The first figure skating competition was held at the 1908 Games in London. All competitions were finished on the same day (October 29). The first gold medalists were:
1) Men's Singles - Ulrich Salchow, Sweden
2) Ladies Singles - Madge Syers, Great Britain
3) Mixed Pairs - Annie Hübler and Heinrich Burger, Germany
victor epic
Yu-Na Kim
Nancy Kerrigan
Shizuka Arakawa, Japan. That marks the first time an Asian winning an Olympic medal.
Carol Agen won the gold medal in 1960.
Shizuka Arakawa, Japan. That marks the first time an Asian winning an Olympic medal.
Katarina Witt won the Olympic gold medal in figure skating in 1984 and 1988.
Peggy Gail Flemming was the gold medal winner of the 1968 Olympic figure skating event.
Debi Thomas who won a bronze medal in ladies singles figure skating at the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary.
That was Bud Wilson who won bronze in men's singles at the 1932 Winter Games in Lake Placid.
Shizuka Arakawa of Japan won the women's figure skating gold in the 2006 Turin Olympic Games.
Tara Lipinski. She is still the youngest woman ever to have won the Olympic gold medal in figure skating, at age fifteen.