olympic figure skating

Figure skating was first contested in the Olympic Games at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Since 1924, the sport has been a part of the Winter Olympic Games. The disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, and pair skating have been contested since the 1908 Olympics. Ice dance joined as a medal sport in 1976 and a team event debuted at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Special figures were only contested at the 1908 Olympics.

The Winter Games have been televised since the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. The ISU Judging System has been used since 2004, following a judging scandal during the pair skating event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2022, during the Beijing Winter Games, a doping scandal prompted the International Skating Union (ISU), the organization that oversees figure skating, to raise the age limit for participation in the Olympics.