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Figure skating was included in the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympic games, then moved into the inaugural Winter Olympics in 1924. Ice dancing was added to the program in 1976.

Women's Singles

YearGoldScoreSilverScoreBronzeScore
1908Florence “Madge” Syers, GBR5Eisa Rendschmidt, GER11Dorothy Greenhough-Smith, GBR15
1912Not held     
1920Magda Julin-Mauroy, SWE12Svea Norén, SWE12.5Theresa Weld, USA15.5
1924Herma Planck-Szabó, AUT7Beatrix Loughran, USA14Ethel Muckelt, GBR26
1928Sonja Henie, NOR8Fritzi Burger, AUT25Beatrix Loughran, USA28
1932Sonja Henie, NOR7Fritzi Burger, AUT18Maribel Vinson, USA23
1936Sonja Henie, NOR7.5Cecilia Colledge, GBR13.5Vivi-Anne Hultén, SWE28
1948Barbara Ann Scott, CAN11Eva Pawlik, AUT24Jeannette Altwegg, GBR28
1952Jeannette Altwegg, GBR14Tenley Albright, USA22Jacqueline du Bief, FRA24
1956Tenley Albright, USA12Carol Heiss, USA21Ingrid Wendl, AUT39
1960Carol Heiss, USA9Sjoukje Dijkstra, NED20Barbara Roles, USA26
1964Sjoukje Dijkstra, NED9Regine Heitzer, AUT22Petra Burka, CAN25
1968Peggy Fleming, USA9Gabriele Seyfert, GDR18Hana Mašková, TCH31
1972Beatrix Schuba, AUT9Karen Magnussen, CAN23Janet Lynn, USA27
1976Dorothy Hamill, USA9Dianne de Leeuw, NED20Christine Errath, GDR28
1980Anett Pötzsch, GDR11Linda Fratianne, USA16Dagmar Lurz, FRG28
1984Katarina Witt, GDR3.2Rosalynn Sumners, USA4.6Kira Ivanova, URS9.2
1988Katarina Witt, GDR4.2Elizabeth Manley, CAN4.6Debra Thomas, USA6.0
1992Kristi Yamaguchi, USA1.5Midori Ito, JPN4.0Nancy Kerrigan, USA4.0
1994Oksana Baiul, UKR2.0Nancy Kerrigan, USA2.5Chen Lu, CHN5.0
1998Tara Lipinski, USA2.0Michelle Kwan, USA2.5Chen Lu, CHN5.0
2002Sarah Hughes, USA3.0Irina Slutskaya, RUS3.0Michelle Kwan, USA3.5
2006Shizuka Arakawa, JPN191.34Sasha Cohen, USA183.36Irina Slutskaya, RUS181.44

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Men's Singles

YearGoldScoreSilverScoreBronzeScore
1908Ulrich Salchow, SWE7Richard Johannson, SWE10Per Thorén, SWE14
1912Not held     
1920Gillis Grafström, SWE7Andreas Krogh, NOR18Martin Stixrud, NOR24.5
1924Gillis Grafström, SWE10Willy Böckl, AUT13Georges Gautschi, SUI23
1928Gillis Grafström, SWE12Willy Böckl, AUT13Robert von Zeebroeck, BEL27
1932Karl Schäfer, AUT9Gillis Grafström, SWE13Montgomery Wilson, CAN24
1936Karl Schäfer, AUT7Ernst Baier, GER24Felix Kaspar, AUT24
1948Dick Button, USA10Hans Gerschwiler, SUI23Edi Rada, AUT33
1952Dick Button, USA9Helmut Seibt, AUT23James Grogan, USA24
1956Hayes Alan Jenkins, USA13Ronnie Robertson, USA16David Jenkins, USA27
1960David Jenkins, USA10Karol Divin, TCH22Don Jackson, CAN31
1964Manfred Schnelldorfer, GER13Alain Calmat, FRA22Scott Allen, USA26
1968Wolfgang Schwarz, AUT13Tim Wood, USA17Patrick Pera, FRA31
1972Ondrej Nepela, TCH9Sergey Chetveroukhin, URS20Patrick Pera, FRA28
1976John Curry, GBR11Vladimir Kovalev, URS28Toller Cranston, CAN30
1980Robin Cousins, GBR13Jan Hoffman, GDR15Charles Tickner, USA28
1984Scott Hamilton, USA3.4Brian Orser, CAN5.6Josef Sbovcík, TCH7.4
1988Brian Boltano, USA3.0Brian Orser, CAN4.2Viktor Petrenko, URS7.8
1992Viktor Petrenko, EUN1.5Paul Wylie, USA3.5Petr Barna, TCH4.0
1994Aleksey Umanov, RUS1.5Elvis Stojko, CAN3.0Philippe Candeloro, FRA6.5
1998Ilya Kulik, RUS1.5Elvis Stojko, CAN4.0Philippe Candeloro, FRA4.5
2002Aleksey Yagudin, RUS1.5Yevgeniy Plushenko, RUS4.0Timothy Goebel, USA4.5
2006Evgeni Plushenko, RUS258.33Stephane Lambiel, SUI231.21Jeffrey Buttle, CAN227.59

