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Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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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. Figure skating was one of the few sports in which women were allowed to compete in 1908.

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

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

Medal table

Position Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Great Britain Great Britain 1 2 3 6
2 Sweden Sweden 1 1 1 3
3 Germany Germany 1 1 0 2
4 Russia Russia 1 0 0 1
Argentina Argentina 0 0 0 0
United States of America United States of America 0 0 0 0

Medal summary

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