1908 Summer}}
| bgcolor="silver" | ] '''Silver'''
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| ] ] (])
| Men's special figures<br />{{DetailsLink|Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's special figures}}
|365.2
| {{flagIOCmedalist|]|RU1|1908 Summer}}
|-
| {{flagIOCmedalist|]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| bgcolor="CC9966" | ] '''Bronze'''
| {{flagIOCmedalist|]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| ] ] (])
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|357.4
| Ladies' singles<br />{{DetailsLink|Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Ladies' singles}}
|-
| {{flagIOCmedalist|]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| bgcolor="#efefef" | 4
| {{flagIOCmedalist|]|GER|1908 Summer}}
| ] ] (])
| {{flagIOCmedalist|]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
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| Pairs<br />{{DetailsLink|Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Pairs}}
| bgcolor="#efefef" | 5
| {{flagIOCmedalist|]<br />and ]|GER|1908 Summer}}
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| {{flagIOCmedalist|]<br />and ]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
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| {{flagIOCmedalist|]<br />and ]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
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|} |}


===Medal table===
Sweden's Ulrich Salchow, who had won several ]s, easily won the gold medal after his main rival, Russia's ], withdrew in protest over what he considered unfair judging.
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==Participating nations==
===Figure skating special figures, Men===
21 figure skaters from 6 nations competed.
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| bgcolor="silver" | ] '''Silver'''
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|-
| bgcolor="CC9966" | ] '''Bronze'''
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Gold medalist Nikolai Panin's real name was Nikolai Kolomenkin, but he competed under the pseudonym "Panin".


* {{flagIOC|ARG|1908 Summer|1}}
==Figure skating, Ladies==
* {{flagIOC|GER|1908 Summer|3}}
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| bgcolor="silver" | ] '''Silver'''
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|-
| bgcolor="CC9966" | ] '''Bronze'''
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Without rivals ] and ] present at the Olympics, Great Britain's Madge Syers easily won the gold medal.


==References==
==Figure skating, Pairs==
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==Sources==
| '''Medal'''
{{Commons category|Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics}}
| '''Athlete'''
* {{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | url = http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf | publisher = ] | location = London | pages = 284–295 | access-date = 4 April 2014}} (courtesy ] )
|'''Score'''
* {{cite web | url = http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/gamesandsportsummary/?sport=31759&games=1908%2F1 | title = London 1908 Figure Skating | website = Olympic.org | publisher = ] | access-date = 4 April 2014}}
|-
* {{cite web | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/FSK/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050321/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/FSK/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = 17 April 2020 | title = Figure Skating at the 1908 London Summer Games | website = SR/Olympic Sports | publisher = ] | access-date = 4 April 2014}}
| bgcolor="gold" | ] '''Gold'''
* {{cite web | url = http://www.winter-olympic-memories.com/html/results/results_top_en.htm | title = Results of the Olympic Winter Games | website = Memories of the Olympic Winter Games | access-date = 4 April 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407190204/http://www.winter-olympic-memories.com/html/results/results_top_en.htm | archive-date = 7 April 2014 | url-status = dead }}
| ] ] and ] (])
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| bgcolor="silver" | ] '''Silver'''
| ] ] and ] (])
|10
|-
| bgcolor="CC9966" | ] '''Bronze'''
| ] ] and ] (])
|15
|-
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Twelve years later, silver medalist ] would capture a bronze medal with a new partner at the ].


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Latest revision as of 23:01, 11 December 2024

Olympic figure skating events in London 1908
Figure Skating
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenuePrince's Skating Club
London, United Kingdom
Dates28–29 October
Competitors21 from 6 nations
1920 →
Figure skating at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Singlesmenladies
Special figuresmen
Pairsmixed

Four figure skating events were contested at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, but they were held in October 1908, six months after most of the other Olympic events at the 1908 Games. The figure skating competition took place at the Prince's Skating Club, in the district of Knightsbridge. It was the first time that a winter sport had ever been included in the Olympic Games, sixteen years before the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix. The number of competitors was very low, with two events having only three entrants, guaranteeing a medal for participation.

Medal summary

Medalists

The German gold medal winners in pair skating, Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger

Source:

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details 		Ulrich Salchow
 Sweden 		Richard Johansson
 Sweden 		Per Thorén
 Sweden
Men's special figures
details 		Nikolai Panin
 Russian Empire 		Arthur Cumming
 Great Britain 		Geoffrey Hall-Say
 Great Britain
Ladies' singles
details 		Madge Syers
 Great Britain 		Elsa Rendschmidt
 Germany 		Dorothy Greenhough-Smith
 Great Britain
Pairs
details 		Anna Hübler
and Heinrich Burger
 Germany 		Phyllis Johnson
and James H. Johnson
 Great Britain 		Madge Syers
and Edgar Syers
 Great Britain

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain1236
2 Sweden1113
3 Germany1102
4 Russian Empire1001
Totals (4 entries)44412

Participating nations

21 figure skaters from 6 nations competed.

References

  1. "Figure Skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. Hines, James R. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. xxi–xxii. ISBN 978-0-8108-6859-5.

Sources

Events at the 1908 Summer Olympics (London)
Figure skating at the Olympic Games
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