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Revision as of 19:50, 19 September 2012

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
 Russian Empire 		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.

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  Russian Empire (RU1) 1 0 0 1

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 .
Events at the 1908 Summer Olympics (London)
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