Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

In 2016, an independent report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed allegations that the Russian Olympic team had been involved in a state-sponsored doping program from at least late 2011 through February 2014, when Russia hosted the Winter Olympics in Sochi.^[2][3] On 9 December 2019, the WADA banned Russia from all international competitions after it found that data provided by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency had been manipulated by Russian authorities in order to protect athletes involved in its doping scheme.^[4] Under a ban imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in December 2019, Russian athletes could not use the Russian flag or anthem in international competition and had to compete as "Neutral Athletes" or a "Neutral Team" at any world championships for the next two years.^[5] On 19 February 2021, it was announced that Russian athletes would compete under the name of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) at the 2022 Winter Olympics.^[6]

The men's single skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 8 and 10 February at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China.^[1] Nathan Chen entered the 2022 Winter Olympics favored to win the gold medal. After what he called a "disastrous" performance at the 2018 Winter Olympics,^[7] Chen had gone on to win three World Championship titles and four U.S. Championship titles, bringing his record to six consecutive national titles.^[8] Chen's greatest contenders were expected to be Yuzuru Hanyu, Yuma Kagiyama, and Shoma Uno, all of Japan. Hanyu, who entered the Olympics as a two-time reigning Olympic champion, had missed most of the season while recovering from injury, his only competition this season being the 2021–22 Japan Championships.^[9]

Twenty-three quota spots in the men's event were awarded based on the results at the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships.^[10] Only twenty-three spots out of the possible twenty-four were awarded, because while Yan Han and Jin Boyang of China both qualified for the free skate, they only earned enough points to qualify for one Olympic entry.^[11] Therefore, the extra quota spot was made available at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy along with the other six slots originally allocated.^[12]

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Qualifying nations in men's singles^[10][12]

Event	Skaters per NOC	Qualifying NOCs	Total skaters
2021 World Championships	3	Japan	23
	2	United States  ROC  Italy
	1	Canada  France  South Korea  China  Georgia  Switzerland  Estonia  Belarus  Latvia  Czech Republic  Mexico  Ukraine  Sweden  Israel
2021 Nebelhorn Trophy	1	United States  France  ROC  South Korea  Azerbaijan  Australia  Canada	7
Total			30

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Men performed their short programs on 8 February.^[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,^[13] the short program had to include the following elements: 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.^[14]

The top twenty-four highest scoring skaters after the short program advanced to the free skate, which they performed on 10 February.^[1] The free skate could last no more than 4 minutes,^[13] and had 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 a flying spin, and one a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence.^[15]

All of the technical elements in any figure skating performance – such as jumps and spins – were 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.^[16] The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (the average after discarding the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total elements score.^[17] At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on five program components – skating skills, transitions, performance, composition, and interpretation of the music – and assigned a score from 0.25 to 10 in 0.25 point increments.^[18] 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 following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.^[19]

Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.^[21] The total elements score and program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater.^[22]

The following new record high score was set during this event.

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Record high scores

Date	Team	Segment	Score	Ref.
8 February 2022	Nathan Chen	Short program	113.97	[7]

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From left to right: The gold, silver, and bronze medalists from the men's event at the 2022 Winter Olympics: Nathan Chen of the United States (gold), Yuma Kagiyama of Japan (silver), and Shoma Uno of Japan (bronze)

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Short program

Vincent Zhou of the United States was forced to withdraw from the competition prior to the short program after testing positive for COVID-19.^[23]

The men's short program was held on 8 February. Nathan Chen of the United States, after what he called a "disastrous" performance at the 2018 Winter Olympics, set a new world record score in the short program with a dominant performance that including two quadruple jumps and a triple Axel.^[7] Yuma Kagiyama and Shoma Uno, both of Japan, finished in second and third places, respectively. Yuzuru Hanyu, two-time Olympic gold medalist from Japan, made an error on his opening quadruple Salchow, ultimately receiving zero points for the element. His score of 95.15 – his lowest short program score since 2019 – landed him in eighth place.^[7] "When I was about to go for the Salchow, there was a hole in the ice as I came around the curve, so I couldn't jump," Hanyu explained afterward. "Maybe... the ice had it in for me."^[24]

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Men's short program results^[25]

