Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Figure Skating
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenuePrince's Skating Club
London, United Kingdom
Dates28–29 October 1908
Competitors21 from 6 nations
Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Singles men ladies
Special figures men
Pairs mixed

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.

The number of competitors was very low, with 2 events having only 3 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

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Great Britain 1 2 3 6
2 Sweden 1 1 1 3
3 Germany 1 1 0 2
4 Russian Empire 1 0 0 1

Participating nations

21 figure skaters from 6 nations competed.

References

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