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Pairs

YearGoldScoreSilverScoreBronzeScore
1908Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger, GER5Phyllis Johnson & James Johnson, GBR10Florence “Madge” Syers & Edgar Syers, GBR15
1912Not held     
1920Ludovika Jakobsson-Eilers & Walter Jakobsson, FIN7Alexia Bryn-Schøyen & Yngvar Bryn, NOR15.5Phyllis Johnson & Basil Williams, GBR25
1924Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger, AUT9Ludovika Jakobsson-Eilers & Walter Jakobsson, FIN18.5Andrée Joly & Pierre Brunet, FRA22
1928Andrée Joly & Pierre Brunet, FRA14Lilly Scholz & Otto Kaiser, AUT17Melitta Brunner & Ludwig Wrede, AUT29
1932Andrée Brunet (Joly) & Pierre Brunet, FRA12Beatrix Loughran & Sherwin Badger, USA16Emília Ratter & László Szollás, HUN20
1936Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier, GER11Ilse Pausin & Erik Pausin, AUT19.5Emília Ratter & László Szollás, HUN32.5
1948Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet, BEL17.5Andrea Kékessy & Ede Király, HUN26Suzanne Morrow & Wallace Diestelmeyer, CAN31
1952Ria Falk & Paul Falk, GER11.5Karol Kennedy & Michael Kennedy, USA17.5Marianna Nagy & László Nagy, HUN31
1956Elisabeth Schwartz & Kurt Oppelt, AUT14Frances Dafoe & Norris Bowden, CAN16Marianna Nagy & László Nagy, HUN32
1960Barbara Wagner & Bob Paul, CAN7Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, GER19Nancy Ludington & Ronald Ludington, CAN27.5
1964Lyudmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov, URS13Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, GER15Debbi Wilkes & Guy Revell, CAN35.5
1968Lyudmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov, URS10Tatyana Zhuk & Aleksandr Gorelik, URS17Margot Glockshuber & Wolfgang Danne, FRG30
1972Irina Rodnina & Aleksey Ulanov, URS12Lyudmila Smirnov & Andrey Suraikin, URS15Manuela Gross & Uwe Kagelmann, GDR29
1976Irina Rodnina & Aleksandr Zaitsev, URS9Romy Kermer & Rolf Österreich, GDR21Manuela Gross & Uwe Kagelmann, GDR34
1980Irina Rodnina & Aleksandr Zaitsev, URS9Marina Cherkosova & Sergey Shakrai, URS19Manuela Mager & Uwe Bewersdorff, GDR33
1984Yelena Valova & Oleg Vasilyev, URS1.4Caitlin “Kitty” Carruthers & Peter Carruthers, USA2.8Larisa Selezneva & Oleg Makarov, URS3.8
1988Yekaterina Gordeyeva & Sergey Grinkov, URS1.4Yelena Valova & Oleg Vasilyev, URS2.8Jill Watson & Peter Oppegard, USA4.2
1992Natalya Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev, EUN1.5Yelena Bechke & Denis Petrov, EUN3.0Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler, CAN4.5
1994Yekaterina Gordeyeva & Sergey Grinkov, RUS1.5Natalya Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev, RUS3.0Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler, CAN4.5
1998Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev, RUS1.5Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze, RUS3.5Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer, GER4.0
2002Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze, RUS Jamie Sale & David Pelletier, CAN*  Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo, CHN4.5
 Sale and Pelletier were originally placed second, but were later awarded a gold medal because of judging irregularities
2006Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin, RUS204.48Dan Zhang & Hao Zhang, CHN189.73Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao, CHN186.91

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Ice Dancing

YearGoldScoreSilverScoreBronzeScore
1976Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov, URS9Irina Moiseyeva & Andrey Minenkov, URS20Colleen O'Connor & James Millns, USA17
1980Natalya Linichuk & Gennadiy Karponosov, URS13Krisztina Regöczy & András Sallay, HUN14Irina Moiseyeva & Andrey Minenkov, URS27
1984Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean, GBR2.0Natalya Bestemianova & Andrey Bukin, URS4.0Marina Klimova & Sergey Ponomarenko, URS7.0
1988Natalya Bestemianova & Andrey Bukin, URS2.0Marina Klimova & Sergey Ponomarenko, URS4.0Tracy Wilson & Rob McCall, CAN6.0
1992Marina Klimova & Sergey Ponomarenko, EUN2.0Isabelle Duchesnay-Dean & Paul Duchesnay, FRA4.4Maia Usova & Aleksandr Zhulin, EUN5.6
1994Oksana Grischuk & Yevgeniy Platov, RUS3.4Maia Usova & Aleksandr Zhulin, RUS3.8Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean, GBR4.8
1998Oksana Grischuk & Yevgeniy Platov, RUS2.0Anzhelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov, RUS4.0Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat, FRA7.0
2002Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat, FRA2.0Irena Lobicheva & Iliya Averbukh, RUS4.0Barbara Fusar Poli & Maurizio Margaglio, ITA6.0
2006Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov, RUS200.64Benjamin Agosto & Tanith Belbin, USA196.06Ruslan Goncharov & Elena Grushina, UKR195.05

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Men's Special Figures

YearGoldScoreSilverScoreBronzeScore
1908Nikolay Panin (Kolomenkin), RUS5Arthur Cumming, GBR10Geoffrey Hall-Say, GBR15

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