title: Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics
text: # Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics
  
  Four figure skating events were contested at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, but they were held in October 1908, six months after most of the other Olympic events at the 1908 Games. The figure skating competition took place at the Prince's Skating Club, in the district of Knightsbridge. It was the first time that a winter sport had ever been included in the Olympic Games, sixteen years before the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix. The number of competitors was very low, with two events having only three entrants, guaranteeing a medal for participation.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Medalists
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's singles details | Ulrich Salchow Sweden | Richard Johansson Sweden | Per Thorén Sweden |
  | Men's special figures details | Nikolai Panin Russian Empire | Arthur Cumming Great Britain | Geoffrey Hall-Say Great Britain |
  | Ladies' singles details | Madge Syers Great Britain | Elsa Rendschmidt Germany | Dorothy Greenhough-Smith Great Britain |
  | Pairs details | Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger Germany | Phyllis Johnson and James H. Johnson Great Britain | Madge Syers and Edgar Syers Great Britain |
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
  | 2 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 3 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 4 | Russian Empire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  21 figure skaters from 6 nations competed.
  
  * Argentina (1)
  * Germany (3)
  * Great Britain (11)
  * Russian Empire (1)
  * Sweden (4)
  * United States (1)
  