List of Olympic medalists in figure skating

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.

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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are the most decorated Olympic figure skaters with 3 gold and 2 silver medals.

Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are the only figure skaters to win five Olympic medals (3 gold, 2 silver). Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström (3 gold, 1 silver) and Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko (2 gold, 2 silver) each have four medals. Seventeen figure skaters have won three medals. The only skaters with three consecutive titles are Grafström in men's singles, Sonja Henie (Norway) in ladies' singles, and Irina Rodnina (Soviet Union) in pairs. Sixteen figure skaters have earned two golds within the same discipline and five skaters have earned gold in two separate Olympic events.

On two occasions, there has been a podium sweep. Russian figure skaters hold the unique record for earning gold medals in all six Olympic figure skating events. Three skaters won Olympic medals in multiple figure skating disciplines.

Medalists

Men's singles

Karl Schafer won two Olympic golds in the Men's competition in the 1930s
Yuzuru Hanyu is one of only two skater to win two golds in the Men's competition after the WWII
GamesGoldSilverBronze
1908 London
details
Ulrich Salchow
 Sweden
Richard Johansson
 Sweden
Per Thorén
 Sweden
1912 Stockholmnot included in the Olympic program
1920 Antwerp
details
Gillis Grafström
 Sweden
Andreas Krogh
 Norway
Martin Stixrud
 Norway
1924 Chamonix
details
Gillis Grafström
 Sweden
Willy Böckl
 Austria
Georges Gautschi
 Switzerland
1928 St. Moritz
details
Gillis Grafström
 Sweden
Willy Böckl
 Austria
Robert van Zeebroeck
 Belgium
1932 Lake Placid
details
Karl Schäfer
 Austria
Gillis Grafström
 Sweden
Montgomery Wilson
 Canada
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
details
Karl Schäfer
 Austria
Ernst Baier
 Germany
Felix Kaspar
 Austria
1948 St. Moritz
details
Dick Button
 United States
Hans Gerschwiler
 Switzerland
Edi Rada
 Austria
1952 Oslo
details
Dick Button
 United States
Helmut Seibt
 Austria
James Grogan
 United States
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
details
Hayes Alan Jenkins
 United States
Ronnie Robertson
 United States
David Jenkins
 United States
1960 Squaw Valley
details
David Jenkins
 United States
Karol Divín
 Czechoslovakia
Donald Jackson
 Canada
1964 Innsbruck
details
Manfred Schnelldorfer
 United Team of Germany
Alain Calmat
 France
Scott Allen
 United States
1968 Grenoble
details
Wolfgang Schwarz
 Austria
Timothy Wood
 United States
Patrick Péra
 France
1972 Sapporo
details
Ondrej Nepela
 Czechoslovakia
Sergei Chetverukhin
 Soviet Union
Patrick Péra
 France
1976 Innsbruck
details
John Curry
 Great Britain
Vladimir Kovalev
 Soviet Union
Toller Cranston
 Canada
1980 Lake Placid
details
Robin Cousins
 Great Britain
Jan Hoffmann
 East Germany
Charles Tickner
 United States
1984 Sarajevo
details
Scott Hamilton
 United States
Brian Orser
 Canada
Jozef Sabovčík
 Czechoslovakia
1988 Calgary
details
Brian Boitano
 United States
Brian Orser
 Canada
Viktor Petrenko
 Soviet Union
1992 Albertville
details
Viktor Petrenko
 Unified Team
Paul Wylie
 United States
Petr Barna
 Czechoslovakia
1994 Lillehammer
details
Alexei Urmanov
 Russia
Elvis Stojko
 Canada
Philippe Candeloro
 France
1998 Nagano
details
Ilia Kulik
 Russia
Elvis Stojko
 Canada
Philippe Candeloro
 France
2002 Salt Lake City
details
Alexei Yagudin
 Russia
Evgeni Plushenko
 Russia
Timothy Goebel
 United States
2006 Torino
details
Evgeni Plushenko
 Russia
Stéphane Lambiel
 Switzerland
Jeffrey Buttle
 Canada
2010 Vancouver
details
Evan Lysacek
 United States
Evgeni Plushenko
 Russia
Daisuke Takahashi
 Japan
2014 Sochi
details
Yuzuru Hanyu
 Japan
Patrick Chan
 Canada
Denis Ten
 Kazakhstan
2018 Pyeongchang
details
Yuzuru Hanyu
 Japan
Shoma Uno
 Japan
Javier Fernández
 Spain
2022 Beijing
details
Nathan Chen
 United States
Yuma Kagiyama
 Japan
Shoma Uno
 Japan

