List of Olympic medalists in figure skating

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Figure skating has been part of the Olympic Games since 1908 and has been included in 26 Olympic Games. There have been 286 medals (96 gold, 95 silver, and 95 bronze) awarded to figure skaters representing 29 representing National Olympic Committees. Six events have been contested but one, men's special figures, was discontinued after a single Olympics.

Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are the only figure skaters to win five Olympic medals (three gold medals and two silver medals). Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström and Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko have each won four medals. The only skaters with three consecutive titles are Grafström in men's singles, Sonja Henie for Norway in women's singles, and Irina Rodnina from the Soviet Union in pair skating.

On two occasions, there has been a podium sweep. Russian figure skaters hold the unique record of having won gold medals in all six Olympic figure skating events.

Medalists[edit]

Men's singles[edit]

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
Men's results
1908 United Kingdom London Sweden Ulrich Salchow Sweden Richard Johansson Sweden Per Thorén
1912 Sweden Stockholm Figure skating not contested at these Olympics
1920 Belgium Antwerp Sweden Gillis Grafström Norway Andreas Krogh Norway Martin Stixrud
1924 France Chamonix Sweden Gillis Grafström Austria Willy Böckl Switzerland Georges Gautschi
1928 Switzerland St. Moritz Sweden Gillis Grafström Austria Willy Böckl Belgium Robert van Zeebroeck
1932 United States Lake Placid Austria Karl Schäfer Sweden Gillis Grafström Canada Montgomery Wilson
1936 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Austria Karl Schäfer Germany Ernst Baier Austria Felix Kaspar
1948 Switzerland St. Moritz United States Dick Button Switzerland Hans Gerschwiler Austria Edi Rada
1952 Norway Oslo United States Dick Button Austria Helmut Seibt United States James Grogan
1956 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo United States Hayes Alan Jenkins United States Ronnie Robertson United States David Jenkins
1960 United States Squaw Valley United States David Jenkins Czechoslovakia Karol Divín Canada Donald Jackson
1964 Austria Innsbruck Germany Manfred Schnelldorfer France Alain Calmat United States Scott Allen
1968 France Grenoble Austria Wolfgang Schwarz United States Timothy Wood France Patrick Péra
1972 Japan Sapporo Czechoslovakia Ondrej Nepela Soviet Union Sergei Chetverukhin France Patrick Péra
1976 Austria Innsbruck United Kingdom John Curry Soviet Union Vladimir Kovalev Canada Toller Cranston
1980 United States Lake Placid United Kingdom Robin Cousins East Germany Jan Hoffmann United States Charles Tickner
1984 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo United States Scott Hamilton Canada Brian Orser Czechoslovakia Jozef Sabovčík
1988 Canada Calgary United States Brian Boitano Canada Brian Orser Soviet Union Viktor Petrenko
1992 France Albertville Unified Team at the Olympics Viktor Petrenko United States Paul Wylie Czechoslovakia Petr Barna
1994 Norway Lillehammer Russia Alexei Urmanov Canada Elvis Stojko France Philippe Candeloro
1998 Japan Nagano Russia Ilia Kulik Canada Elvis Stojko France Philippe Candeloro
2002 United States Salt Lake City Russia Alexei Yagudin Russia Evgeni Plushenko United States Timothy Goebel
2006 Italy Turin Russia Evgeni Plushenko Switzerland Stéphane Lambiel Canada Jeffrey Buttle [1]
2010 Canada Vancouver United States Evan Lysacek Russia Evgeni Plushenko Japan Daisuke Takahashi [2]
2014 Russia Sochi Japan Yuzuru Hanyu Canada Patrick Chan Kazakhstan Denis Ten [3]
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang Japan Yuzuru Hanyu Japan Shoma Uno Spain Javier Fernández [4]
2022 China Beijing United States Nathan Chen Japan Yuma Kagiyama Japan Shoma Uno [5]

Men's special figures[edit]

A male figure skater poses with crossed arms for a shot at an indoor ice rink.
Nikolai Panin of Russia was the sole winner of the Olympic special figures event.

