Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics
At the 1920 Summer Olympics, three figure skating events were contested.
Gillis Grafström of Sweden captured the first of three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the men's single event in 1920. 1908 gold medalist Ulrich Salchow finished fourth. At age 44, bronze medalist Martin Stixrud is the oldest man to ever win an Olympic medal in an individual winter event. [PDFlink| [http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_847.pdf International Olympic Committee Factsheet: Records and Medals: Games of the Olympiad] |167 KB]
Despite receiving no first place votes from the judges in the women's singles, Magda Julin of Sweden captured the gold on the strength of three second-place ordinals. She was three months pregnant at the time.
Bronze medalist Phyllis Johnson had captured the silver medal at the 1908 Olympics with a different partner.
Medal summary
Medal table
References
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* [http://www.eskatefans.com/skatabase/olympicmen1920.html Skatabase: Men's Results]
* [http://www.eskatefans.com/skatabase/olympicladies1920.html Skatabase: Ladies Results]
* [http://www.eskatefans.com/skatabase/olympicpairs1920.html Skatabase: Pairs Results]
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