Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Ladies' singles

The women's individual skating event held as part of the figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics. It was the second appearance of the event and the sport, which had previously been held in 1908.^[1]

Ladies' singles figure skating at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Palais de Glace d'Anvers
Date	25 April
Competitors	6 from 4 nations
Medalists
Magda Julin  Sweden Svea Norén  Sweden Theresa Weld  United States
← 1908 1924 →

Six skaters from four nations competed. Despite receiving no first place votes from the judges in the women's singles, Magda Julin of Sweden captured the gold on the strength of three second-place ordinals. She was three months pregnant at the time.

Theresa Weld caused a minor controversy by performing jumps such as salchows and loops, the only woman in the event to do any jumps beyond modest hops. She was told that such jumps were not considered suitable for a lady's program and that some judges marked down as a result.^[2]

Results

Rank	Name	Nation	CF	FS	Places
1	Magda Julin	Sweden	1	4	12.0
2	Svea Norén	Sweden	2	3	12.5
3	Theresa Weld	United States	5	1	15.5
4	Phyllis Johnson	Great Britain	3	5	18.5
5	Margot Moe	Norway	4	6	22.5
6	Ingrid Gulbrandsen	Norway	6	2	24.0

Referee:

• Victor Lundquist

Judges:

• August Anderberg
• Louis Magnus
• Eudore Lamborelle
• Knut Ørn Meinich
• Herbert Yglesias

References

1. "Figure Skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics: Singles, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
2. "The Olympics: 1920, 1924, and 1928", Skating magazine, December 1959

Sources

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 19 June 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2008.