List of Olympic medalists in figure skating
since 1908 and has been included in 25 Olympic Games. There have been 271 medals awarded to figure skaters representing 29 representing National Olympic Committees. Six events have been contested but one, men's special figures, was discontinued after a single Olympics.
Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are the only figure skaters to win five Olympic medals. Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström and Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko each have four medals. [|Seventeen figure skaters] have won three medals.
The only skaters with three consecutive titles are Grafström in men's singles, Sonja Henie in ladies' singles, and Irina Rodnina in pairs. [|Sixteen figure skaters] have earned two golds within the same discipline and five skaters have earned gold in two separate Olympic events.
On two occasions, there has been a [|podium sweep]. Russian figure skaters hold the unique record for earning gold medals in all six Olympic figure skating events. [|Three skaters] won Olympic medals in multiple figure skating disciplines.
Medalists
Men's singles
Men's special figures
Men's special figures was only included in one Olympic Games before being discontinued. The sole winner of the event was Russian Nikolai Panin, who gave his country its first ever Olympic gold medal.Ladies' singles
Pairs
Ice dance
Team event
The team event is the newest Olympic figure skating event, first contested in the 2014 Games. It combines the four Olympic figure skating disciplines into a single event; gold is awarded to the team that earns the most placement points.Multi-medalists
Most medals
earned the most medals in a single event: four medals, three of which gold, in men's singles. The only other skaters to have earned three golds in a single discipline are Sonja Henie in ladies' singles and Irina Rodnina in pairs.Counting multiple events, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir hold the record for the most medals, with a total of five medals including two golds in ice dance and one team event gold. Evgeni Plushenko earned four medals, including a gold in men's singles and a team event gold.
Figure skaters who won three or more medal at the Olympics are listed below:
| Athlete | Nation | Events | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| / | ice dance & team | 2010–2018 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| men's singles | 1920–1932 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| ladies' singles | 1928–1936 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| pairs | 1972–1980 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| men's singles & team | 2002–2014 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| | pairs | 1992–1998 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| / | pairs | 1924–1932 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| men's singles & team | 2014–2018 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| / | | ice dance | 1984–1992 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| / | ice dance & team | 2010–2014 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| / | pairs & team | 2014–2018 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| ladies' singles & team | 2014–2018 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| / | pairs | 2002–2010 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| pairs | 2010–2018 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| ladies' singles & pairs | 1924–1932 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Multiple golds
The only skaters with three consecutive titles are Gillis Grafström in men's singles, Sonja Henie in ladies' singles, and Irina Rodnina in pairs. The most consecutive titles in ice dance is two, which has only been achieved by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov. In addition, one ladies' singles skater, three men's singles skaters, and five pairs skaters have earned consecutive titles. Two ice dancers and three pair skaters have earned non-consecutive titles.Five skaters have won Olympic gold medals in multiple events. Evgeni Plushenko won gold in men's singles in 2006 and team event gold in 2014. Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov were the first skaters to win multiple events at a single Olympics, winning both pairs and the team event. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir matched this feat four years later, earning golds in ice dance and the team event.
| Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Golds | Event |
| 1920–1928 | 3 | men's singles | ||
| 1928–1936 | 3 | ladies' singles | ||
| 1972–1980 | 3 | pairs | ||
| / | 2010, 2018 | 3 | 2 in ice dance 1 in team event | |
| 1932–1936 | 2 | men's singles | ||
| 1948–1952 | 2 | men's singles | ||
| 2014–2018 | 2 | men's singles | ||
| 2006, 2014 | 2 | 1 in men's singles 1 in team event | ||
| 1984–1988 | 2 | ladies' singles | ||
| / | 1928–1932 | 2 | pairs | |
| / | 1964–1968 | 2 | pairs | |
| 1976–1980 | 2 | pairs | ||
| / | | 1988, 1994 | 2 | pairs |
| | 1992, 1998 | 2 | pairs | |
| / | 2014 | 2 | 1 in pairs 1 in team event | |
| / | 1994–1998 | 2 | ice dance |
Multi-medalists by event
Men's singles
Ladies' singles
Pairs
Ice dance
Team event
Multiple events
Only three skaters have won Olympic medals in multiple figure skating disciplines. All other multi-event medalists won medals in their discipline plus the team event.Two disciplines
In 1908, Madge Syers became the first skater to medal in multiple figure skating disciplines at a single Olympics. The only skater to match this feat was Ernst Baier in 1936. The only other skater to medal in multiple disciplines was Beatrix Loughran who did so at separate Olympics.No skater has won gold medals in multiple disciplines.
| Athlete | Nation | Disciplines | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| men's singles pairs | 1936 | 0 1 | 1 0 | 0 0 | 2 | ||
| ladies' singles pairs | 1908 | 1 0 | 0 0 | 0 1 | 2 | ||
| ladies' singles pairs | 1924–1928 1932 | 0 0 | 1 1 | 1 0 | 3 |
One discipline plus team event
The team event was introduced at the 2014 Winter Olympics. It allowed skaters to medal twice while skating one discipline.On 9 February 2014, Evgeni Plushenko became the first skater to win multiple figure skating events. On 12 February 2014, Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov became the first skaters to win multiple events at a single Olympics. Four years later, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir matched this feat.
