Figure Skating
Events
- Inaugural International Skating Union (ISU) Championships for pair skating is held at Saint Petersburg
- Figure skating is held at the 1908 Summer Olympics and is the first winter sport to feature at the Olympics — 16 years before the inaugural Winter Games is held
World Figure Skating Championships
- World Men's Champion – Ulrich Salchow (Sweden)
- World Women's Champion – Lily Kronberger (Hungary)
- World Pairs Champions – Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger (Germany)
1908 Summer Olympics
- Men's individual – Ulrich Salchow (Sweden)
- Men's special figures – Nikolai Panin (Russia)
- Women's individual – Madge Syers (Great Britain)
- Pairs – Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger (Germany)
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