Men's special figures was only included in one Olympic Games before being discontinued. The sole winner of the event was Russian Nikolai Panin, who gave his country its first ever Olympic gold medal.[6]

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
Men's special figures results
1908 United Kingdom London Russian Empire Nikolai Panin United Kingdom Arthur Cumming United Kingdom Geoffrey Hall-Say

Women's singles[edit]

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
Women's results
1908 United Kingdom London United Kingdom Madge Syers Germany Elsa Rendschmidt United Kingdom Dorothy Greenhough-Smith
1912 Sweden Stockholm Figure skating not contested at these Olympics
1920 Belgium Antwerp Sweden Magda Julin Sweden Svea Norén United States Theresa Weld
1924 France Chamonix Austria Herma Szabo United States Beatrix Loughran United Kingdom Ethel Muckelt
1928 Switzerland St. Moritz Norway Sonja Henie Austria Fritzi Burger United States Beatrix Loughran
1932 United States Lake Placid Norway Sonja Henie Austria Fritzi Burger United States Maribel Vinson
1936 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Norway Sonja Henie United Kingdom Cecilia Colledge Sweden Vivi-Anne Hultén
1948 Switzerland St. Moritz Canada Barbara Ann Scott Austria Eva Pawlik United Kingdom Jeannette Altwegg
1952 Norway Oslo United Kingdom Jeannette Altwegg United States Tenley Albright France Jacqueline du Bief
1956 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo United States Tenley Albright United States Carol Heiss Austria Ingrid Wendl
1960 United States Squaw Valley United States Carol Heiss Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra United States Barbara Roles
1964 Austria Innsbruck Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra Austria Regine Heitzer Canada Petra Burka
1968 France Grenoble United States Peggy Fleming East Germany Gabriele Seyfert Czechoslovakia Hana Mašková
1972 Japan Sapporo Austria Beatrix Schuba Canada Karen Magnussen United States Janet Lynn
1976 Austria Innsbruck United States Dorothy Hamill Netherlands Dianne de Leeuw East Germany Christine Errath
1980 United States Lake Placid East Germany Anett Pötzsch United States Linda Fratianne West Germany Dagmar Lurz
1984 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo East Germany Katarina Witt United States Rosalynn Sumners Soviet Union Kira Ivanova
1988 Canada Calgary East Germany Katarina Witt Canada Elizabeth Manley United States Debi Thomas
1992 France Albertville United States Kristi Yamaguchi Japan Midori Ito United States Nancy Kerrigan
1994 Norway Lillehammer Ukraine Oksana Baiul United States Nancy Kerrigan China Chen Lu
1998 Japan Nagano United States Tara Lipinski United States Michelle Kwan China Chen Lu
2002 United States Salt Lake City United States Sarah Hughes Russia Irina Slutskaya United States Michelle Kwan
2006 Italy Turin Japan Shizuka Arakawa United States Sasha Cohen Russia Irina Slutskaya [7]
2010 Canada Vancouver South Korea Yuna Kim Japan Mao Asada Canada Joannie Rochette [8]
2014 Russia Sochi Russia Adelina Sotnikova South Korea Yuna Kim Italy Carolina Kostner [9]
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang International Olympic Committee Alina Zagitova International Olympic Committee Evgenia Medvedeva Canada Kaetlyn Osmond [10]
2022 China Beijing Russia Anna Shcherbakova Russia Alexandra Trusova Japan Kaori Sakamoto [11]

Pairs[edit]

At the 1964 Olympics, Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Debbi Wilkes and Guy Revell, and Vivian Joseph and Ronald Joseph placed second, third, and fourth, respectively. Two years later, Kilius and Bäumler's results were invalidated because the pair had signed a professional contract before the Olympics. The silver medals were re-allocated to Wilkes and Revell and the bronze medals to Joseph and Joseph. However, in 1987, the German team was re-awarded their silver medals after an appeal. In November 2014, the International Olympic Committee clarified that both the German and Canadian teams were the silver medalists, and the U.S. team were the bronze medalists.[12][13]

At the 2002 Olympics, a controversy in the pairs competition culminated in the French judge's scores being thrown out and the Canadian team of Jamie Salé and David Pelletier being awarded gold medals.[14] Additionally, the Russian team of Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze were allowed to keep their medals despite the allegations of vote swapping and buying of votes of the French judge. Judges from Russia, China, Poland, Ukraine, and France had placed the Russians first; judges from the United States, Canada, Germany, and Japan gave the nod to the Canadians. A scheme had been hatched whereby the French pairs judge had agreed to award the gold medal to the Russian team, while the Russian ice dance judge was to award the gold medal to the French ice dance team. The International Skating Union announced a day after the competition that it would conduct an "internal assessment" into the judging decision.[15] Marie-Reine Le Gougne, the French judge implicated in collusion, and Didier Gailhaguet, president of the French Federation of Ice Sports, were found guilty of misconduct and were suspended for three years and barred from officiating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[16]

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
Pairs' results
1908 United Kingdom London
  • Germany
1912 Sweden Stockholm Figure skating not contested at these Olympics
1920 Belgium Antwerp
1924 France Chamonix
1928 Switzerland St. Moritz
1932 United States Lake Placid
1936 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1948 Switzerland St. Moritz
1952 Norway Oslo
1956 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo
1960 United States Squaw Valley
1964 Austria Innsbruck
1968 France Grenoble
1972 Japan Sapporo
1976 Austria Innsbruck
1980 United States Lake Placid
1984 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo
1988 Canada Calgary
1992 France Albertville
1994 Norway Lillehammer
1998 Japan Nagano
2002 United States Salt Lake City
No silver medals awarded
2006 Italy Turin [17]
2010 Canada Vancouver [18]
2014 Russia Sochi [19]
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang [20]
2022 China Beijing [21]

Ice dance[edit]

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
Ice dance results
1976 Austria Innsbruck
1980 United States Lake Placid
1984 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo
1988 Canada Calgary
1992 France Albertville
1994 Norway Lillehammer
1998 Japan Nagano
2002 United States Salt Lake City
2006 Italy Turin [22]
2010 Canada Vancouver [23]
2014 Russia Sochi [24]
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang [25]
2022 China Beijing [26]

Team event[edit]

The team event is the newest Olympic figure skating event, first contested in the 2014 Games. It combines the four Olympic figure skating disciplines (men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance) into a single event; gold is awarded to the team that earns the most placement points.

The results of the 2022 team event were fraught with controversy. The medal ceremony originally scheduled for February 8 was delayed over what International Olympic Committee (IOC) spokesperson Mark Adams described as a situation that required "legal consultation" with the International Skating Union.[27] Several media outlets reported that the issue was over a positive test from December 2021 that showed the presence of trimetazidine in a sample given by Kamila Valieva from the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC),[28][29] which was officially confirmed on February 11. The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), under suspension from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) since 2015[30] for its years of serving solely to hide the positive doping results of Russian athletes,[31][32] cleared Valieva on February 9, a day after the December test results were released and two months after the test. The IOC, WADA, and the ISU appealed the RUSADA's decision.[33]

On February 14, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that Valieva be allowed to compete in the women's single event, stating that preventing her from competing "would cause her irreparable harm in the circumstances", although her gold medal in the team event was still under consideration. The favorable decision from the court was made in part due to her age, as minor athletes are subject to different rules than adult athletes.[34][35] The IOC announced that the medal ceremony would not take place until the investigation was over and there was a concrete decision whether to strip Russia of their medals.[36]

On 29 January 2024, the CAS disqualified Valieva for four years retroactive to 25 December 2021 for an anti-doping rule violation which they found her to have committed.[37] On 30 January 2024, the ISU, among other actions, re-allocated the medals in the figure skating team event, upgrading the United States and Japan to gold and silver while downgrading the ROC to bronze.[38]

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
Team event results
2014 Russia Sochi  Russia
Evgeni Plushenko
Yulia Lipnitskaya
Tatiana Volosozhar
Maxim Trankov
Ksenia Stolbova
Fedor Klimov
Ekaterina Bobrova
Dmitri Soloviev
Elena Ilinykh
Nikita Katsalapov
 Canada
Patrick Chan
Kevin Reynolds
Kaetlyn Osmond
Meagan Duhamel
Eric Radford
Kirsten Moore-Towers
Dylan Moscovitch
Tessa Virtue
Scott Moir
 United States
Jeremy Abbott
Jason Brown
Ashley Wagner
Gracie Gold
Marissa Castelli
Simon Shnapir
Meryl Davis
Charlie White
[39]
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang  Canada
Patrick Chan
Kaetlyn Osmond
Gabrielle Daleman
Meagan Duhamel
Eric Radford
Tessa Virtue
Scott Moir
International Olympic Committee OAR
Mikhail Kolyada
Evgenia Medvedeva
Alina Zagitova
Evgenia Tarasova
Vladimir Morozov
Natalia Zabiiako
Alexander Enbert
Ekaterina Bobrova
Dmitri Soloviev
 United States
Nathan Chen
Adam Rippon
Bradie Tennell
Mirai Nagasu
Alexa Scimeca Knierim
Chris Knierim
Maia Shibutani
Alex Shibutani
[40]
2022 China Beijing  United States
Nathan Chen
Vincent Zhou
Karen Chen
Alexa Knierim
Brandon Frazier
Madison Hubbell
Zachary Donohue
Madison Chock
Evan Bates
 Japan
Shoma Uno
Yuma Kagiyama
Wakaba Higuchi
Kaori Sakamoto
Riku Miura
Ryuichi Kihara
Misato Komatsubara
Tim Koleto
Russia ROC
Mark Kondratiuk
Kamila Valieva (DQ)
Anastasia Mishina
Aleksandr Galliamov
Victoria Sinitsina
Nikita Katsalapov
[41]

Multiple medals[edit]

Ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are the most decorated Olympic figure skaters in history with a total of five medals.
An ice dance couple performing a routine. The man, on the right, is dressed with a dark suit and holds his white-dressed partner by her waist and left hand.
Ice dancers Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko won a bronze medal in 1984, improved to a silver in 1988, and capped their Olympic appearances with a gold in 1992.
Russian ice dancers Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov won the 1994 and 1998 Olympic titles.

Most medals won[edit]

Skaters who have won three or more Olympic medals are listed below.[42]

Skater Nation Event(s) Olympics Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place Total
Tessa Virtue  Canada Ice dance &
team event
2010–18 3 2 0 5
Scott Moir
Gillis Grafström  Sweden Men's singles 1920–32 3 1 0 4
Sonja Henie  Norway Women's singles 1928–36 3 0 0 3
Irina Rodnina[a]  Soviet Union Pairs 1972–80 3 0 0 3
Evgeni Plushenko  Russia Men's singles
& team event
2002–14 2 2 0 4
Nikita Katsalapov[b]  Russia
 ROC
Ice dance &
team event
2014, 2022 1 1 2 4
Artur Dmitriev[c]  Unified Team
 Russia
Pairs 1992–98 2 1 0 3
Andrée Brunet  France Pairs 1924–32 2 0 1 3
Pierre Brunet
Nathan Chen  United States Men's singles
& team event
2018–22 2 0 1 3
Patrick Chan  Canada Men's singles
& team event
2014–18 1 2 0 3
Marina Klimova  Soviet Union
 Unified Team
Ice dance 1984–92 1 1 1 3
Sergei Ponomarenko
Meryl Davis  United States Ice dance &
team event
2010–14 1 1 1 3
Charlie White
Meagan Duhamel  Canada Pairs &
team event
2014–18 1 1 1 3
Eric Radford
Kaetlyn Osmond  Canada Women's singles
& team event
2014–18 1 1 1 3
Shen Xue  China Pairs 2002–10 1 0 2 3
Zhao Hongbo
Aljona Savchenko[d]  Germany Pairs 2010–18 1 0 2 3
Beatrix Loughran  United States Women's singles
& pairs
1924–32 0 2 1 3
Shoma Uno  Japan Men's singles
& team event
2018–22 0 2 1 3
  1. ^ Irina Rodnina won three medals in pair skating with two different partners: a gold medal in 1972 with Alexei Ulanov and two gold medals in 1976 and 1980 with Alexander Zaitsev.
  2. ^ Nikita Katsalapov won four medals with two different partners. In 2014, he won a gold medal in the team event and a bronze medal in ice dance with Elena Ilinykh. In 2022, he won a silver medal in ice dance and a bronze medal in the team event with Victoria Sinitsina.
  3. ^ Artur Dmitriev won three medals in pair skating with two different partners: a gold medal in 1992 and a silver medal in 1994 with Natalia Mishkutenok and a gold medal in 1998 with Oksana Kazakova.
  4. ^ Aljona Savchenko won three medals in pair skating with two different partners: two bronze medals in 2010 and 2014 with Robin Szolkowy and a gold medal in 2018 with Bruno Massot.

Multiple golds[edit]

A male figure skater looks at the camera while performing a figure skating element on an outdoor ice rink.
Swedish Gillis Grafström is a three-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the men's singles event.

The only skaters with three consecutive titles are Gillis Grafström in men's singles, Sonja Henie in ladies' singles, and Irina Rodnina in pairs. The most consecutive titles in ice dance is two, which has only been achieved by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov. In addition, one ladies' singles skater, three men's singles skaters, and five pairs skaters have earned consecutive titles. Two ice dancers and three pair skaters have earned non-consecutive titles.

Five skaters have won Olympic gold medals in multiple events. Evgeni Plushenko won gold in men's singles in 2006 and team event gold in 2014. Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov were the first skaters to win multiple events at a single Olympics, winning both pairs and the team event. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir matched this feat four years later, earning golds in ice dance and the team event.

Skater Nation Event(s) Olympics Gold
Medals
Gillis Grafström  Sweden Men's singles 1920–28 3
Sonja Henie  Norway Women's singles 1928–36 3
Irina Rodnina[a]  Soviet Union Pairs 1972–80 3
Tessa Virtue  Canada Ice dance &
team event
2010, 2018 3
Scott Moir
Karl Schäfer  Austria Men's singles 1932–36 2
Dick Button  United States Men's singles 1948–52 2
Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan Men's singles 2014–18 2
Nathan Chen  United States Men's singles
& team event
2022 2
Evgeni Plushenko  Russia Men's singles
& team event
2006, 2014 2
Katarina Witt  East Germany Women's singles 1984–88 2
Andrée Brunet  France Pairs 1928–32 2
Pierre Brunet
Ludmila Belousova  Soviet Union Pairs 1964–68 2
Oleg Protopopov
Alexander Zaitsev[a]  Soviet Union Pairs 1976–80 2
Ekaterina Gordeeva  Soviet Union
 Russia
Pairs 1988, 1994 2
Sergei Grinkov
Artur Dmitriev[b]  Unified Team
 Russia
Pairs 1992, 1998 2
Tatiana Volosozhar  Russia Pairs &
team event
2014 2
Maxim Trankov
Oksana Grishuk  Russia Ice dance 1994–98 2
Evgeny Platov
  1. ^ a b Irina Rodnina won three gold medals in pair skating with two different partners: one in 1972 with Alexei Ulanov and one each in 1976 and 1980 with Alexander Zaitsev.
  2. ^ Artur Dmitriev won two gold medals in pair skating with two different partners: one in 1992 with Natalia Mishkutenok and one in 1998 with Oksana Kazakova.

Multi-medalists by event[edit]

A woman and a man in figure skating blades stand on an outdoor ice rink posing for a shot. On the left, the woman has both hands in her waist, while the man has his right arm around her left arm.
Sonja Henie and Karl Schäfer won a combined five Olympic titles.

Men's singles[edit]

Karl Schafer won two Olympic gold medals in the men's competition in the 1930s.
Yuzuru Hanyu is one of only two skaters to win two gold medals in the men's competition after World War II.
Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Gillis Grafström  Sweden (SWE) 1920–1932 3 1 0 4
Karl Schäfer  Austria (AUT) 1932–1936 2 0 0 2
Dick Button  United States (USA) 1948–1952 2 0 0 2
Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan (JPN) 2014–2018 2 0 0 2
Evgeni Plushenko  Russia (RUS) 2002–2014 1 2 0 3
David Jenkins  United States (USA) 1956–1960 1 0 1 2
Viktor Petrenko  Soviet Union (URS)
 Unified Team (EUN)
1988–1992 1 0 1 2
Willy Böckl  Austria (AUT) 1924–1928 0 2 0 2
Brian Orser  Canada (CAN) 1984–1988 0 2 0 2
Elvis Stojko  Canada (CAN) 1994–1998 0 2 0 2
Shoma Uno  Japan (JPN) 2018–2022 0 1 1 2
Patrick Péra  France (FRA) 1968–1972 0 0 2 2
Philippe Candeloro  France (FRA) 1994–1998 0 0 2 2

Women's singles[edit]

