Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

The men's single skating competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on 16 and 18 February at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, in Canada.^[2][1]

Twenty-four quota spots in the men's event were awarded based on the results at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships.^[3] Six additional quota spots were made available at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy.^[4]

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Qualifying nations in men's singles^[3][4]

Event	Skaters per NOC	Qualifying NOCs	Total skaters
2009 World Championships	3	Japan  United States	24
	2	Canada  Czech Republic  France  Italy  Kazakhstan  Russia
	1	Belgium  Poland  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden  Ukraine
2009 Nebelhorn Trophy	1	Austria  Finland  Germany  North Korea  Romania  Switzerland	6
Total			30

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Men performed their short programs on 16 February.^[2] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds,^[5] the short program had to include the following elements: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump immediately preceded by connecting steps; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double or triple jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of foot; one spin combination consisting of sit, upright, and camel positions and a change of foot; and two different step sequences.^[6]

The top twenty-four highest scoring skaters after the short program advanced to the free skating, which they performed on 18 February.^[2] The free skate could last no more than 4 minutes 30 seconds,^[7] and had to include the following: eight jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one a flying spin, and one a spin with only one position; and two different step sequences.^[8]

Skaters were judged according to the required technical elements of their program (such as jumps and spins), as well as the overall presentation of their program, based on five program components (skating skills, transitions/linking footwork and movement, performance/execution, choreography/composition, and musical interpretation). Each technical element in a figure skating performance was assigned a predetermined base point value and scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from −3 to +3 based on the quality of its execution.^[9] Each Grade of Execution (GOE) from –3 to +3 was assigned a value as indicated on the Scale of Values. For example, a triple Axel was worth a base value of 8.20 points, and a GOE of +3 was worth 3.00 points, so a triple Axel with a GOE of +3 earned 11.20 points.^[10] The judging panel's GOE for each element was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (the average after discarding the highest and lowest scores). The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a Total Elements Score.^[11] At the same time, the judges evaluated each performance based on the five aforementioned program components and assigned each a score from 0.25 to 10 in 0.25-point increments. The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the chart below; the results were added together to generate a total Program Component Score.^[12]

Deductions were applied for certain violations, such as time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.^[14] The Total Elements Score and Program Component Score were then added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.^[15]

The gold, silver, and bronze medalists from the men's event at the 2010 Winter Olympics (from left to right):
Evan Lysacek of the United States (gold), Evgeni Plushenko of Russia (silver), and Daisuke Takahashi of Japan (bronze)

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Short program

The men's short program was held on 16 February.^[2]

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Men's short program results^[16]

