# Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles

The ladies' single figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The short program was held on 21 February, and the free skating was held on 23 February.

## Records

For a complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating.
The following new best scores were set during this competition:
| Component | Skaters | Score | Date | Ref |
| Short program | Evgenia Medvedeva (OAR) | 81.61 | 21 February 2018 | |
| Short program | Alina Zagitova (OAR) | 82.92 | 21 February 2018 | |
The Olympic Athletes from Russia set two subsequent world records in the short program on February 21, with Evgenia Medvedeva scoring 81.61 and then Alina Zagitova scoring 82.92 ten minutes later.

## Qualification

A total of 30 skaters qualified to compete in the event, with each country allowed to only enter a maximum of three. 24 quotas were handed out during the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships and the remaining six were given out at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Each country decided the entry of its teams, and athletes winning the quota were not necessarily granted the right to compete. All athletes competing must have met the minimum total elements score, which does not include component scores. For the short program this was 20.00 and the free skate 36.00.

## Schedule

All times are (UTC+9).
| Date | Time | Round |
| 21 February | 10:00 | Short program |
| 23 February | 10:00 | Free skating |

## Results
### Short program

The short program was held on 21 February.
| Pl. | Name | Nation | TSS | TES | PCS | SS | TR | PE | CH | IN | Ded | StN |
| 1 | Alina Zagitova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 82.92 WR | 45.30 | 37.62 | 9.36 | 9.18 | 9.64 | 9.43 | 9.43 | 0.00 | 28 |
| 2 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 81.61 | 43.19 | 38.42 | 9.54 | 9.39 | 9.71 | 9.68 | 9.71 | 0.00 | 25 |
| 3 | Kaetlyn Osmond | Canada | 78.87 | 41.83 | 37.04 | 9.32 | 9.00 | 9.36 | 9.29 | 9.32 | 0.00 | 27 |
| 4 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 75.94 | 40.25 | 35.69 | 8.96 | 8.75 | 9.00 | 8.86 | 9.04 | 0.00 | 26 |
| 5 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 73.18 | 40.36 | 32.82 | 8.43 | 7.96 | 8.29 | 8.18 | 8.18 | 0.00 | 19 |
| 6 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 73.15 | 35.06 | 38.09 | 9.46 | 9.32 | 9.54 | 9.61 | 9.68 | 0.00 | 29 |
| 7 | Gabrielle Daleman | Canada | 68.90 | 35.90 | 33.00 | 8.32 | 8.04 | 8.18 | 8.25 | 8.46 | 0.00 | 21 |
| 8 | Choi Da-bin | South Korea | 67.77 | 37.54 | 30.23 | 7.75 | 7.29 | 7.68 | 7.5 | 7.57 | 0.00 | 24 |
| 9 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 66.93 | 37.24 | 30.69 | 8.04 | 7.36 | 7.61 | 7.68 | 7.68 | -1.00 | 20 |
| 10 | Karen Chen | United States | 65.90 | 33.53 | 32.37 | 8.07 | 7.89 | 8.14 | 8.11 | 8.25 | 0.00 | 22 |
| 11 | Bradie Tennell | United States | 64.01 | 35.50 | 29.51 | 7.57 | 7.25 | 7.25 | 7.43 | 7.39 | -1.00 | 1 |
| 12 | Maria Sotskova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 63.86 | 31.47 | 33.39 | 8.46 | 8.21 | 8.21 | 8.46 | 8.39 | -1.00 | 30 |
| 13 | Nicole Rajičová | Slovakia | 60.59 | 32.36 | 28.23 | 7.18 | 6.82 | 7.21 | 7.00 | 7.07 | 0.00 | 18 |
| 14 | Nicole Schott | Germany | 59.20 | 31.62 | 27.58 | 6.96 | 6.61 | 7.07 | 6.86 | 6.96 | 0.00 | 17 |
| 15 | Elizabet Tursynbayeva | Kazakhstan | 58.82 | 29.14 | 29.68 | 7.46 | 7.18 | 7.50 | 7.43 | 7.54 | 0.00 | 23 |
| 16 | Kailani Craine | Australia | 56.77 | 30.36 | 26.41 | 6.61 | 6.32 | 6.71 | 6.57 | 6.79 | 0.00 | 13 |
| 17 | Isadora Williams | Brazil | 55.74 | 29.83 | 25.91 | 6.54 | 6.29 | 6.64 | 6.46 | 6.46 | 0.00 | 2 |
| 18 | Emmi Peltonen | Finland | 55.28 | 28.48 | 27.80 | 7.00 | 6.64 | 6.96 | 7.07 | 7.07 | -1.00 | 10 |
| 19 | Alexia Paganini | Switzerland | 55.26 | 29.99 | 25.27 | 6.39 | 6.14 | 6.39 | 6.39 | 6.29 | 0.00 | 8 |
| 20 | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium | 55.16 | 27.79 | 27.37 | 7.04 | 6.64 | 6.82 | 6.82 | 6.89 | 0.00 | 16 |
| 21 | Kim Ha-nul | South Korea | 54.33 | 29.41 | 24.92 | 6.36 | 6.00 | 6.32 | 6.29 | 6.18 | 0.00 | 5 |
| 22 | Maé-Bérénice Méité | France | 53.67 | 28.24 | 25.43 | 6.57 | 6.14 | 6.46 | 6.29 | 6.32 | 0.00 | 12 |
| 23 | Ivett Tóth | Hungary | 53.22 | 27.60 | 25.62 | 6.54 | 6.18 | 6.43 | 6.39 | 6.50 | 0.00 | 14 |
| 24 | Li Xiangning | China | 52.46 | 27.27 | 26.19 | 6.64 | 6.29 | 6.54 | 6.64 | 6.64 | -1.00 | 7 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||||||||
| 25 | Larkyn Austman | Canada | 51.42 | 25.93 | 26.49 | 6.71 | 6.32 | 6.61 | 6.71 | 6.75 | -1.00 | 11 |
| 26 | Diāna Ņikitina | Latvia | 51.12 | 26.35 | 24.77 | 6.29 | 5.93 | 6.18 | 6.32 | 6.25 | 0.00 | 4 |
| 27 | Giada Russo | Italy | 50.88 | 25.90 | 25.98 | 6.57 | 6.25 | 6.50 | 6.54 | 6.61 | -1.00 | 15 |
| 28 | Anita Östlund | Sweden | 49.14 | 25.35 | 23.79 | 6.14 | 5.82 | 5.93 | 5.93 | 5.93 | 0.00 | 6 |
| 29 | Anna Khnychenkova | Ukraine | 47.59 | 26.66 | 22.93 | 5.86 | 5.54 | 5.61 | 5.82 | 5.82 | -2.00 | 3 |
| 30 | Aiza Mambekova | Kazakhstan | 44.40 | 21.29 | 23.11 | 5.71 | 5.46 | 5.82 | 5.89 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 9 |
* Notes:
* WR - World record
* TSS - Total Segment Score; TES - Technical Element Score; PCS - Program Component Score
* SS - Skating Skills; TR - Transitions; PE - Performance/Execution
* CH - Choreography; IN - Interpretation; Ded - Deduction; StN - Starting Number

