Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Figure Skating
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue Prince's Skating Club
London, United Kingdom
Dates 28–29 October 1908
Competitors 21 from 6 nations

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 28 and 29 October 1908.

The number of competitors was very low, with two events having only three entrants, guaranteeing a medal for participation.

Medal summary

Medalists

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
Pair skating Anna Hübler
/ Heinrich Burger
 Germany		 Phyllis Johnson
/ James H. Johnson
 Great Britain		 Madge Syers
/ Edgar Syers
 Great Britain

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain1236
2 Sweden1113
3 Germany1102
4 Russian Empire1001
Totals (4 nations)44412

Participating nations

21 figure skaters from 6 nations competed.

References

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. pp. 284–295. Retrieved 4 April 2014. (courtesy LA84 Foundation Sports Library)
  • "London 1908 Figure Skating". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  • "Figure Skating at the 1908 London Summer Games". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  • "Results of the Olympic Winter Games". Memories of the Olympic Winter Games. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
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