Men's special figures

Nikolai Panin of Russia, the sole winner of the 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.[1]

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1908 London
details
Nikolai Panin
 Russian Empire
Arthur Cumming
 Great Britain
Geoffrey Hall-Say
 Great Britain

Women's singles

Norwegian Sonja Henie holds the record of three consecutive victories in the ladies' individual event (1928–1936).
East Germany's Katarina Witt won the 1988 ladies' singles gold medal, becoming the second female figure skater to win back-to-back Olympic titles.
Yuna Kim won the ladies' title in 2010 with world record scores for the short program, free skating and overall total.
GamesGoldSilverBronze
1908 London
details
Madge Syers
 Great Britain
Elsa Rendschmidt
 Germany
Dorothy Greenhough-Smith
 Great Britain
1912 Stockholmnot included in the Olympic program
1920 Antwerp
details
Magda Julin
 Sweden
Svea Norén
 Sweden
Theresa Weld
 United States
1924 Chamonix
details
Herma Szabo
 Austria
Beatrix Loughran
 United States
Ethel Muckelt
 Great Britain
1928 St. Moritz
details
Sonja Henie
 Norway
Fritzi Burger
 Austria
Beatrix Loughran
 United States
1932 Lake Placid
details
Sonja Henie
 Norway
Fritzi Burger
 Austria
Maribel Vinson
 United States
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
details
Sonja Henie
 Norway
Cecilia Colledge
 Great Britain
Vivi-Anne Hultén
 Sweden
1948 St. Moritz
details
Barbara Ann Scott
 Canada
Eva Pawlik
 Austria
Jeannette Altwegg
 Great Britain
1952 Oslo
details
Jeannette Altwegg
 Great Britain
Tenley Albright
 United States
Jacqueline du Bief
 France
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
details
Tenley Albright
 United States
Carol Heiss
 United States
Ingrid Wendl
 Austria
1960 Squaw Valley
details
Carol Heiss
 United States
Sjoukje Dijkstra
 Netherlands
Barbara Roles
 United States
1964 Innsbruck
details
Sjoukje Dijkstra
 Netherlands
Regine Heitzer
 Austria
Petra Burka
 Canada
1968 Grenoble
details
Peggy Fleming
 United States
Gabriele Seyfert
 East Germany
Hana Mašková
 Czechoslovakia
1972 Sapporo
details
Beatrix Schuba
 Austria
Karen Magnussen
 Canada
Janet Lynn
 United States
1976 Innsbruck
details
Dorothy Hamill
 United States
Dianne de Leeuw
 Netherlands
Christine Errath
 East Germany
1980 Lake Placid
details
Anett Pötzsch
 East Germany
Linda Fratianne
 United States
Dagmar Lurz
 West Germany
1984 Sarajevo
details
Katarina Witt
 East Germany
Rosalynn Sumners
 United States
Kira Ivanova
 Soviet Union
1988 Calgary
details
Katarina Witt
 East Germany
Elizabeth Manley
 Canada
Debi Thomas
 United States
1992 Albertville
details
Kristi Yamaguchi
 United States
Midori Ito
 Japan
Nancy Kerrigan
 United States
1994 Lillehammer
details
Oksana Baiul
 Ukraine
Nancy Kerrigan
 United States
Chen Lu
 China
1998 Nagano
details
Tara Lipinski
 United States
Michelle Kwan
 United States
Chen Lu
 China
2002 Salt Lake City
details
Sarah Hughes
 United States
Irina Slutskaya
 Russia
Michelle Kwan
 United States
2006 Torino
details
Shizuka Arakawa
 Japan
Sasha Cohen
 United States
Irina Slutskaya
 Russia
2010 Vancouver
details
Yuna Kim
 South Korea
Mao Asada
 Japan
Joannie Rochette
 Canada
2014 Sochi
details
Adelina Sotnikova
 Russia
Yuna Kim
 South Korea
Carolina Kostner
 Italy
2018 Pyeongchang
details
Alina Zagitova
 Olympic Athletes from Russia
Evgenia Medvedeva
 Olympic Athletes from Russia
Kaetlyn Osmond
 Canada
2022 Beijing
details
Anna Shcherbakova
 ROC
Alexandra Trusova
 ROC
Kaori Sakamoto
 Japan

