Figure skating at the Olympics

Figure skating has beenpart of the program of the Olympic Games since the 1908 Summer Olympics .

Figure skating was the first winter Olympic sport. The competitions in 1908 and 1920 were held as part of the Summer Games and subsequently declared official Olympic competitions. It was also the first Olympic sport to feature competitions for women. Figure skating has been played at the Winter Olympics since 1924 . There are currently five disciplines in the Olympic program.

A list of the Olympic champions in figure skating can be found at: List of Olympic champions in figure skating .

Competitions

• 1908: the first Olympic figure skating competition in London . The competition rules included four disciplines ( women’s and men’s singles , pair skating , special figures ), the competition in special figures was never carried out afterwards. Ulrich Salchow was the first Olympic champion in London in 1908 .
• 1920: the second Olympic figure skating competition in Antwerp , six years after the last world championship (1914) . A total of 9 men, 6 women and 8 couples from six countries competed in Antwerp.
• 1924: the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix . 29 participants (16 men and 13 women) from eleven countries started.
• 1976: Olympic Winter Games : 105 starters (52 men and 53 women) from 18 countries took part in Innsbruck and medals were awarded in ice dancing for the first time.
• 2014: A team competition was held for the first time at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi .

competition	08	20th	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14th	18th	total
Men's singles	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	25th
Special figures men	•																									1
Women's singles	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	25th
Pair skating	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	25th
Ice dance														•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	12
Team competition																								•	•	2
Sum of competitions	4th	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	5	5	90

Medal table

rank	country				Total
1	Russia (of which Soviet Union ) (of which United Team    )	25 (13) (3)	18 (10) (1)	8 (6) (1)	51 (29) (5)
2	United States	14th	16	16	46
3	Austria	7th	9	4th	20th
4th	Germany (including all German team ) (including GDR ) (including BR Germany )	7 (1) (3) (1)	7 (2) (3) (0)	8 (0) (4) (2)	22 (3) (10) (3)
5	United Kingdom	5	3	7th	15th
6th	Sweden	5	3	2	10
7th	Canada	4th	7th	11	22nd
8th	France	3	2	7th	12
9	Norway	3	2	1	6th
10	People's Republic of China	1	2	4th	7th
11	Japan	1	2	1	4th
12	Netherlands	1	2	0	3
13	Czechoslovakia	1	1	3	5
14th	Finland	1	1	0	2
15th	Belgium	1	0	1	2
16	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
17th	South Korea	1	0	0	1
18th	Hungary	0	2	4th	6th
19th	Switzerland	0	2	1	3
20th	Italy	0	0	1	1

see also: List of Olympic champions in figure skating

Participating Nations

The following table lists all participating nations in the Olympic Games in figure skating. An X means participation with at least one athlete. The previous teams of the individual nations are shown indented. See also: List of Olympic team abbreviations .

nation	08	20th	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	total
Argentina	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Armenia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	-	-	2
Azerbaijan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	3
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
Belgium	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	10
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	7th
People's Republic of China	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	6th
Germany	X	-	-	X	X	X	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
0 All-German team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
0 German Democratic Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th
0 BR Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th
Estonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	X	X	X	X	5
Finland	-	X	X	X	X	X	-	X	X	-	-	-	-	X	X	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	15th
France	-	X	X	X	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	21st
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	1
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	5
Italy	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	X	X	X	X	16
Japan	-	-	-	-	X	X	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
Yugoslavia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Canada	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	21st
Kazakhstan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	-	-	X	3
Croatia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	3
Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	1
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	-	5
Luxembourg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	X	-	2
Mexico	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Netherlands	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	X	X	X	X	-	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th
North Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	-	-	-	X	X	4th
Norway	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th
Austria	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	X	X	-	X	-	-	X	17th
Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	8th
Russia	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	6th
0 Soviet Union	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th
0 United team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	1
Sweden	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	X	X	-	X	X	X	-	X	X	X	-	-	X	-	X	X	17th
Switzerland	-	X	X	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	20th
Serbia and Montenegro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	1
Slovakia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	1
Slovenia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	4th
Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	X	-	X	X	-	-	X	6th
South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	2
South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	X	-	X	10
Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	-	X	X	4th
0 Czechoslovakia	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	15th
Turkey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	1
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	1
Hungary	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18th
Uzbekistan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	x	5
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	23
United Kingdom	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	23
Belarus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	-	2
Number of nations	6th	8th	11	12	13	16	12	15th	15th	14th	15th	17th	18th	18th	20th	20th	25th	24	27	36	30th	33	31
year	08	20th	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	23

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.sochi2014.com/en/figure-skating-about