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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, four figure skating events were contested, and winter sports were introduced for the very first time.

The venue was the Prince's Skating Club, in the district of Knightsbridge, London. The competion took place on October 28 and 29, 1908.

Medal table

Pos. Country Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze Total
1  United Kingdom 1 2 3 6
2  Sweden 1 1 1 3
3 Germany 1 1 0 2
4  Russia 1 0 0 1

Figure skating, Men

Medal Athlete Score
Gold Gold Ulrich Salchow (SWE) 377.3
Silver Silver Richard Johansson (SWE) 365.2
Bronze Bronze Per Thorén (SWE) 357.4
4 John Greig (GBR) 310.9
5 Albert March (GBR) 232.0

Sweden's Ulrich Salchow, who had won several World Figure Skating Championships, easily won the gold medal after his main rival, Russia's Nikolai Panin, withdrew in protest over what he considered unfair judging.

Figure skating special figures, Men

Medal Athlete Score
Gold Gold Nikolai Panin (RUS) 43.8
Silver Silver Arthur Cumming (GBR) 32.8
Bronze Bronze Geoffrey Hall-Say (GBR) 20.8

Gold medalist Nikolai Panin's real name was Nikolai Kolomenkin, but he competed under the pseudonym "Panin".

Figure skating, Ladies

Medal Athlete Score
Gold Gold Madge Syers (GBR) 5
Silver Silver Elsa Rendschmidt (GER) 11
Bronze Bronze Dorothy Greenhough-Smith (GBR) 15

Without rivals Jenny Herz and Lily Kronberger present at the Olympics, Great Britain's Madge Syers easily won the gold medal.

Figure skating, Pairs

Medal Athlete Score
Gold Gold Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger (GER) 5
Silver Silver Phyllis Johnson and James Johnson (GBR) 10
Bronze Bronze Madge Syers and Edgar Syers (GBR) 15

Twelve years later, silver medalist Phyllis Johnson would capture a bronze medal with a new partner at the 1920 Olympics.

Figure skating at the Olympic Games
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