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at the

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took place at the

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from 12 to 21 February 2016. Unique to the

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was a mixed NOC team trophy competition.

Medal summary

Events

Medal table

Eligibility

Skaters were eligible to participate at the

if they were born between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2001, except males in pairs and ice dance, who may be born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2000.

Qualification system

The overall quota for the figure skating competition was 76 total skaters, consisting of 38 men and 38 ladies. There were 16 skaters in each of the

single skating Single skating is a discipline of figure skating in which male and female skaters compete individually. Men's singles and women's singles are governed by the International Skating Union (ISU). Figure skating is the oldest winter sport contested ...

disciplines (men's and ladies'), 10

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

teams, and 12

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

team. The maximum number of entries that qualified by a

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was 2 per event, making 12 (6 men, 6 ladies) the maximum number of entries that a country could qualify. If a country placed a skater in the first, second or third position in a

2015 World Junior Figure Skating Championships The 2015 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2014–15 season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event determined the World Junior champions in the disciplines ...

discipline they qualified for two spots in that discipline at the Youth Olympics. All other nations could enter one athlete until a quota spot of twelve for each singles event, seven for pairs and nine for ice dancing, was reached. There were further four spots for each single event and three spots for pairs/ice dancing at the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

Number of entries per discipline

Based on the results of the 2015 World Junior Championships and the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, the following countries have earned YOG quota places. Notes *1. Canada will send only one pair. *2. USA will send only one ice dance couple. *3. As the host, Norway has the right to one entry per discipline and has decided to enter one lady. *4. Did not use their YOG quota place.

Summary

Entries

Some countries announced their selections in 2015, as early as October. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on 4 February 2016.

Time schedule

Figure skating events will take place 13–16 February 2016.

Results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

Mixed NOC team trophy

Teams

The skaters who took part the team trophy was determined by draw. The result of the draw was that none of the ladies' medalists,

Polina Tsurskaya Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya (pronounced ''TSOO-rskaya''; russian: Полина Игоревна Цурская, born 11 July 2001) is a Russian former competitive figure skater and figure skating coach. She is the 2017 NHK Trophy bronze medallist. ...

Maria Sotskova Maria Romanovna Sotskova (pron. ''SOT-skoh-vah''; russian: Мария Романовна Сотскова; born 12 April 2000) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2017 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a two-time Internationaux de F ...

and

Elizabet Tursynbayeva Elizabet Tursynbaeva ( kz, Элизабет Тұрсынбаева, ''Elizabet Tūrsynbaeva''; born 14 February 2000) is a Kazakh retired figure skater. She is the 2019 World silver medalist, the 2019 Four Continents silver medalist, the 20 ...

, took part in this segment. It was the second consecutive time this had happened. At the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics none of the ladies' medalists,

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Elizaveta Sergeyevna Tuktamysheva ( ; rus, Елизавета Серге́евна Туктамышева, , jɪlʲɪzɐˈvʲetə tʊktɐˈmɨʂɨvə; born 17 December 1996) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2015 World champion, the 202 ...

Adelina Sotnikova Adelina Dmitriyevna Sotnikova (russian: link=no, Адели́на Дми́триевна Со́тникова ; born 1 July 1996) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2014 Olympic champion, a two-time European silver medalist (2012, ...

and

Li Zijun Li Zijun (; December 14, 1996) is a Chinese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic bronze medalist and the 2014 Four Continents bronze medalist. Li is also the 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist, 2010 JGP ...

, took part in the team trophy either.

Results

Detailed results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

References

External links

2016 Winter Olympics
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Figure skating
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Results Book – Figure skating
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