Pairs

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1908 London
details
 Anna Hübler
and Heinrich Burger (GER)
 Phyllis Johnson
and James H. Johnson (GBR)
 Madge Syers
and Edgar Syers (GBR)
1912 Stockholmnot included in the Olympic program
1920 Antwerp
details
 Ludowika Jakobsson
and Walter Jakobsson (FIN)
 Alexia Bryn
and Yngvar Bryn (NOR)
 Phyllis Johnson
and Basil Williams (GBR)
1924 Chamonix
details
 Helene Engelmann
and Alfred Berger (AUT)
 Ludowika Jakobsson
and Walter Jakobsson (FIN)
 Andrée Joly
and Pierre Brunet (FRA)
1928 St. Moritz
details
 Andrée Joly
and Pierre Brunet (FRA)
 Lilly Scholz
and Otto Kaiser (AUT)
 Melitta Brunner
and Ludwig Wrede (AUT)
1932 Lake Placid
details
 Andrée Brunet
and Pierre Brunet (FRA)
 Beatrix Loughran
and Sherwin Badger (USA)
 Emília Rotter
and László Szollás (HUN)
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
details
 Maxi Herber
and Ernst Baier (GER)
 Ilse Pausin
and Erik Pausin (AUT)
 Emília Rotter
and László Szollás (HUN)
1948 St. Moritz
details
 Micheline Lannoy
and Pierre Baugniet (BEL)
 Andrea Kékesy
and Ede Király (HUN)
 Suzanne Morrow
and Wallace Diestelmeyer (CAN)
1952 Oslo
details
 Ria Falk
and Paul Falk (GER)
 Karol Kennedy
and Peter Kennedy (USA)
 Marianna Nagy
and László Nagy (HUN)
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
details
 Sissy Schwarz
and Kurt Oppelt (AUT)
 Frances Dafoe
and Norris Bowden (CAN)
 Marianna Nagy
and László Nagy (HUN)
1960 Squaw Valley
details
 Barbara Wagner
and Robert Paul (CAN)
 Marika Kilius
and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (EUA)
 Nancy Ludington
and Ronald Ludington (USA)
1964 Innsbruck
details
 Ludmila Belousova
and Oleg Protopopov (URS)
 Marika Kilius
and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (EUA)
 Debbi Wilkes
and Guy Revell (CAN)[a]
 Vivian Joseph
and Ronald Joseph (USA)
1968 Grenoble
details
 Ludmila Belousova
and Oleg Protopopov (URS)
 Tatyana Zhuk
and Aleksandr Gorelik (URS)
 Margot Glockshuber
and Wolfgang Danne (FRG)
1972 Sapporo
details
 Irina Rodnina
and Alexei Ulanov (URS)
 Lyudmila Smirnova
and Andrei Suraikin (URS)
 Manuela Groß
and Uwe Kagelmann (GDR)
1976 Innsbruck
details
 Irina Rodnina
and Alexander Zaitsev (URS)
 Romy Kermer
and Rolf Österreich (GDR)
 Manuela Groß
and Uwe Kagelmann (GDR)
1980 Lake Placid
details
 Irina Rodnina
and Alexander Zaitsev (URS)
 Marina Cherkasova
and Sergei Shakhrai (URS)
 Manuela Mager
and Uwe Bewersdorf (GDR)
1984 Sarajevo
details
 Elena Valova
and Oleg Vasiliev (URS)
 Kitty Carruthers
and Peter Carruthers (USA)
 Larisa Selezneva
and Oleg Makarov (URS)
1988 Calgary
details
 Ekaterina Gordeeva
and Sergei Grinkov (URS)
 Elena Valova
and Oleg Vasiliev (URS)
 Jill Watson
and Peter Oppegard (USA)
1992 Albertville
details
 Natalia Mishkutenok
and Artur Dmitriev (EUN)
 Elena Bechke
and Denis Petrov (EUN)
 Isabelle Brasseur
and Lloyd Eisler (CAN)
1994 Lillehammer
details
 Ekaterina Gordeeva
and Sergei Grinkov (RUS)
 Natalia Mishkutenok
and Artur Dmitriev (RUS)
 Isabelle Brasseur
and Lloyd Eisler (CAN)
1998 Nagano
details
 Oksana Kazakova
and Artur Dmitriev (RUS)
 Elena Berezhnaya
and Anton Sikharulidze (RUS)
 Mandy Wötzel
and Ingo Steuer (GER)
2002 Salt Lake City
details
 Elena Berezhnaya
and Anton Sikharulidze (RUS)
 Jamie Salé
and David Pelletier (CAN)
None awarded[b]  Shen Xue
and Zhao Hongbo (CHN)
2006 Torino
details
 Tatiana Totmianina
and Maxim Marinin (RUS)
 Zhang Dan
and Zhang Hao (CHN)
 Shen Xue
and Zhao Hongbo (CHN)
2010 Vancouver
details
 Shen Xue
and Zhao Hongbo (CHN)
 Pang Qing
and Tong Jian (CHN)
 Aljona Savchenko
and Robin Szolkowy (GER)
2014 Sochi
details
 Tatiana Volosozhar
and Maxim Trankov (RUS)
 Ksenia Stolbova
and Fedor Klimov (RUS)
 Aljona Savchenko
and Robin Szolkowy (GER)
2018 Pyeongchang
details
 Aljona Savchenko
and Bruno Massot (GER)
 Sui Wenjing
and Han Cong (CHN)
 Meagan Duhamel
and Eric Radford (CAN)
2022 Beijing
details
 Sui Wenjing
and Han Cong (CHN)
 Evgenia Tarasova
and Vladimir Morozov (ROC)
 Anastasia Mishina
and Aleksandr Galliamov (ROC)

