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Women's Olympic Figure Skating

Multiple gold medals: Sonja Henie (3); Katarina Witt (2).

Year   
1908 Madge Syers GBR
1912 Not held
1920 Magda Julin-Mauroy SWE
1924 Herma Planck-Szabö AUT
1928 Sonja Henie NOR
1932 Sonja Henie NOR
1936 Sonja Henie NOR
1948 Barbara Ann Scott CAN
1952 Jeanette Altwegg GBR
1956 Tenley Albright USA
1960 Carol Heiss USA
1964 Sjoukje Dijkstra NED
1968 Peggy Fleming USA
1972 Beatrix Schuba AUT
1976 Dorothy Hamill USA
1980 Anett Pötzsch E. Ger
1984 Katarina Witt E. Ger
1988 Katarina Witt E. Ger
1992 Kristi Yamaguchi USA
1994 Oksana Baiul UKR
1998Tara LipinskiUSA
2002Sarah HughesUSA
2006Shizuka ArakawaJPN

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