Olympic Figure Skating

Figure skating was first contested at the London Olympics of 1908, part of the Summer Games.

Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview · recall

The events took place at Prince's Skating Club, Montpelier Square, Knightsbridge, on 28 and 29 October.

Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1908 Olympics · recall

Annie Hübler and Heinrich Burger of Germany won ahead of two British pairs.

Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1908 Olympics · recall

Madge Syers won the singles and, with her husband Edgar, bronze in pairs.

Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1908 Olympics · recall

Salchow could not defend his title in 1912 because no skating contests were held.

Source: Olympedia, Ulrich Salchow · recall

It began as an International Winter Sports Week; the IOC recognised it later as the first Winter Games.

Source: Olympedia, 1924 Winter Olympics · recall

Olympedia counts 312 athletes from 19 countries.

Source: Olympedia, 1924 Winter Olympics · recall

London 1908, Antwerp 1920, Chamonix 1924, St. Moritz 1928.

Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview; Olympedia, Gillis Grafström · applied

Syers of Great Britain won, Germany's Rendschmidt took silver and Greenhough-Smith bronze.

Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1908 Olympics · applied

C stands at 1976, Innsbruck. A is 1908, B 1924 and D 2014, when the team event was added.

Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview · applied

Ice dancing was held as a demonstration at Grenoble 1968, eight years before it became a medal event.

Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview · recall

Ice dance was added as the fourth event at Innsbruck in 1976.

Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview · recall

Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov won all three phases, placed first by all nine judges.

Source: Olympedia, 1976 Ice Dancing · recall

Compulsory dances counted 30%, the original set pattern dance 20% and the free dance 50%.

Source: Olympedia, 1976 Ice Dancing · recall

A fifth event, the mixed team event, was added at Sochi in 2014.

Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview · recall

Figure skating was contested at London 1908 and Antwerp 1920, before the Winter Games existed.

Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview · recall

Special Figures, the school figures as a separate event, were held only once, in 1908.

Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1908 Olympics · recall

Singles from 1908, ice dance from 1976 and the team event from 2014.

Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview · applied

Smallest share first: the set pattern, then the compulsories, then the free program at half the total.

Source: Olympedia, 1976 Ice Dancing · applied

D has five events: men, women, pairs, ice dance and the team event. A is 1908's four, B 1924's three, C 1976's four.

Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview; Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1908 Olympics · applied