### Free skating

The free skating was held on 23 February.
| Pl. | Name | Nation | TSS | TES | PCS | SS | TR | PE | CH | IN | Ded | StN |
| 1 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Olympic Athletes from Russia | * 156.65 * | 79.18 | * 77.47 * | 9.57 | 9.43 | 9.82 | 9.71 | 9.89 | 0.00 | 24 |
| 2 | Alina Zagitova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | * 156.65 * | 81.62 | * 75.03 * | 9.32 | 9.21 | 9.61 | 9.29 | 9.46 | 0.00 | 22 |
| 3 | Kaetlyn Osmond | Canada | 152.15 | 76.50 | 75.65 | 9.50 | 9.21 | 9.57 | 9.39 | 9.61 | 0.00 | 23 |
| 4 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 146.44 | 75.20 | 71.24 | 8.93 | 8.64 | 9.07 | 8.89 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 19 |
| 5 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 139.29 | 63.64 | 75.65 | 9.46 | 9.25 | 9.43 | 9.57 | 9.57 | 0.00 | 20 |
| 6 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 136.53 | 68.42 | 68.11 | 8.57 | 8.36 | 8.50 | 8.57 | 8.57 | 0.00 | 21 |
| 7 | Maria Sotskova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 134.24 | 66.94 | 67.30 | 8.39 | 8.14 | 8.54 | 8.43 | 8.57 | 0.00 | 13 |
| 8 | Choi Da-bin | South Korea | 131.49 | 68.74 | 62.75 | 7.86 | 7.57 | 8.04 | 7.86 | 7.89 | 0.00 | 17 |
| 9 | Bradie Tennell | United States | 128.34 | 65.41 | 62.93 | 7.93 | 7.68 | 7.79 | 7.93 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 15 |
| 10 | Kim Ha-nul | South Korea | 121.38 | 67.03 | 54.35 | 6.96 | 6.46 | 7.00 | 6.68 | 6.86 | 0.00 | 4 |
| 11 | Karen Chen | United States | 119.75 | 56.65 | 64.10 | 8.18 | 7.64 | 7.96 | 8.07 | 8.21 | -1.00 | 14 |
| 12 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 119.61 | 57.56 | 62.05 | 8.14 | 7.50 | 7.71 | 7.75 | 7.68 | 0.00 | 18 |
| 13 | Elizabet Tursynbayeva | Kazakhstan | 118.30 | 60.50 | 58.80 | 7.39 | 7.11 | 7.39 | 7.43 | 7.43 | -1.00 | 7 |
| 14 | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium | 116.72 | 60.73 | 55.99 | 7.07 | 6.71 | 7.11 | 6.96 | 7.14 | 0.00 | 2 |
| 15 | Nicole Rajičová | Slovakia | 114.60 | 57.80 | 56.80 | 7.11 | 6.89 | 7.25 | 7.25 | 7.21 | 0.00 | 11 |
| 16 | Kailani Craine | Australia | 111.84 | 57.89 | 57.89 | 6.68 | 6.54 | 7.00 | 6.64 | 6.86 | 0.00 | 9 |
| 17 | Nicole Schott | Germany | 109.26 | 52.68 | 56.58 | 7.04 | 6.82 | 7.04 | 7.18 | 7.29 | 0.00 | 10 |
| 18 | Maé-Bérénice Méité | France | 106.25 | 55.13 | 52.12 | 6.50 | 6.29 | 6.61 | 6.54 | 6.64 | -1.00 | 3 |
| 19 | Gabrielle Daleman | Canada | 103.56 | 45.81 | 61.75 | 8.00 | 7.64 | 7.39 | 7.93 | 7.64 | -4.00 | 16 |
| 20 | Li Xiangning | China | 101.97 | 50.56 | 51.41 | 6.57 | 6.21 | 6.46 | 6.39 | 6.50 | 0.00 | 5 |
| 21 | Emmi Peltonen | Finland | 101.86 | 46.41 | 56.45 | 7.14 | 6.79 | 7.00 | 7.07 | 7.29 | -1.00 | 8 |
| 22 | Alexia Paganini | Switzerland | 101.00 | 50.94 | 50.06 | 6.43 | 6.00 | 6.29 | 6.32 | 6.25 | 0.00 | 1 |
| 23 | Ivett Tóth | Hungary | 97.21 | 49.82 | 50.39 | 6.32 | 6.29 | 6.21 | 6.39 | 6.29 | -3.00 | 6 |
| 24 | Isadora Williams | Brazil | 88.44 | 38.39 | 51.05 | 6.43 | 6.18 | 6.36 | 6.43 | 6.50 | -1.00 | 12 |
* Evgenia Medvedeva finished at higher place due to better program component score