Pl.	Skater	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN
1	Evgeni Plushenko	Russia	90.85	51.10	39.75	8.20	6.80	8.65	7.85	8.25
2	Evan Lysacek	United States	90.30	48.30	42.00	8.20	7.95	8.60	8.50	8.75
3	Daisuke Takahashi	Japan	90.25	48.90	41.35	8.30	7.50	8.55	8.30	8.70
4	Nobunari Oda	Japan	84.85	46.00	38.85	8.00	7.15	8.00	7.80	7.90
5	Stéphane Lambiel	Switzerland	84.63	41.48	43.15	8.50	8.20	8.65	8.65	9.15
6	Johnny Weir	United States	82.10	42.90	39.20	7.90	7.45	7.90	7.80	8.15
7	Patrick Chan	Canada	81.12	41.42	40.70	8.30	7.85	8.00	8.25	8.30
8	Takahiko Kozuka	Japan	79.59	42.14	37.45	7.60	7.25	7.55	7.60	7.45
9	Michal Březina	Czech Republic	78.80	42.50	36.30	7.35	7.00	7.35	7.30	7.30
10	Denis Ten	Kazakhstan	76.24	41.24	35.00	7.20	6.55	7.10	6.90	7.25
11	Florent Amodio	France	75.35	41.90	33.45	6.65	6.40	6.80	6.65	6.95
12	Kevin Van Der Perren	Belgium	72.90	39.20	33.70	6.95	6.35	6.95	6.60	6.85
13	Artem Borodulin	Russia	72.24	39.94	32.30	6.50	5.95	6.70	6.55	6.60
14	Samuel Contesti	Italy	70.60	36.60	35.00	7.15	6.60	7.10	7.00	7.15
15	Jeremy Abbott	United States	69.40	30.70	38.70	7.90	7.75	7.30	7.85	7.90
16	Javier Fernández	Spain	68.69	37.64	31.05	6.25	5.85	6.30	6.15	6.50
17	Stefan Lindemann	Germany	68.50	37.70	30.80	6.40	5.85	6.30	6.05	6.20
18	Brian Joubert	France	68.00	31.90	37.10	7.90	6.80	7.45	7.35	7.60
19	Tomáš Verner	Czech Republic	65.32	30.02	36.30	7.50	7.05	7.20	7.30	7.25
20	Paolo Bacchini	Italy	64.42	34.82	29.60	5.90	5.55	6.00	6.00	6.15
21	Anton Kovalevski	Ukraine	63.81	36.66	27.15	5.60	4.90	5.60	5.40	5.65
22	Adrian Schultheiss	Sweden	63.13	32.78	30.35	6.25	5.85	6.25	6.00	6.00
23	Viktor Pfeifer	Austria	60.88	34.08	26.80	5.45	5.05	5.50	5.25	5.55
24	Vaughn Chipeur	Canada	57.22	30.22	27.00	5.80	5.05	5.35	5.40	5.40
25	Ri Song-chol	North Korea	56.60	33.40	23.20	5.15	4.15	4.80	4.60	4.50
26	Abzal Rakimgaliev	Kazakhstan	55.88	32.48	23.40	5.05	4.45	4.80	4.50	4.60
27	Gregor Urbas	Slovenia	53.02	28.92	24.10	5.10	4.45	4.85	4.90	4.80
28	Przemysław Domański	Poland	52.14	28.44	23.70	4.80	4.60	4.80	4.80	4.70
29	Zoltán Kelemen	Romania	51.95	27.40	25.55	5.25	4.75	5.25	5.10	5.20
30	Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari	Finland	44.62	22.72	22.90	5.00	4.30	4.50	4.70	4.40

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Free skating

The men's free skate was held on 18 February.^[2]

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Men's free skate results^[17]