Pl.	Skater	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CO	IN
1	Nathan Chen	United States	113.97	65.98	47.99	9.57	9.39	9.71	9.68	9.64
2	Yuma Kagiyama	Japan	108.12	60.91	47.21	9.50	9.25	9.54	9.46	9.46
3	Shoma Uno	Japan	105.90	59.05	46.85	9.43	9.21	9.36	9.39	9.46
4	Cha Jun-hwan	South Korea	99.51	54.30	45.21	8.96	8.93	9.07	9.14	9.11
5	Morisi Kvitelashvili	Georgia	97.98	55.69	42.29	8.54	8.32	8.54	8.46	8.43
6	Jason Brown	United States	97.24	49.95	47.29	9.29	9.39	9.54	9.50	9.57
7	Evgeni Semenenko	ROC	95.76	55.23	40.53	8.21	7.93	8.18	8.14	8.07
8	Yuzuru Hanyu	Japan	95.15	48.07	47.08	9.43	9.43	9.25	9.54	9.43
9	Keegan Messing	Canada	93.24	49.30	43.94	8.93	8.68	8.68	8.79	8.86
10	Kévin Aymoz	France	93.00	49.93	43.07	8.57	8.29	8.68	8.71	8.82
11	Jin Boyang	China	90.98	51.62	39.36	8.07	7.32	8.04	8.00	7.93
12	Daniel Grassl	Italy	90.64	48.70	41.94	8.29	8.29	8.36	8.54	8.46
13	Matteo Rizzo	Italy	88.63	46.71	41.92	8.43	8.21	8.39	8.43	8.46
14	Adam Siao Him Fa	France	86.74	47.28	40.46	8.21	7.79	8.14	8.14	8.18
15	Mark Kondratiuk	ROC	86.11	45.08	41.03	8.32	8.00	8.25	8.25	8.21
16	Deniss Vasiļjevs	Latvia	85.30	43.08	42.22	8.43	8.18	8.46	8.54	8.61
17	Brendan Kerry	Australia	84.79	45.93	38.86	7.82	7.50	7.93	7.79	7.82
18	Vladimir Litvintsev	Azerbaijan	84.15	47.14	37.01	7.43	7.11	7.50	7.43	7.54
19	Donovan Carrillo	Mexico	79.69	43.08	36.61	7.32	7.11	7.43	7.32	7.43
20	Nikolaj Majorov	Sweden	78.54	41.22	37.32	7.46	7.14	7.57	7.54	7.61
21	Konstantin Milyukov	Belarus	78.49	41.92	36.57	7.46	7.18	7.32	7.32	7.29
22	Ivan Shmuratko	Ukraine	78.11	41.08	37.03	7.46	7.21	7.50	7.43	7.43
23	Andrei Mozalev	ROC	77.05	36.76	41.29	8.36	8.18	8.11	8.39	8.25
24	Lukas Britschgi	Switzerland	76.16	39.76	36.40	7.39	7.07	7.36	7.29	7.29
25	Michal Březina	Czech Republic	75.19	36.69	39.50	8.04	7.71	7.75	8.04	7.96
26	Alexei Bychenko	Israel	68.01	33.02	35.99	7.39	6.96	7.18	7.32	7.14
27	Lee Si-hyeong	South Korea	65.69	30.75	35.94	7.36	7.04	7.11	7.29	7.14
28	Aleksandr Selevko	Estonia	65.29	28.79	36.50	7.36	7.00	7.21	7.50	7.43
29	Roman Sadovsky	Canada	62.77	24.99	37.78	7.71	7.39	7.36	7.68	7.64
WD	Vincent Zhou	United States	Withdrew from competition

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Free skating

The men's free skating was held on 10 February. Nathan Chen of the United States won the free skate overwhelmingly, successfully performing five quadruple jumps in the process, including a quadruple Lutz – at that point, the most difficult jump in figure skating – which received nearly perfect scores from the judges. In addition to his jumping prowess, Chen received the highest program component scores, which measured skating skills, overall performance, and musicality. Yuma Kagiyama and Shoma Uno, both of Japan, won the silver and bronze medals, respectively.^[26]

Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, who had been in eighth place after the short program, attempted a quadruple Axel, which at that point had never been successfully performed in competition; however, he fell on it and later on a quadruple Salchow. Hanyu finished in third place in the free skate, and fourth place overall.^[26] Chen praised Hanyu for having "progressed the sport in so many ways" upon seeing Hanyu attempt the quadruple Axel.^[27]

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Men's free skate results^[28]

