Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
| Men's singles figure skating at the Games of the IV Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Dates | October 28–29 | |||||||||
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| Competitors | 9 from 5 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Singles | men | ladies |
| Special figures | men | |
| Pairs | mixed | |
Sweden's Ulrich Salchow, who had won several World Figure Skating Championships, easily won the gold medal after his main rival, Russia's Nikolai Panin, withdrew in protest over what he considered unfair judging.
Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | CF | FS | Total points | Places |
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| 1 | Ulrich Salchow |  Sweden | 1 | 2 | 377.3 | 7 |
| 2 | Richard Johansson | Sweden | 4 | 1 | 365.2 | 10 |
| 3 | Per Thorén | Sweden | 6 | 3 | 357.4 | 14 |
| 4 | J. Keiller Greig |  Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 310.9 | 19 |
| 5 | Albert March | Great Britain | 6 | 7 | 232.0 | 29 |
| 6 | Irving Brokaw |  United States | 8 | 5 | 232.0 | 30 |
| 7 | Horatio Torromé |  Argentina | 7 | 6 | 228.9 | 31 |
| WD | Nikolai Panin |  Russian Empire | 2 | |||
| WD | Herbert Yglesias | Great Britain | 9 |
Referee:
- Herbert G. Fowler
Judges:
- Henning Grenander
- Edvard Hörle
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Gustav Hügel - Georg Sanders
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Hermann Wendt
Sources
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Figure skating 1908". Accessed 2 May 2006. Available electronically at .
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