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

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Figure skating men's singles
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Figure skating pictogram.svg
Venue Capital Indoor Stadium
Beijing
Date8, 10 February
Competitors29 from 20 nations
Winning score332.60 points
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nathan Chen Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Yuma Kagiyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Shoma Uno Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2018
2026  

The men's singles competition in figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 8 February (short program) and 10 February (free skating), at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Haidian District of Beijing. [1] Nathan Chen of the United States won the event, with Yuma Kagiyama of Japan taking the silver medal, and Shoma Uno, also of Japan, winning the bronze. For Chen and Kagiyama, these were their first individual Olympic medals; it was Uno's second following his silver in 2018.

Summary

The 2014 and 2018 Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu and the 2018 silver medalist Shoma Uno qualified for the Olympics, whereas the bronze medalist, Javier Fernández, retired from competition in 2019. Nathan Chen, the 2021 World champion, had the highest score in the 2021–22 season prior to the Olympics. Vincent Zhou had the second-highest score in the season, and Uno the third-highest. Hanyu missed much of the season due to injury, competing only at the 2021–22 Japan Championships. Hanyu and Chen were predicted to be the main Olympic gold contenders, with Uno, Zhou, and Yuma Kagiyama named as medal contenders. [2] [3] Zhou withdrew prior to the short program due to a positive COVID-19 test. [4]

In the short program, Hanyu missed his opening jump, a quadruple Salchow, and placed eighth in the segment. Chen set a new world record to win the segment nearly six points ahead of Yuma Kagiyama and eight points ahead of Uno. [5] Hanyu was third in the free skating to move up to fourth overall, surpassing Cha Jun-hwan who finished in fifth. The top three from the short program retained their positions, with Chen also winning the free skating to capture the Olympic title by over 22 points ahead of Kagiyama and nearly 40 points ahead of Uno. [6]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing ISU best scores were:

ComponentSkaterScoreDateEventRef
Short programFlag of Japan.svg  Yuzuru Hanyu  (JPN)111.827 February 2020 2020 Four Continents [7]
Free skatingFlag of the United States.svg  Nathan Chen  (USA)224.927 December 2019 2019–20 Grand Prix Final [8]
Total score335.30 [9]

The following new best score was set during this competition:

ComponentSkatersScoreDateRef
Short programFlag of the United States.svg  Nathan Chen  (USA)113.978 February 2022 [10]

Qualification

Schedule

All times are (UTC+8).

DateTimeRound
8 February9:15Short program
10 February9:30Free skating

Results

Short program

The short program was held on 8 February 2022.

The top 24 skaters at the end of the short program advanced to the free skating. [11]

Pl.NameNationTSSTESPCSSSTRPECOINDedStN
1 Nathan Chen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 113.97 WR65.9847.999.579.399.719.689.640.0028
2 Yuma Kagiyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 108.1260.9147.219.509.259.549.469.460.0027
3 Shoma Uno Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 105.9059.0546.859.439.219.369.399.460.0022
4 Cha Jun-hwan Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 99.5154.3045.218.968.939.079.149.110.0023
5 Morisi Kvitelashvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 97.9855.6942.298.548.328.548.468.430.0029
6 Jason Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 97.2449.9547.299.299.399.549.509.570.0030
7 Evgeni Semenenko Olympic flag.svg  ROC 95.7655.2340.538.217.938.188.148.070.0017
8 Yuzuru Hanyu Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 95.1548.0747.089.439.439.259.549.430.0021
9 Keegan Messing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 93.2449.3043.948.938.688.688.798.860.0026
10 Kévin Aymoz Flag of France.svg  France 93.0049.9343.078.578.298.688.718.820.0018
11 Jin Boyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 90.9851.6239.368.077.328.048.007.930.005
12 Daniel Grassl Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 90.6448.7041.948.298.298.368.548.460.0025
13 Matteo Rizzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 88.6346.7141.928.438.218.938.438.460.0024
14 Adam Siao Him Fa Flag of France.svg  France 86.7447.2840.468.217.798.148.148.181.0015
15 Mark Kondratiuk Olympic flag.svg  ROC 86.1145.0841.038.328.008.258.258.210.0016
16 Deniss Vasiļjevs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 85.3043.0842.228.438.188.468.548.610.0019
17 Brendan Kerry Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 84.7945.9338.867.827.507.937.797.820.0014
18 Vladimir Litvintsev Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 84.1547.1437.017.437.117.507.437.540.006
19 Donovan Carrillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 79.6943.0836.617.327.117.437.327.430.008
20 Nikolaj Majorov Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 78.5441.2237.327.467.147.577.547.610.002
21 Konstantin Milyukov Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 78.4941.9236.577.467.187.327.327.290.0013
22 Ivan Shmuratko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 78.1141.0837.037.467.217.507.437.430.009
23 Andrei Mozalev Olympic flag.svg  ROC 77.0536.7641.298.368.188.118.398.251.0020
24 Lukas Britschgi Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 76.1639.7636.407.397.077.367.297.290.003
Did not advance to free skating
25 Michal Březina Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 75.1936.6939.508.047.717.758.047.961.0011
26 Alexei Bychenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 68.0133.0235.997.396.967.187.327.141.0010
27 Lee Si-hyeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 65.6930.7535.947.367.047.117.297.141.007
28 Aleksandr Selevko Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 65.2928.7936.507.367.007.217.507.430.004
29 Roman Sadovsky Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 62.7724.9937.787.717.397.367.687.640.001
WD Vincent Zhou Flag of the United States.svg  United States withdrewwithdrew from competition12
  • Notes:
  • TSS – Total Segment Score; TES – Technical Element Score; PCS – Program Component Score
  • SS – Skating Skills; TR – Transitions; PE – Performance/Execution
  • CO – Composition; IN – Interpretation; Ded – Deduction; StN – Starting Number

Free skating

The free skating was held on 10 February 2022.