Ice dance

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1976 Innsbruck
details
 Lyudmila Pakhomova
and Aleksandr Gorshkov (URS)
 Irina Moiseyeva
and Andrei Minenkov (URS)
 Colleen O'Connor
and James Millns (USA)
1980 Lake Placid
details
 Natalia Linichuk
and Gennadi Karponossov (URS)
 Krisztina Regőczy
and András Sallay (HUN)
 Irina Moiseyeva
and Andrei Minenkov (URS)
1984 Sarajevo
details
 Jayne Torvill
and Christopher Dean (GBR)
 Natalia Bestemianova
and Andrei Bukin (URS)
 Marina Klimova
and Sergei Ponomarenko (URS)
1988 Calgary
details
 Natalia Bestemianova
and Andrei Bukin (URS)
 Marina Klimova
and Sergei Ponomarenko (URS)
 Tracy Wilson
and Robert McCall (CAN)
1992 Albertville
details
 Marina Klimova
and Sergei Ponomarenko (EUN)
 Isabelle Duchesnay
and Paul Duchesnay (FRA)
 Maya Usova
and Alexander Zhulin (EUN)
1994 Lillehammer
details
 Oksana Grishuk
and Evgeny Platov (RUS)
 Maya Usova
and Alexander Zhulin (RUS)
 Jayne Torvill
and Christopher Dean (GBR)
1998 Nagano
details
 Oksana Grishuk
and Evgeny Platov (RUS)
 Anjelika Krylova
and Oleg Ovsyannikov (RUS)
 Marina Anissina
and Gwendal Peizerat (FRA)
2002 Salt Lake City
details
 Marina Anissina
and Gwendal Peizerat (FRA)
 Irina Lobacheva
and Ilia Averbukh (RUS)
 Barbara Fusar-Poli
and Maurizio Margaglio (ITA)
2006 Torino
details
 Tatiana Navka
and Roman Kostomarov (RUS)
 Tanith Belbin
and Benjamin Agosto (USA)
 Elena Grushina
and Ruslan Goncharov (UKR)
2010 Vancouver
details
 Tessa Virtue
and Scott Moir (CAN)
 Meryl Davis
and Charlie White (USA)
 Oksana Domnina
and Maxim Shabalin (RUS)
2014 Sochi
details
 Meryl Davis
and Charlie White (USA)
 Tessa Virtue
and Scott Moir (CAN)
 Elena Ilinykh
and Nikita Katsalapov (RUS)
2018 Pyeongchang
details
 Tessa Virtue
and Scott Moir (CAN)
 Gabriella Papadakis
and Guillaume Cizeron (FRA)
 Maia Shibutani
and Alex Shibutani (USA)
2022 Beijing
details
 Gabriella Papadakis
and Guillaume Cizeron (FRA)
 Victoria Sinitsina
and Nikita Katsalapov (ROC)
 Madison Hubbell
and Zachary Donohue (USA)

