# Olympic Figure Skating · Figure Skating Level 9: Master

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Olympic Figure Skating in Figure Skating (Level 9: Master) on Insporta: 20 sourced facts behind 2 tests. Covers: 1908 and the first winter games.

London 1908, the first Winter Games and the events added since.

## Test 1: 1908 and the first Winter Games

- Figure skating was first contested at the London Olympics of 1908, part of the Summer Games. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview)
- 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)
- Annie Hübler and Heinrich Burger of Germany won ahead of two British pairs. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1908 Olympics)
- Madge Syers won the singles and, with her husband Edgar, bronze in pairs. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1908 Olympics)
- Salchow could not defend his title in 1912 because no skating contests were held. (Source: Olympedia, Ulrich Salchow)
- It began as an International Winter Sports Week; the IOC recognised it later as the first Winter Games. (Source: Olympedia, 1924 Winter Olympics)
- Olympedia counts 312 athletes from 19 countries. (Source: Olympedia, 1924 Winter Olympics)
- London 1908, Antwerp 1920, Chamonix 1924, St. Moritz 1928. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview; Olympedia, Gillis Grafström)
- Syers of Great Britain won, Germany's Rendschmidt took silver and Greenhough-Smith bronze. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1908 Olympics)
- C stands at 1976, Innsbruck. A is 1908, B 1924 and D 2014, when the team event was added. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview)

## Test 2: New events at the Games

- Ice dancing was held as a demonstration at Grenoble 1968, eight years before it became a medal event. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview)
- Ice dance was added as the fourth event at Innsbruck in 1976. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview)
- Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov won all three phases, placed first by all nine judges. (Source: Olympedia, 1976 Ice Dancing)
- Compulsory dances counted 30%, the original set pattern dance 20% and the free dance 50%. (Source: Olympedia, 1976 Ice Dancing)
- A fifth event, the mixed team event, was added at Sochi in 2014. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview)
- Figure skating was contested at London 1908 and Antwerp 1920, before the Winter Games existed. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview)
- Special Figures, the school figures as a separate event, were held only once, in 1908. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1908 Olympics)
- Singles from 1908, ice dance from 1976 and the team event from 2014. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview)
- Smallest share first: the set pattern, then the compulsories, then the free program at half the total. (Source: Olympedia, 1976 Ice Dancing)
- 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)

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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