Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Figure skating
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Figure skating pictogram
VenueGangneung Ice Arena
Gangneung, South Korea
Dates9–23 February 2018
No. of events5
Competitors153 (76 men, 77 women) from 32 nations

The figure skating events at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place from 9 to 23 February at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, ice dance, and the team event. Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan won the men's event; Alina Zagitova, representing the Olympic Athletes from Russia, won the women's event; Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany won the pairs event; Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada won the ice dance event; and the team from Canada won the team event. Several world record scores in figure skating were set at the Olympics, including by Savchenko and Massot in the pairs event; Evgenia Medvedeva and Zagitova in the women's event; and both Virtue and Moir, and Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, in the ice dance event.

Background

In 2016, an independent report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed allegations that the Russian Olympic team had been involved in a state-sponsored doping program from at least late 2011 through February 2014, when Russia hosted the Winter Olympics in Sochi.[1][2] On 5 December 2017, the International Olympic Committee announced that the Russian Olympic Committee had been suspended from the 2018 Winter Olympics. Athletes with no previous drug violations and a consistent history of drug testing were allowed to compete under the Olympic flag as an "Olympic Athlete from Russia" (OAR).[3] Under the terms of the decree, neither the Russian flag nor anthem would be allowed at the Olympics; the Olympic flag and Olympic Anthem were used instead.[4]

A total of five figure skating events were contested: men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, ice dance, and the team event. All events were held from 9 to 23 February at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.[5][6]

Qualification

A total of 144 quota spots were available to athletes to compete in figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed to enter a maximum of 18 skaters, with a maximum of nine men or nine women.[7] The results of the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships determined 83 total spots: 24 entries each in men's and women's singles, 16 in pair skating, and 19 in ice dance.[8] The remaining quota spots were allocated based on the results of the 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy.[9]

Number of qualified skaters or teams per nation[8][9][10]
Nations Men's singles Women's singles Pairs Ice dance Team event Add. Total
 Australia 11104
 Austria 00102
 Belgium 11002
 Brazil 01001
 Canada 2333Yes 17
 China 2131Yes 11
 Czech Republic 10115
 Finland 01001
 France 1112Yes 8
 Georgia 10001
 Germany 1121Yes 8
 Great Britain 00012
 Hungary 01001
 Israel 2 0 1 1 Yes 1[a] 7
 Italy 1222Yes 11
 Japan 3211Yes 9
 Kazakhstan 12003
 Latvia 11002
 Malaysia 10001
 North Korea 00102
 Philippines 10001
 Poland 00012
 Olympic Athletes from Russia 2332Yes 15
 Slovakia 01013
 South Korea 1211Yes 7
 Spain 20014
 Sweden 01001
 Switzerland 01001
 Turkey 00012
 Ukraine 11014
 United States 3313Yes 14
 Uzbekistan 10001
Total: 32 NOCs 30 30 22 teams 24 teams 10 teams 1 153

Team event

For the team event, scores from the 2017 World Championships and the 2017–18 Grand Prix of Figure Skating season were tabulated to establish the top ten nations.[12]

Qualification for figure skating team event[10]
Pl. Nation M W P D Total
1  Canada Yes Yes Yes Yes 6084
2 International Olympic Committee OAR Yes Yes Yes Yes 5924
3  United States Yes Yes Yes Yes 5055
4  Japan Yes Yes Yes Yes 4345
5  China Yes Yes Yes Yes 4231
6  Italy Yes Yes Yes Yes 3801
7  France Yes Yes Yes Yes 3652
8  Germany Yes Yes Yes Yes 2806
9  Israel Yes [b] Yes Yes 1521
10  South Korea Yes Yes [c] Yes 1397

Entries

Countries began announcing their entries following the 2017 World Championships. The International Skating Union published the complete list on 30 January 2018. Skaters or teams denoted with ● were eligible for the team event only.

Entries
Nation Men Women Pairs Ice dance Ref.
 Australia Brendan Kerry Kailani Craine —N/a [14]
 Austria —N/a —N/a [15]
 Belgium Jorik Hendrickx Loena Hendrickx —N/a [16]
 Brazil —N/a Isadora Williams —N/a [17]
 Canada Patrick Chan Larkyn Austman [18]
Keegan Messing Gabrielle Daleman
—N/a Kaetlyn Osmond
 China Jin Boyang Li Xiangning [19]
Yan Han —N/a —N/a
—N/a
 Czech Republic Michal Březina —N/a [20]
 Finland —N/a Emmi Peltonen —N/a [21]
 France Chafik Besseghier Maé-Bérénice Méité [22][23]
—N/a
 Georgia Morisi Kvitelashvili —N/a [24]
 Germany Paul Fentz Nicole Schott [25]
—N/a —N/a
 Great Britain —N/a [26]
 Hungary —N/a Ivett Tóth —N/a [27]
 Israel Oleksii Bychenko Aimee Buchanan ● [28]
Daniel Samohin —N/a
 Italy Matteo Rizzo Carolina Kostner [29]
—N/a Giada Russo
 Japan Yuzuru Hanyu Satoko Miyahara [30]
Keiji Tanaka Kaori Sakamoto —N/a
Shoma Uno —N/a
 Kazakhstan Denis Ten Aiza Mambekova —N/a [31]
—N/a Elizabet Tursynbaeva
 Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs Diāna Ņikitina —N/a [32]
 Malaysia Julian Yee —N/a [33]
 North Korea —N/a —N/a [34]
 Olympic Athletes from Russia Dmitri Aliev Evgenia Medvedeva [35]
Mikhail Kolyada Maria Sotskova
—N/a Alina Zagitova —N/a
 Philippines Michael Christian Martinez —N/a [36]
 Poland —N/a [37]
 Slovakia —N/a Nicole Rajičová —N/a [38]
 South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Choi Da-bin [39]
—N/a Kim Ha-nul —N/a
 Spain Javier Fernández —N/a [40]
Felipe Montoya —N/a
 Sweden —N/a Anita Östlund —N/a [41]
 Switzerland —N/a Alexia Paganini —N/a [42]
 Turkey —N/a [43]
 Ukraine Yaroslav Paniot Anna Khnychenkova —N/a [44]
 United States Nathan Chen Karen Chen [45]
Adam Rippon Mirai Nagasu —N/a
Vincent Zhou Bradie Tennell
 Uzbekistan Misha Ge —N/a [46]

Competition schedule

All times are in local time (UTC+9).[5]

Figure skating events schedule
Date Time Event
9 February 10:00Team event (men's short program)
Team event (pairs' short program)
11 February 10:00Team event (ice dance short dance)
Team event (women's short program)
Team event (pairs' free skating)
12 February 10:00Team event (men's free skating)
Team event (women's free skating)
Team event (ice dance free dance)
14 February 10:00Pairs' short program
15 February 10:30Pairs' free skating
16 February 10:00Men's short program
17 February 10:00Men's free skating
19 February 10:00Ice dance short dance
20 February 10:00Ice dance free dance
21 February 10:00Women's short program
23 February 10:00Women's free skating
25 February 9:30Gala exhibition

Medal summary

Yuzuru Hanyu at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Alina Zagitova at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot at the 2016 European Championships
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at the 2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Olympic figure skating champions (from left to right):
Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan (men's singles); Alina Zagitova of Russia (women's singles); Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany (pair skating); and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada (ice dance)

Medalists

Olympic medalists
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
Men's singles Yuzuru Hanyu
 Japan		 Shoma Uno
 Japan		 Javier Fernández
 Spain		 [47]
Women's singles Alina Zagitova
International Olympic Committee OAR		 Evgenia Medvedeva
International Olympic Committee OAR		 Kaetlyn Osmond
 Canada
Pairs  Germany  China  Canada
Ice dance  Canada  France  United States
Team event  Canada
Patrick Chan
Kaetlyn Osmond
Gabrielle Daleman
Meagan Duhamel
Eric Radford
Tessa Virtue
Scott Moir		 International Olympic Committee OAR
Mikhail Kolyada
Evgenia Medvedeva
Alina Zagitova
Evgenia Tarasova
Vladimir Morozov
Natalia Zabiiako
Alexander Enbert
Ekaterina Bobrova
Dmitri Soloviev		  United States
Nathan Chen
Adam Rippon
Bradie Tennell
Mirai Nagasu
Alexa Scimeca Knierim
Chris Knierim
Maia Shibutani
Alex Shibutani		 [48]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada2024
2International Olympic Committee OAR1203
3 Japan1102
4 Germany1001
5 China0101
 France0101
7 United States0022
8 Spain0011
Totals (8 entries)55515

Records

The following new record high scores were set during this competition.

Record high scores
Date Skater(s) Event Segment Score Ref.
11 February International Olympic Committee Evgenia Medvedeva (OAR) Team event
(Women's singles)		 Short program 81.06 [49]
15 February Pair skating Free skate 159.31 [50]
19 February Ice dance Short dance 83.67 [51]
20 February Free dance 123.35 [52]
Total score 205.28
206.07
21 February International Olympic Committee Evgenia Medvedeva (OAR) Women's singles Short program 81.61 [53]
International Olympic Committee Alina Zagitova (OAR) 82.92

Notes

  1. Aimee Buchanan of Israel competed in the team event, but not the women's individual event.[11]
  2. Although Israel did not qualify a women's singles skater for the team event, they were able to use the Additional Athletes Quota to complete their team.[11]
  3. Although South Korea did not qualify a pair skating team through the normal process, as the host nation, they were still able to enter a team in the 2018 Winter Olympics.[13]

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