| Figure skating at the VII Summer Olympics | |
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| Type: | Olympic Games |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Gillis Grafström | |
| Ladies' singles:Magda Julin | |
Pairs: Ludowika Jakobsson /Walter Jakobsson | |
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| Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Singles | men | ladies |
| Pairs | mixed | |
Threefigure skating events were contested at the1920 Summer Olympics inAntwerp, but they were held in April 1920, four months before most of the other Olympic events at the1920 Games. Thefigure skating competition took place at theIce 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.Theresa Weld, who came in third place in the ladies' single event, was the first North American skater to win an Olympic medal.1908 gold medalistUlrich Salchow finished fourth. At age 44, bronze medalistMartin Stixrud is the oldest man to ever win an Olympic medal in an individual winter event.[2][3]
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 medalistPhyllis Johnson from the UK had captured the silver medal at the1908 Olympics with a different partner.
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's singles details | Gillis Grafström Sweden | Andreas Krogh Norway | Martin Stixrud Norway |
| Ladies' singles details | Magda Mauroy-Julin Sweden | Svea Norén Sweden | Theresa Weld United States |
| Pair skating details | Ludowika Jakobsson andWalter Jakobsson Finland | Alexia Bryn andYngvar Bryn Norway | Phyllis Johnson andBasil Williams  Great Britain |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Norway | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
A total of 26 figure skaters, 14 men and 12 women, from eight nations competed at the Antwerp Games:
Belgium (2) Finland (3)
France (2) Great Britain (6) Norway (6) Sweden (4)
Switzerland (1) United States (2)
