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Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, four figure skating events were contested. This took place at the Prince's Skating Club, in the district of Knightsbridge. It was the first time that a type of winter sport was ever introduced in the Olympic Games, 16 years before the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix.

The competition took place on October 28 and 29, 1908.

No event had more than 7 competitors, with 2 having only 3 entrants.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles 9 competitors	Ulrich Salchow Sweden	Richard Johansson Sweden	Per Thorén Sweden
Men's special figures 3 competitors	Nikolai Panin Russian Empire	Arthur Cumming Great Britain	Geoffrey Hall-Say Great Britain
Ladies' singles 5 competitors	Madge Syers Great Britain	Elsa Rendschmidt Germany	Dorothy Greenhough-Smith Great Britain
Pairs 3 competitors	Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger Germany	Phyllis Johnson and James H. Johnson Great Britain	Madge Syers and Edgar Syers Great Britain

21 figure skaters from 6 nations competed.

Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Figure skating 1908". Accessed 2 May 2006. Available electronically at .

v t e Events at the 1908 Summer Olympics (London)
Archery Athletics Boxing Cycle polo (unofficial) Cycling Diving Fencing Figure skating Football Gymnastics Field hockey Jeu de paume Lacrosse Polo Rackets Rowing Rugby Sailing Shooting Swimming Tennis Tug of war Water motorsports Water polo Wrestling

v t e Figure skating at the Olympic Games
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List of venues

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