Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics explained

Figure skating at the I Winter Olympics
Comptype:Olympic Games
Championmen: Gillis Grafström
Championladies: Herma Szabo
Championpairs: Helene Engelmann / Alfred Berger
Previouscomp:1920 Summer Olympics
Nextcomp:1928 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics took place at the Stade Olympique in Chamonix, France, from 29 to 31 January 1924. Three figure skating events were contested: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating.[1]

This was not the first time that figure skating had been contested at the Olympic Games, as the sport had previously been included on the programme at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics. Gillis Grafström successfully defended his 1920 title.

At the 1924 Winter Olympics, the figure skating events were held on a square rink rather than a rectangular one, as a last-minute change. Consequently, some competitors had difficulty adjusting their free skating programs to fit the ice surface.[2]

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's singles
Ladies' singles
Pairs skating

Medal table

Only Austria was able to win more than one medal.

Participating nations

Eight figure skater competed in both the singles and the pairs event.

A total of 29 figure skaters (16 men and 13 ladies) from eleven nations (men from ten nations and ladies from eight nations) competed at the Chamonix Games:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Figure Skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics . Olympedia . 1 July 2020 . 1 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200701145048/https://www.olympedia.org/games/29/sports/FSK . dead .
  2. "The Olympics: 1920, 1924, and 1928", Skating magazine, December 1959