Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles

The ladies' single figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.^[1] The short program was held on 21 February, and the free skating was held on 23 February.^[2][3]

Ladies' singles at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Medvedeva, Zagitova, Osmond
Venue	Gangneung Ice Arena Gangneung, South Korea
Dates	21–23 February 2018
Competitors	30 from 20 nations
Winning score	239.57
Medalists
Alina Zagitova  Olympic Athletes from Russia Evgenia Medvedeva  Olympic Athletes from Russia Kaetlyn Osmond  Canada
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Records

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics

For a complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

The following new best scores were set during this competition:

Component	Skaters	Score	Date	Ref
Short program	Evgenia Medvedeva (OAR)	81.61	21 February 2018	[4][5]
	Alina Zagitova (OAR)	82.92

The Olympic Athletes from Russia set two subsequent world records in the short program on February 21, with Evgenia Medvedeva scoring 81.61 and then Alina Zagitova scoring 82.92 ten minutes later.^[4][5]

Qualification

Main article: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

A total of 30 skaters qualified to compete in the event, with each country allowed to only enter a maximum of three. 24 quotas were handed out during the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships and the remaining six were given out at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Each country decided the entry of its teams, and athletes winning the quota were not necessarily granted the right to compete.^[6] All athletes competing must have met the minimum total elements score, which does not include component scores. For the short program this was 20.00 and the free skate 36.00.^[7]

Schedule

All times are (UTC+9).

Date	Time	Round
21 February	10:00[2]	Short program
23 February	10:00[2]	Free skating

Results

Short program

The short program was held on 21 February.^[2][8]

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded	StN
1	Alina Zagitova	Olympic Athletes from Russia	82.92 WR	45.30	37.62	9.36	9.18	9.64	9.43	9.43	0.00	28
2	Evgenia Medvedeva	Olympic Athletes from Russia	81.61	43.19	38.42	9.54	9.39	9.71	9.68	9.71	0.00	25
3	Kaetlyn Osmond	Canada	78.87	41.83	37.04	9.32	9.00	9.36	9.29	9.32	0.00	27
4	Satoko Miyahara	Japan	75.94	40.25	35.69	8.96	8.75	9.00	8.86	9.04	0.00	26
5	Kaori Sakamoto	Japan	73.18	40.36	32.82	8.43	7.96	8.29	8.18	8.18	0.00	19
6	Carolina Kostner	Italy	73.15	35.06	38.09	9.46	9.32	9.54	9.61	9.68	0.00	29
7	Gabrielle Daleman	Canada	68.90	35.90	33.00	8.32	8.04	8.18	8.25	8.46	0.00	21
8	Choi Da-bin	South Korea	67.77	37.54	30.23	7.75	7.29	7.68	7.5	7.57	0.00	24
9	Mirai Nagasu	United States	66.93	37.24	30.69	8.04	7.36	7.61	7.68	7.68	-1.00	20
10	Karen Chen	United States	65.90	33.53	32.37	8.07	7.89	8.14	8.11	8.25	0.00	22
11	Bradie Tennell	United States	64.01	35.50	29.51	7.57	7.25	7.25	7.43	7.39	-1.00	1
12	Maria Sotskova	Olympic Athletes from Russia	63.86	31.47	33.39	8.46	8.21	8.21	8.46	8.39	-1.00	30
13	Nicole Rajičová	Slovakia	60.59	32.36	28.23	7.18	6.82	7.21	7.00	7.07	0.00	18
14	Nicole Schott	Germany	59.20	31.62	27.58	6.96	6.61	7.07	6.86	6.96	0.00	17
15	Elizabet Tursynbayeva	Kazakhstan	58.82	29.14	29.68	7.46	7.18	7.50	7.43	7.54	0.00	23
16	Kailani Craine	Australia	56.77	30.36	26.41	6.61	6.32	6.71	6.57	6.79	0.00	13
17	Isadora Williams	Brazil	55.74	29.83	25.91	6.54	6.29	6.64	6.46	6.46	0.00	2
18	Emmi Peltonen	Finland	55.28	28.48	27.80	7.00	6.64	6.96	7.07	7.07	-1.00	10
19	Alexia Paganini	Switzerland	55.26	29.99	25.27	6.39	6.14	6.39	6.39	6.29	0.00	8
20	Loena Hendrickx	Belgium	55.16	27.79	27.37	7.04	6.64	6.82	6.82	6.89	0.00	16
21	Kim Ha-nul	South Korea	54.33	29.41	24.92	6.36	6.00	6.32	6.29	6.18	0.00	5
22	Maé-Bérénice Méité	France	53.67	28.24	25.43	6.57	6.14	6.46	6.29	6.32	0.00	12
23	Ivett Tóth	Hungary	53.22	27.60	25.62	6.54	6.18	6.43	6.39	6.50	0.00	14
24	Li Xiangning	China	52.46	27.27	26.19	6.64	6.29	6.54	6.64	6.64	-1.00	7
Did not advance to free skating
25	Larkyn Austman	Canada	51.42	25.93	26.49	6.71	6.32	6.61	6.71	6.75	-1.00	11
26	Diāna Ņikitina	Latvia	51.12	26.35	24.77	6.29	5.93	6.18	6.32	6.25	0.00	4
27	Giada Russo	Italy	50.88	25.90	25.98	6.57	6.25	6.50	6.54	6.61	-1.00	15
28	Anita Östlund	Sweden	49.14	25.35	23.79	6.14	5.82	5.93	5.93	5.93	0.00	6
29	Anna Khnychenkova	Ukraine	47.59	26.66	22.93	5.86	5.54	5.61	5.82	5.82	-2.00	3
30	Aiza Mambekova	Kazakhstan	44.40	21.29	23.11	5.71	5.46	5.82	5.89	6.00	0.00	9

