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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.

Medal summary

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

Participating nations

21 figure skaters from 6 nations competed.

•  Argentina (1)
•  Germany (3)
•  Great Britain (11)
•  Russia (1)
•  Sweden (4)
•  United States (1)

Medal table

1	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	3	6
2	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	1	3
3	Germany (GER)	1	1	0	2
4	Russia (RUS)	1	0	0	1

Argentina and the United States had skaters compete, but won no medals.

References

• 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 .

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