Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics - Ladies' singles Information & Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

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.

[edit] Medalists

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

[edit] Results

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

Place	Figure skater	Points	Score
1	Sonja Henie (NOR)	7.5	424.5
2	Cecilia Colledge (GBR)	13.5	418.1
3	Vivi-Anne Hultén (SWE)	28	394.7
4	Liselotte Landbeck (BEL)	32	393.3
5	Maribel Vinson (USA)	39	388.7
6	Hedy Stenuf (AUT)	40	387.6
7	Emmy Putzinger (AUT)	49	381.8
8	Viktoria Lindpaintner (GER)	51	381.4
9	Grete Lainer (AUT)	65	373.4
10	Etsuko Inada (JPN)	77	368.1
11	Mollie Phillips (GBR)	78	366.2
12	Audrey Peppe (USA)	85	363.3
13	Angela Anderes (SUI)	101	355.4
14	Bianca Schenk (AUT)	102	356.4
15	Éva von Botond (HUN)	106	356.1
16	Belita Jepson-Turner (GBR)	107	352.6
17	Věra Hrubá (TCH)	111	353.3
18	Yvonne De Ligne (BEL)	118	348.2
19	Hertha Frey-Dexler (GER)	129	345.4
20	Fritzi Metznerová (TCH)	141	339.2
21	Louise Weigel (USA)	140	336.4
22	Estelle Weigel (USA)	151	324.5
23	Alise Dzeguze (LAT)	161	280.9
—	Gweneth Butler (GBR)	-	DNF
	Constance Wilson-Samuel (CAN)	-	DNF
	Nanna Egedius (NOR)	-	DNF

[edit] References

Official Olympic Report
sports-reference
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich". http://olympic.w.interia.pl/. Retrieved 22 October 2008. (Polish)