Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles

The ladies' individual skating event was held as part of the figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which had previously been held at the Summer Olympics in 1908 and 1920 and was also part of the first Winter Games in 1924. The competition was held from Thursday, 16 February to Saturday, 18 February 1928. Twenty figure skaters from eight nations competed.[1]

Ladies' singles
at the II Olympic Winter Games
VenueSt. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Dates16-18 February
Competitors20 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sonja Henie
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fritzi Burger
 Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Beatrix Loughran
 United States
← 1924
1932 →

Results edit

Rank Name Nation CF FS Total points Places
1 Sonja Henie   Norway 1 1 2452.25 8
2 Fritzi Burger   Austria 6 2 2248.50 25
3 Beatrix Loughran   United States 4 4 2254.52 28
4 Maribel Vinson   United States 3 6 2224.50 32
5 Cecil Smith   Canada 2 8 2213.75 32
6 Constance Wilson-Samuel   Canada 5 5 2173.00 35
7 Melitta Brunner   Austria 7 9 2087.50 48
8 Ilse Hornung   Austria 10 7 2050.75 54
9 Ellen Brockhöft   Germany 8 10 2003.00 67
10 Theresa Blanchard   United States 9 13 1970.25 77
11 Andrée Joly   France 17 3 1910.00 86
12 Margrit Bernhardt   Germany 14 14 1890.00 91
13 Edel Randem   Norway 13 15 1880.75 94
14 Kathleen Shaw   Great Britain 11 19 1900.00 95
15 Else Flebbe   Germany 16 12 1833.50 103
16 Karen Simensen   Norway 12 18 1811.75 103
17 Grete Kubitschek   Austria 15 17 1778.50 110
18 Elaine Winter   Germany 18 11 1765.75 110
19 Elvira Barbey   Switzerland 19 16 1648.75 125
20 Anita de St. Quentin   France 20 20 1114.25 140

Referee:

Judges:

References edit

  1. ^ "Figure Skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics: Singles, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

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