Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles

Figure skating at the
1936 Winter Olympics
Individual   men   ladies
Pairs mixed

The ladies' individual figure skating event was held as part of the figure skating programme 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 February 11, 1936 to Saturday February 15, 1936.

Twenty-six figure skaters from 13 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Sonja Henie
Norway (NOR)		  Cecilia Colledge
Great Britain (GBR)		  Vivi-Anne Hultén
Sweden (SWE)

Results

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

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

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