During the Milano Cortina Games, I received a fascinating question by email: what if the Olympic
team event had always existed? Which countries might have stood atop the podium decades earlier? It's impossible to know for certain. Performances, strategy, and athlete selection would all played very important roles in this. However, we can absolutely take look at some data to get a sense of which nations may have excelled under a team format.
To explore this idea, I pulled every country that had at least one entry in each discipline at a given Games and recorded the placement of that country's top finisher in the corresponding individual events. By adding those placements together, we get a rough indicator of overall team strength - essentially a snapshot of how competitive a country was across the board. It certainly isn't a perfect science, but it gives some indication of what teams may have been successful (with a little luck) in different eras.
There are, of course, plenty of caveats. Under today's rules, countries without an entry in a particular individual discipline can still add one for the team competition. It's impossible to know which countries may have added skaters in historical events, if any, and how they may have performed. In several instances, nations that performed exceptionally well overall were missing a skater in just one discipline. Had they fielded even one entry, they might have been serious medal contenders. It's all hypothetical, of course - but half the fun of figure skating history is asking "what if?" and letting the data spark debate.
With those caveats in mind, here's a look at how countries might have fared if a team event had been contested prior to 2014. If a country isn't listed, they didn't have at least one entry per discipline.
2010 OLYMPICS
Canada had a very realistic chance of winning the team event in their home country at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, but it woul have been a close battle with the United States and Russia.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Top Placing Dance Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
CAN
|
Chan
|
5
|
Rochette
|
3
|
Dubé/Davison
|
6
|
Virtue/Moir
|
2
|
16
|
|
USA
|
Lysacek
|
1
|
Nagasu
|
4
|
Evora/Ladwig
|
10
|
Davis/White
|
2
|
17
|
|
RUS
|
Plushenko
|
2
|
Leonova
|
9
|
K/Smirnov
|
4
|
D/Shabalin
|
3
|
18
|
|
ITA
|
Contesti
|
18
|
Kostner
|
16
|
DM/Kocon
|
12
|
Faiella/Scali
|
5
|
51
|
|
GER
|
Lindemann
|
22
|
Hecken
|
18
|
S/Szolkowy
|
3
|
Beier/Beier
|
18
|
61
|
2006 OLYMPICS
With medallists in every discipline, a team event at the 2006 Torino Games likely would have been a runaway victory for Russia.
|
Team
|
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Top Placing Dance Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
RUS
|
Plushenko
|
1
|
Slutskaya
|
3
|
T/Marinin
|
1
|
N/Kostomarov
|
1
|
6
|
|
USA
|
Lysacek
|
4
|
Cohen
|
2
|
Inoue/Baldwin
|
7
|
B/Agosto
|
2
|
15
|
|
CAN
|
Buttle
|
3
|
Rochette
|
5
|
Dubé/Davison
|
10
|
W/Lowe
|
11
|
29
|
|
UKR
|
Kovalevski
|
20
|
Liashenko
|
17
|
V/Morozov
|
12
|
G/Goncharov
|
3
|
52
|
2002 OLYMPICS
Russia would have likely dominated a team event at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. They were the only country to have medallists in every discipline that year.
|
Team
|
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Top Placing Dance Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
RUS
|
Yagudin
|
1
|
Slutskaya
|
2
|
B/Sikharulidze
|
1
|
L/Averbukh
|
2
|
6
|
|
CAN
|
Stojko
|
8
|
Robinson
|
7
|
Salé/Pelletier
|
1
|
B/Kraatz
|
4
|
20
|
|
USA
|
Goebel
|
3
|
Hughes
|
1
|
I/Zimmerman
|
5
|
L/Tchernyshev
|
11
|
20
|
|
UKR
|
Dmitrenko
|
18
|
Maniachen.
|
12
|
S/Morozov
|
15
|
G/Goncharov
|
9
|
54
|
|
ITA
|
Dolfini
|
26
|
Fontana
|
10
|
Cobisi/De Pra
|
19
|
FP/Margaglio
|
3
|
58
|
1998 OLYMPICS
A team event at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano likely would have been dominated by Russia. Their team won medals in three of the four disciplines. Canada failed to qualify for a spot in the women's event that year, but they may have been a factor for a medal if they had.
