The ladies' singles of Figure Skating 2006 during the 2006 Winter Olympics was held on 21-23 February 2006 in the Palavela. With 30 athletes competing, the event was won by Shizuka Arakawa from Japan, with Sasha Cohen from United States taking the silver medal and Irina Slutskaya from Russia taking bronze.
Format[]
The competition exists out of two separate rounds. The first round allows the competitors to perform a routine of a maximum 2:50 minutes, after which the athletes with the twenty-four best scores perform another routine of around 4:00 minutes. The competitor with the best score after two rounds is the winner.
Preview[]
Thirty athletes qualified for the event with the reigning world champion Irina Slutskaya as one of the big favorites, although she was recently beaten by a strong Japanese delegation at the most recent Grand Prix finals. However, Miki Ando was the only one of three representatives to have taken part at both competitions, and she was supported by Fumie Suguri and Shizuka Arakawa. Sasha Cohen and Carolina Kostner had won the other medals at the last world championships. Other medal contenders and outsiders included Elena Sokolova, Elena Liashenko, and Joannie Rochette.
| Athlete | Nationality |
|---|---|
| Tugba Karademir | Turkey |
| Kimmie Meissner | United States |
| Susanna Poykio | Finland |
| Kiira Korpi | Finland |
| Joannie Rochette | Canada |
| Idora Hegel | Croatia |
| Mira Leung | Canada |
| Fleur Maxwell | Luxembourg |
| Viktoria Pavuk | Hungary |
| Liu Yan | China |
| Elena Sokolova | Russia |
| Elena Glebova | Estonia |
| Elene Gedevanishvili | Georgia |
| Miki Ando | Japan |
| Emily Hughes | United States |
| Julia Sebestyen | Hungary |
| Sarah Meier | Switzerland |
| Irina Slutskaya | Russia |
| Silvia Fontana | Italy |
| Anastasia Gimazetdinova | Uzbekistan |
| Shizuka Arakawa | Japan |
| Galina Efremenko | Ukraine |
| Joanne Carter | Australia |
| Roxana Luca | Romania |
| Kim Yong-suk | North Korea |
| Elena Liashenko | Ukraine |
| Fumie Suguri | Japan |
| Carolina Kostner | Italy |
| Sasha Cohen | United States |
| Viktoria Volchkova | Russia |
Summary[]
Short Program[]
| Short Program Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athlete | Score | ||
| 1 |  |
Sasha Cohen | 66.73 | ||
| 2 |  |
Irina Slutskaya | 66.70 | ||
| 3 |  |
Shizuka Arakawa | 66.02 | ||
| 4 | |
Fumie Suguri | 61.75 | ||
| 5 | |
Kimmie Meissner | 59.40 | ||
| 6 |  |
Elene Gedevanishvili | 57.90 | ||
| 7 | |
Emily Hughes | 57.08 | ||
| 8 | |
Miki Ando | 56.00 | ||
| 9 |  |
Joannie Rochette | 55.85 | ||
| 10 |  |
Sarah Meier | 55.57 | ||
| 11 |  |
Carolina Kostner | 53.77 | ||
| 12 |  |
Susanna Poykio | 53.74 | ||
| 13 |  |
Elena Liashenko | 52.35 | ||
| 14 | |
Mira Leung | 50.61 | ||
| 15 |  |
Liu Yan | 49.84 | ||
| 16 |  |
Julia Sebestyen | 49.58 | ||
| 17 |  |
Idora Hegel | 47.06 | ||
| 18 | |
Elena Sokolova | 46.69 | ||
| 19 | |
Viktoria Pavuk | 46.40 | ||
