The ladies'
single figure skating competition of the
2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...
was held at the
Gangneung Ice Arena
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in
Gangneung
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,
South Korea
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.
The
short program was held on 21 February, and the
free skating was held on 23 February.
Records
For a complete list of figure skating records, see
list of highest scores in figure skating
The following list of highest scores in figure skating contains the highest scores earned from the 2018–19 season onwards, under the ISU Judging System (IJS). The 2018–19 season began on 1 July 2018.
After being trialed in 2003, the IJS rep ...
.
The following new
best scores were set during this competition:
The
Olympic Athletes from Russia set two subsequent world records in the short program on February 21, with
Evgenia Medvedeva
Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva (alt. spelling: Yevgenia Medvedeva; rus, Евгения Армановна Медведева, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪjə mʲɪˈdvʲedʲɪvə; born 19 November 1999), is a competitive Russian figure skater. She is a tw ...
scoring 81.61 and then
Alina Zagitova scoring 82.92 ten minutes later.
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. 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.
Schedule
All times are (UTC+9
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).
Results
Short program
The short program was held on 21 February.
Free skating
The free skating was held on 23 February.
Evgenia Medvedeva finished at higher place due to better program component score
Overall
The skaters were ranked according to their overall score.
Final results
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TP - Total points; SP - Short program; FS - Free skating
References
Citations
{{DEFAULTSORT:Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics - Ladies' singles
Ladies'
Women's events at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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