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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, Men

Medal Athlete Score
Gold Gold Ulrich Salchow (SWE) 7
Silver Silver Richard Johansson (SWE) 10
Bronze Bronze Per Thorén (SWE) 14

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) 5
Silver Silver Arthur Cumming (GBR) 10
Bronze Bronze Geoffrey Hall-Say (GBR) 15

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

Figure skating, Women

PosAthlete
1Madge Syers (GBR) 5
2Elsa Rendschmidt (GER) 11
3Dorothy 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

PosAthlete
1Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger (GER) 5
2Phyllis Johnson and James Johnson (GBR) 10
3Madge 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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