Three figure skating events were contested at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, but they were held in April 1920, four months before most of the other Olympic events at the 1920 Games. The figure skating competition took place at the Ice Palace of Antwerp.[1]
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.[2]
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 from the UK had captured the silver medal at the 1908 Olympics with a different partner.
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figure, skating, 1920, summer, olympics, three, figure, skating, events, were, contested, 1920, summer, olympics, antwerp, they, were, held, april, 1920, four, months, before, most, other, olympic, events, 1920, games, figure, skating, competition, took, place. Three figure skating events were contested at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp but they were held in April 1920 four months before most of the other Olympic events at the 1920 Games The figure skating competition took place at the Ice Palace of Antwerp 1 Figure skating at the VII Summer OlympicsType Olympic GamesChampionsMen s singles Gillis GrafstromLadies singles Magda JulinPairs Ludowika Jakobsson Walter JakobssonNavigationPrevious 1908 Summer OlympicsNext 1924 Winter OlympicsGillis Grafstrom 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 2 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 from the UK had captured the silver medal at the 1908 Olympics with a different partner Contents 1 Medal summary 1 1 Medalists 1 2 Medal table 2 Participating nations 3 References 4 External linksMedal summary editMedalists edit Event Gold Silver BronzeMen s singlesdetails Gillis Grafstrom nbsp Sweden Andreas Krogh nbsp Norway Martin Stixrud nbsp NorwayLadies singlesdetails Magda Mauroy Julin nbsp Sweden Svea Noren nbsp Sweden Theresa Weld nbsp United StatesPair skatingdetails Ludowika Jakobssonand Walter Jakobsson nbsp Finland Alexia Brynand Yngvar Bryn nbsp Norway Phyllis Johnsonand Basil Williams nbsp Great BritainMedal table edit RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp Sweden21032 nbsp Finland10013 nbsp Norway02134 nbsp Great Britain0011 nbsp United States0011Totals 5 entries 3339Participating nations editA total of 26 figure skaters 14 men and 12 women from eight nations competed at the Antwerp Games nbsp Belgium 2 nbsp Finland 3 nbsp France 2 nbsp Great Britain 6 nbsp Norway 6 nbsp Sweden 4 nbsp Switzerland 1 nbsp United States 2 References edit Figure Skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympedia Retrieved 1 July 2020 International Olympic Committee Factsheet Records and Medals Games of the Olympiad PDF Archived from the original PDF on 23 August 2009 167 KB External links edit Official Olympic Reports 1920 Antwerp PDF Archived from the original PDF on 5 May 2011 951 KB Skatabase Men s Results Skatabase Ladies Results Skatabase Pairs Results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1070289324, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
