The ladies' individual skating event was held as part of the figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics. It was the seventh appearance of the event, which had previously been held twice at the Summer Olympics in 1908 and 1920 and at all four Winter Games from 1924 onward. The competition was held from 3 to 6 February 1948. Twenty-five figure skaters from ten nations competed.
Results Rank Name Nation CF FS Total points Places 1 Barbara Ann Scott 1858.11163.07711 2 Eva Pawlik 3832.12157.58824 3 Jeannette Altwegg 2842.16156.16628 4 Jirína Nekolová 4807.24154.08834 5 Alena Vrzáňová 7797.23153.04444 6 Yvonne Sherman 8783.95149.83362 7 Bridget Shirley Adams 5806.816148.64469 8 Gretchen Merrill 6798.011148.46673 9 Martha Musilek Bachem 14744.57144.456103 10 Marion Davies 11763.512144.766104 11 Eileen Seigh 10755.810144.111110 12 Marilyn Ruth Take 12754.113143.722110.5 13 Dagmar Lerchová 15745.58144.433112 14 Suzanne Morrow 9761.915143.655117 15 Maja Hug 13755.919141.522137 16 Jacqueline du Bief 16746.021139.022147.5 17 Mária Saáry 17739.314140.944142 18 Hildegard Appeltauer 18743.720139.300155 19 Jill Hood-Linzee 19742.818140.200145 20 Inge Solar 23677.89135.444186 21 Éva Lindner 22679.717134.188192 22 Marit Henie 21699.423133.111194 23 Lotti Höner 20699.122134.211186 24 Grazia Barcellona 25607.924122.211218 25 Doris Blanc 24635.625122.622221
Referee: Gustavus F.C. Witt
Assistant Referee: Jakob Biedermann
Judges: Ercole Cattaneo Harold G. Storke Eugen Kirchhofer Hubert M. Martineau Melville F. Rogers Adolf Rosdol Georges Torchon Marcell Vadas Karel Zemek Christen Christensen (substitute)
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