|
Nation
|
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Top Placing Dance Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
RUS
|
Kulik
|
1
|
Butyrskaya
|
4
|
K/Dmitriev
|
1
|
Grishuk/Platov
|
1
|
7
|
|
USA
|
Eldredge
|
4
|
Lipinski
|
1
|
Ina/Dungjen
|
4
|
P/Swallow
|
7
|
16
|
|
FRA
|
Candeloro
|
3
|
Gusmeroli
|
6
|
A/Bernadis
|
6
|
A/Peizerat
|
3
|
18
|
|
UKR
|
Zagorodniuk
|
10
|
Liashenko
|
9
|
F/Marchenko
|
11
|
R/Yaroshenko
|
9
|
39
|
|
JPN
|
Honda
|
15
|
Arakawa
|
13
|
Arai/Amano
|
20
|
Kawai/Tanaka
|
23
|
71
|
1994 OLYMPICS
Of the teams with at least one entry in every discipline, Canada would have had a very good shot at a gold medal if a team event existed at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer - with a caveat. Russia won gold medals in three out of four disciplines at the Games, but they didn't qualify for a spot in the women's event. Two Russian women finished in the top five at that year's European Championships. Had one of them participated, a Russian team could have very well won.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Top Placing Dance Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
CAN
|
Stojko
|
2
|
Chouinard
|
9
|
Brasseur/Eisler
|
3
|
Bourne/Kraatz
|
10
|
24
|
|
UKR
|
Petrenko
|
4
|
Baiul
|
1
|
B/Maliar
|
16
|
R/Yaroshenko
|
7
|
28
|
|
USA
|
Boitano
|
6
|
Kerrigan
|
2
|
Meno/Sand
|
5
|
P/Swallow
|
15
|
28
|
|
GRB
|
Cousins
|
9
|
von Saher
|
15
|
S/Jenkins
|
15
|
Torvill/Dean
|
3
|
42
|
1992 OLYMPICS
With gold medals in three out of four disciplines, the Unified Team, consisting of skaters from the former Soviet Union, would likely have dominated in a team event at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Top Placing Dance Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
EUN
|
Petrenko
|
1
|
Vorobieva
|
14
|
M/Dmitriev
|
1
|
K/Ponomarenko
|
1
|
17
|
|
USA
|
Wylie
|
2
|
Yamaguchi
|
1
|
U/Marval
|
10
|
S-T/Witherby
|
11
|
24
|
|
CZE
|
Barna
|
3
|
Kulovaná
|
11
|
K/Novotný
|
4
|
M/Šimeček
|
10
|
28
|
|
CAN
|
Browning
|
6
|
Preston
|
8
|
Brasseur/Eisler
|
3
|
Petr/Janoschak
|
12
|
29
|
|
FRA
|
Pétorin
|
14
|
Bonaly
|
5
|
Haddad/Privé
|
16
|
D/Duchesnay
|
2
|
37
|
|
GRB
|
Cousins
|
12
|
Conway
|
18
|
P/Briggs
|
17
|
Bruce/Place
|
17
|
64
|
|
PRK
|
Li
|
28
|
Li
|
27
|
Ko/Kim
|
18
|
Ryu/Pak
|
19
|
92
|
1988 OLYMPICS
A team event at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary would have been a three-way race between the Soviet Union, Canada and the United States. All three countries had very strong teams that year.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Top Placing Dance Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
SOV
|
Petrenko
|
3
|
Ivanova
|
7
|
G/Grinkov
|
1
|
B/Bukin
|
1
|
12
|
|
CAN
|
Orser
|
2
|
Manley
|
2
|
B/Johnson
|
6
|
Wilson/McCall
|
3
|
13
|
|
USA
|
Boitano
|
1
|
Thomas
|
3
|
W/Oppegard
|
3
|
S/Gregory
|
6
|
13
|
|
FRG
|
Fischer
|
9
|
Leistner
|
6
|
Groh/Maletz
|
11
|
B/Becherer
|
9
|
35
|
|
GRB
|
Robinson
|
18
|
Conway
|
12
|
Peake/Naylor
|
12
|
Jones/Askham
|
13
|
55
|
|
CHN
|
Zhang
|
20
|
Jiang
|
26
|
Mei/Li
|
14
|
Liu/Zhao
|
19
|
79
|
1984 OLYMPICS
A team event at the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo would have likely been a very close race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Top Placing Dance Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
USA
|
Hamilton
|
1
|
Sumners
|
2
|
C/Carruthers
|
2
|
B/Seibert
|
4
|
9
|
|
SOV
|
Fadeev
|
7
|
Ivanova
|
3
|
V/Vasiliev
|
1
|
B/Bukin
|
2
|
13
|
|
CAN
|
Orser
|
2
|
Thomson
|
12
|
U/Martini
|
7
|
Wilson/McCall
|
8
|
29
|
|
FRG
|
Cerne
|
4
|
Ruben
|
7
|
M/Azzola
|
13
|
B/Schönborn
|
9
|
33
|
|
GRB
|
Robinson
|
22
|
Jackson
|
17
|
G/Jenkins
|
14
|
T/Dean
|
1
|
54
|
|
CHN
|
Xu
|
18
|
Bao
|
22
|
Luan/Yao
|
15
|
Xi/Zhao
|
19
|
74
|
1980 OLYMPICS