Pl.NameNationTSSTESPCSSSTRPECOINDedStN
1 Nathan Chen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 218.63121.4197.229.719.549.799.719.860.0024
2 Yuma Kagiyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 201.93107.9993.949.509.189.369.509.430.0023
3 Yuzuru Hanyu Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 188.0699.6290.449.259.188.759.258.792.0017
4 Daniel Grassl Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 187.43103.3584.088.398.188.548.508.430.0013
5 Shoma Uno Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 187.1096.2491.869.329.079.049.299.211.0022
6 Jason Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 184.0087.6696.349.469.509.759.649.820.0019
7 Cha Jun-hwan Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 182.8793.5990.289.078.968.939.119.071.0021
8 Jin Boyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 179.4597.2382.228.437.798.508.188.210.0014
9 Evgeni Semenenko Olympic flag.svg  ROC 178.3794.8183.568.468.118.438.398.390.0018
10 Keegan Messing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 172.3784.1388.248.938.618.868.868.860.0016
11 Morisi Kvitelashvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 170.6485.9284.728.468.368.508.548.500.0020
12 Deniss Vasiļjevs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 167.4184.7583.668.328.118.368.508.541.009
13 Adam Siao Him Fa Flag of France.svg  France 163.4181.6982.728.367.938.328.368.391.0011
14 Mark Kondratiuk Olympic flag.svg  ROC 162.7180.1583.568.508.148.218.508.431.0010
15 Kévin Aymoz Flag of France.svg  France 161.8076.6086.208.688.468.578.688.711.0015
16 Brendan Kerry Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 160.0183.5176.507.797.367.717.717.680.008
17 Matteo Rizzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 158.9076.9282.988.328.078.218.508.391.0012
18 Andrei Mozalev Olympic flag.svg  ROC 156.2879.4878.808.047.827.618.077.862.002
19 Vladimir Litvintsev Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 155.0480.7674.287.577.187.507.467.430.007
20 Konstantin Milyukov Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 143.7371.3572.387.367.047.187.367.250.004
21 Nikolaj Majorov Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 142.2467.6074.647.577.187.507.507.570.005
22 Donovan Carrillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 138.4466.5672.887.327.047.297.367.431.006
23 Lukas Britschgi Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 136.4264.7271.707.326.967.077.297.210.001
24 Ivan Shmuratko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 127.6557.1771.487.366.966.967.217.251.003
  • Notes:
  • TSS – Total Segment Score; TES – Technical Element Score; PCS – Program Component Score
  • SS – Skating Skills; TR – Transitions; PE – Performance/Execution
  • CO – Composition; IN – Interpretation; Ded – Deduction; StN – Starting Number

Overall

The skaters were ranked according to their overall score.

RankNameNationTotalSPFS
Gold medal icon.svg Nathan Chen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 332.601113.971218.63
Silver medal icon.svg Yuma Kagiyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 310.052108.122201.93
Bronze medal icon.svg Shoma Uno Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 293.003105.905187.10
4 Yuzuru Hanyu Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 283.21895.153188.06
5 Cha Jun-hwan Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 282.38499.517182.87
6 Jason Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 281.24697.246184.00
7 Daniel Grassl Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 278.071290.644187.43
8 Evgeni Semenenko Olympic flag.svg  ROC 274.13795.769178.37
9 Jin Boyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 270.431190.988179.45
10 Morisi Kvitelashvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 268.62597.9811170.64
11 Keegan Messing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 265.61993.2410172.37
12 Kévin Aymoz Flag of France.svg  France 254.801093.0015161.80
13 Deniss Vasiļjevs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 252.711685.3012167.41
14 Adam Siao Him Fa Flag of France.svg  France 250.151486.7413163.41
15 Mark Kondratiuk Olympic flag.svg  ROC 248.821586.1114162.71
16 Matteo Rizzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 247.531388.6317158.90
17 Brendan Kerry Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 244.801784.7916160.01
18 Vladimir Litvintsev Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 239.191884.1519155.04
19 Andrei Mozalev Olympic flag.svg  ROC 233.332377.0518156.28
20 Konstantin Milyukov Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 222.222178.4920143.73
21 Nikolaj Majorov Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 220.782078.5421142.24
22 Donovan Carrillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 218.131979.6922138.44
23 Lukas Britschgi Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 212.582476.1623136.42
24 Ivan Shmuratko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 205.762278.1124127.65
Did not advance to free skating
25 Michal Březina Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 75.192575.19
26 Alexei Bychenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 68.012668.01
27 Lee Si-hyeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 65.692765.69
28 Aleksandr Selevko Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 65.292865.29
29 Roman Sadovsky Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 62.772962.77
WD Vincent Zhou Flag of the United States.svg  United States withdrewwithdrew from competition

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