Figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

at the

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took place at the Centre intercommunal de glace de Malley in

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

from 10 to 15 January 2020. Unique to the

Youth Olympic Games The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consisten ...

is a mixed NOC team trophy competition.

Medal summary

Events

Medal table

Records

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Eligibility

Skaters are eligible to participate at the

if they were born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2005, except males in pairs and ice dance, who may be born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2004.

Qualification system

The overall quota for the figure skating competition is 76 total skaters, consisting of 38 men and 38 ladies. There will be 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 ...

teams. The maximum number of entries that qualified by a

National Olympic Committee A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...

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

2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships The 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Zagreb, Croatia from 4 to 10 March 2019. Records The following new list of highest junior scores in figure skating#Progression of junior record scores, ISU best scores were set ...

discipline they qualify for two spots in that discipline at the Youth Olympics. All other nations can enter one athlete until a quota spot of twelve for each singles event, seven for pairs and nine for ice dancing, are reached. There are further four spots for each single event and three spots for pairs/ice dancing at the

2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 23rd season of a series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Skaters com ...

. Only one quota place per discipline and NOC can be earned through the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, and only if a NOC doesn't already have a quota place for that discipline.

Number of entries per discipline

Based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Championships and the

the following countries have earned YOG quota places. Notes *1. As the host, Switzerland has the right to one entry per discipline.

Summary

Time schedule

Figure skating events will take place on 10–15 January 2020. Listed in

local time Local time is the time observed in a specific locality. There is no canonical definition. Originally it was mean solar time, but since the introduction of time zones it is generally the time as determined by the time zone in effect, with daylight s ...

(UTC+1).

Entries

Countries began announcing their selections in November 2019. The

International Skating Union The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Net ...

published a complete list of entries on January 6, 2020.

Changes to preliminary assignments

Results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

* Sofiia Nesterova /

Artem Darenskyi Artem Andriyovych Darenskyi ( uk, Артем Андрійович Даренський; born 7 July 2001) is a Ukrainian pair skater who currently competes with Sofiia Holichenko. With his former skating partner, Sofiia Nesterova, he is a two- ...

were disqualified.

Ice dance

Mixed NOC team trophy

Teams

Results

Detailed results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

References

External links

Results Book – Figure Skating
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