men's figure skating became a summer olympic sport in 1908.
when did men's figure skating become a summer olympic sport?
1908
for the summer and winter olympics, there are 27 venues that have been or will be used for figure skating. this is one of two sports in the winter olympics to debut in the summer olympics with ice hockey being the other. the first venue for the event took place during the 1908 games was held indoors. twelve years later, the venue joined ice hockey as another winter olympic sport in the summer olympics. for the first two winter olympics, figure skating was held outdoors. with figure skating being held outdoors, there were weather concerns with thawing for the first two winter games. a suggestion by international olympic committee president count henri de baillet-latour to 1932 olympic organizing committee president godfrey dewey in september 1930 led dewey to create the first indoor arena for the winter olympics. for the 1936 games, the venue was covered partially. following world war ii, the 1948 venue became the first venue to be used twice at the winter olympics since it had been used twenty years earlier. figure skating's final competition that took place outdoors was in 1956 though that venue has since had a roof added to it. since 1960, all figure skating competitions have taken place indoors. three national hockey league (nhl) venues have hosted olympic figure skating competitions: the 1988 (both venues) and the 2010 though the nhl vancouver canucks moved out of the 2010 venue following the 1994–95 season. the 2002 venue was a national basketball association (nba) venue which meant the utah jazz was on a road trip during the 2002 games.
list of olympic venues in figure skating
olympic sports are contested in the summer olympic games and winter olympic games. the 2016 summer olympics included 28 sports, with five additional sports due to be added to the 2020 summer olympics program; the 2014 winter olympics included seven sports. the number and types of events may change slightly from one olympiad to another. each olympic sport is represented by an international governing body, namely an international federation (if). the international olympic committee (ioc) establishes a hierarchy of sports, disciplines, and events. according to this hierarchy, each olympic sport can be subdivided into multiple disciplines, which are often mistaken as distinct sports. examples include swimming and water polo, which are in fact disciplines of the sport of aquatics (represented by the international swimming federation), and figure skating and speed skating, which are both disciplines of the sport of ice skating (represented by the international skating union). in turn, disciplines are subdivided into events, for which olympic medals are awarded. a sport or discipline is included in the olympic program if the ioc determines it to be widely practiced around the world, that is, the popularity of a given sport or discipline is indicated by the number of countries that compete in it. the ioc's requirements also reflect participation in the olympic games – more stringent conditions are applied to men's sports/disciplines (as men are represented at the games in higher numbers than women) and to summer sports/disciplines (as more nations compete in the summer olympics than in the winter olympics).
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