The below table lists all skaters who have medaled in their own discipline and in the team event.
| Athlete | Nation | Discipline | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| / | ice dance | 2010–2018 | 2 + 1T | 1 + 1T | 0 | 5 | |
| men's singles | 2002–2014 | 1 + 1T | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| / | pairs | 2014 | 1 + 1T | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| men's singles | 2014–2018 | 0 + 1T | 1 + 1T | 0 | 3 | ||
| / | ice dance | 2010–2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 + 1T | 3 | |
| / | pairs | 2014–2018 | 0 + 1T | 0 + 1T | 1 | 3 | |
| ladies' singles | 2014–2018 | 0 + 1T | 0 + 1T | 1 | 3 | ||
| / | pairs | 2014 | 0 + 1T | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| ladies' singles | 2018 | 1 | 0 + 1T | 0 | 2 | ||
| / | ice dance | 2014 | 0 + 1T | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| ladies' singles | 2018 | 0 | 1 + 1T | 0 | 2 | ||
| / | ice dance | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 + 1T | 2 |
Summer and Winter Games
Since figure skating was held during the Summer Olympic Games in 1908 and 1920 before being moved to the Winter Olympic Games, three skaters medaled in figure skating in both the Summer and Winter Games.Men's singles skater Gillis Grafström's first gold medal was earned at the 1920 Summer Olympics. His other three medals were won at the 1924–1932 Winter Games. Pair skaters Ludowika Jakobsson and Walter Jakobsson also earned gold during the 1920 Summer Olympics. They later medaled at the 1924 Winter Games.
Country records
Winning streak
From 1964 to 2006, Russian figure skaters—representing the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, or Russia—won the gold medal in the pairs event, in what is the longest series of victories for one country in one winter event.Events won
Russian figure skaters, counting both Russian Federation and Russian Empire, hold the unique record for earning gold medals in all six Olympic figure skating events. Since men's special figures was discontinued, this record can not be matched.Russia is the only NOC to have earning gold medals in all five current Olympic figure skating events. Canada has earned gold medals in four of the events. Great Britain, Unified Team, and United States have earned gold medals in three of the events.
Russia and the Unified Team are the only NOCs to have won three events at the same Olympics, at the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 1992 Winter Olympics respectively. No NOC has won more than three figure skating events at a single Olympics.
Podium sweeps
There has been two podium sweeps in Olympic figure skating history. This is when athletes from one NOC win all three medals in a single event.| Games | Event | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1908 London | Men's singles | Ulrich Salchow | Richard Johansson | Per Thorén | |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Men's singles | Hayes Alan Jenkins | Ronnie Robertson | David Jenkins |
Medal totals by country
Men's singles
Men's special figures
Ladies' singles
Pairs
Ice dance
Team event
Age records
| Title | Age | Name | Nation | Games | Medal | Date of Birth | Date of Event | Event |
| Youngest female champion | Maxi Herber |  Nazi Germany | 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Gold | October 8, 1920 | February 13, 1936 | Pairs | |
| Youngest female medalist | Manuela Groß | 1972 Sapporo | Bronze | January 29, 1957 | February 8, 1972 | Pairs | ||
| Youngest male champion | Dick Button | 1948 St Moritz | Gold | July 18, 1929 | February 5, 1948 | Men's singles | ||
| Youngest male medalist | Scott Allen |  United States | 1964 Innsbruck | Bronze | February 8, 1949 | February 6, 1964 | Men's singles | |
| Oldest female champion | Ludowika Jakobsson | 1920 Antwerp | Gold | July 25, 1884 | April 26, 1920 | Pairs | ||
| Oldest female medalist | Ludowika Jakobsson | 1924 Chamonix | Silver | July 25, 1884 | January 31, 1924 | Pairs | ||
| Oldest male champion | Walter Jakobsson | 1920 Antwerp | Gold | February 6, 1882 | April 26, 1920 | Pairs | ||
| Oldest male medalist | Edgar Syers | 1908 London | Bronze | March 18, 1863 | October 29, 1908 | Pairs |