Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Individual		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.

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

Medal summary

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

Participating nations

21 figure skaters from 6 nations competed.

• Argentina (1)
• Germany (3)
• Great Britain (11)
• Russia (1)
• Sweden (4)
• United States (1)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	3	6
2	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	1	3
3	Germany (GER)	1	1	0	2
4	Russia (RUS)	1	0	0	1

Argentina and the United States had skaters compete, but won no medals.

References

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. 
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Figure skating 1908". Accessed 2 May 2006. Available electronically at [1].