A number of world records (WR) and Olympic records (OR) were set in various skating events at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
The following new ISU best scores and Olympic records were set during this competition:
Event | Date | Component | Skater(s) | Country | Score | Ref |
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Team event | 4 February | Pairs – Short program | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China | 82.83 | [1] |
Women – Short program | Kamila Valieva | ROC | 90.18 OR | |||
Women – Free skating | 178.92 OR | |||||
Men's singles | 8 February | Short program | Nathan Chen | United States | 113.97 | [2] |
Short program TES | 65.98 | [3] | ||||
10 February | Free skating PCS | 97.22 | [4] | |||
Ice dance | 12 February | Rhythm dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France | 90.83 | [5] |
Rhythm dance TES | 51.65 | [6] | ||||
14 February | Combined total | 226.98 | [7] | |||
Women's singles | 17 February | Free skating | Alexandra Trusova | ROC | 177.13 OR | |
Free skating TES | 106.16 OR | |||||
Pair skating | 18 February | Short program | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China | 82.83 | |
19 February | Combined total | 239.82 |
TES = Technical Element Score
PCS = Program Component Score
Event | Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record | Ref |
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Women's 500 metres | 5 February | Heat 4 | Suzanne Schulting | Netherlands | 42.379 | OR | [8] |
Men's 1000 metres | 5 February | Heat 5 | Hwang Dae-heon | South Korea | 1:23.042 | OR | [9] |
Mixed 2000 metre relay | 5 February | Heat 2 | Suzanne Schulting Xandra Velzeboer Itzhak de Laat Jens van 't Wout | Netherlands | 2:36.437 | OR | [10] |
Women's 1000 metres | 9 February | Heat 2 | Suzanne Schulting | Netherlands | 1:27.292 | OR | [11] |
Men's 1500 metres | 9 February | Quarterfinal 1 | Shaolin Sándor Liu | Hungary | 2:09.213 | OR | [12] |
Women's 1000 metres | 11 February | Quarterfinal 1 | Suzanne Schulting | Netherlands | 1:26.514 | WR, OR | [13] |
Women's 3000 metre relay | 13 February | Final A | Suzanne Schulting Selma Poutsma Xandra Velzeboer Yara van Kerkhof | Netherlands | 4:03.409 | OR | [14] |
Women's 1500 metres | 16 February | Semifinal 3 | Choi Min-jeong | South Korea | 2:16.831 | OR | [15] |
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