Team event

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, ladies' 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 team event from 2022 Beijing Olympics are not final and no medals have been awarded. This is due to the ongoing investigation of ROC skater Kamila Valieva and allegations of doping and misconduct. [7] [8]

GamesGoldSilverBronze
2014 Sochi
details
 Russia (RUS)
Evgeni Plushenko
Yulia Lipnitskaya
Tatiana Volosozhar*
Maxim Trankov*
Ksenia Stolbova**
Fedor Klimov**
Ekaterina Bobrova*
Dmitri Soloviev*
Elena Ilinykh**
Nikita Katsalapov**
 Canada (CAN)
Patrick Chan*
Kevin Reynolds**
Kaetlyn Osmond
Meagan Duhamel*
Eric Radford*
Kirsten Moore-Towers**
Dylan Moscovitch**
Tessa Virtue
Scott Moir
 United States (USA)
Jeremy Abbott*
Jason Brown**
Ashley Wagner*
Gracie Gold**
Marissa Castelli
Simon Shnapir
Meryl Davis
Charlie White
2018 Pyeongchang
details
 Canada (CAN)
Patrick Chan
Kaetlyn Osmond*
Gabrielle Daleman**
Meagan Duhamel
Eric Radford
Tessa Virtue
Scott Moir
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)
Mikhail Kolyada
Evgenia Medvedeva*
Alina Zagitova**
Evgenia Tarasova*
Vladimir Morozov*
Natalia Zabiiako**
Alexander Enbert**
Ekaterina Bobrova
Dmitri Soloviev
 United States (USA)
Nathan Chen*
Adam Rippon**
Bradie Tennell*
Mirai Nagasu**
Alexa Scimeca Knierim
Chris Knierim
Maia Shibutani
Alex Shibutani
2022 Beijing
details[c][9]
 United States (USA)
Nathan Chen*
Vincent Zhou**
Karen Chen
Alexa Knierim
Brandon Frazier
Madison Hubbell*
Zachary Donohue*
Madison Chock**
Evan Bates**
 Japan (JPN)
Shoma Uno*
Yuma Kagiyama**
Wakaba Higuchi*
Kaori Sakamoto**
Riku Miura
Ryuichi Kihara
Misato Komatsubara
Tim Koleto
 ROC
Mark Kondratiuk
Kamila Valieva (DQ)
Anastasia Mishina
Aleksandr Galliamov
Victoria Sinitsina
Nikita Katsalapov

* Skaters who only competed in the short program/rhythm dance.
** Skaters who only competed in the free skating/dance.

Multi-medalists

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are the most decorated Olympic figure skaters with five medals
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 dance couple Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov won the 1994 and 1998 Olympic titles

Most medals

Gillis Grafström earned the most medals in a single event: four medals, three of which gold, in men's singles. The only other skaters to have earned three golds in a single discipline are Sonja Henie in ladies' singles and Irina Rodnina in pairs.