If a team event existed at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, the United States would have had a very strong chance of winning - even moreso if Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner, who were forced to withdraw from the pairs event due to injury, would have been participated. East Germany won medals in both singles events and pairs, but ice dancing was so unpopular in the German Democratic Republic that the discipline hadn't even been included in their National Championships since 1970.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Top Placing Dance Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
USA
|
Tickner
|
3
|
Fratianne
|
2
|
C/Carruthers
|
5
|
B/Seibert
|
7
|
17
|
|
SOV
|
Bobrin
|
6
|
Ivanova
|
16
|
R/Zaitsev
|
1
|
L/Karponosov
|
1
|
24
|
|
GRB
|
Cousins
|
1
|
Richardson
|
12
|
Garland/Daw
|
10
|
Torvill/Dean
|
5
|
28
|
|
FRG
|
Cerne
|
13
|
Lurz
|
3
|
R/Nischwitz
|
8
|
F/Steiner
|
10
|
34
|
|
CAN
|
Pockar
|
12
|
Kemkaran
|
15
|
U/Martini
|
9
|
W/Dowding
|
6
|
42
|
1976 OLYMPICS
Had a team event existed at the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, it would have been a close battle between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union won medals in three disciplines to the United States' two that year, but their Achilles heel would have been the women's event.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Top Placing Dance Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
USA
|
Santee
|
6
|
Hamill
|
1
|
B/Gardner
|
5
|
O/Millns
|
3
|
15
|
|
SOV
|
Kovalev
|
2
|
Vodorezova
|
12
|
R/Zaitsev
|
1
|
P/Gorshkov
|
1
|
16
|
|
GRB
|
Curry
|
1
|
Richardson
|
15
|
T/Taylforth
|
11
|
Green/Watts
|
7
|
34
|
|
CAN
|
Cranston
|
3
|
Nightingale
|
9
|
Jones/Fraser
|
14
|
B/Porter
|
10
|
36
|
|
CZE
|
Pazdirek
|
12
|
Ďurišinová
|
19
|
S/Spiegel
|
13
|
P/Pokorný
|
11
|
55
|
1972 OLYMPICS
The gold medals in the singles events at the 1972 Sapporo Olympics were won by skaters from Czechoslovakia and Austria, but their countries didn't field entries in every discipline. Both the United States and East Germany would have had strong chances of winning a team event that year.
|
Team
|
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
USA
|
Shelley
|
4
|
Lynn
|
3
|
Starbuck/Shelley
|
4
|
11
|
|
GDR
|
Hoffmann
|
6
|
Morgenstern
|
6
|
Groß/Kagelmann
|
3
|
15
|
|
CAN
|
Cranston
|
9
|
Magnussen
|
2
|
Bezic/Bezic
|
9
|
20
|
|
SOV
|
Chetverukhin
|
2
|
Sanaya
|
18
|
Rodnina/Ulanov
|
1
|
21
|
|
GRB
|
Oundjian
|
7
|
Scott
|
11
|
Connolly/Taylforth
|
14
|
32
|
|
JPN
|
Higuchi
|
16
|
Yamashita
|
10
|
Nagasawa/Nagakubo
|
16
|
42
|
1968 OLYMPICS
If a team event existed at the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, it would have most likely been won by the United States.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
USA
|
Wood
|
2
|
Fleming
|
1
|
Kauffman/Kauffman
|
6
|
9
|
|
GDR
|
Zöller
|
11
|
Seyfert
|
2
|
Steiner/Walther
|
4
|
17
|
|
AUT
|
Schwarz
|
1
|
Schuba
|
5
|
Schneider/Bietak
|
15
|
21
|
|
SOV
|
Chetverukhin
|
9
|
Shcheglova
|
12
|
Protopopov/Protopopov
|
1
|
22
|
|
FRG
|
Krick
|
12
|
Feldmann
|
10
|
Glockshuber/Danne
|
3
|
25
|
|
CAN
|
Humphry
|
7
|
Magnussen
|
7
|
Forder/Stephens
|
16
|
30
|
|
CZE
|
Nepela
|
8
|
Víchová
|
21
|
Šrámková/Šrámek
|
10
|
39
|
|
GRB
|
Williams
|
15
|
Stapleford
|
11
|
Bernard/Wilson
|
18
|
44
|
1964 OLYMPICS
If a team event existed at the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck, it would have likely been a close battle between the United States and Canada.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
USA
|
Allen
|
3
|
Fleming
|
6
|
Joseph/Joseph
|
3
|
12
|
|
CAN
|
Knight
|
9
|
Burka
|
3
|
Wilkes/Revell
|
2
|
14
|
|
GER
|
Schnelldorfer
|
1
|
Paul
|
14
|
Kilius/Baumler
|
2
|
17
|
|
AUT
|
Danzer
|
5
|
Heitzer
|
2
|
Schönbauer/Bietak
|
12
|
19
|
|
CZE
|
Divín
|
4
|
Mašková
|
15
|
Wlachovská/Bartosiewicz
|
9
|
28
|
|
SUI
|
Germann
|
19
|
Schmidt
|
23
|
Johner/Johner
|
6
|
48
|
1960 OLYMPICS
A team event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley would have almost certainly been a victory for the United States. The American team was the only one to win medals in every discipline that year.
