Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
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The 1994 Winter Olympics figure skating competition was held at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre in Norway.[1]
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| Venue | Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre |
| Dates | 13–25 February 1994 |
| No. of events | 4 (1 men, 1 women, 2 mixed) |
Qualifying
As host, Norway automatically qualified spots to the 1994 Olympics. In 1992, however, the Norwegian Olympic Committee announced that skaters aspiring to be selected for Norway would have to finish in the top 12 at the European or World Championships. Since none met this requirement, Norway opted to withdraw from all the events.[2][3] Although Leslie Monod / Cédric Monod's result at the 1993 World Championships allowed Switzerland to send two pairs to the Olympics, the Swiss Olympic Association elected not to send a pair after the Monods finished 11th at the 1994 European Championships. This rule was also applied for the bobsleigh events.[4]
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 |  Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |
Alexei Urmanov Russia | 1.5 | Elvis Stojko Canada | 3.0 | Philippe Candeloro France | 6.5 |
| Ladies' singles |
Oksana Baiul Ukraine | 2.0 | Nancy Kerrigan United States | 2.5 | Chen Lu China | 5.0 |
| Pairs |
Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov Russia | 1.5 | Natalia Mishkutionok and Artur Dmitriev Russia | 3.0 | Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler Canada | 4.5 |
| Ice dance |
Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov Russia | 3.4 | Maya Usova and Alexander Zhulin Russia | 3.8 | Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean Great Britain | 4.8 |
Participating NOCs
Twenty eight nations sent figure skaters to compete in the events.
In film
Tonya Harding's and Nancy Kerrigan's participation in the competition is part of the story of the 2017 American film I, Tonya.