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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.
The team event is the newest Olympic figure skating event, first contested in the 2014 Games. It combines the four Olympic figure skating disciplines (men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance) into a single event; gold is awarded to the team that earns the most placement points.
The figure skating competition took place at the Prince's Skating Club, in the district of Knightsbridge. It was the first time that a winter sport had ever been included in the Olympic Games, sixteen years before the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix. The number of competitors was very low, with two events having only three entrants ...
The 18-year-old also won gold, becoming the first US Olympic figure skating champion. At age 18, Dick Button became the first American Olympic figure skating champion at the 1948 Winter Olympics ...
Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist and acclaimed broadcaster Dick Button passed away on Thursday. He was 95 years old. Button was the first American figure skater to win an Olympic gold ...
Dick Button was the first American Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the sport back in 1948, then again in 1952.
Figure skating's Olympic debut came at the 1908 Summer Olympics—it was the first winter sport introduced to the Olympics. [19] [18] The competition included men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and special figures. The largest public ice rink in the world, the Sportpalast in Berlin, opened in the 1910s.
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. [1]