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At the 1924 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Tuesday, January 29, 1924 to Thursday, January 31, 1924.

The events held at the this Games were not the first figure skating events contested at the Olympic Games, as the sport had also been on the programme at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics. Gillis Grafström successfully defended his 1920 title.

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Gillis Grafström Sweden (SWE)	Willy Böckl Austria (AUT)	Georges Gautschi Switzerland (SUI)
Ladies' singles details	Herma Szabo Austria (AUT)	Beatrix Loughran United States (USA)	Ethel Muckelt Great Britain (GBR)
Pairs details	Austria (AUT) Helene Engelmann Alfred Berger	Finland (FIN) Ludowika Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson	France (FRA) Andrée Joly Pierre Brunet

[edit] Participating nations

Eight figure skater competed in both the singles and the pairs event.

A total of 29 figure skaters (16 men and 13 ladies) from eleven nations (men from ten nations and ladies from eight nations) competed at the Chamonix Games:

Austria (4) (men:2 women:2)
Belgium (3) (men:2 women:1)
Canada (2) (men:1 women:1)
Czechoslovakia (1) (men:1 women:0)
Finland (2) (men:1 women:1)
France (5) (men:3 women:2)
Great Britain (6) (men:3 women:3)
Norway (1) (men:0 women:1)
Sweden (1) (men:1 women:0)
Switzerland (1) (men:1 women:0)
United States (3) (men:1 women:2)