### Overall

The skaters were ranked according to their overall score.
TP - Total points; SP - Short program; FS - Free skating
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| | Alina Zagitova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 239.57 | 82.92 | 1 | 156.65 | 2 |
| | Evgenia Medvedeva | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 238.26 | 81.61 | 2 | 156.65 | 1 |
| | Kaetlyn Osmond | Canada | 231.02 | 78.87 | 3 | 152.15 | 3 |
| 4 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 222.38 | 75.94 | 4 | 146.44 | 4 |
| 5 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 212.44 | 73.15 | 6 | 139.29 | 5 |
| 6 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 209.71 | 73.18 | 5 | 136.53 | 6 |
| 7 | Choi Da-bin | South Korea | 199.26 | 67.77 | 8 | 131.49 | 8 |
| 8 | Maria Sotskova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 198.10 | 63.86 | 12 | 134.24 | 7 |
| 9 | Bradie Tennell | United States | 192.35 | 64.01 | 11 | 128.34 | 9 |
| 10 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 186.54 | 66.93 | 9 | 119.61 | 12 |
| 11 | Karen Chen | United States | 185.65 | 65.90 | 10 | 119.75 | 11 |
| 12 | Elizabet Tursynbayeva | Kazakhstan | 177.12 | 58.82 | 15 | 118.30 | 13 |
| 13 | Kim Ha-nul | South Korea | 175.71 | 54.33 | 21 | 121.38 | 10 |
| 14 | Nicole Rajičová | Slovakia | 175.19 | 60.59 | 13 | 114.60 | 15 |
| 15 | Gabrielle Daleman | Canada | 172.46 | 68.90 | 7 | 103.56 | 19 |
| 16 | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium | 171.88 | 55.16 | 20 | 116.72 | 14 |
| 17 | Kailani Craine | Australia | 168.61 | 56.77 | 16 | 111.84 | 16 |
| 18 | Nicole Schott | Germany | 168.46 | 59.20 | 14 | 109.26 | 17 |
| 19 | Maé-Bérénice Méité | France | 159.92 | 53.67 | 22 | 106.25 | 18 |
| 20 | Emmi Peltonen | Finland | 157.14 | 55.28 | 18 | 101.86 | 21 |
| 21 | Alexia Paganini | Switzerland | 156.26 | 55.26 | 19 | 101.00 | 22 |
| 22 | Li Xiangning | China | 154.43 | 52.46 | 24 | 101.97 | 20 |
| 23 | Ivett Tóth | Hungary | 150.43 | 53.22 | 23 | 97.21 | 23 |
| 24 | Isadora Williams | Brazil | 144.18 | 55.74 | 17 | 88.44 | 24 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 25 | Larkyn Austman | Canada | — | 51.42 | 25 | — | — |
| 26 | Diāna Ņikitina | Latvia | — | 51.12 | 26 | — | — |
| 27 | Giada Russo | Italy | — | 50.88 | 27 | — | — |
| 28 | Anita Östlund | Sweden | — | 49.14 | 28 | — | — |
| 29 | Anna Khnychenkova | Ukraine | — | 47.59 | 29 | — | — |
| 30 | Aiza Mambekova | Kazakhstan | — | 44.40 | 30 | — | — |