Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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| Figure skating at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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 Figure skating pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics | |
| Venue | Gangneung Ice Arena |
| Dates | 9–23 February |
| No. of events | 5 (1 men, 1 women, 3 mixed) |
| Competitors | 153 (76 men, 77 women) from 32 nations |
| Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Singles | men | ladies |
| Pairs | mixed | |
| Ice dance | mixed | |
| Team event | mixed | |
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.[1]
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.[2]
Competition schedule
The following was the competition schedule for all five events.[3] 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) | ||
| Team event (ice dance free) | ||
| 14 February | 10:00 | Pair skating (short) |
| 15 February | 10:30 | Pair skating (free) |
| 16 February | 10:00 | Men's singles (short) |
| 17 February | 10:00 | Men's singles (free) |
| 19 February | 10:00 | Ice dance (short) |
| 20 February | 10:00 | Ice dance (free) |
| 21 February | 10:00 | Ladies' singles (short) |
| 23 February | 10:00 | Ladies' singles (free) |
| 25 February | 9:30 | Gala exhibition |
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Canada | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 |  Olympic Athletes from Russia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles[4] |
Yuzuru Hanyu Japan | 317.85 | Shoma Uno Japan | 306.90 | Javier Fernández Spain | 305.24 |
| Ladies' singles[5] |
Alina Zagitova Olympic Athletes from Russia | 239.57 | Evgenia Medvedeva Olympic Athletes from Russia | 238.26 | Kaetlyn Osmond Canada | 231.02 |
| Pair skating[6] |
Aljona Savchenko Bruno Massot Germany | 235.90 | Sui Wenjing Han Cong China | 235.47 | Meagan Duhamel Eric Radford Canada | 230.15 |
| Ice dance[7] |
Tessa Virtue Scott Moir Canada | 206.07 WR | Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron France | 205.28 | Maia Shibutani Alex Shibutani United States | 192.59 |
| Team[8] |
Canada Patrick Chan Kaetlyn Osmond* Gabrielle Daleman** Meagan Duhamel Eric Radford Tessa Virtue Scott Moir | 73 | Olympic Athletes from Russia Mikhail Kolyada Evgenia Medvedeva* Alina Zagitova** Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov* Natalia Zabiiako Alexander Enbert** Ekaterina Bobrova Dmitri Soloviev | 66 | United States Nathan Chen* Adam Rippon** Bradie Tennell* Mirai Nagasu** Alexa Scimeca Knierim Chris Knierim Maia Shibutani Alex Shibutani | 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.
- Isabella Tobias and Ilia Tkachenko, who qualified in an ice dance spot for Israel, were replaced by Tankova and Zilberberg because Tkachenko's application for Israeli citizenship was denied.[30]
- Alexander Majorov was unable to achieve the performance level required by the Swedish Olympic Committee. Thus, the Committee gave up the corresponding quota for men's singles.[51]
- Ksenia Stolbova and Ivan Bukin were not invited to the 2018 Winter Olympics by the International Olympic Committee.[52][53]
- The Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea failed to submit paperwork on time and thus lost their pairs spot qualified by Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik. The International Olympic Committee later awarded the country a wild-card spot following negotiations between North and South Korea.[54]
Records and firsts
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition.
| Event | Date | Component | Skater(s) | Country | Score | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team event | 11 February | Short program | Evgenia Medvedeva | Olympic Athletes from Russia |
81.06 | [55] |
| Pair skating | 15 February | Free skating | Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Germany |
159.31 | [56] |
| Ice dance | 19 February | Short dance | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Canada |
83.67 | [57] |
| 20 February | Free dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France |
123.35 | [58] | |
| 20 February | Combined total | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France |
205.28 | [59] | |
| 20 February | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Canada |
206.07 | [58] | ||
| Ladies' singles | 21 February | Short program | Evgenia Medvedeva | Olympic Athletes from Russia |
81.61 | |
| 21 February | Alina Zagitova | Olympic Athletes from Russia |
82.92 |
