| Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics |
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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.
No event had more than 7 competitors, with 2 having only 3 entrants.
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's singles | Ulrich Salchow Sweden (SWE) |
Richard Johansson Sweden (SWE) |
Per Thorén Sweden (SWE) |
| Men's special figures | Nikolai Panin Russia (RUS) |
Arthur Cumming Great Britain (GBR) |
Geoffrey Hall-Say Great Britain (GBR) |
| Ladies' singles | Madge Syers Great Britain (GBR) |
Elsa Rendschmidt Germany (GER) |
Dorothy Greenhough-Smith Great Britain (GBR) |
| Pairs | Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger Germany (GER) |
Phyllis Johnson and James H. Johnson Great Britain (GBR) |
Madge Syers and Edgar Syers Great Britain (GBR) |
21 figure skaters from 6 nations competed.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Argentina and the United States had skaters compete, but won no medals.
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