Figure Skating at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |
---|---|
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 | ||
---|---|---|
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]
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 |
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 |
*Skaters who only competed in the short program/dance.
**Skaters who only competed in the free program/dance.
Countries began announcing their entries in 2017. The International Skating Union published the complete list on 30 January 2018.
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 |
The following National Olympic Committees earned spots to compete. 153 athletes from 32 nations were expected to participate, with number of athletes in parentheses. Malaysia made their Olympic debuts in the sport. [60] [61] [62] [63]
The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as PyeongChang 2018, were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, with the opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February, a day before the opening ceremony.
Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Oval in Gangneung, South Korea between 10 and 24 February 2018.
South Korea competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, from 9 to 25 February 2018, as the host nation. It was represented by 122 competitors in all 15 disciplines.
Czech Republic competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 93 competitors in 13 sports. They won seven medals in total: two gold, two silver and three bronze, ranking 14th in the medal table.
Canada competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from February 9 to 25, 2018. It was the nation's 23rd appearance at the Winter Olympics, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1924. Canada competed in all sports disciplines, except Nordic combined. The chef de mission was Isabelle Charest, who was appointed in February 2017.
Germany competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 153 competitors in 14 sports. They won 31 medals in total, 14 gold, 10 silver and 7 bronze, ranking second in the medal table after Norway at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Germany excelled in ice track events, biathlon, Nordic combined and Ski jumping. The men's ice hockey team took a silver medal, having lost a closely contested final to Olympic Athletes from Russia.
The following is about the qualification rules and allocation of spots for the figure skating events at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
France competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 106 competitors in 11 sports. They won 15 medals in total, five gold, four silver and six bronze, ranking 9th in the medal table.
Poland competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. It was the nation's 23rd appearance at the Winter Olympics, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1924. The Polish team consisted of 62 athletes in 12 sports, which is the largest ever Polish team, surpassing the 59 athletes that competed in 2014. Polish ski jumpers won one gold and one bronze medal, earning the 20th place at the medal table.
Ukraine competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 33 competitors in 9 sports. Oleksandr Abramenko won the only medal for the country, a gold in men's aerials freestyle skiing, earning Ukraine the 21st place in the overall medal table.
Belgium competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 22 competitors in 9 sports. They won one silver medal, the country's first Winter Olympic medal since 1998, ranking 25th in the medal table.
Spain competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018.
Australia competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 50 competitors in 10 sports. They won three medals in total, two silver and one bronze, ranking 23rd in the medal table.
Israel competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with ten competitors in four sports.
Turkey competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. The Turkish team consisted of eight athletes, competing in four sports, including ski jumping for the first time.
North Korea competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Pair skaters Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik qualified for the Games, but the North Korean National Olympic Committee failed to enter them by the 30 October 2017 deadline. On 9 January 2018, North Korea agreed in negotiations with South Korea to send both athletes and a delegation to the Winter Olympics.
The ladies' single figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The short program was held on 21 February, and the free skating was held on 23 February.
The pair skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The short program was held on 14 February and the free skating on 15 February 2018. Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot became Olympic champions after finishing fourth in the short program and setting a record with their score in the free program to take the gold by 0.43 points. Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, leading after the short program, made a couple of mistakes in the free program and won silver. Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford were third. This was the second Olympics since 1964 that a Soviet or Russian pair did not win a medal.
The ice dance competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 19 and 20 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The short dance was held on 19 February and the free dance was held on 20 February.
The team event was a figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics that was held from 9 to 12 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. It took place over three days between 9–12 February with the short programs and the short dance taking place on 9 and 11 February, and the free skates and the free dance taking place on 11 and 12 February.
A two-time Olympian: In 2014 and coming up shortly in Pyeongchang.
She will represent Team China at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.
And now Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu, 2018 Olympians for Team China.