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Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's special figures

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Men's special figures figure skating
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Date29 October
Competitors3 from 2 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nikolai Panin  Russian Empire
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arthur Cumming  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Geoffrey Hall-Say  Great Britain

The men's special figures was one of four events in figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Each nation could enter up to 3 skaters.[1] Gold medalist Nikolai Panin's real name was Nikolai Kolomenkin, but he competed under the pseudonym "Panin".[2]

Competition format

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Each skater had to complete four voluntary figures. Scores from 0 to 6 were given for each figure for both (a) content (difficulty and novelty) and (b) performance. The total possible score was therefore 48. Each judge would then arrange the skaters in order of total score by that judge; these ordinal rankings were used to provide final placement for the skaters, using a "majority rule"—if a majority of the judges ranked a pair first, the pair won. If there was no majority, the total ordinals controlled. Ties were broken by total points.[3]

Results

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The judges were unanimous in ranking Panin first, Cumming second, and Hall-Say third. The Official Report states that Panin "was far in advance of his opponents, both in the difficulty of his figures, and in the ease and accuracy of their execution." Cumming is described as "skating with much facility and accuracy," while the report contends that Hall-Say was "not yet sufficiently experienced in the international style to himself full justice in a competition, his form being inferior to his execution."[4]

Rank Name Nation Points (Rank) Average score Total ordinals
Sweden HG Sweden EH Switzerland GH Germany HW Russian Empire GS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nikolai Panin[5]  Russian Empire 44
(1)
44
(1)
44
(1)
42
(1)
45
(1)
43.8 5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arthur Cumming  Great Britain 32.5
(2)
32.0
(2)
37.5
(2)
30.5
(2)
31.5
(2)
32.8 10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Geoffrey Hall-Say  Great Britain 23
(3)
17
(3)
18
(3)
25
(3)
21
(3)
20.8 15

Referee:

Judges:

References

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  1. ^ Official Report, p. 39.
  2. ^ "Figure Skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics: Special Figures, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, pp. 558–65.
  4. ^ Official Report, p. 292.
  5. ^ Hines, James R. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. xxi. ISBN 978-0-8108-6859-5.

Sources

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  • 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] Archived 3 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine.