The ladies's individual figure skating

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

event was held as part of the figure skating programme

Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics

At the 1928 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Tuesday, February 14, 1928 to Sunday, February 19, 1928....

 at the 1928 Winter Olympics

1928 Winter Olympics

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 11–19, 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics held on its own as they were not in conjunction with a Summer 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 February 16, 1928 to Saturday February 18, 1928.

Twenty figure skaters from eight nations competed.

Medalists

Results

Rank	Name	Nation	CF	FS	Places	Score
1	Sonja Henie Sonja Henie Sonja Henie was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, a ten-time World Champion and a six-time European Champion . Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies figure skater...		1	1	8	2452.25
2	Fritzi Burger Fritzi Burger Friederike "Fritzi" Burger was an Austrian figure skater competitive in the late 1920s and early 1930s. She was Jewish.-Career:...		6	2	25	2248.50
3	Beatrix Loughran Beatrix Loughran Beatrix S. Loughran was an American figure skater who competed in single skating and pair skating. She is the only American to win three Olympic medals in figure skating . She is a six-time National champion...		4	4	28	2254.52
4	Maribel Vinson		3	6	32	2224.50
5	Cecil Smith		2	8	32	2213.75
6	Constance Wilson-Samuel Constance Wilson-Samuel Constance Wilson-Samuel was a Canadian figure skater. In 1932, she won the bronze medal at the World Figure Skating Championships.Wilson-Samuel also competed in pair skating with her brother Montgomery Wilson...		5	5	35	2173.00
7	Melitta Brunner Melitta Brunner Melitta Brunner was an Austrian figure skater in both pairs and singles. As a single skater, she won the bronze medal at the 1929 World Championships. As a pair skater, she skated with Ludwig Wrede and won the bronze at the 1928 Olympics in St. Moritz...		7	9	48	2087.50
8	Ilse Hornung Ilse Hornung Ilse Hornung was an Austrian figure skater who competed in ladies singles. She finished eighth at the 1928 Winter Olympic Games and won the silver medal at the 1930 European Figure Skating Championships.-Results:-References:*...		10	7	54	2050.75
9	Ellen Brockhöft		8	10	67	2003.00
10	Theresa Blanchard Theresa Weld Theresa Weld Blanchard was an American figure skater who competed in the disciplines of single skating and pair skating. Her pairs partner was Nathaniel Niles....		9	13	77	1970.25
11	Andrée Joly Andrée Brunet Andrée Brunet was a French figure skater and two-time Olympic champion in pair skating.-Biography:...		17	3	86	1910.00
12	Margrit Bernhardt		14	14	91	1890.00
13	Edel Randem Edel Randem Edel Signe Randem was a Norwegian figure skater.She competed at the 1931 World Figure Skating Championships, where she finished sixth...		13	15	94	1880.75
14	Kathleen Shaw Kathleen Shaw Gertrude Kathleen Shaw was a British figure skater. She was born in Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire and was the 1926 World bronze medalist. She represented Great Britain at the 1924 Winter Olympics, where she placed 7th, and at the 1928 Winter Olympics, where she placed 14th...		11	19	95	1900.00
15	Else Flebbe		16	12	103	1833.50
16	Karen Simensen Karen Simensen Karen Simensen married name Klæboe was a Norwegian figure skater. She won a bronze medal at the 1927 World Figure Skating Championships, and competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics where she placed sixteenth.-Results:-References:...		12	18	103	1811.75
17	Grete Kubitschek		15	17	110	1778:50
18	Elly Winter		18	11	110	1765.75
19	Elvira Barbey		19	16	125	1648.75
20	Anita de St. Quentin		20	20	140	1114.25

Referee: Walter Jakobsson

Walter Jakobsson

Walter Andreas Jakobsson was a Finnish figure skater.As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911....

Judges: Oscar Kolderup Francis Pigueron Thomas D. Richardson Fernand de Montigny Henry W. Howe Otto Schöning Walter Muller

Walter Müller

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