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{{short description|Olympic figure skating events in Bavaria 1936}}
{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title = Figure skating at the IV Winter Olympics
| comptype = Olympic Games
| startdate =
| enddate =
| venue =
| championmen = {{Flagicon|AUT}} [[Karl Schäfer (figure skater)|Karl Schäfer]]
| championladies = {{Flagicon|NOR}} [[Sonja Henie]]
| championpairs = {{flagicon|GER|Nazi}} [[Maxi Herber]] / [[Ernst Baier]]
| previouscomp = [[Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932 Winter Olympics]]
| nextcomp = [[Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948 Winter Olympics]]
}}

{{Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics}}
'''Figure skating at the [[1936 Winter Olympics]]''' took place at the [[Olympia-Kunsteisstadion]] in [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], Bavaria, from 9 to 15 February 1936. Three [[figure skating]] events were contested: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pairs skating.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/games/32/sports/FSK |title=Figure Skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics |work=Olympedia |access-date=1 July 2020}}</ref>

==Medal summary==
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
| Men's singles <br> {{DetailsLink|Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's singles}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Karl Schäfer (figure skater)|Karl Schäfer]]|AUT|1936 Winter}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ernst Baier]]|GER|1936 Winter}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Felix Kaspar]]|AUT|1936 Winter}}
|-
| Ladies' singles <br> {{DetailsLink|Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sonja Henie]]|NOR|1936 Winter}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Cecilia Colledge]]|GBR|1936 Winter}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Vivi-Anne Hultén]]|SWE|1936 Winter}}
|-
| Pairs skating <br> {{DetailsLink|Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Pairs}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Maxi Herber]] <br> and [[Ernst Baier]]|GER|1936 Winter}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ilse Pausin]] <br> and [[Erik Pausin]]|AUT|1936 Winter}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Emília Rotter]] <br> and [[László Szollás]]|HUN|1936 Winter}}
|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagIOC
 | event          = 1936 Winter
 | team           = 
 | gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 1
 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 0
 | gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 0
 | gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 0
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 1
 | gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 1
}}

==Participating nations==
Only three figure skaters (two men and one lady) competed in both the singles and the pairs event.

A total of 84 figure skaters (41 men and 43 ladies) from 17 nations (men from 16 nations and ladies from 16 nations) competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games:

* {{flagIOC|AUT|1936 Winter|12}} <small>(men 6, women 6)</small>
* {{flagIOC|BEL|1936 Winter|4}} <small>(men 1, women 3)</small>
* {{flagIOC|CAN|1936 Winter|6}} <small>(men 3, women 3)</small>
* {{flagIOC|TCH|1936 Winter|3}} <small>(men 1, women 2)</small>
* {{flagIOC|EST|1936 Winter|2}} <small>(men 1, women 1)</small>
* {{flagIOC|FIN|1936 Winter|1}} <small>(men 1, women 0)</small>
* {{flagIOC|GER|1936 Winter|7}} <small>(men 3, women 4)</small>
* {{flagIOC|GBR|1936 Winter|12}} <small>(men 6, women 6)</small>
* {{flagIOC|HUN|1936 Winter|7}} <small>(men 4, women 3)</small>
* {{flagIOC|ITA|1936 Winter|2}} <small>(men 1, women 1)</small>
* {{flagIOC|JPN|1936 Winter|5}} <small>(men 4, women 1)</small>
* {{flagIOC|LAT|1936 Winter|4}} <small>(men 2, women 2)</small>
* {{flagIOC|NOR|1936 Winter|4}} <small>(men 1, women 3)</small>
* {{flagIOC|ROU|1936 Winter|3}} <small>(men 2, women 1)</small>
* {{flagIOC|SWE|1936 Winter|1}} <small>(men 0, women 1)</small>
* {{flagIOC|SUI|1936 Winter|2}} <small>(men 1, women 1)</small>
* {{flagIOC|USA|1936 Winter|9}} <small>(men 4, women 5)</small>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]

{{Events at the 1936 Winter Olympics}}
{{Figure skating at the Olympic Games}}

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