Pl.	Skater	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN
1	Evan Lysacek	United States	167.37	84.57	82.80	8.20	7.95	8.50	8.35	8.40
2	Evgeni Plushenko	Russia	165.51	82.71	82.80	8.40	7.25	8.80	8.20	8.75
3	Stéphane Lambiel	Switzerland	162.09	78.49	83.60	8.30	8.05	8.30	8.45	8.70
4	Patrick Chan	Canada	160.30	79.30	82.00	8.35	7.95	8.20	8.25	8.25
5	Daisuke Takahashi	Japan	156.98	73.48	84.50	8.55	8.15	8.50	8.40	8.65
6	Johnny Weir	United States	156.77	79.67	77.10	7.70	7.45	7.80	7.75	7.85
7	Nobunari Oda	Japan	153.69	79.69	77.00	8.00	7.25	7.80	7.70	7.75
8	Takahiko Kozuka	Japan	151.60	78.40	74.20	7.60	7.05	7.55	7.50	7.40
9	Jeremy Abbott	United States	149.56	71.56	79.00	7.90	7.80	7.80	7.95	8.05
10	Javier Fernández	Spain	137.99	68.19	70.80	6.90	6.45	7.30	7.15	7.60
11	Michal Březina	Czech Republic	137.93	67.43	71.50	7.30	6.80	7.20	7.30	7.15
12	Artem Borodulin	Russia	137.92	72.62	65.30	6.60	5.95	6.95	6.50	6.65
13	Adrian Schultheiss	Sweden	137.31	74.01	63.30	6.25	5.95	6.45	6.40	6.60
14	Denis Ten	Kazakhstan	135.01	67.61	67.40	6.85	6.30	6.85	6.80	6.90
15	Florent Amodio	France	134.95	63.25	71.70	7.30	6.85	7.15	7.20	7.35
16	Brian Joubert	France	132.22	59.12	74.10	7.80	6.75	7.40	7.55	7.55
17	Tomáš Verner	Czech Republic	119.42	52.62	67.80	7.05	6.50	6.45	7.20	6.70
18	Kevin Van Der Perren	Belgium	116.94	54.04	62.90	6.55	5.90	6.20	6.35	6.45
19	Samuel Contesti	Italy	116.90	50.20	66.70	6.70	6.20	6.70	6.75	7.00
20	Viktor Pfeifer	Austria	115.05	61.25	54.80	5.60	5.00	5.50	5.55	5.75
21	Vaughn Chipeur	Canada	113.70	55.10	58.60	6.00	5.40	5.90	5.95	6.05
22	Paolo Bacchini	Italy	112.79	55.19	57.60	5.95	5.20	5.95	5.75	5.95
23	Stefan Lindemann	Germany	103.48	46.68	56.80	6.15	5.35	5.70	5.75	5.45
24	Anton Kovalevski	Ukraine	102.09	49.99	55.10	5.70	5.30	5.45	5.60	5.50

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Men's results^[18]

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total	SP		FS
	Evan Lysacek	United States	257.67	2	90.30	1	167.37
	Evgeni Plushenko	Russia	256.36	1	90.85	2	165.51
	Daisuke Takahashi	Japan	247.23	3	90.25	5	156.98
4	Stéphane Lambiel	Switzerland	246.72	5	84.63	3	162.09
5	Patrick Chan	Canada	241.42	7	81.12	4	160.30
6	Johnny Weir	United States	238.87	6	82.10	6	156.77
7	Nobunari Oda	Japan	238.54	4	84.85	7	153.69
8	Takahiko Kozuka	Japan	231.19	8	79.59	8	151.60
9	Jeremy Abbott	United States	218.96	15	69.40	9	149.56
10	Michal Březina	Czech Republic	216.73	9	78.80	11	137.93
11	Denis Ten	Kazakhstan	211.25	10	76.24	14	135.01
12	Florent Amodio	France	210.30	11	75.35	15	134.95
13	Artem Borodulin	Russia	210.16	13	72.24	12	137.92
14	Javier Fernández	Spain	206.68	16	68.69	10	137.99
15	Adrian Schultheiss	Sweden	200.44	22	63.13	13	137.31
16	Brian Joubert	France	200.22	18	68.00	16	132.22
17	Kevin van der Perren	Belgium	189.84	12	72.90	18	116.94
18	Samuel Contesti	Italy	187.50	14	70.60	19	116.90
19	Tomáš Verner	Czech Republic	184.74	19	65.32	17	119.42
20	Paolo Bacchini	Italy	177.21	20	64.42	22	112.79
21	Viktor Pfeifer	Austria	175.93	23	60.88	20	115.05
22	Stefan Lindemann	Germany	171.98	17	68.50	23	103.48
23	Vaughn Chipeur	Canada	170.92	24	57.22	21	113.70
24	Anton Kovalevski	Ukraine	165.90	21	63.81	24	102.09
25	Ri Song-chol	North Korea	56.60	25	56.60	Did not advance to free skate
26	Abzal Rakimgaliev	Kazakhstan	55.88	26	55.88
27	Gregor Urbas	Slovenia	53.02	27	53.02
28	Przemysław Domański	Poland	52.14	28	52.14
29	Zoltán Kelemen	Romania	51.95	29	51.95
30	Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari	Finland	44.62	30	44.62

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