A young smiling woman wearing an embroidered hat and a jacket with furred collar and sleeve hems.
Norwegian Sonja Henie won three consecutive gold medals in the women's individual event (1928–1936).
A young smiling woman wearing a traditional Spanish flamenco dress and head gear, and executing the typical flamenco posture.
Katarina Witt from East Germany won the 1988 women's singles gold medal, becoming the second female figure skater in history to win back-to-back Olympic titles.
Yuna Kim of Japan won the women's singles event in 2010 with world record scores in the short program, free skating, and combined total.
Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Sonja Henie  Norway (NOR) 1928–1936 3 0 0 3
Katarina Witt  East Germany (GDR) 1984–1988 2 0 0 2
Tenley Albright  United States (USA) 1952–1956 1 1 0 2
Carol Heiss  United States (USA) 1956–1960 1 1 0 2
Sjoukje Dijkstra  Netherlands (NED) 1960–1964 1 1 0 2
Yuna Kim  South Korea (KOR) 2010–2014 1 1 0 2
Jeannette Altwegg  Great Britain (GBR) 1948–1952 1 0 1 2
Fritzi Burger  Austria (AUT) 1928–1932 0 2 0 2
Beatrix Loughran  United States (USA) 1924–1928 0 1 1 2
Nancy Kerrigan  United States (USA) 1992–1994 0 1 1 2
Michelle Kwan  United States (USA) 1998–2002 0 1 1 2
Irina Slutskaya  Russia (RUS) 2002–2006 0 1 1 2
Chen Lu  China (CHN) 1994–1998 0 0 2 2

Pairs[edit]

Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Irina Rodnina[a]  Soviet Union (URS) 1972–1980 3 0 0 3
Artur Dmitriev[b]  Unified Team (EUN)
 Russia (RUS)
1992–1998 2 1 0 3
Andrée Brunet / Pierre Brunet  France (FRA) 1924–1932 2 0 1 3
Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov  Soviet Union (URS) 1964–1968 2 0 0 2
Alexander Zaitsev[a]  Soviet Union (URS) 1976–1980 2 0 0 2
Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov  Soviet Union (URS)
 Russia (RUS)
1988, 1994 2 0 0 2
Ludowika Jakobsson / Walter Jakobsson  Finland (FIN) 1920–1924 1 1 0 2
Natalia Mishkutenok[b]  Unified Team (EUN)
 Russia (RUS)
1992–1994 1 1 0 2
Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze  Russia (RUS) 1998–2002 1 1 0 2
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China (CHN) 2018–2022 1 1 0 2
Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo  China (CHN) 2002–2010 1 0 2 3
Aliona Savchenko[c]  Germany (GER) 2010–2018 1 0 2 3
Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler  United Team of Germany (EUA) 1960–1964 0 2 0 2
Phyllis Johnson[d]  Great Britain (GBR) 1908–1920 0 1 1 2
Emília Rotter / László Szollás  Hungary (HUN) 1932–1936 0 0 2 2
Marianna Nagy / László Nagy  Hungary (HUN) 1952–1956 0 0 2 2
Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann  East Germany (GDR) 1972–1976 0 0 2 2
Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler  Canada (CAN) 1992–1994 0 0 2 2
Robin Szolkowy[c]  Germany (GER) 2010–2014 0 0 2 2

Ice dance[edit]

Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir  Canada (CAN) 2010–2018 2 1 0 3
Oksana Grishuk / Evgeny Platov  Russia (RUS) 1994–1998 2 0 0 2
Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko  Soviet Union (URS)
 Unified Team (EUN)
1984–1992 1 1 1 3
Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin  Soviet Union (URS) 1984–1988 1 1 0 2
Meryl Davis / Charlie White  United States (USA) 2010–2014 1 1 0 2
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France (FRA) 2018–2022 1 1 0 2
Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean  Great Britain (GBR) 1984, 1994 1 0 1 2
Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat  France (FRA) 1998–2002 1 0 1 2
Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin  Unified Team (EUN)
 Russia (RUS)
1992–1994 0 1 1 2
Nikita Katsalapov[e]  Russia (RUS)
 ROC
2014, 2022 0 1 1 2

Team event[edit]

Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Nikita Katsalapov[e]  Russia (RUS)
 ROC
2014, 2022 1 0 1 2
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev  Russia (RUS)
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)
2014–2018 1 1 0 2
Patrick Chan
Kaetlyn Osmond
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
 Canada (CAN) 2014–2018 1 1 0 2
Nathan Chen
Alexa Knierim[f]
 United States (USA) 2018–2022 1 0 1 2

Multiple events[edit]

Only three skaters have won Olympic medals in multiple figure skating disciplines. All other multi-event medalists won medals in their discipline plus the team event (which, while being a separate event, is not considered its own skating discipline).