Pl.	Skater	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CO	IN
1	Nathan Chen	United States	218.63	121.41	97.22	9.71	9.54	9.79	9.71	9.86
2	Yuma Kagiyama	Japan	201.93	107.99	93.94	9.50	9.18	9.36	9.50	9.43
3	Yuzuru Hanyu	Japan	188.06	99.62	90.44	9.25	9.18	8.75	9.25	8.79
4	Daniel Grassl	Italy	187.43	103.35	84.08	8.39	8.18	8.54	8.50	8.43
5	Shoma Uno	Japan	187.10	96.24	91.86	9.32	9.07	9.04	9.29	9.21
6	Jason Brown	United States	184.00	87.66	96.34	9.46	9.50	9.75	9.64	9.82
7	Cha Jun-hwan	South Korea	182.87	93.59	90.28	9.07	8.96	8.93	9.11	9.07
8	Jin Boyang	China	179.45	97.23	82.22	8.43	7.79	8.50	8.18	8.21
9	Evgeni Semenenko	ROC	178.37	94.81	83.56	8.46	8.11	8.43	8.39	8.39
10	Keegan Messing	Canada	172.37	84.13	88.24	8.93	8.61	8.86	8.86	8.86
11	Morisi Kvitelashvili	Georgia	170.64	85.92	84.72	8.46	8.36	8.50	8.54	8.50
12	Deniss Vasiļjevs	Latvia	167.41	84.75	83.66	8.32	8.11	8.36	8.50	8.54
13	Adam Siao Him Fa	France	163.41	81.69	82.72	8.36	7.93	8.32	8.36	8.39
14	Mark Kondratiuk	ROC	162.71	80.15	83.56	8.50	8.14	8.21	8.50	8.43
15	Kévin Aymoz	France	161.80	76.60	86.20	8.68	8.46	8.57	8.68	8.71
16	Brendan Kerry	Australia	160.01	83.51	76.50	7.79	7.36	7.71	7.71	7.68
17	Matteo Rizzo	Italy	158.90	76.92	82.98	8.32	8.07	8.21	8.50	8.39
18	Andrei Mozalev	ROC	156.28	79.48	78.80	8.04	7.82	7.61	8.07	7.86
19	Vladimir Litvintsev	Azerbaijan	155.04	80.76	74.28	7.57	7.18	7.50	7.46	7.43
20	Konstantin Milyukov	Belarus	143.73	71.35	72.38	7.36	7.04	7.18	7.36	7.25
21	Nikolaj Majorov	Sweden	142.24	67.60	74.64	7.57	7.18	7.50	7.50	7.57
22	Donovan Carrillo	Mexico	138.44	66.56	72.88	7.32	7.04	7.29	7.36	7.43
23	Lukas Britschgi	Switzerland	136.42	64.72	71.70	7.32	6.96	7.07	7.29	7.21
24	Ivan Shmuratko	Ukraine	127.65	57.17	71.48	7.36	6.96	6.96	7.21	7.25

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Overall

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Men's results^[29]

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total	SP		FS
	Nathan Chen	United States	332.60	1	113.97	1	218.63
	Yuma Kagiyama	Japan	310.05	2	108.12	2	201.93
	Shoma Uno	Japan	293.00	3	105.90	5	187.10
4	Yuzuru Hanyu	Japan	283.21	8	95.15	3	188.06
5	Cha Jun-hwan	South Korea	282.38	4	99.51	7	182.87
6	Jason Brown	United States	281.24	6	97.24	6	184.00
7	Daniel Grassl	Italy	278.07	12	90.64	4	187.43
8	Evgeni Semenenko	ROC	274.13	7	95.76	9	178.37
9	Jin Boyang	China	270.43	11	90.98	8	179.45
10	Morisi Kvitelashvili	Georgia	268.62	5	97.98	11	170.64
11	Keegan Messing	Canada	265.61	9	93.24	10	172.37
12	Kévin Aymoz	France	254.80	10	93.00	15	161.80
13	Deniss Vasiļjevs	Latvia	252.71	16	85.30	12	167.41
14	Adam Siao Him Fa	France	250.15	14	86.74	13	163.41
15	Mark Kondratiuk	ROC	248.82	15	86.11	14	162.71
16	Matteo Rizzo	Italy	247.53	13	88.63	17	158.90
17	Brendan Kerry	Australia	244.80	17	84.79	16	160.01
18	Vladimir Litvintsev	Azerbaijan	239.19	18	84.15	19	155.04
19	Andrei Mozalev	ROC	233.33	23	77.05	18	156.28
20	Konstantin Milyukov	Belarus	222.22	21	78.49	20	143.73
21	Nikolaj Majorov	Sweden	220.78	20	78.54	21	142.24
22	Donovan Carrillo	Mexico	218.13	19	79.69	22	138.44
23	Lukas Britschgi	Switzerland	212.58	24	76.16	23	136.42
24	Ivan Shmuratko	Ukraine	205.76	22	78.11	24	127.65
25	Michal Březina	Czech Republic	75.19	25	75.19	Did not advance to free skate
26	Alexei Bychenko	Israel	68.01	26	68.01
27	Lee Si-hyeong	South Korea	65.69	27	65.69
28	Aleksandr Selevko	Estonia	65.29	28	65.29
29	Roman Sadovsky	Canada	62.77	29	62.77
WD	Vincent Zhou	United States	Withdrew from competition

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