Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification
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The number of entries for the figure skating events at the Winter Olympics is determined by quotas set by the International Olympic Committee. A total of 144 quota spots were available to athletes to compete in the figure skating events at the 2022 Winter Olympics. There were 30 spots allotted each in men's and women's singles, 19 in pair skating, and 23 in ice dance. Additionally, ten nations qualified for the team event. There is no individual athlete qualification to the Olympics; the choice of whom to send is at the discretion of each country's National Olympic Committee. Each National Olympic Committee could enter up to 18 skaters total, with a maximum of nine men or nine women.
Qualification of nations
Countries were able to qualify entries to the 2022 Winter Olympics in two ways. Most spots were allocated based on the results of the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships. There, countries were able to qualify up to three entries in each discipline according to a predetermined system.[1] The results of the 2021 World Championships determined 83 total spots: 24 entries each in men's and women's singles, 16 in pairs, and 19 in ice dance.[2]
The remainder of the spots were filled at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy in late September 2021. Countries that had already earned an entry to the Olympics were not allowed to qualify additional entries at this final qualifying competition. However, if a country earned two or three spots at the World Championships, but did not have two or three skaters, respectively, qualify for the free skate, then they were allowed to send a skater who did not reach the free segment at World Championships to the Nebelhorn Trophy to qualify the remaining spot(s). Unlike at the World Championships, where countries could qualify more than one spot depending on the placement of their skater(s), at the Nebelhorn Trophy, countries could earn only one spot per discipline, regardless of ranking.[3]
Initially, a total of six spots per singles event, three spots in pairs, and four in ice dance were available at Nebelhorn Trophy. One additional quota spot became available in men's singles following the 2021 World Championships.[4] According to guidelines established by the International Skating Union (ISU), nations had to select skaters and teams who have achieved a minimum total elements score at an ISU-recognized international competition on or before 24 January 2022.[5]
For the team event, scores from the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships and the 2021–22 Grand Prix of Figure Skating season were tabulated to establish the top ten nations. Each nation compiled a score from their top performers in each of the four disciplines.[6] The 2021 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, which was to be held in December 2021,[5] was to be the final event to affect the team event score, but it was cancelled.[7]
Qualified nations
| Nations | Men's singles | Women's singles | Pairs | Ice dance | Team event | Add. | Skater(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Armenia |
1 | 2 | |||||
 Australia |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Austria |
1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
 Azerbaijan |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Belarus |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Belgium |
1 | 1 | |||||
 Bulgaria |
1 | 1 | |||||
 Canada |
2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |  |
13 | |
 China |
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
8 | |
 Czech Republic |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
6 | |
 Estonia |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Finland |
1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
 France |
2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
 Georgia |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
6 | |
 Germany |
1 | 1 | 1 | |
1[a] | 6 | |
 Great Britain |
1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
 Hungary |
1 | 2 | |||||
 Israel |
1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
 Italy |
2 | 2 | 1 | |
1[b] | 9 | |
 Japan |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
10 | |
 Latvia |
1 | 1 | |||||
 Lithuania |
1 | 2 | |||||
 Mexico |
1 | 1 | |||||
 Netherlands |
1 | 1 | |||||
 Poland |
1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
 ROC |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
18 | |
 South Korea |
2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
 Spain |
1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
 Sweden |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Switzerland |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Ukraine |
1 | 1 | 1 | |
2[c] | 6 | |
 United States |
3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
16 | |
| Total: 32 NOCs | 30 | 30 | 19 teams | 23 teams | 10 teams | 4 | 148 |
Qualification summary
Men's singles
Twenty-three quota spots in the men's event were awarded based on the results at the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships.[2] Only twenty-three spots out of a 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.[4] Therefore, the extra quota spot was made available at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy along with the other six slots originally allocated.[3]
| 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 | ||
Women's singles
Twenty-four quota spots in women's singles were awarded based on results at the 2021 World Championships.[2] An additional six quota spots were earned at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy.[3]
| Event | Skaters per NOC |
Qualifying NOCs | Total skaters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 World Championships | 3 | ROC Japan |
24 |
| 2 | United States South Korea | ||
| 1 | Belgium Austria Azerbaijan Canada Estonia Sweden Netherlands Bulgaria Germany Georgia China Czech Republic Great Britain Finland | ||
| 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy | 1 | United States Poland Belarus Switzerland Ukraine Australia |
6 |
| Total | 30 | ||
Pairs
Sixteen quota spots in pair skating were awarded based on results at the 2021 World Championships.[2] An additional three quota spots were earned at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy.[3]
| Event | Teams per NOC |
Qualifying NOCs | Total teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 World Championships | 3 | ROC |
16 |
| 2 | China Canada United States Italy | ||
| 1 | Japan Austria Germany Hungary Czech Republic | ||
| 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy | 1 | Spain Georgia Israel |
3 |
| Total | 19 | ||
Ice dance
Nineteen quota spots in ice dance were awarded based on results at the 2021 World Championships.[2] An additional four quota spots were earned at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy.[3]
| Event | Teams per NOC |
Qualifying NOCs | Total teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 World Championships | 3 | ROC United States Canada |
19 |
| 1 | Italy Great Britain Spain Poland China Lithuania France Germany Japan Ukraine | ||
| 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy | 1 | Finland Georgia Armenia Czech Republic |
4 |
| Total | 23 | ||
Team event
In order for a nation to qualify for the team event, it had to have qualified entrants in at least three of the four disciplines (men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, or ice dance). If there were not ten nations that had qualified entrants in all four disciplines, nations with three entrants could use an additional athlete quota to fill their team. These additional athletes were eligible to compete in the team event, but not in the individual Olympic events.[5] The nations which qualified for the team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics are identified with a green check mark (
) in the last column.
| Pl. | Nation | M | W | P | D | Total |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROC |
|
|
|
|
5947 | |
| 2 | United States |
|
|
|
|
5209 | |
| 3 | Canada |
|
|
|
|
3949 | |
| 4 | Japan |
|
|
|
|
3830 | |
| 5 | China |
|
|
|
|
2809 | |
| 6 | Italy |
|
[d] | |
|
2774 | |
| 7 | France |
|
 |
|
|
1878 | |
| 8 | South Korea |
|
|
|
|
1781 | |
| 9 | Germany |
[e] | |
|
|
1480 | |
| 10 | Great Britain |
|
|
|
|
1474 | |
| 11 | Georgia |
|
|
|
|
1472 | |
| 12 | Austria |
|
|
|
|
1183 | |
| 13 | Estonia |
|
|
|
|
1162 | |
| 14 | Czech Republic |
|
|
|
|
1137 | |
| 15 | Belgium |
|
|
|
|
1111 | |
| 16 | Belarus |
|
|
|
|
896 | |
| 17 | Ukraine |
|
|
[f] | |
893 | |
Top four NOCs on waitlist per discipline
If a country rejected a quota spot, then the additional quota became available. A country could be eligible for one quota spot per event in the reallocation process. The following list was compiled after the remaining spots were allocated at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy.[3] No quota spots were vacated after the Nebelhorn Trophy.
| Men's singles | Women's singles | Pairs | Ice dance |
|---|---|---|---|
 Turkey Armenia Great Britain Germany |
Italy Cyprus Chinese Taipei Slovenia |
China Belarus Australia Netherlands |
Hungary South Korea Italy Australia |
Notes
- Paul Fentz of Germany competed in the team event, but not the men's individual event.[8]
- Lara Naki Gutmann of Italy competed in the team event, but not the women's individual event.[9]
- Sofiia Holichenko and Artem Darenskyi of Ukraine competed in the team event, but not the pairs event.[10]