Counting multiple events, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir hold the record for the most medals, with a total of five medals including two golds in ice dance and one team event gold. Evgeni Plushenko earned four medals, including a gold in men's singles and a team event gold.

Figure skaters who won three or more medal at the Olympics are listed below:[10]

AthleteNationEventsOlympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir  Canada (CAN)ice dance & team2010–20183205
Gillis Grafström  Sweden (SWE)men's singles1920–19323104
Sonja Henie  Norway (NOR)ladies' singles1928–19363003
Irina Rodnina[d]  Soviet Union (URS)pairs1972–19803003
Evgeni Plushenko  Russia (RUS)men's singles & team2002–20142204
Nikita Katsalapov[e]  Russia (RUS)
 ROC
ice dance & team2014, 20221124
Artur Dmitriev[f]  Unified Team (EUN)
 Russia (RUS)
pairs1992–19982103
Andrée Brunet / Pierre Brunet  France (FRA)pairs1924–19322013
Patrick Chan  Canada (CAN)men's singles & team2014–20181203
Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko  Soviet Union (URS)
 Unified Team (EUN)
ice dance1984–19921113
Meryl Davis / Charlie White  United States (USA)ice dance & team2010–20141113
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford  Canada (CAN)pairs & team2014–20181113
Kaetlyn Osmond  Canada (CAN)ladies' singles & team2014–20181113
Nathan Chen  United States (USA)men's singles & team2018–20222013
Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo  China (CHN)pairs2002–20101023
Aliona Savchenko[g]  Germany (GER)pairs2010–20181023
Beatrix Loughran  United States (USA)ladies' singles & pairs1924–19320213
Shoma Uno  Japan (JPN)men's singles & team2018–20220213

Multiple golds

Swedish Gillis Grafström, is a three-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the men's singles.

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.

AthleteNationOlympicsGoldsEvent(s)
Gillis Grafström  Sweden (SWE)1920–19283men's singles
Sonja Henie  Norway (NOR)1928–19363ladies' singles
Irina Rodnina[d]  Soviet Union (URS)1972–19803pairs
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir  Canada (CAN)2010, 201832 in ice dance (2010, 2018)
1 in team event (2018)
Karl Schäfer  Austria (AUT)1932–19362men's singles
Dick Button  United States (USA)1948–19522men's singles
Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan (JPN)2014–20182men's singles
Evgeni Plushenko  Russia (RUS)2006, 201421 in men's singles (2006)
1 in team event (2014)
Katarina Witt  East Germany (GDR)1984–19882ladies' singles
Andrée Brunet / Pierre Brunet  France (FRA)1928–19322pairs
Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov  Soviet Union (URS)1964–19682pairs
Alexander Zaitsev[d]  Soviet Union (URS)1976–19802pairs
Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov  Soviet Union (URS)
 Russia (RUS)
1988, 19942pairs
Artur Dmitriev[f]  Unified Team (EUN)
 Russia (RUS)
1992, 19982pairs
Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov  Russia (RUS)201421 in pairs
1 in team event
Oksana Grishuk / Evgeny Platov  Russia (RUS)1994–19982ice dance

Multi-medalists by event

Sonja Henie and Karl Schäfer won a combined five Olympic titles.

Men's singles

AthleteNationOlympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Gillis Grafström  Sweden (SWE)1920–19323104
Karl Schäfer  Austria (AUT)1932–19362002
Dick Button  United States (USA)1948–19522002
Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan (JPN)2014–20182002
Evgeni Plushenko  Russia (RUS)2002–20141203
David Jenkins  United States (USA)1956–19601012
Viktor Petrenko  Soviet Union (URS)
 Unified Team (EUN)
1988–19921012
Willy Böckl  Austria (AUT)1924–19280202
Brian Orser  Canada (CAN)1984–19880202
Elvis Stojko  Canada (CAN)1994–19980202
Shoma Uno  Japan (JPN)2018–20220112
Patrick Péra  France (FRA)1968–19720022
Philippe Candeloro  France (FRA)1994–19980022

