Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics explained

Event:Figure Skating
Games:2018 Winter
Venue:Gangneung Ice Arena
Dates:9–23 February
Num Events:5 (1 men, 1 women, 3 mixed)
Competitors:153 (76 men, 77 women)
Nations:32
Prev:2014
Next:2022

Figure skating at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The five events took place between 9 and 23 February 2018.

Qualification

See main article: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. A total of 148 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. Each NOC could enter a maximum of 18 athletes, with a maximum of nine men and nine women. An additional six quota spots were made available for the team event. A further ten team trophy quotas (two in each discipline) were distributed to countries who qualified for the team event but not the discipline itself. This meant up to a maximum of 158 athletes could participate.

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all five events. Sessions that included the event finals are shown in bold.

All times are (UTC+9).

Date Time Event
9 February 10:00 Team event (men's short)
Team event (pair short)
11 February 10:00 Team event (ice dance short)
Team event (ladies' short)
Team event (pair free)
12 February 10:00 Team event (men's free)
Team event (ladies' free)
style=background:lemonchiffonTeam event (ice dance free)
14 February 10:00 Pair skating (short)
15 February 10:30 style=background:lemonchiffonPair skating (free)
16 February 10:00 Men's singles (short)
17 February 10:00 style=background:lemonchiffonMen's singles (free)
19 February 10:00 Ice dance (short)
20 February 10:00 style=background:lemonchiffonIce dance (free)
21 February 10:00 Ladies' singles (short)
23 February 10:00 style=background:lemonchiffonLadies' singles (free)
25 February 9:30 Gala exhibition

Medal summary

Events

Men's singles[1]
317.85306.90305.24
Ladies' singles[2]
239.57238.26231.02
Pair skating[3]
235.90235.47230.15
Ice dance[4]
206.07 WR205.28192.59
Team[5]

Patrick Chan
Kaetlyn Osmond
7366
Nathan Chen
62
Skaters who only competed in the short program/dance.
Skaters who only competed in the free program/dance.

Entries

Countries began announcing their entries in 2017. The International Skating Union published the complete list on 30 January 2018.

CountryMenLadiesPairsIce dance
Brendan KerryKailani CraineEkaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor
Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer
Jorik HendrickxLoena Hendrickx
Isadora Williams
Patrick Chan
Keegan Messing
Larkyn Austman
Gabrielle Daleman
Kaetlyn Osmond
Megan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
Jin Boyang
Yan Han
Li XiangningPeng Cheng / Jin Yang
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
Michal BřezinaAnna Dušková / Martin BidařCortney Mansour / Michal Češka
Emmi Peltonen
Chafik BesseghierMaé-Bérénice MéitéVanessa James / Morgan CiprèsGabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
Moris Kvitelashvili
Paul FentzNicole SchottAnnika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert
Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis
Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
Ivett Tóth
Oleksii Bychenko
Daniel Samohin
Aimee Buchanan (team event only)Paige Conners / Evgeni KrasnopolskiAdel Tankova / Ronald Zilberberg
Matteo RizzoCarolina Kostner
Giada Russo
Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotarek
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri
Satoko Miyahara
Kaori Sakamoto
Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi KiharaKana Muramoto / Chris Reed
Aiza Mambekova
Elizabet Tursynbayeva
Deniss VasiļjevsDiāna Ņikitina
Julian Yee
Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik
Mikhail Kolyada
Dmitri Aliev
Alina Zagitova
Evgenia Medvedeva
Maria Sotskova
Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
Michael Christian Martinez
Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
Nicole RajičováLucie Myslivečková / Lukáš Csölley
Cha Jun-hwanChoi Da-bin
Kim Ha-nul
Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kangchan KamYura Min / Alexander Gamelin
Javier Fernández
Felipe Montoya
Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
Anita Östlund
Alexia Paganini
Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar
Yaroslav PaniotAnna KhnychenkovaOleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
Nathan Chen
Adam Rippon
Vincent Zhou
Karen Chen
Mirai Nagasu
Bradie Tennell
Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris KnierimMadison Chock / Evan Bates
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
Misha Ge

Records and firsts

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition.

Event Date Component Skater(s) Country Score Ref
Team event11 FebruaryShort programEvgenia Medvedeva81.06[7]
Pair skating15 FebruaryFree skatingAljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot159.31[8]
Ice dance19 FebruaryShort danceTessa Virtue / Scott Moir83.67[9]
20 FebruaryFree danceGabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron123.35align=center [10]
20 FebruaryCombined totalGabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron205.28align=center [11]
20 FebruaryTessa Virtue / Scott Moir206.07align=center
Ladies' singles21 FebruaryShort programEvgenia Medvedeva81.61
21 FebruaryAlina Zagitova82.92

Participating nations

The following National Olympic Committees earned spots to compete.153 athletes from 32 nations were expected to participate, with number of athletes in parentheses. Malaysia made their Olympic debuts in the sport.

References

Citations

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/owg2018/CAT001RS.HTM Men's singles results
  2. http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/owg2018/CAT002RS.HTM Ladies' singles results
  3. http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/owg2018/CAT003RS.HTM Pair skating results
  4. http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/owg2018/CAT004RS.HTM Ice dance results
  5. http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/owg2018/TEC001RS.HTM Team event results
  6. Web site: Reduced pool of Russian athletes and officials who can be considered for invitation to PyeongChang 2018 determined - Olympic News.
  7. Web site: Figure Skating (피겨 스케이팅 / Patinage artistique): Team Event Ladies Single Skating Short Program (피겨 스케이팅 팀이벤트 여자 싱글 스케이팅 쇼트 프로그램 / Épreuve par équipes Patinage individuel femmes, programme court) – Segment Results (세그먼트 경기결과 / Résultats par segment). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 11 February 2018. 11 February 2018.
  8. News: Figure Skating: Record-breaking German pair soar to stunning gold. Tetrault-Farber. Gabrielle. Lies. Elaine. 15 February 2018. Reuters. 17 February 2018.
  9. News: Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir set world record to lead Olympic ice dance short. Barnes. Dan. 18 February 2018. National Post. 19 February 2018.
  10. News: Canada's Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir become most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history. 20 February 2018. ESPN.com. 20 February 2018.
  11. News: Figure skating: Papadakis and Cizeron break own world record. 20 February 2018. Reuters. 20 February 2018.