| 20 | |
Kiira Korpi | 44.84 | ||
| 21 |  |
Fleur Maxwell | 44.53 | ||
| 22 |  |
Tugba Karademir | 44.20 | ||
| 23 | |
Silvia Fontana | 42.47 | ||
| 24 | |
Galina Efremenko | 41.25 | ||
| 25 |  |
Joanne Carter | 40.86 | ||
| 26 |  |
Roxana Luca | 39.37 | ||
| 27 |  |
Kim Yong-suk | 39.16 | ||
| 28 |  |
Elena Glebova | 38.47 | ||
| 29 |  |
Anastasia Gimazetdinova | 38.44 | ||
Free Program[]
| Free Program Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athletes | Score | ||
| 1 | |
Shizuka Arakawa | 125.32 | ||
| 2 | |
Sasha Cohen | 116.63 | ||
| 3 | |
Irina Slutskaya | 114.74 | ||
| 4 | |
Fumie Suguri | 113.48 | ||
| 5 | |
Joannie Rochette | 111.42 | ||
| 6 | |
Kimmie Meissner | 106.31 | ||
| 7 | |
Emily Hughes | 103.79 | ||
| 8 | |
Sarah Meier | 100.56 | ||
| 9 | |
Carolina Kostner | 99.73 | ||
| 10 | |
Elena Sokolova | 95.66 | ||
| 11 | |
Liu Yan | 95.46 | ||
| 12 | |
Mira Leung | 94.55 | ||
| 13 | |
Elene Gedevanishvili | 93.56 | ||
| 14 | |
Kiira Korpi | 92.36 | ||
| 15 | |
Susanna Poykio | 89.48 | ||
| 16 | |
Miki Ando | 84.20 | ||
| 17 | |
Galina Efremenko | 84.12 | ||
| 18 | |
Elena Liashenko | 81.73 | ||
| 19 | |
Idora Hegel | 80.01 | ||
| 20 | |
Julia Sebestyen | 79.68 | ||
| 21 | |
Tugba Karademir | 79.44 | ||
| 22 | |
Silvia Fontana | 77.90 | ||
| 23 | |
Viktoria Pavuk | 73.45 | ||
| 24 | |
Fleur Maxwell | 65.04 | ||
Results[]
| Result | Athlete | Nationality | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Shizuka Arakawa | Japan | 191.34 |
 |
Sasha Cohen | United States | 183.36 |
 |
Irina Slutskaya | Russia | 181.44 |
| 4 | Fumie Suguri | Japan | 175.23 |
| 5 | Joannie Rochette | Canada | 167.27 |
| 6 | Kimmie Meissner | United States | 165.71 |
| 7 | Emily Hughes | United States | 160.87 |
| 8 | Sarah Meier | Switzerland | 156.13 |
| 9 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 153.50 |
| 10 | Elene Gedevanishvili | Georgia | 151.46 |
| 11 | Liu Yan | China | 145.30 |
| 12 | Mira Leung | Canada | 145.16 |
| 13 | Susanna Poykio | Finland | 143.22 |
| 14 | Elena Sokolova | Russia | 142.35 |
| 15 | Miki Ando | Japan | 140.20 |
| 16 | Kiira Korpi | Finland | 137.20 |
| 17 | Elena Liashenko | Ukraine | 134.08 |
| 18 | Julia Sebestyen | Hungary | 129.26 |
| 19 | Idora Hegel | Croatia | 127.07 |
| 20 | Galina Efremenko | Ukraine | 125.37 |
| 21 | Tugba Karademir | Turkey | 123.64 |
| 22 | Silvia Fontana | Italy | 120.37 |
| 23 | Viktoria Pavuk | Hungary | 119.85 |
| 24 | Fleur Maxwell | Luxembourg | 109.57 |
| 25 | Joanne Carter | Australia | 40.86 |
| 26 | Roxana Luca | Romania | 39.37 |
| 27 | Kim Yong-suk | North Korea | 39.16 |
| 28 | Elena Glebova | Estonia | 38.47 |
| 29 | Anastasia Gimazetdinova | Uzbekistan | 38.44 |
| - | Viktoria Volchkova | Russia | DNS |
| 2006 Winter Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
| Figure Skating 2006 | |
| ← 2002 | 2010 → |
| Singles | |
| Men | Ladies |
| Pairs | |
| Pair skating | Ice dance |