List of Olympic medalists in figure skating

The sole winner of the event was Russian Nikolai Panin, who gave his country its first ever Olympic gold medal.

Two years later, Kilius and Bäumler's results were invalidated because the pair had signed a professional contract before the Olympics.

[55][56] At the 2002 Olympics, a controversy in the pairs competition culminated in the French judge's scores being thrown out and the Canadian team of Jamie Salé and David Pelletier being awarded gold medals.

A scheme had been hatched whereby the French pairs judge had agreed to award the gold medal to the Russian team, while the Russian ice dance judge was to award the gold medal to the French ice dance team.

[99] Several media outlets reported that the issue was over a positive test from December 2021 that showed the presence of trimetazidine in a sample given by Kamila Valieva from the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC),[100][101] which was officially confirmed on 11 February.

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), under suspension from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) since 2015[102] for its years of serving solely to hide the positive doping results of Russian athletes,[103][104] cleared Valieva on 9 February, a day after the December test results were released and two months after the test.

[108] On 29 January 2024, the CAS disqualified Valieva for four years retroactive to 25 December 2021 for an anti-doping rule violation which they found her to have committed.

[109] On 30 January 2024, the ISU, among other actions, re-allocated the medals in the figure skating team event, upgrading the United States and Japan to gold and silver, while downgrading the ROC to bronze.

[110] By 25 July 2024, the CAS dismissed all of Russia's appeals of their January decision,[111] and on 7 August 2024, the American and Japanese teams were presented with their gold and silver medals at a ceremony held at the Champions Park, near the Eiffel Tower, during the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir matched this feat four years later, earning golds in ice dance and the team event.

In 1908, Madge Syers became the first skater to medal in multiple figure skating disciplines at a single Olympics.

There have been two podium sweeps in Olympic figure skating history, where skaters from one nation won all three medals in a single event.

A male figure skater poses with crossed arms for a shot at an indoor ice rink.
Nikolai Panin of Russia was the sole winner of the Olympic special figures event.
Ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir dancing on ice together.
Ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are the most decorated Olympic figure skaters in history with a total of five medals.
An ice dance couple performing a routine. The man, on the right, is dressed with a dark suit and holds his white-dressed partner by her waist and left hand.
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 dancers Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov holdings hands and waving to the crowd while skating.
Russian ice dancers Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov won the 1994 and 1998 Olympic titles.
A male figure skater looks at the camera while performing a figure skating element on an outdoor ice rink.
Swedish Gillis Grafström is a three-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the men's singles event.
A woman and a man in figure skating blades stand on an outdoor ice rink posing for a shot. On the left, the woman has both hands in her waist, while the man has his right arm around her left arm.
Sonja Henie and Karl Schäfer won a combined five Olympic titles.
Male figure skater performing a jump
Karl Schäfer won two Olympic gold medals in the men's competition in the 1930s.
Male figure skater on the ice
Yuzuru Hanyu is one of only two skaters to win two gold medals in the men's competition after World War II .
A young smiling woman wearing an embroidered hat and a jacket with furred collar and sleeve hems.
Norwegian Sonja Henie won three consecutive gold medals in the women's individual event (1928–1936).
A young smiling woman wearing a traditional Spanish flamenco dress and head gear, and executing the typical flamenco posture.
Katarina Witt from East Germany won the 1988 women's singles gold medal, becoming the second female figure skater in history to win back-to-back Olympic titles.
Female figure skater showing her gold medal
Yuna Kim of South Korea won the women's singles event in 2010 with world record scores in the short program, free skating, and combined total.
A male figure skater poses for a shot at an indoor ice rink; the background is very blurred.
Ulrich Salchow of Sweden, creator of the Salchow jump , was the first Olympic champion in men's figure skating.