Winter Olympic Women's figure skating Gold Medal Winners: Complete List of Every Champions, Past Results

USA's Alysa Liu wins Olympic figure skating gold medal: Highlights

The women's figure skating competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan reached its final day, with the United States' Alysa Liu leading the American trio in third place after the short program. The free skate began at 1 p.m. ET, broadcast on NBC and streamed on Peacock, while the top 24 skaters prepared to vie for the podium.

MILAN — Alysa Liu took her place on the top step of the Olympic podium and threw both hands in the air.

The U.S. figure skater who won her first national title at 13 years old, walked away from the sport at 16, came back at 18, became world champion at 19 was now an Olympic gold medalist at 20, the first American woman to capture individual gold since Sarah Hughes in 2002.

"I literally can't process this," she said shortly after winning.

Liu, who remains unapologetically herself, took a victory lap around around the Milano Ice Skating Arena, gold medal around her neck and an American flag draped over her shoulders.

"The feelings I felt out there were calm, happy, and confident," she said after.

When she came off the ice, she looked at the broadcast camera and said, "That's what I'm (expletive) talking about!"

Liu's teammate Amber Glenn turned in a fantastic free skate of her own to finish in fifth after sitting in 13th following her painful short program, showing herself and everyone what she's made of. "She killed it," Liu said of Glenn.

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Who won the 2026 Olympic Women's figure skating finals gold medal: Full 2026 Winter Olympics full results

Here are the standings for the women's figure skating competition at the 2026 Winter Games.

1. Alysa Liu (USA): 226.79 total score, 150.20 free skate score, 76.59 short program score.

2. Kaori Sakamoto (Japan): 224.90 total score, 147.67 free skate score, 77.23 short program score.

3. Ami Nakai (Japan): 219.16 total score, 140.45 free skate score, 78.71 short program score.

4. Mone Chiba (Japan): 217.88 total score, 143.88 free skate score, 74.00 short program score.

5. Amber Glenn (USA): 214.91 total score, 147.52 free skate score, 67.39 short program score.

6. Adeliia Petrosian (Neutral Athlete): 214.53 total score, 141.64 free skate score, 72.89 short program score.

7. Niina Petrokina (Estonia): 210.82 total score, 141.19 free skate score, 69.63 short program score.

8. Haein Lee (Korea): 210.56 total score, 140.49 free skate score, 70.07 short program score.

9. Anastasiia Gubanova (Georgia): 209.99 total score, 138.22 free skate score, 71.77 short program score.

10. Sofia Samodelkina (Kazakhstan): 207.46 total score, 138.99 free skate score, 68.47 short program score.

11. Jia Shin (Korea): 206.68 total score, 141.02 free skate score, 65.66 short program score.

12. Isabeau Levito (USA): 202.80 total score, 131.96 free skate score, 70.84 short program score.

13. Lara Naki Gutmann (Italy): 195.75 total score, 134.19 free skate score, 61.56 short program score.

14. Loena Hendrickx (Belgium): 199.65 total score, 128.72 free skate score, 70.93 short program score.

15. Nina Pinzarrone (Belgium): 200.30 total score, 131.33 free skate score, 68.97 short program score.

16. Iida Karhunen (Finland): 192.79 total score, 127.73 free skate score, 65.06 short program score.

17. Julia Sauter (Romania): 190.93 total score, 127.80 free skate score, 63.13 short program score.

18. Olga Mikutina (Austria): 185.59 total score, 123.87 free skate score, 61.72 short program score.

19. Ruiyang Zhang (China): 178.03 total score, 118.65 free skate score, 59.38, short program score.

20. Ekaterina Kurakova (Poland): 173.37 total score, 113.23 free skate score, 60.14 short program score.

21. Livia Kaiser (Switzerland): 171.52 total score, 115.83 free skate score, 55.69 short program score.

22. Lorine Schild (France): 167.08 total score, 111.45 free skate score, 55.63 short program score.

23. Kimmy Repond (Switzerland): 159.54 total score, 100.34 free skate score, 59.20 short program score.

24. Mariia Seniuk (Israel): 152.61 total score, 94.00 free skate score, 58.61 short program score.

Women's figure skating Olympics winners list by year 1984-2026

Here is who has medaled in women's singles figure skating over the last four decades.

2026: Alysa Liu (USA), Kaori Sakamoto (Japan), Ami Nakai (Japan)

2022: ROC's Anna Shcherbakova (gold), ROC's Aleksandra Trusova (silver), Japan's Kaori Sakamoto (bronze)

2018: ROC's Alina Zagitova (gold), ROC's Yevgeniya Medvedeva (silver), Canada's Kaetlyn Osmond (bronze)

2014: Russia's Adelina Sotnikova (gold), Korea's Yu-Na Kim (silver), Italy's Carolina Kostner (bronze)

2010: Korea's Yu-Na Kim (gold), Japan's Mao Asada (silver), Canada's Joannie Rochette (bronze)

2006: Japan's Shizuka Arakawa (gold), USA's Sasha Cohen (silver), Russia's Irina Slutskaya (bronze)

2002: USA's Sarah Hughes (gold), Russia's Irina Slutskaya (silver), USA's Michelle Kwan (bronze)

1998: USA's Tara Lipinski (gold), USA's Michelle Kwan (silver), China's Chen Lu (bronze)

1994: Ukraine's Oksana Baiul (gold), USA's Nancy Kerrigan (silver), China's Chen Lu (bronze)

1992: USA's Kristi Yamaguchi (gold), Japan's Midori Ito (silver), USA's Nancy Kerrigan (bronze)

1988: East Germany's Katarina Witt (gold), Canada's Elizabeth Manley (silver), USA's Debi Thomas

(bronze)

1984: East Germany's Katarina Witt (gold), USA's Rosalynn Sumners (silver), USSR's Kira Ivanova

(bronze)

How is figure skating scored?

A figure skating routine is made up of two scores: Technical elements score and program components score. The technical elements score is exactly what it sounds like: It's for the jumps, spins and step sequences in a performance. The program components score is made of up composition, presentation and skating skills.

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