The women's individual was a figure skating

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 event held as part of the Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics, three figure skating events were contested.Gillis Grafström of Sweden captured the first of three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the men's single event in 1920. 1908 gold medalist Ulrich Salchow finished fourth...

 programme. It was the second appearance of the event and the sport, which had previously been held in 1908.

Six skaters from four nations competed. Despite receiving no first place votes from the judges in the women's singles, Magda Julin

Magda Julin

Magda Julin born Mauroy, was a Swedish figure skater and 1920 Olympic champion in the ladies' singles event....

 of Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 captured the gold on the strength of three second-place ordinals. She was three months pregnant at the time.

Theresa Weld

Theresa Weld

Theresa Weld Blanchard was an American figure skater who competed in the disciplines of single skating and pair skating. Her pairs partner was Nathaniel Niles....

 caused a minor controversy by performing jumps such as salchows

Salchow jump

The Salchow is a figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge of one foot. The rotation in the air is made in the direction of the curve of the take-off edge. The landing is made on the back outside edge of the foot opposite the one used for take-off. One or more rotations may be...

 and loops

Loop jump

The Loop jump is a figure skating jump that takes off from a back outside edge and lands on the same backwards outside edge. For a jump with counterclockwise rotation, this is the right back outside edge. It is named from its similarity to the loop compulsory figure. The invention is widely...

, 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.

Results

Rank	Name	Nation	CF Compulsory figures Compulsory figures or school figures were formerly an aspect of the sport of figure skating, from which the sport derives its name. Carving specific patterns or figures into the ice was the original focus of the sport. The patterns of compulsory figures all derive from the basic figure eight...	FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...	Places
1	Magda Julin Magda Julin Magda Julin born Mauroy, was a Swedish figure skater and 1920 Olympic champion in the ladies' singles event....		1	4	12.0
2	Svea Norén Svea Norén Svea Norén was a Swedish figure skater. She won the silver medal in the ladies' singles event at the 1920 Summer Olympics behind fellow Swede Magda Julin....		2	3	12.5
3	Theresa Weld Theresa Weld Theresa Weld Blanchard was an American figure skater who competed in the disciplines of single skating and pair skating. Her pairs partner was Nathaniel Niles....		5	1	15.5
4	Phyllis Johnson Phyllis Johnson Phyllis Wyatt Johnson was a British figure skater.She won the silver medal in pair skating at the 1908 Olympic Games with James H. Johnson. They captured the gold at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1909 and 1912. In 1920, she won the bronze at the Olympics with new partner Basil Williams...		3	5	18.5
5	Margot Moe Margot Moe Margot Gudrun Moe was a Norwegian figure skater. She competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp where she placed fifth, and won a bronze medal at the 1922 World Figure Skating Championships....		4	6	22.5
6	Ingrid Gulbrandsen Ingrid Gulbrandsen Ingrid Gulbrandsen was a Norwegian figure skater. She competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp where she placed sixth. She was Norwegian champion in 1924.-Results:-Navigation:...		6	2	24.0

Referee: Victor Lundquist

Judges: August Anderberg Louis Magnus

Louis Magnus

Louis Magnus was an ice skater. He competed as a figure skater representing France. He is considered as the builder of the International Ice Hockey Federation .He moved to France in 1889....

 Eudore Lamborelle Knut Ørn Meinich Herbert Yglesias