Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's individual

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Sweden's Ulrich Salchow, who had won several World Figure Skating Championships, easily won the gold medal after his main rival, Russia's Nikolai Panin, withdrew in protest over what he considered unfair judging.

[edit] Results

Place Skater Nation Score
1 Ulrich Salchow Sweden Sweden 377.3
2 Richard Johansson Sweden Sweden 365.2
3 Per Thorén Sweden Sweden 357.4
4 John Greig Great Britain Great Britain 310.9
5 Albert March Great Britain Great Britain 232.0
6 Irving Brokaw United States of America United States of America 232.0
7 Horatio Torromé Argentina Argentina 228.9
Nikolai Panin Russia Russia Did not finish
Herbert Yglesias Great Britain Great Britain Did not finish

[edit] Sources

  • 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].


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