Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

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Figure skating
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Figure skating Olympics 1994.png
Venue Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre
Dates13–25 February
No. of events4 (1 men, 1 women, 2 mixed)
  1992
1998  

The 1994 Winter Olympics figure skating competition was held at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre in Norway. [1]

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)3205
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1001
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0112
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)0101
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)0011
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0011
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)0011
Totals (7 entries)44412

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles
details
Alexei Urmanov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
1.5 Elvis Stojko
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
3.0 Philippe Candeloro
Flag of France.svg  France
6.5
Ladies' singles
details
Oksana Baiul
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
2.0 Nancy Kerrigan
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2.5 Chen Lu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
5.0
Pairs
details
Flag of Russia.svg  Ekaterina Gordeeva
and Sergei Grinkov  (RUS)
1.5Flag of Russia.svg  Natalia Mishkutionok
and Artur Dmitriev  (RUS)
3.0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Isabelle Brasseur
and Lloyd Eisler  (CAN)
4.5
Ice dance
details
Flag of Russia.svg  Oksana Grishuk
and Evgeni Platov  (RUS)
3.4Flag of Russia.svg  Maya Usova
and Alexander Zhulin  (RUS)
3.8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jayne Torvill
and Christopher Dean  (GBR)
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 .

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References

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  2. Hersh, Phil (26 January 1994). "Hard To Figure: No Norwegian Skaters". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  3. Diaz, George (30 January 1994). "Norway Hits Skids In Skating". Orlando Sentinel.
  4. Secretan, Jacques (3 February 1994). "Les Monod rangent leurs patins" [The Monods hang up their skates]. L'Hebdo (in French). Archived from the original on 15 June 2014.