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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, Knightsbridge.

Medal table

Pos.	Country	Gold	Silver	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	Ulrich Salchow (SWE)	7
Silver	Richard Johansson (SWE)	10
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	Nikolai Panin (RUS)	5
Silver	Arthur Cumming (GBR)	10
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, Ladies

Medal	Athlete	Score
Gold	Madge Syers (GBR)	5
Silver	Elsa Rendschmidt (GER)	11
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	Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger (GER)	5
Silver	Phyllis Johnson and James Johnson (GBR)	10
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.

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