• Notes:
• WR - World record
• TSS - Total Segment Score; TES - Technical Element Score; PCS - Program Component Score
• SS - Skating Skills; TR - Transitions; PE - Performance/Execution
• CH - Choreography; IN - Interpretation; Ded - Deduction; StN - Starting Number

Free skating

The free skating was held on 23 February.^[2][9]

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded	StN
1	Evgenia Medvedeva	Olympic Athletes from Russia	* 156.65 *	79.18	* 77.47 *	9.57	9.43	9.82	9.71	9.89	0.00	24
2	Alina Zagitova	Olympic Athletes from Russia	* 156.65 *	81.62	* 75.03 *	9.32	9.21	9.61	9.29	9.46	0.00	22
3	Kaetlyn Osmond	Canada	152.15	76.50	75.65	9.50	9.21	9.57	9.39	9.61	0.00	23
4	Satoko Miyahara	Japan	146.44	75.20	71.24	8.93	8.64	9.07	8.89	9.00	0.00	19
5	Carolina Kostner	Italy	139.29	63.64	75.65	9.46	9.25	9.43	9.57	9.57	0.00	20
6	Kaori Sakamoto	Japan	136.53	68.42	68.11	8.57	8.36	8.50	8.57	8.57	0.00	21
7	Maria Sotskova	Olympic Athletes from Russia	134.24	66.94	67.30	8.39	8.14	8.54	8.43	8.57	0.00	13
8	Choi Da-bin	South Korea	131.49	68.74	62.75	7.86	7.57	8.04	7.86	7.89	0.00	17
9	Bradie Tennell	United States	128.34	65.41	62.93	7.93	7.68	7.79	7.93	8.00	0.00	15
10	Kim Ha-nul	South Korea	121.38	67.03	54.35	6.96	6.46	7.00	6.68	6.86	0.00	4
11	Karen Chen	United States	119.75	56.65	64.10	8.18	7.64	7.96	8.07	8.21	-1.00	14
12	Mirai Nagasu	United States	119.61	57.56	62.05	8.14	7.50	7.71	7.75	7.68	0.00	18
13	Elizabet Tursynbayeva	Kazakhstan	118.30	60.50	58.80	7.39	7.11	7.39	7.43	7.43	-1.00	7
14	Loena Hendrickx	Belgium	116.72	60.73	55.99	7.07	6.71	7.11	6.96	7.14	0.00	2
15	Nicole Rajičová	Slovakia	114.60	57.80	56.80	7.11	6.89	7.25	7.25	7.21	0.00	11
16	Kailani Craine	Australia	111.84	57.89	57.89	6.68	6.54	7.00	6.64	6.86	0.00	9
17	Nicole Schott	Germany	109.26	52.68	56.58	7.04	6.82	7.04	7.18	7.29	0.00	10
18	Maé-Bérénice Méité	France	106.25	55.13	52.12	6.50	6.29	6.61	6.54	6.64	-1.00	3
19	Gabrielle Daleman	Canada	103.56	45.81	61.75	8.00	7.64	7.39	7.93	7.64	-4.00	16
20	Li Xiangning	China	101.97	50.56	51.41	6.57	6.21	6.46	6.39	6.50	0.00	5
21	Emmi Peltonen	Finland	101.86	46.41	56.45	7.14	6.79	7.00	7.07	7.29	-1.00	8
22	Alexia Paganini	Switzerland	101.00	50.94	50.06	6.43	6.00	6.29	6.32	6.25	0.00	1
23	Ivett Tóth	Hungary	97.21	49.82	50.39	6.32	6.29	6.21	6.39	6.29	-3.00	6
24	Isadora Williams	Brazil	88.44	38.39	51.05	6.43	6.18	6.36	6.43	6.50	-1.00	12

