Editing Dick Button (section)

====1952 Olympics====
At the [[Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952 Winter Olympics]], Button had the lead after figures, with nine first places, over [[Helmut Seibt]].<ref name=SR /> Button's point total was 1,000.2 to Seibt's 957.7.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} During his free skate program, Button successfully landed the triple loop, becoming the first person to complete a triple jump in competition {{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=xxv}} He became the third male figure skater to win two Olympic gold medals after [[Gillis Grafström]] and [[Karl Schäfer (figure skater)|Karl Schäfer]]. He was the last man to defend his Olympic title in figure skating until [[Yuzuru Hanyu]] won his second Olympic gold in [[Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's singles|2018]]. He repeated as Gold medalist, then went on to defend his titles at the [[1952 World Figure Skating Championships]] and U.S. Championships.<ref name="onskates" />