[JenB]

It's not said when Elrond recieved Gil-galad's Ring. I doubt he would have stripped it from his dead king's still-warm hand. Even if he had he would not yet have know what the rings could do.

I think Gandalf and Galadriel's refusal to touch the Ring was not because of their own rings but just because it was the Ring. If you like I'll go into more detail in a bit but I have to run an errand.

[Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy]

No need to go into details; it jibes with what I remember. As I recall there was a long seige before Sauron was killed, lasting years, and Gil-galad was killed some time during siege? or maybe I am thinking of someone else. And anyway, I was not saying that having one of the great rings would have made a difference, only that the others who refused the One also had great rings of power.