Two disciplines[edit]

In 1908, Madge Syers became the first skater to medal in multiple figure skating disciplines at a single Olympics. The only skater to match this feat was Ernst Baier in 1936. The only other skater to medal in multiple disciplines was Beatrix Loughran who did so at separate Olympics.

No skater has won gold medals in multiple disciplines.

Athlete Nation Disciplines Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ernst Baier Germany Germany (GER) men's singles
pairs
1936 0
1
1
0
0
0
2
Madge Syers  Great Britain (GBR) ladies' singles
pairs
1908 1
0
0
0
0
1
2
Beatrix Loughran  United States (USA) ladies' singles
pairs
1924–1928
1932
0
0
1
1
1
0
3

Summer and Winter Games[edit]

Since figure skating was held during the Summer Olympic Games in 1908 and 1920 before being moved to the Winter Olympic Games, three skaters medaled in figure skating in both the Summer and Winter Games.

Men's singles skater Gillis Grafström's first gold medal was earned at the 1920 Summer Olympics. His other three medals were won at the 1924–1932 Winter Games. Pair skaters Ludowika Jakobsson and Walter Jakobsson also earned gold during the 1920 Summer Olympics. They later medaled at the 1924 Winter Games.

Country records[edit]

Winning streak[edit]

From 1964 to 2006, Russian figure skaters—representing the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, or Russia—won the gold medal in the pairs event, in what is the longest series of victories for one country in one winter event.[43]

Most Medals[edit]

As of 2022, Russia surpassed the United States in ranking the most medals than any other country in figure skating. Having won a total of 60 medals of which are 30 gold, 21 silver, & 9 bronze. Competing and representing under the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Unified Team, Russian Federation, Olympic Athletes from Russia, & Russian Olympic Committee. Viktor Petrenko 1988 Bronze Medal & 1992 Gold Medal in Men's singles, who represented the Soviet Union & Unified Team is excluded from this count as Petrenko is Ukrainian [1] and would later represent Ukraine at the 1994 Winter Olympics. This count only applies to Russian athletes as the majority of Soviet figure skaters are Russian or were born in Russian SSR.

Competing under the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC). Russia became the first country to win six medals in a single Olympics at Beijing 2022. Two gold in the Team Event & Ladies Singles, three silver in Ice dance, Ladies Singles, & Pairs, and one bronze in Pairs.

Events won[edit]

Russian figure skaters, counting both Russian Federation (IOC code RUS) and Russian Empire (IOC code RU1), hold the unique record for earning gold medals in all six Olympic figure skating events. Since men's special figures was discontinued, this record can not be matched.

Russia (IOC code RUS) is the only NOC to have earning gold medals in all five current Olympic figure skating events. Canada has earned gold medals in four of the events (all except men's singles). Great Britain, Unified Team, and United States have earned gold medals in three of the events.

Russia and the Unified Team are the only NOCs to have won three events at the same Olympics, at the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 1992 Winter Olympics respectively. No NOC has won more than three figure skating events at a single Olympics.

Podium sweeps[edit]

There has been two podium sweeps in Olympic figure skating history. This is when athletes from one NOC win all three medals in a single event.

Games Event NOC Gold Silver Bronze
1908 London Men's singles  Sweden (SWE) Ulrich Salchow Richard Johansson Per Thorén
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Men's singles  United States (USA) Hayes Alan Jenkins Ronnie Robertson David Jenkins

Medal totals by country[edit]

A male figure skater poses for a shot at an indoor ice rink; the background is very blurred.
Ulrich Salchow of Sweden, creator of the Salchow jump, was the first Olympic champion in men's figure skating.

Men's singles[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)83516
2 Sweden (SWE)4217
3 Russia (RUS)4206
4 Austria (AUT)3328
5 Japan (JPN)2226
6 Great Britain (GBR)2002
7 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1124
8 Unified Team (EUN)1001
 United Team of Germany (EUA)1001
10 Canada (CAN)0549
11 Soviet Union (URS)0213
 Switzerland (SUI)0213
13 France (FRA)0145
14 Norway (NOR)0112
15 East Germany (GDR)0101
 Germany (GER)0101
17 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (19 entries)26262678

Men's special figures[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russian Empire (RU1)1001
2 Great Britain (GBR)0112
Totals (2 entries)1113

