Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics
| Figure Skating at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Capital Indoor Stadium |
| Dates | 4–20 February |
| No. of events | 5 (1 men, 1 women, 3 mixed) |
| Competitors | 148 (74 men, 74 women) from 32 nations |
| Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Qualification
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| Singles | men | women |
| Pairs | mixed | |
| Ice dance | mixed | |
| Team event | mixed | |
Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics is scheduled to be held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. The five events will take place between 4 and 20 February 2022.[1]
A total of 144 quota spots were distributed to the sport of figure skating, a decline of four from the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.[2][3] From the 2021–22 season, the International Skating Union renamed "ladies' singles" as "women's singles".[4]
Qualification[]
A total of 144 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. Each NOC can enter a maximum of 18 athletes, with a maximum of nine men or nine women. An additional five quota spots have been made available for, first host qualification, then if any are remaining, the team event.
Competition schedule[]
The following will be the competition schedule for all five events. Sessions that include the event finals are shown in bold.
All times are in local time (UTC+8), according to the official schedule correct as of January 2022.[5] This schedule may be subject to change in due time.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 4 February | 9:55 | Team event – Men's Short Program |
| 11:35 | Team event – Ice Dance Rhythm Dance | |
| 13:15 | Team event – Pairs' Short Program | |
| 6 February | 9:30 | Team event – Women's Short Program |
| 11:50 | Team event – Men's Free Skating | |
| 7 February | 9:15 | Team event – Pairs' Free Skating |
| 10:30 | Team event – Ice Dance Free Dance | |
| 11:35 | Team event – Women's Free Skating | |
| 8 February | 9:15 | Men's Short Program |
| 10 February | 9:30 | Men's Free Skating |
| 12 February | 19:00 | Ice Dance Rhythm Dance |
| 14 February | 9:15 | Ice Dance Free Dance |
| 15 February | 18:00 | Women's Short Program |
| 17 February | 18:00 | Women's Free Skating |
| 18 February | 18:30 | Pairs' Short Program |
| 19 February | 19:00 | Pairs' Free Skating |
| 20 February | 12:00 | Exhibition Gala |
Medal summary[]
Medal table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  ROC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 nations) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Events[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |
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| Women's singles |
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| Pair skating |
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| Ice dance |
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| Team event |
ROC Mark Kondratiuk Kamila Valieva Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov Victoria Sinitsina Nikita Katsalapov |
74 | United States Nathan Chen* Vincent Zhou** Karen Chen Alexa Knierim Brandon Frazier Madison Hubbell* Zachary Donohue* Madison Chock** Evan Bates** |
65 | Japan Shoma Uno* Yuma Kagiyama** Wakaba Higuchi* Kaori Sakamoto** Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara Misato Komatsubara Tim Koleto |
63 |
* Skaters who only competed in the short program/rhythm dance.
** Skaters who only competed in the free skating/dance.
Entries[]
Countries began announcing their selections following the 2021 World Championships. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on 26 January 2022.[6] Names denoted with an asterisk (*) are skaters/teams eligible for the team event only.
Changes to preliminary assignments[]
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 January | Men |  Mikhail Kolyada
|
Evgeni Semenenko
|
Positive COVID-19 test | [43] |
Records and firsts[]
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition.
| Event | Date | Component | Skater(s) | Country | Score | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team event | 4 February 2022 | Pairs - Short program | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong |  China
|
82.83 | [44] |
| Men's singles | 8 February 2022 | Short Program | Nathan Chen | United States
|
113.97 | [45] |
The following first achievements set during this competition.
| Event | Date | Component | Skater(s) | Country | Achievement(s) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team event | 6 February | Women - Short program | Kamila Valieva | ROC
|
First European woman to land a triple Axel at the Olympics. Fourth woman to land a triple Axel at the Olympics. |
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| 7 February | Women - Free program | First woman to land a quad at the Olympics. First woman to land a quad and a triple Axel in the same program at the Olympics. First woman to land two different type of quads in the same program at the Olympics. |
Participating nations[]
The following National Olympic Committees earned spots to compete, with the number of athletes in parentheses. 148 athletes from 32 NOCs are expected to participate. ROC was the only delegation to qualify the maximum number of entries (3 spots per discipline for 18 athletes total).
Armenia (2)
Australia (2)
Austria (3)
Azerbaijan (2)
Belarus (2)
Belgium (1)
Bulgaria (1)
Canada (13)
China (8)
Czech Republic (6)
Estonia (2)
Finland (3)
France (4)
Georgia (6)
Germany (6)
Great Britain (3)
Hungary (2)
Israel (3)
Italy (9)
Japan (10)
Latvia (1)
Lithuania (2)
Mexico (1)
Netherlands (1)
Poland (3)
ROC (18)
South Korea (4)
Spain (4)
Sweden (2)
Switzerland (2)
Ukraine (6)
United States (16)
Notes[]
- ^ Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius, who qualified an ice dance spot for Lithuania, were replaced by Ramanauskaitė/Kizala because Reed's application for Lithuanian citizenship was denied.[32]
References[]
- ^ "Beijing 2022 Schedule Figure skating". BOCOG. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Qualification System for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022". International Skating Union. 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022: Event programme and athlete quota" (PDF). International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Results of Proposals in Replacement of the 58th Ordinary ISU Congress 2021". International Skating Union. 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Figure Skating - Olympic Schedule & Results - Beijing 2022". International Olympic Committee (IOC). 26 January 2022.
- ^ "XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022". International Skating Union. 26 January 2022.
- ^ "XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 January 2022.
- ^ "XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022: Women" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 January 2022.
- ^ "XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 January 2022.
- ^ "XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022: Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 January 2022.
- ^ Ghazanchyan, Siranush (25 September 2021). "Armenian ice dancing pair qualifies for Winter Olympics". Public Radio of Armenia.
- ^ "Figure Skaters Kailani Craine and Brendan Kerry selected to Australian 2022 Winter Olympic Team". Australian Olympic Committee. 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Entsendungskriterien: Saison 2021/2022 – Olympische Winterspiele (OWS) – Peking, CHN" [Deployment Criteria: Season 2021/2022 – Olympic Winter Games (OWG) – Beijing, CHN] (PDF) (in German). Skate Austria. 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Эксклюзив: Игры-2022 в Пекине станут триумфальным успехом мирового спорта – член НОК Азербайджана Р. Аббасов" [Exclusive: 2022 Games in Beijing will become a triumphant success of world sport – member of the NOC of Azerbaijan R. Abbasov]. Xinhua News Agency (in Russian). 28 November 2021.
- ^ Team BY [@olympicteamby] (18 January 2022). "⚡️На Играх в Пекине в фигурном ⛸ катании Беларусь