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 2018 Olympic Winter Games was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in

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. The five events took place between 9 and 23 February 2018.

Qualification

A total of 148 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. Each

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could enter a maximum of 18 athletes, with a maximum of nine men and nine women. An additional six quota spots were made available for the team event. A further ten team trophy quotas (two in each discipline) were distributed to countries who qualified for the team event but not the discipline itself. This meant up to a maximum of 158 athletes could participate.

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all five events. Sessions that included the event finals are shown in bold. All times are ( UTC+9).

Medal summary

Medal table

Events

''Skaters who only competed in the short program/dance.''
''Skaters who only competed in the free program/dance.''

Entries

Countries began announcing their entries in 2017. The

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published the complete list on 30 January 2018. *

Isabella Tobias Isabella Tobias (born August 23, 1991) is an American-born Israeli ice dancer who competes with Ilia Tkachenko. Together they have won four medals on the ISU Challenger Series. Earlier in her career, Tobias skated with Otar Japaridze for Georg ...

and

Ilia Tkachenko Ilia Alexeyevich Tkachenko (russian: Илья Алексеевич Ткаченко, born 26 December 1986) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. Skating for Russia with Ekaterina Riazanova, he became the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard silver ...

, who qualified an ice dance spot for Israel, were replaced by Tankova and Zilberberg because Tkachenko's application for Israeli citizenship was denied. *

Alexander Majorov Alexander Alexandrovich Majorov (russian: Александр Александрович Майоров, born 19 July 1991) is a Swedish retired figure skater. He is the 2017 Winter Universiade bronze medalist, the 2011 World Junior bronze med ...

was unable to achieve the performance level required by the

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; thus, the Committee gave up the corresponding quota for men's singles. * Ksenia Stolbova and

Ivan Bukin Ivan Andreyevich Bukin (russian: Иван Андреевич Букин; born 16 September 1993) is a Russian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Alexandra Stepanova, he is a four-time European medalist (silver in 2019, bronze in 2015, 2018 ...

were not invited to the 2018 Winter Olympics by the

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. * The Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea failed to submit paperwork on time and thus lost their pairs spot qualified by

Ryom Tae-ok Ryom Tae-ok (born February 2, 1999) is a North Korean pair skater. With her skating partner, Kim Ju-sik, she is the 2018 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2017 Asian Winter Games bronze medalist, 2016 Cup of Tyrol bronze medalist, and 2016 ...

and

Kim Ju-sik Kim Ju Sik (born September 25, 1992) is a North Korean pair skater. With his skating partner, Ryom Tae-ok, he is the 2018 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2017 Asian Winter Games bronze medalist, 2016 Cup of Tyrol bronze medalist, and 20 ...

. The

later awarded the country a wild-card spot following negotiations between North and South Korea.

Records and firsts

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

Participating nations

The following National Olympic Committees earned spots to compete. 153 athletes from 32 nations were expected to participate, with number of athletes in parentheses. Malaysia made their Olympic debuts in the sport. * (4) * (2) * (2) * (1) * (17) * (11) * (5) * (1) * (8) * (1) * (8) * (2) * (1) * (7) * (11) * (9) * (3) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (15) * (1) * (2) * (3) * (7) * (4) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (4) * (14) * (1)

References

Citations

External links

*
Official Results Book – Figure skating
{{Record scores in figure skating

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2018 Winter Olympics events

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International figure skating competitions hosted by South Korea