* Evgenia Medvedeva finished at higher place due to better program component score

Overall

The skaters were ranked according to their overall score.^[10]

TP - Total points; SP - Short program; FS - Free skating

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Alina Zagitova	Olympic Athletes from Russia	239.57	82.92	1	156.65	2
	Evgenia Medvedeva	Olympic Athletes from Russia	238.26	81.61	2	156.65	1
	Kaetlyn Osmond	Canada	231.02	78.87	3	152.15	3
4	Satoko Miyahara	Japan	222.38	75.94	4	146.44	4
5	Carolina Kostner	Italy	212.44	73.15	6	139.29	5
6	Kaori Sakamoto	Japan	209.71	73.18	5	136.53	6
7	Choi Da-bin	South Korea	199.26	67.77	8	131.49	8
8	Maria Sotskova	Olympic Athletes from Russia	198.10	63.86	12	134.24	7
9	Bradie Tennell	United States	192.35	64.01	11	128.34	9
10	Mirai Nagasu	United States	186.54	66.93	9	119.61	12
11	Karen Chen	United States	185.65	65.90	10	119.75	11
12	Elizabet Tursynbayeva	Kazakhstan	177.12	58.82	15	118.30	13
13	Kim Ha-nul	South Korea	175.71	54.33	21	121.38	10
14	Nicole Rajičová	Slovakia	175.19	60.59	13	114.60	15
15	Gabrielle Daleman	Canada	172.46	68.90	7	103.56	19
16	Loena Hendrickx	Belgium	171.88	55.16	20	116.72	14
17	Kailani Craine	Australia	168.61	56.77	16	111.84	16
18	Nicole Schott	Germany	168.46	59.20	14	109.26	17
19	Maé-Bérénice Méité	France	159.92	53.67	22	106.25	18
20	Emmi Peltonen	Finland	157.14	55.28	18	101.86	21
21	Alexia Paganini	Switzerland	156.26	55.26	19	101.00	22
22	Li Xiangning	China	154.43	52.46	24	101.97	20
23	Ivett Tóth	Hungary	150.43	53.22	23	97.21	23
24	Isadora Williams	Brazil	144.18	55.74	17	88.44	24
Did not advance to free skating
25	Larkyn Austman	Canada	—	51.42	25	—	—
26	Diāna Ņikitina	Latvia	—	51.12	26	—	—
27	Giada Russo	Italy	—	50.88	27	—	—
28	Anita Östlund	Sweden	—	49.14	28	—	—
29	Anna Khnychenkova	Ukraine	—	47.59	29	—	—
30	Aiza Mambekova	Kazakhstan	—	44.40	30	—	—