Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Template:Small</ref><ref name="hines-xxi">Template:Cite book</ref>
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.
Medal summary
Medalists
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Medal table
Participating nations
A total of 26 figure skaters, 14 men and 12 women, from eight nations competed at the Antwerp Games:
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