Ladies' singles[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)78823
2 East Germany (GDR)3115
3 Norway (NOR)3003
4 Austria (AUT)2417
5 Great Britain (GBR)2136
6 Canada (CAN)1236
7 Japan (JPN)1214
8 Netherlands (NED)1203
9 Russia (RUS)1113
 Sweden (SWE)1113
11 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)1102
 ROC1102
 South Korea (KOR)1102
14 Ukraine (UKR)1001
15 Germany (GER)0101
16 China (CHN)0022
17 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
 France (FRA)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
 Soviet Union (URS)0011
 West Germany (FRG)0011
Totals (21 entries)26262678

Pairs[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)74112
2 Russia (RUS)5308
3 Germany (GER)4037
4 China (CHN)2327
5 Canada (CAN)2248
6 Austria (AUT)2215
7 France (FRA)2013
8 Finland (FIN)1102
 Unified Team (EUN)1102
10 Belgium (BEL)1001
11 United States (USA)0336
12 United Team of Germany (EUA)0202
13 Hungary (HUN)0145
14 East Germany (GDR)0134
15 Great Britain (GBR)0123
16 ROC0112
17 Norway (NOR)0101
18 West Germany (FRG)0011
Totals (18 entries)27262679

Ice dance[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)3328
 Soviet Union (URS)3328
3 France (FRA)2215
4 Canada (CAN)2114
5 United States (USA)1236
6 Great Britain (GBR)1012
 Unified Team (EUN)1012
8 Hungary (HUN)0101
 ROC0101
10 Italy (ITA)0011
 Ukraine (UKR)0011
Totals (11 entries)13131339

Team event[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada (CAN)1102
2 United States (USA)1023
3 Russia (RUS)1001
4 Japan (JPN)0101
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)0101
6 ROC0011
Totals (6 entries)3339

Age records[edit]

Title Age Name Nation Games Medal Date of Birth Date of Event Event
Youngest female champion 15 years, 128 days Maxi Herber Germany Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Gold October 8, 1920 February 13, 1936 Pairs
Youngest female medalist 15 years, 10 days Manuela Groß  East Germany 1972 Sapporo Bronze January 29, 1957 February 8, 1972 Pairs
Youngest male champion 18 years, 202 days Dick Button  United States 1948 St Moritz Gold July 18, 1929 February 5, 1948 Men's singles
Youngest male medalist 14 years, 363 days Scott Allen United States United States 1964 Innsbruck Bronze February 8, 1949 February 6, 1964 Men's singles
Oldest female champion 35 years, 276 days Ludowika Jakobsson  Finland 1920 Antwerp Gold July 25, 1884 April 26, 1920 Pairs
Oldest female medalist 39 years, 190 days Ludowika Jakobsson  Finland 1924 Chamonix Silver July 25, 1884 January 31, 1924 Pairs
Oldest male champion 38 years, 80 days Walter Jakobsson  Finland 1920 Antwerp Gold February 6, 1882 April 26, 1920 Pairs
Oldest male medalist 45 years, 225 days Edgar Syers  Great Britain 1908 London Bronze March 18, 1863 October 29, 1908 Pairs

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Irina Rodnina won three medals in pairs with two different partners. A gold medal in 1972 with Alexei Ulanov and two gold medals in 1976 and 1980 with Alexander Zaitsev.
  2. ^ a b Artur Dmitriev won three medals in pairs with two different partners. A gold medal in 1992 and a silver medal in 1994 with Natalia Mishkutenok and another gold medal in 1998 with Oksana Kazakova.
  3. ^ a b Aliona Savchenko won three medals in pairs with two different partners. Two bronze medals in 2010 and 2014 with Robin Szolkowy and a gold medal in 2018 with Bruno Massot.
  4. ^ Phyllis Johnson won two medals in pairs with two different partners. A silver medal in 1908 with James H. Johnson and a bronze medal in 1920 with Basil Williams.
  5. ^ a b Ice dancer Nikita Katsalapov won four medals with two different partners. In 2014 with Elena Ilinykh, he won a gold medal in the team event and a bronze medal in ice dance. In 2022 with Victoria Sinitsina, he won a second gold medal in the team event and a silver medal in ice dance.
  6. ^ Pair skater Alexa Knierim won two medals in team event with two different partners. A bronze medal with Chris Knierim in 2018 and a silver medal with Brandon Frazier in 2022.

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