Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Figure Skating at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	Prince's Skating Club London, United Kingdom
Dates	28–29 October 1908
Competitors	21 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.

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

References

• (courtesy LA84 Foundation Sports Library)