Ladies' singles

AthleteNationOlympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Sonja Henie  Norway (NOR)1928–19363003
Katarina Witt  East Germany (GDR)1984–19882002
Tenley Albright  United States (USA)1952–19561102
Carol Heiss  United States (USA)1956–19601102
Sjoukje Dijkstra  Netherlands (NED)1960–19641102
Yuna Kim  South Korea (KOR)2010–20141102
Jeannette Altwegg  Great Britain (GBR)1948–19521012
Fritzi Burger  Austria (AUT)1928–19320202
Beatrix Loughran  United States (USA)1924–19280112
Nancy Kerrigan  United States (USA)1992–19940112
Michelle Kwan  United States (USA)1998–20020112
Irina Slutskaya  Russia (RUS)2002–20060112
Chen Lu  China (CHN)1994–19980022

Pairs

AthleteNationOlympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Irina Rodnina[d]  Soviet Union (URS)1972–19803003
Artur Dmitriev[f]  Unified Team (EUN)
 Russia (RUS)
1992–19982103
Andrée Brunet / Pierre Brunet  France (FRA)1924–19322013
Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov  Soviet Union (URS)1964–19682002
Alexander Zaitsev[d]  Soviet Union (URS)1976–19802002
Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov  Soviet Union (URS)
 Russia (RUS)
1988, 19942002
Ludowika Jakobsson / Walter Jakobsson  Finland (FIN)1920–19241102
Natalia Mishkutenok[f]  Unified Team (EUN)
 Russia (RUS)
1992–19941102
Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze  Russia (RUS)1998–20021102
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China (CHN)2018–20221102
Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo  China (CHN)2002–20101023
Aliona Savchenko[g]  Germany (GER)2010–20181023
Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler  United Team of Germany (EUA)1960–19640202
Phyllis Johnson[h]  Great Britain (GBR)1908–19200112
Emília Rotter / László Szollás  Hungary (HUN)1932–19360022
Marianna Nagy / László Nagy  Hungary (HUN)1952–19560022
Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann  East Germany (GDR)1972–19760022
Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler  Canada (CAN)1992–19940022
Robin Szolkowy[g]  Germany (GER)2010–20140022

Ice dance

AthleteNationOlympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir  Canada (CAN)2010–20182103
Oksana Grishuk / Evgeny Platov  Russia (RUS)1994–19982002
Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko  Soviet Union (URS)
 Unified Team (EUN)
1984–19921113
Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin  Soviet Union (URS)1984–19881102
Meryl Davis / Charlie White  United States (USA)2010–20141102
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France (FRA)2018–20221102
Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean  Great Britain (GBR)1984, 19941012
Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat  France (FRA)1998–20021012
Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin  Unified Team (EUN)
 Russia (RUS)
1992–19940112
Nikita Katsalapov[e]  Russia (RUS)
 ROC
2014, 20220112

Team event

AthleteNationOlympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Nikita Katsalapov[e]  Russia (RUS)
 ROC
2014, 20221012
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev  Russia (RUS)
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)
2014–20181102
Patrick Chan
Kaetlyn Osmond
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
 Canada (CAN)2014–20181102
Nathan Chen
Alexa Knierim[i]
 United States (USA)2018–20221012

Multiple events

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

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.

AthleteNationDisciplinesOlympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Ernst Baier Germany (GER)men's singles
pairs
19360
1
1
0
0
0
2
Madge Syers  Great Britain (GBR)ladies' singles
pairs
19081
0
0
0
0
1
2
Beatrix Loughran  United States (USA)ladies' singles
pairs
1924–1928
1932
0
0
1
1
1
0
3

One discipline plus team event

The team event was introduced at the 2014 Winter Olympics. It allowed skaters to medal twice while skating one discipline.

On 9 February 2014, Evgeni Plushenko became the first skater to win multiple figure skating events. On 12 February 2014, Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov became the first skaters to win multiple events at a single Olympics. Four years later, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir matched this feat.

