# Compulsory Figures · Figure Skating Level 9: Master

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Compulsory Figures in Figure Skating (Level 9: Master) on Insporta: 20 sourced facts behind 2 tests. Covers: what figures were; the end of figures.

What figures were, how much they counted and how they ended.

## Test 1: What figures were

- Special Figures basically consisted of the school figures as an event of their own. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1908 Olympics)
- Nikolay Panin (Russia) won ahead of the British skaters Arthur Cumming and Geoffrey Hall-Say. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1908 Olympics)
- In 1924 the compulsory figures counted 60% and free skating 40%. (Source: Olympedia, 1924 Winter Olympics)
- He specialised in the compulsory figures, which once made up much of the total marks. (Source: Olympedia, Ulrich Salchow)
- Olympedia lists six compulsory figures in the 1972 women's event. (Source: Olympedia, 1972 Singles, Women)
- Scoring changed in the early 1970s, when a short free skating programme was added. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview)
- His mistake came in the compulsory figures; Karl Schäfer won with a clear margin. (Source: Olympedia, Gillis Grafström)
- The figures came first, the free skating second, and the judges' placings decided the result. (Source: Olympedia, 1972 Singles, Women)
- Panin won, Cumming took silver and Hall-Say bronze. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1908 Olympics)
- A gives the figures 60% and free skating 40%. B is half and half, C 30 to 70, D 80 to 20. (Source: Olympedia, 1924 Winter Olympics)

## Test 2: The end of figures

- Schuba was dominant in the figures, placed seventh in the free skate and still won gold. (Source: Olympedia, 1972 Singles, Women)
- She was ranked first by all nine judges. (Source: Olympedia, 1972 Singles, Women)
- Compulsory figures have not been on the Olympic programme since Calgary 1988. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview)
- They were dropped from international competition at the end of the 1980s, last at the 1990 Worlds. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview)
- Beatrix 'Trixi' Schuba led easily after the figures over the American Julie Lynn Holmes. (Source: Olympedia, 1972 Singles, Women)
- The competition was effectively over after the figures, so large was Schuba's lead. (Source: Olympedia, 1972 Singles, Women)
- Olympedia counts Grafström among the best compulsory figures skaters ever. (Source: Olympedia, Gillis Grafström)
- Special figures in 1908, the short programme in the early 1970s, Calgary 1988, then the 1990 Worlds. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview; Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1908 Olympics)
- First in the figures, seventh in the free skate, first overall with all nine judges. (Source: Olympedia, 1972 Singles, Women)
- B shows first in the figures and seventh in the free skate. The other cards do not match her result. (Source: Olympedia, 1972 Singles, Women)

Sources: ISU History; ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (2026); Olympedia (overview, 1908, 1924, 1972, 1976, 2002 and athlete pages); U.S. Figure Skating, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Every fact is recorded with its source in docs/FIGURE_SKATING_VERIFIED_FACTS.md. Original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

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