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Figure skating was first contested in the Olympic Games at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Since 1924, the sport has been a part of the Winter Olympic Games. Men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating have been held most often. Ice dance joined as a medal sport in 1976 and a team event debuted at the 2014 Olympics.
Since figure skating was held during the Summer Olympic Games in 1908 and 1920 before being moved to the Winter Olympic, three skaters won medals in figure skating at both the Summer and Winter Games. Men's singles skater Gillis Grafström's first gold medal was earned at the 1920 Summer Olympics. His other three medals were won at the 1924 ...
Figure skating consists of the following disciplines: In Single skating, male and female skaters compete individually. Figure skating is the oldest winter sport contested at the Olympics, with men's and women's single skating appearing as two of the four figure skating events at the London Games in 1908. [21]
A total of 144 quota spots were distributed to figure skating, a decline of four from the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. [2] [3] Beginning with the 2021–22 season, the International Skating Union (ISU) renamed "ladies' singles" as "women's singles". [4] A total of five events were contested: one for men, one for women, and three mixed. [5]
The ISU Judging System replaced the previous 6.0 system, and was created, in part, in response to the 2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal, in an attempt to make the scoring system more objective and less vulnerable to abuse. [1] [2] [3]
Olympic Athletes from Russia: 81.06 [55] Pair skating: 15 February Free skating Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Germany: 159.31 [56] Ice dance: 19 February Short dance Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Canada: 83.67 [57] 20 February Free dance Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron France: 123.35 [58] 20 February Combined total Gabriella Papadakis ...
On 30 January 2024, the ISU, among other actions, subtracted Valieva's points from Russia's score, without changing any other scores, and re-allocated medals in the 2022 Winter Olympics figure skating team event, upgrading the United States and Japan to gold and silver, respectively, while downgrading ROC to bronze. [19]
0–9. Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics; Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics; Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics; Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics