2026 World Figure Skating Championships
International figure skating competition
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The 2026 World Figure Skating Championships were held from 25 to 29 March at the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
| 2026 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | 25 – 29 March |
| Season: | 2025–26 |
| Location: | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Host: | Czech Figure Skating Association |
| Venue: | O2 Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Ilia Malinin | |
Women's singles:  Kaori Sakamoto | |
Pairs:  Minerva Fabienne Haseand Nikita Volodin | |
Ice dance:  Laurence Fournier Beaudryand Guillaume Cizeron | |
| Previous: 2025 World Championships | |
| Next: 2027 World Championships | |
Background
The World Figure Skating Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figure skating.[1] The 2026 World Championships were held from 25 to 29 March at the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.[2]
Qualification
The number of entries from each nation for the 2026 World Championships is based on the results of the 2025 World Championships. Skaters from Russia and Belarus were banned from participating "until further notice" due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
The following nations were eligible to enter more than one skater or team in the indicated disciplines.[4]
| Spots | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | France Japan Kazakhstan United States |
Japan United States |
United States |
 Canada United States |
| 2 |  Georgia Italy Latvia South Korea |
 Belgium Estonia South Korea Switzerland |
 Australia Canada Georgia Germany Hungary Italy Japan Uzbekistan |
 Czech Republic Finland France Georgia Great Britain Italy Spain |
Changes to preliminary entries
The International Skating Union published the initial list of entrants on 25 February 2026.[5]
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 February | Women | Injury | [6] | ||
| 27 February | Pairs | N/a | Short turnaround time from the Olympics. | [7] | |
| Ice dance | N/a |
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The Italian Ice Sports Federation had entered only one ice dance couple despite qualifying two spots. | [8] | |
| 6 March | Pairs | N/a | [9] | ||
| 7 March | Women | Insufficient time post-Olympics to prepare. | [10] [11] | ||
| 9 March | Ice dance | Decided to end season with their Olympic performance | [12] | ||
| 10 March | Men | N/a | [13] | ||
| 13 March | Women | N/a | Injury | [14] | |
| Ice dance | N/a | Surgery (Kazimov) | [15] | ||
| 16 March | Pairs | Injury | [16] | ||
| 18 March | Men | N/a | |||
| Women | N/a | [17] | |||
| 20 March | Pairs | N/a | [18] | ||
| 21 March | Men | N/a | [19] | ||
Required performance elements
Single skating
Women competing in single skating will first perform their short programs on Wednesday, 25 March, while men will perform theirs on Thursday, 26 March.[2] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds[20], the short program has to include the following elements:
For men: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double jump or triple jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[21]
For women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying spin; one layback spin, sideways leaning spin, camel spin, or sit spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.[21]
Women will perform their free skates on Friday, 27 March, while men will perform theirs on Saturday, 28 March.[2] The free skate performance for both men and women can last no more than 4 minutes,[20] and has to include the following: seven jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one had to be a flying spin, and one had to be a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence.[22]
Pairs
Couples competing in pair skating first perform their short programs on Wednesday, 25 March.[2] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[20] the short program has to include the following elements: one pair lift, one double or triple twist lift, one double or triple throw jump, one double or triple solo jump, one solo spin combination with a change of foot, one death spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[23]
Couples will perform their free skates on Thursday, 25 March.[2] The free skate performance can last no more than 4 minutes,[20] and has to include the following: three pair lifts, of which one has to be a twist lift; two different throw jumps; one solo jump; one jump combination or sequence; one pair spin combination; one death spiral; and a choreographic sequence.[24]
Ice dance
Couples competing in ice dance will perform their rhythm dances on Friday, 27 March.[2] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds,[20] the theme of the rhythm dance this season is "music, dance styles, and feeling of the 1990s".[25] Examples of applicable dance styles and music include, but are not limited to: pop, Latin, house, techno, hip-hop, and grunge. The rhythm dance has to include the following elements: one pattern dance step sequence, one choreographic rhythm sequence, one dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence.[25]
Couples will then perform their free dances on Saturday, 28 March.[2] The free dance performance can last no longer than 4 minutes,[20] and has to include the following: three dance lifts, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one step sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three choreographic elements.[25]
Judging
All of the technical elements in any figure skating performance – such as jumps and spins – are assigned a predetermined base point value and then scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from −5 to 5 based on their quality of execution.[26] The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) is determined by calculating the trimmed mean (the average after discarding the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE is added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements are added together to generate a total elements score.[27] At the same time, judges evaluate each performance based on three program components – skating skills, presentation, and composition – and assign a score from 0.25 to 10 in 0.25 point increments.[28] The judging panel's final score for each program component is also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores are then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results are added together to generate a total program component score.[29]
| Discipline | Short program or rhythm dance |
Free skate or free dance |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 1.67 | 3.33 |
| Women | 1.33 | 2.67 |
| Pairs | 1.33 | 2.67 |
| Ice dance | 1.33 | 2.00 |
Deductions are applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.[31] The total elements score and total program component score are added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.[32]
Medal summary
Medalists
Medals are awarded to the skaters or teams who achieved the highest overall placements in each discipline.
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Ilia Malinin |
Yuma Kagiyama |
Shun Sato |
| Women | |||
| Pairs | |||
| Ice dance |
Small medals are awarded to the skaters or teams who achieved the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline.
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Ilia Malinin |
Adam Siao Him Fa |
Aleksandr Selevko |
| Women | Kaori Sakamoto |
Mone Chiba |
Amber Glenn |
| Pairs | |||
| Ice dance |
Small medals are awarded to the skaters or teams who achieved the highest free skate or free dance placements in each discipline.
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Ilia Malinin |
Yuma Kagiyama |
Shun Sato |
| Women | |||
| Pairs | |||
| Ice dance |
Medals by country
Table of medals for overall placement:
Results
Men's singles
| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ilia Malinin | United States |
329.40 | 1 | 111.29 | 1 | 218.11 |
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Yuma Kagiyama | Japan |
306.67 | 6 | 93.80 | 2 | 212.87 |
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Shun Sato | Japan |
288.54 | 4 | 95.84 | 3 | 192.70 |
| 4 | Stephen Gogolev | Canada |
281.04 | 5 | 94.38 | 4 | 186.66 |
| 5 | Adam Siao Him Fa | France |
271.56 | 2 | 101.85 | 8 | 169.71 |
| 6 | Aleksandr Selevko | Estonia |
270.42 | 3 | 96.49 | 6 | 173.93 |
| 7 | Kévin Aymoz | France |
269.13 | 11 | 84.74 | 5 | 184.39 |
| 8 | Daniel Grassl | Italy |
254.94 | 8 | 88.53 | 9 | 166.41 |
| 9 | Lukas Britschgi | Switzerland |
251.90 | 9 | 88.30 | 10 | 163.60 |
| 10 | Andrew Torgashev | United States |
249.41 | 7 | 89.07 | 11 | 160.34 |
| 11 | Nika Egadze | Georgia |
248.62 | 15 | 78.84 | 7 | 169.78 |
| 12 | Jacob Sanchez | United States |
241.74 | 10 | 85.15 | 12 | 156.59 |
| 13 | Kyrylo Marsak |  Ukraine |
234.67 | 12 | 83.36 | 16 | 151.31 |
| 14 | Vladimir Samoilov |  Poland |
233.41 | 16 | 77.98 | 13 | 155.43 |
| 15 | Adam Hagara |  Slovakia |
230.29 | 18 | 76.75 | 14 | 153.54 |
| 16 | Chen Yudong |  China |
225.02 | 22 | 74.36 | 17 | 150.66 |
| 17 | Andreas Nordebäck |  Sweden |
224.66 | 24 | 72.59 | 15 | 152.07 |
| 18 | Tamir Kuperman |  Israel |
224.40 | 19 | 76.63 | 18 | 147.77 |
| 19 | Donovan Carrillo |  Mexico |
219.74 | 14 | 79.65 | 20 | 140.09 |
| 20 | François Pitot | France |
218.75 | 21 | 74.61 | 19 | 144.14 |
| 21 | Deniss Vasiļjevs | Latvia |
211.54 | 13 | 82.27 | 23 | 129.27 |
| 22 | Georgii Reshtenko | Czech Republic |
207.16 | 20 | 75.14 | 21 | 132.02 |
| 23 | Gabriele Frangipani | Italy |
207.07 | 17 | 76.89 | 22 | 130.18 |
| 24 | Genrikh Gartung | Germany |
192.31 | 23 | 73.20 | 24 | 119.11 |
| 25 | Kao Miura | Japan |
71.05 | 25 | 71.05 | Did not advance to free skate | |
| 26 | Semen Daniliants |  Armenia |
70.94 | 26 | 70.94 | ||
| 27 | Cha Young-hyun | South Korea |
70.92 | 27 | 70.92 | ||
| 28 | Kim Hyun-gyeom | South Korea |
70.71 | 28 | 70.71 | ||
| 29 | Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté | Spain |
69.12 | 29 | 69.12 | ||
| 30 | Maurizio Zandron |  Austria |
67.82 | 30 | 67.82 | ||
| 31 | Vladimir Litvintsev |  Azerbaijan |
65.10 | 31 | 65.10 | ||
| 32 | Li Yu-Hsiang |  Chinese Taipei |
64.74 | 32 | 64.74 | ||
| 33 | Edward Appleby |  United Kingdom |
64.30 | 33 | 64.30 | ||
| 34 | Alp Eren Özkan |  Turkey |
60.10 | 34 | 60.10 | ||
| 35 | Dias Jirenbayev | Kazakhstan |
59.34 | 35 | 59.34 | ||
| 36 | Fedirs Kuļišs | Latvia |
56.85 | 36 | 56.85 | ||
Women's singles
| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kaori Sakamoto | Japan |
238.28 | 1 | 79.31 | 1 | 158.97 |
|
Mone Chiba | Japan |
228.47 | 2 | 78.45 | 2 | 150.02 |
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Nina Pinzarrone | Belgium |
215.20 | 5 | 71.82 | 3 | 143.38 |
| 4 | Isabeau Levito | United States |
206.99 | 4 | 72.16 | 7 | 134.83 |
| 5 | Lara Naki Gutmann | Italy |
205.12 | 7 | 69.33 | 5 | 135.79 |
| 6 | Amber Glenn | United States |
203.12 | 3 | 72.65 | 9 | 130.47 |
| 7 | Niina Petrõkina | Estonia |
202.27 | 11 | 67.29 | 6 | 134.98 |
| 8 | Shin Ji-a | South Korea |
201.89 | 13 | 65.24 | 4 | 136.65 |
| 9 | Ami Nakai | Japan |
200.00 | 8 | 69.10 | 8 | 130.90 |
| 10 | Anastasiia Gubanova | Georgia |
198.81 | 6 | 69.92 | 10 | 128.89 |
| 11 | Sarah Everhardt | United States |
197.43 | 9 | 68.74 | 11 | 128.69 |
| 12 | Sofia Samodelkina | Kazakhstan |
187.53 | 12 | 66.95 | 12 | 120.58 |
| 13 | Lee Hae-in | South Korea |
185.18 | 10 | 68.50 | 16 | 116.68 |
| 14 | Iida Karhunen | Finland |
181.44 | 14 | 61.40 | 13 | 120.04 |
| 15 | Madeline Schizas | Canada |
178.29 | 15 | 61.35 | 15 | 116.94 |
| 16 | Zhang Ruiyang | China |
178.13 | 18 | 58.96 | 14 | 119.17 |
| 17 | Olga Mikutina | Austria |
169.84 | 16 | 60.11 | 17 | 109.73 |
| 18 | Lorine Schild | France |
165.23 | 17 | 59.14 | 20 | 106.09 |
| 19 | Ekaterina Kurakova | Poland |
164.54 | 19 | 58.10 | 19 | 106.44 |
| 20 | Nataly Langerbaur | Estonia |
162.18 | 21 | 56.56 | 21 | 105.62 |
| 21 | Livia Kaiser | Switzerland |
159.58 | 22 | 54.91 | 22 | 104.67 |
| 22 | Julia Sauter |  Romania |
159.51 | 23 | 52.67 | 18 | 106.84 |
| 23 | Alexandra Feigin |  Bulgaria |
155.36 | 20 | 58.05 | 23 | 97.31 |
| 24 | Barbora Vránková | Czech Republic |
142.66 | 24 | 50.59 | 24 | 92.07 |
| 25 | Anastasia Gracheva |  Moldova |
49.91 | 25 | 49.91 | Did not advance to free skate | |
| 26 | Kristen Spours | Great Britain |
49.20 | 26 | 49.20 | ||
| 27 | Nargiz Süleymanova | Azerbaijan |
49.00 | 27 | 49.00 | ||
| 28 | Niki Wories |  Netherlands |
48.41 | 28 | 48.41 | ||
| 29 | Julija Lovrenčič |  Slovenia |
47.81 | 29 | 47.81 | ||
| 30 | Jade Hovine | Belgium |
47.05 | 30 | 47.05 | ||
| 31 | Meda Variakojytė |  Lithuania |
45.47 | 31 | 45.47 | ||
| 32 | Mia Risa Gomez |  Norway |
42.51 | 32 | 42.51 | ||
| 33 | Stefania Yakovleva |  Cyprus |
38.53 | 33 | 38.53 | ||
Pairs
| Rank | Skaters | Nation | Total | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Germany |
228.33 | 1 | 79.78 | 1 | 148.55 | |
|
Georgia |
218.41 | 2 | 79.45 | 4 | 138.96 | |
|
Canada |
216.09 | 3 | 75.52 | 2 | 140.57 | |
| 4 | Japan |
209.13 | 5 | 69.55 | 3 | 139.58 | |
| 5 | Hungary |
205.08 | 4 | 69.92 | 6 | 135.16 | |
| 6 | United States |
202.51 | 7 | 67.29 | 5 | 135.22 | |
| 7 | Germany |
194.11 | 10 | 65.35 | 7 | 128.76 | |
| 8 | Armenia |
190.46 | 8 | 67.12 | 9 | 123.34 | |
| 9 | China |
184.90 | 14 | 62.69 | 10 | 122.21 | |
| 10 | Switzerland |
184.56 | 16 | 60.12 | 8 | 124.44 | |
| 11 | Poland |
182.27 | 13 | 63.59 | 11 | 118.68 | |
| 12 | United States |
179.60 | 11 | 64.42 | 12 | 115.18 | |
| 13 | Great Britain |
176.33 | 9 | 66.34 | 15 | 109.99 | |
| 14 | Austria |
170.61 | 19 | 58.22 | 14 | 112.39 | |
| 15 | Czech Republic |
170.46 | 20 | 56.58 | 13 | 113.88 | |
| 16 | United States |
169.91 | 6 | 69.02 | 20 | 100.89 | |
| 17 | France |
169.20 | 15 | 61.17 | 17 | 108.03 | |
| 18 | Ukraine |
168.28 | 17 | 58.85 | 16 | 109.43 | |
| 19 | Canada |
167.75 | 12 | 63.99 | 18 | 103.76 | |
| 20 | Italy |
160.95 | 18 | 58.79 | 19 | 102.16 | |
| 21 | Netherlands |
48.77 | 21 | 48.77 | Did not advance to free skate | ||
Ice dance
| Rank | Skaters | Nation | Total | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
France |
230.81 | 1 | 92.74 | 1 | 138.07 | |
|
Canada |
211.52 | 2 | 86.45 | 3 | 125.07 | |
|
United States |
209.20 | 4 | 84.21 | 4 | 124.99 | |
| 4 | Great Britain |
208.98 | 3 | 85.09 | 5 | 123.89 | |
| 5 | Spain |
206.37 | 6 | 81.06 | 2 | 125.31 | |
| 6 | France |
203.77 | 5 | 83.07 | 7 | 120.70 | |
| 7 | Lithuania |
200.66 | 9 | 79.66 | 6 | 121.00 | |
| 8 | United States |
200.56 | 7 | 80.89 | 8 | 119.67 | |
| 9 | Canada |
199.06 | 8 | 80.81 | 10 | 118.25 | |
| 10 | Georgia |
198.65 | 10 | 79.34 | 9 | 119.31 | |
| 11 | Czech Republic |
190.17 | 12 | 76.74 | 12 | 113.43 | |
| 12 | United States |
189.98 | 13 | 76.42 | 11 | 113.56 | |
| 13 | Canada |
181.66 | 20 | 69.70 | 13 | 111.96 | |
| 14 | Australia |
179.61 | 16 | 71.12 | 15 | 108.49 | |
| 15 | South Korea |
178.82 | 19 | 69.83 | 14 | 108.99 | |
| 16 | Great Britain |
178.29 | 18 | 70.82 | 16 | 107.47 | |
| 17 | Germany |
177.53 | 17 | 71.02 | 17 | 106.51 | |
| 18 | Czech Republic |
173.93 | 14 | 76.35 | 19 | 97.58 | |
| 19 | Japan |
173.49 | 15 | 72.33 | 18 | 101.16 | |
| WD | Finland |
Withdrew | 11 | 78.03 | Withdrew from competition | ||
| 21 | Hungary |
68.71 | 21 | 68.71 | Did not advance to free dance | ||
| 22 | Finland |
67.45 | 22 | 67.45 | |||
| 23 | Italy |
63.84 | 24 | 63.84 | |||
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China |
63.75 | 24 | 63.75 | ||
| 25 | Cyprus |
61.94 | 25 | 61.94 | |||
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Italy |
60.63 | 26 | 60.63 | ||
| 27 | Ukraine |
59.45 | 27 | 59.45 | |||
| 28 | Switzerland |
59.34 | 28 | 59.34 | |||
| 29 | Sweden |
58.20 | 29 | 58.20 | |||
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Israel |
58.04 | 30 | 58.04 | ||
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Azerbaijan |
50.65 | 31 | 50.65 | ||