The below table lists all skaters who have medaled in their own discipline and in the team event. (The number of team event medals are listed in parentheses with a "T".)

AthleteNationDisciplineOlympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir  Canada (CAN)ice dance2010–20183 (1T)2 (1T)05 (2T)
Evgeni Plushenko  Russia (RUS)men's singles2002–20142 (1T)204 (1T)
Nikita Katsalapov[e]  Russia (RUS)
 ROC
ice dance2014, 20222 (2T)114 (2T)
Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov  Russia (RUS)pairs20142 (1T)002 (1T)
Patrick Chan  Canada (CAN)men's singles2014–20181 (1T)2 (1T)03 (2T)
Meryl Davis / Charlie White  United States (USA)ice dance2010–2014111 (1T)3 (1T)
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford  Canada (CAN)pairs2014–20181 (1T)1 (1T)13 (2T)
Kaetlyn Osmond  Canada (CAN)ladies' singles2014–20181 (1T)1 (1T)13 (2T)
Nathan Chen  United States (USA)men's singles2018–202211 (1T)1 (1T)3 (2T)
Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov  Russia (RUS)pairs20141 (1T)102 (1T)
Alina Zagitova  Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)ladies' singles201811 (1T)02 (1T)
Victoria Sinitsina[e]  ROCice dance20221 (1T)102 (1T)
Elena Ilinykh[e]  Russia (RUS)ice dance20141 (1T)012 (1T)
Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov  ROCpairs20221 (1T)012 (1T)
Evgenia Medvedeva  Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)ladies' singles201802 (1T)02 (1T)
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)
 ROC
pairs2018–202202 (1T)02 (1T)
Shoma Uno  Japan (JPN)men's singles2018–2022012 (1T)3 (1T)
Yuma Kagiyama  Japan (JPN)men's singles2022011 (1T)2 (1T)
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States (USA)ice dance202201 (1T)12 (1T)
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani  United States (USA)ice dance2018002 (1T)2 (1T)
Kaori Sakamoto  Japan (JPN)ladies' singles2022002 (1T)2 (1T)

Summer and Winter Games

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

Winning streak

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.[11]

Most Medals

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

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

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.

GamesEventNOCGoldSilverBronze
1908 LondonMen's singles  Sweden (SWE)Ulrich SalchowRichard JohanssonPer Thorén
1956 Cortina d'AmpezzoMen's singles  United States (USA)Hayes Alan JenkinsRonnie RobertsonDavid Jenkins

Medal totals by country

Ulrich Salchow of Sweden, creator of the Salchow jump, was the first Olympic champion in men's figure skating.

Men's singles

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

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

Ladies' singles

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

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

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

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

TitleAgeNameNationGamesMedalDate of BirthDate of EventEvent
Youngest female champion15 years, 128 daysMaxi Herber Germany1936 Garmisch-PartenkirchenGoldOctober 8, 1920February 13, 1936Pairs
Youngest female medalist15 years, 10 daysManuela Groß  East Germany1972 SapporoBronzeJanuary 29, 1957February 8, 1972Pairs
Youngest male champion18 years, 202 daysDick Button  United States1948 St MoritzGoldJuly 18, 1929February 5, 1948Men's singles
Youngest male medalist14 years, 363 daysScott Allen United States1964 InnsbruckBronzeFebruary 8, 1949February 6, 1964Men's singles
Oldest female champion35 years, 276 daysLudowika Jakobsson  Finland1920 AntwerpGoldJuly 25, 1884April 26, 1920Pairs
Oldest female medalist39 years, 190 daysLudowika Jakobsson  Finland1924 ChamonixSilverJuly 25, 1884January 31, 1924Pairs
Oldest male champion38 years, 80 daysWalter Jakobsson  Finland1920 AntwerpGoldFebruary 6, 1882April 26, 1920Pairs
Oldest male medalist45 years, 225 daysEdgar Syers  Great Britain1908 LondonBronzeMarch 18, 1863October 29, 1908Pairs

See also

Notes

References

General

  • "Results database". Athletes. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
  • ISU – Olympic Games Figure Skating results:

Specific

External links