Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics
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At the 1924 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Tuesday, January 29, 1924 to Thursday, January 31, 1924.
The events held at the this Games were not the first figure skating events contested at the Olympic Games, as the sport had also been on the programme at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics. Gillis Grafström successfully defended his 1920 title.
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[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles details |
 Gillis GrafströmSweden (SWE) |
 Willy BöcklAustria (AUT) |
 Georges GautschiSwitzerland (SUI) |
| Ladies' singles details |
Herma Szabo Austria (AUT) |
 Beatrix LoughranUnited States (USA) |
 Ethel MuckeltGreat Britain (GBR) |
| Pairs details |
Austria (AUT) Helene Engelmann Alfred Berger |
 Finland (FIN)Ludowika Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson |
 France (FRA)Andrée Joly Pierre Brunet |
[edit] Participating nations
Eight figure skater competed in both the singles and the pairs event.
A total of 29 figure skaters (16 men and 13 ladies) from eleven nations (men from ten nations and ladies from eight nations) competed at the Chamonix Games:
- Austria (4) (men:2 women:2)
Belgium (3) (men:2 women:1)
Canada (2) (men:1 women:1)
Czechoslovakia (1) (men:1 women:0)- Finland (2) (men:1 women:1)
- France (5) (men:3 women:2)
- Great Britain (6) (men:3 women:3)
Norway (1) (men:0 women:1)- Sweden (1) (men:1 women:0)
- Switzerland (1) (men:1 women:0)
- United States (3) (men:1 women:2)
[edit] Medal table
Only Austria was able to win more than one medal.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Sweden |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | United States |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Finland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Switzerland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| France |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
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