Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics
| Figure skating at the VII Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Olympic Games |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Gillis Grafström | |
| Ladies' singles: Magda Julin | |
Pairs:  Ludowika Jakobsson / Walter Jakobsson | |
| Previous: 1908 Summer Olympics | |
| Next: 1924 Winter Olympics | |
| Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Singles | men | ladies |
| Pairs | mixed | |
At the 1920 Summer Olympics, three figure skating events were contested in April.
Gillis Grafström of Sweden captured the first of three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the men's single event in 1920. 1908 gold medalist Ulrich Salchow finished fourth. At age 44, bronze medalist Martin Stixrud is the oldest man to ever win an Olympic medal in an individual winter event.[1]
Despite receiving no first place votes from the judges in the women's singles, Magda Julin of Sweden captured the gold on the strength of three second-place ordinals. She was three months pregnant at the time.
Bronze medalist Phyllis Johnson from the UK had captured the silver medal at the 1908 Olympics with a different partner.
Medal summary
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |
Gillis Grafström Sweden
|
Andreas Krogh Norway
|
Martin Stixrud Norway
|
| Ladies' singles |
Magda Mauroy-Julin Sweden
|
Svea Norén Sweden
|
Theresa Weld United States
|
| Pair skating |
Ludowika Jakobsson / Walter Jakobsson Finland
|
Alexia Bryn / Yngvar Bryn Norway
|
Phyllis Johnson / Basil Williams  Great Britain
|
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 |  Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Norway | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Participating nations
A total of 26 figure skaters, 14 men and 12 women, from eight nations competed at the Antwerp Games:
Belgium (2)
Finland (3)
France (2)
Great Britain (6)
Norway (6)
Sweden (4)
Switzerland (1)
United States (2)
References
- ^ "International Olympic Committee Factsheet: Records and Medals: Games of the Olympiad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-23.
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External links
- "Official Olympic Reports: 1920 Antwerp" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-05.
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- Skatabase: Ladies Results
- Skatabase: Pairs Results
