Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles explained

Ladies' single skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics was contested between 23 and 25 February 1994 at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre. There were 27 skaters from 16 nations that participated. Oksana Baiul became the first Olympic champion representing the newly-independent Ukraine.^[1] Nancy Kerrigan from the United States won the silver medal and Chen Lu from China won the bronze medal.^[2]

Results

SP = Short program. FS = Free skating. TFP = Total factor points. TFP = + FS. Lowest TFP wins.

Rank	Name	Nation	SP	FS	TFP
	Oksana Baiul		2	1	2.0
	Nancy Kerrigan		1	2	2.5
	Chen Lu		4	3	5.0
4	Surya Bonaly		3	4	5.5
5	Yuka Sato		7	5	8.5
6	Tanja Szewczenko		5	6	8.5
7	Katarina Witt		6	8	11.0
8	Tonya Harding		10	7	12.0
9	Josée Chouinard		8	9	13.0
10	Anna Rechnio		9	12	16.5
11	Krisztina Czakó		12	11	17.0
12	Mila Kajas		16	10	18.0
13	Lenka Kulovaná		11	14	19.5
14	Marie-Pierre Leray		14	13	20.0
15	Charlene Von Saher		13	16	22.5
16	Nathalie Krieg		15	17	24.5
17	Laëtitia Hubert		20	15	25.0
18	Rena Inoue		18	18	27.0
19	Elena Liashenko		17	19	27.5
20	Marta Andrade		21	21	31.5
21	Lily Lyoonjung Lee		24	20	32.0
22	Lyudmyla Ivanova		19	23	32.5
23	Liu Ying		23	22	33.5
24	Tsvetelina Abrasheva		22	24	35.0
Free Skate Not Reached
25	Zhao Guona		25
26	Susan Humphreys		26
27	Irena Zemanová		27

^{[3] [2] [4]}

Referees

• Britta Lindgren
• Gerhardt Bubník (assistant referee)

Judges

• Wendy Utley
• Jan Olesinski
• Jarmila Portová
• Alfred Korytek
• Yang Jiasheng
• Margaret Ann Wier
• Noriko Shirota
• Audrey Williams
• Jan Hoffmann
• Monique Petis (substitute)

In film

Tonya Harding's and Nancy Kerrigan's participation in the event is part of the story of the 2017 American film I, Tonya.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tétrault-Farber . Gabrielle . Ukraine's first Olympic champion says Russians should be barred from Games . . 11 November 2024 . 14 April 2023.
2. News: Winter Olympics 1994 - Friday's Results . 11 November 2024 . . 26 February 1994 . 24 . Newspapers.com.
3. Web site: Lillehammer 1994 Figure skating Individual women Results . . 11 November 2024.
4. News: Winter Olympics - Figure Skating - Women's Short Program . 11 November 2024 . The Flint Journal . 24 February 1994 . 49 . Newspapers.com.
5. Web site: Olsen . Mark . ‘I, Tonya’ explores the humanity and hard landings of the former figure skater . . 11 November 2024 . 9 December 2017.