Figure skating isn't "PLAYED" we compete in competitions. the first competition was in Thunder-Bay Ontario. biggest city in northwestern ontario.
St. Petersburg, Russia. At the first World Championships there was only a competition for men's skaters.
Figure skating and ice hockey. Figure skating and ice hockey debuted in the Olympics before the creation of the Winter Games. Figure skating's first Olympics was 1908 and ice hockey's was 1920. The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924.
Moscow
The first figure skating competition was held at the 1908 Games in London. All competitions were finished on the same day (October 29). The first gold medalists were: 1) Men's Singles - Ulrich Salchow, Sweden 2) Ladies Singles - Madge Syers, Great Britain 3) Mixed Pairs - Annie Hübler and Heinrich Burger, Germany
Winter Olympic sports held indoors are curling, speed skating, short track speed skating, figure skating, and ice hockey.
The Pacific Coliseum.
Curling, figure skating, hockey, speed skating, basketball, arena football
Moscow
While people have been ice skating for centuries, figure skating in its current form originated in the mid-19th century by Englishman Robert Jones, the first known account of figure skating. Competitions were then held in the "English style" of skating, which was stiff and formal and bears little resemblance to modern figure skating. American skater Jackson Haines considered the "father of modern figure skating", introduced a new style of skating in the mid-1860s. This style, which incorporated free and expressive techniques, became known as the "international style." Although popular in Europe, Haines' style of skating was not widely adopted in the United States until long after his death.
It will be held April 24 to may 1, in Moscow.
1908 Games in London.Events were men's singles, women's singles, mixed pairs, and men's special figures. Special figures was an event where the skater designed elaborate patterns ahead of the event and then skated the figure into the ice during their part of the competition. 1908 was the only Olympics where special figures was an event.
Cross country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, nordic combined, ski jumping, and speed skating have been held at every Winter Olympics since the first Winter Games in 1924.