Figure skating at the Olympic Games

Figure skating at the Olympic Games is the sport’s international competition held as part of the Winter Games since 1924 and the Summer Games in 1908 and 1920.

Figure skating: A judged ice sport combining prescribed elements, skating skills, and choreographed movement. The Olympic competitions are the sport’s highest-profile international events.
ISU Judging System: The International Skating Union's scoring framework for evaluating figure skating performances. Olympic results are calculated under this system.
1908 Summer Olympics: The fourth modern Olympic Games, held in London, where figure skating made its Olympic debut. The competition entered the Olympic program before the Winter Games existed.
Katarina Witt: A German figure skater who won consecutive Olympic women's singles gold medals in 1984 and 1988. Her victories made her one of the defining Olympic champions of her era.
Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics: The Lillehammer figure skating competitions, held after the Winter Olympics shifted to a four-year schedule offset from the Summer Games. The change brought the event onto today's alternating Olympic calendar.
Men's singles: A figure skating discipline in which one male skater performs a short program and free skate. It is one of the Olympic individual events.
Technical Element Score: A figure skating score based on the base values and execution grades of performed elements. It rewards the difficulty and quality of Olympic programs' jumps, spins, and steps.
1920 Summer Olympics: The Antwerp Olympic Games, which included figure skating among their sports. The event returned to the Summer Games before its Winter Olympics move.
Sonja Henie: A Norwegian figure skater who won three consecutive Olympic women's singles titles from 1928 to 1936. Her Olympic dominance helped popularize figure skating internationally.
Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics: The Sochi figure skating competitions, which introduced the Olympic team event. This edition marked a major expansion of the Olympic format.

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