|
Team
|
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
USA
|
Jenkins
|
1
|
Heiss
|
1
|
Ludington/Ludington
|
3
|
5
|
|
CAN
|
Jackson
|
3
|
Tewkesbury
|
10
|
Wagner/Paul
|
1
|
14
|
|
GER
|
Schnelldorfer
|
8
|
Martin
|
14
|
Kilius/Bäumler
|
2
|
24
|
|
AUT
|
Jonas
|
13
|
Heitzer
|
7
|
Hinko/Döpfl
|
8
|
28
|
|
AUS
|
Spencer
|
17
|
Shaw
|
24
|
Mason/Bower
|
12
|
53
|
1956 OLYMPICS
At the 1956 Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the United States would have had a very good shot at winning a gold medal if the team event existed.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
USA
|
Jenkins
|
1
|
Albright
|
1
|
Ormaca/Greiner
|
5
|
7
|
|
AUT
|
Felsinger
|
7
|
Wendl
|
3
|
Schwarz/Oppelt
|
1
|
11
|
|
CAN
|
Snelling
|
8
|
Pachl
|
6
|
Dafoe/Bowden
|
2
|
16
|
|
GRB
|
Booker
|
6
|
Sugden
|
4
|
Coates/Holles
|
10
|
20
|
|
GER
|
Gutzeit
|
10
|
Pettinger
|
10
|
Kilius/Ningel
|
4
|
24
|
|
CZE
|
Divín
|
5
|
Kramperová
|
20
|
Suchánková/Doležal
|
8
|
33
|
1952 OLYMPICS
"That will put them in very good stead," Dick Button famously quipped. Well, an American team at the 1952 Olympics in Oslo - led by Button - would have been in very good stead indeed.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
USA
|
Button
|
1
|
Albright
|
2
|
Gerhauser/Nightingale
|
6
|
9
|
|
CAN
|
Firstbrook
|
5
|
Morrow
|
6
|
Dafoe/Bowden
|
5
|
16
|
|
GER
|
Stein
|
8
|
Busch
|
8
|
Baran/Falk
|
1
|
17
|
|
AUT
|
Seibt
|
2
|
Schilhan
|
16
|
Schwarz/Oppelt
|
9
|
27
|
|
SUI
|
Pache
|
9
|
Wirz
|
15
|
Grandjean/Grandjean
|
7
|
31
|
|
HUN
|
Czakó
|
12
|
Jurek
|
23
|
Nagy/Nagy
|
3
|
38
|
1948 OLYMPICS
A team event at the 1948 Olympic Games in St. Moritz would have likely been an interesting battle between the United States, Austria and Canada. All three teams had very strong competitors - as well as disciplines where they weren't as strong.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
USA
|
Button
|
1
|
Sherman
|
6
|
Sherman/Swenning
|
4
|
11
|
|
AUT
|
Rada
|
3
|
Pawlik
|
2
|
Ratzenhofer/Ratzenhofer
|
9
|
14
|
|
CAN
|
Distelmeyer
|
12
|
Scott
|
1
|
Morrow/Distelmeyer
|
3
|
16
|
|
GRB
|
Sharp
|
7
|
Adams
|
7
|
Silverthorne/Silverthorne
|
5
|
19
|
|
SUI
|
Gerschwiler
|
2
|
Hug
|
15
|
Unold/Kuster
|
12
|
29
|
|
HUN
|
Király
|
5
|
Saáry
|
17
|
Nagy/Nagy
|
7
|
29
|
|
ITA
|
Fassi
|
15
|
Barcellona
|
24
|
Barcellona/Fassi
|
13
|
52
|
1936 OLYMPICS
Though Norway's Sonja Henie was the big star at the 1936 Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, her country did not have a competitor in the men's event that year. A team event would have been a close battle between Austria and Germany, though the UK had a very strong team that year as well.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
AUT
|
Schäfer
|
1
|
Stenuf
|
6
|
Pausin/Pausin
|
2
|
9
|
|
GER
|
Baier
|
2
|
Lindpaintner
