The ladies' singles was one of four events in figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

[1] Without rivals Jenny Herz and Lily Kronberger present at the Olympics, Great Britain's Madge Syers easily won the gold medal.

[3] The judges were unanimous in ranking Syers first, awarding her the gold medal.

Rendschmidt earned second-place marks from a majority of the judges (4 of the 5) to take silver.

Greenhough-Smith had a majority of the third-place marks (3 of 5), along with a second-place result, to earn the bronze.