Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles

The ladies' individual skating event was held as part of the figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics. It was the sixth appearance of the event, which had previously been held twice at the Summer Olympics in 1908 and 1920 and at all three Winter Games from 1924 onward. The competition was held from Tuesday, 11 February to Saturday, 15 February 1936. Twenty-six figure skaters from 13 nations competed.[1]

Single skating

Ladies' singles
at the IV Olympic Winter Games
VenueOlympia-Kunsteisstadion
Dates11-15 February
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sonja Henie  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cecilia Colledge  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vivi-Anne Hultén  Sweden
← 1932
1948 →

Results

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Sonja Henie successfully defended her 1928 and 1932 title again; making her the most successful female Olympic figure skater ever.

Rank Name Nation CF FS Total points Places
1 Sonja Henie   Norway 1 1 424.5 7.5
2 Cecilia Colledge   Great Britain 2 2 418.1 13.5
3 Vivi-Anne Hultén   Sweden 4 4 394.7 28
4 Liselotte Landbeck   Belgium 3 6 393.3 32
5 Maribel Vinson   United States 6 7 388.7 39
6 Hedy Stenuf   Austria 8 3 387.6 40
7 Emmy Putzinger   Austria 9 4 381.8 49
8 Victoria Lindpaintner   Germany 7 10 381.4 51
9 Grete Lainer   Austria 10 11 373.4 65
10 Etsuko Inada   Japan 13 9 368.1 77
11 Mollie Phillips   Great Britain 12 12 366.2 78
12 Audrey Peppe   United States 18 8 363.3 85
13 Angela Anderes   Switzerland 15 16 355.4 101
14 Bianca Schenk   Austria 16 14 356.4 102
15 Éva Botond   Hungary 11 17 356.1 106
16 Belita Jepson-Turner   Great Britain 14 18 352.6 107
17 Věra Hrubá   Czechoslovakia 20 13 353.3 111
18 Yvonne de Ligne   Belgium 19 15 348.2 118
19 Herta Frey-Dexler   Switzerland 17 19 345.4 129
20 Fritzi Metznerová   Czechoslovakia 21 21 339.2 141
21 Louise Weigel   United States 22 20 336.4 140
22 Estelle Weigel   United States 23 22 324.5 151
23 Alise Dzeguze   Latvia 24 23 280.9 161
WD Gweneth Butler   Great Britain 5
WD Constance Wilson-Samuel   Canada
WD Nanna Egedius   Norway

Referee:

Judges:

References

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  1. ^ "Figure Skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics: Singles, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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