|
8
|
Herber/Baier
|
1
|
11
|
|
GRB
|
Sharp
|
5
|
Colledge
|
2
|
Cliff/Cliff
|
7
|
14
|
|
USA
|
Lee
|
12
|
Vinson
|
5
|
Vinson/Hill
|
5
|
22
|
|
HUN
|
Terták
|
8
|
Botond
|
15
|
Rotter/Szollás
|
3
|
26
|
|
LAT
|
Auls
|
25
|
Dzeguze
|
23
|
Švarce-Gešela/Hiiop
|
17
|
65
|
1932 OLYMPICS
The gold medals in the men's, women's and pairs events at the 1932 Olympics were won by skaters from Austria, Norway and France. However, the only two countries that fielded entries in all three fields were the United States in Canada. Both teams were strong, and it could have gone either way.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
USA
|
Turner
|
6
|
Vinson
|
3
|
Loughran/Badger
|
2
|
11
|
|
CAN
|
Wilson
|
3
|
Samuel-Wilson
|
4
|
Wilson-Samuel/Wilson
|
5
|
12
|
1928 OLYMPICS
A team-event at the 1928 Olympics in St. Moritz would have been a runway victory for Austria - the only country to win medals in every discipline that year.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
AUT
|
Böckl
|
2
|
Burger
|
2
|
Scholz/Kaiser
|
2
|
6
|
|
USA
|
Turner
|
10
|
Loughran
|
3
|
Loughran/Badger
|
4
|
17
|
|
FRA
|
Brunet
|
7
|
Joly
|
11
|
Joly/Brunet
|
1
|
19
|
|
CAN
|
Wilson
|
13
|
Smith
|
5
|
Smith/Eastwood
|
10
|
28
|
|
GER
|
Franke
|
12
|
Brockhöft
|
9
|
Kishauer/Gaste
|
8
|
29
|
|
GRB
|
Page
|
9
|
Shaw
|
14
|
Muckelt/Page
|
7
|
30
|
1924 OLYMPICS
As in 1928, Austria was the only country to win medals in all three disciplines at the Chamonix Games in 1924. If a team event existed, they likely would have won.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
AUT
|
Böckl
|
2
|
Szabo
|
1
|
Engelmann/Berger
|
1
|
4
|
|
GRB
|
Page
|
5
|
Muckelt
|
3
|
Muckelt/Page
|
4
|
12
|
|
USA
|
Niles
|
6
|
Weld Blanchard
|
2
|
Weld Blanchard/Niles
|
6
|
14
|
|
FRA
|
Brunet
|
8
|
Joly
|
5
|
Joly/Brunet
|
3
|
16
|
|
CAN
|
Rogers
|
7
|
Smith
|
6
|
Smith/Rogers
|
7
|
20
|
1920 OLYMPICS
Though Swedish skaters won both singles events at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Sweden didn't field a pairs team that year. Of the three countries that did have entries in all three events, Norway's team was perhaps the strongest.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
NOR
|
Krogh
|
2
|
Moe
|
5
|
Bryn/Bryn
|
2
|
9
|
|
USA
|
Niles
|
6
|
Weld
|
3
|
Weld/Niles
|
4
|
13
|
|
GRB
|
Williams
|
7
|
Johnson
|
4
|
Johnson/Williams
|
3
|
14
|
1908 OLYMPICS
At the very first Olympic figure skating competitions, held in conjunction with the 1908 Summer Games in London, only the host country had at least one entry in every discipline. By default, Brittania likely would have ruled the waves.
| Team |
Top Placing Man
|
#
|
Top Placing Woman
|
#
|
Top Placing Pairs Team
|
#
|
Total
|
|
GRB
|
Greig
|
4
|
Syers
|
1
|
Syers/Syers
|
3
|
8
|
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