Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Singles men ladies
Pairs mixed
Ice dancing mixed

The overall quota for the figure skating competition is 148 total skaters, consisting of 74 men and 74 ladies. There will be 30 skaters in each of the single skating disciplines (men's and ladies'), 20 pair skating teams, and 24 ice dancing team. The maximum number of entries that can be qualified by a National Olympic Committee is 3 per event, making 18 (9 men, 9 ladies) the maximum number of entries that a country can qualify.

Qualification system

Skater eligibility

Skaters must be older than fifteen as of July 1, 2009 and must be a citizen of the country they represent to be eligible for the Olympic Games. Unlike qualification rules for International Skating Union events, in the case of a pair or ice dancing team, both skaters must be citizens of the country they represent in competition. In addition, International Olympic Committee rules require that at least three years have passed since the competitor last represented another country in competition.[1]

Skater qualification

There is no individual athlete qualification to the Olympics; the choice of which athlete(s) to send to the Games is at the discretion of each country's National Olympic Committee.

Country qualification

The number of entries for the figure skating events at the Olympic Games is limited by a quota set by the International Olympic Committee. There will be 30 skaters in the disciplines of men's and ladies singles, 20 pair skating teams, and 24 ice dancing teams.

Countries may qualify entries to the 2010 Winter Olympics in two ways. The host country was entitled to one entry per discipline if it failed to qualify.[2]

The majority of the country qualification occurred at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships. At the World Championships, countries qualified up to three entries in each discipline. The number of multiple entries is the same as usual for the World Championships and countries who earn multiple spots to the Olympics also earned multiple spots to the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships.

Every discipline qualifies separately.

The multiple spots qualification to the Olympics from the World Championships is as follows:

Number of skaters/teams
entered at Worlds
To earn 3 entries
to the Olympics
To earn 2 entries
to the Olympics
1 Place in the top 2 Place in the top 10
2 Total placements is equal to or less than 13 Total placements is equal to or less than 28
3 Total placements is equal to or less than 13 Total placements is equal to or less than 28

The results of the 2009 World Championships determined 83 total spots: 24 entries in each singles discipline, 16 in pairs, and 19 in ice dancing.[3] The available spots were awarded going down the results list, with the multiple spots being awarded first.

The remainder of the spots were filled at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, held between September 23 and September 26, 2009.[4] Countries which had already earned an entry to the Olympics were not allowed to qualify more entries at this final qualifying competition. Unlike at the World Championships, where countries could qualify more than one spot depending on the placement of the skater, at the Nebelhorn Trophy, countries who qualified were allotted only one spot to the Olympics, regardless of placement.

If a country declined to use one or more of its qualified spots, the vacated spot was awarded using the results of the Nebelhorn Trophy in descending order of placement.

Qualified countries

Nations Men's singles Ladies singles Pair skating Ice dancing Athletes
Australia 0 1 0 0 1
Austria 1 1 0 0 2
Belgium 1 1 0 0 2
Canada 2 2 2 2 12
China 0 1 3 1 9
Czech Republic 2 0 0 1 4
Estonia 0 1 1 1 5
Finland 1 2 0 0 3
France 2 0 1 2 8
Georgia 0 1 0 1 3
Germany 1 1 2 1 8
Great Britain 0 1 1 2 7
Hungary 0 1 0 1 3
Israel 0 0 0 1 2
Italy 2 1 1 2 9
Japan 3 3 0 1 8
Kazakhstan 2 0 0 0 2
North Korea 1 0 0 0 1
Poland 1 1 1 0 4
South Korea 0 2 0 0 2
Romania 1 0 0 0 1
Russia 2 2 3 3 16
Slovenia 1 1 0 0 2
Slovakia 0 1 0 0 1
Spain 1 1 0 0 2
Sweden 1 0 0 0 1
Switzerland 1 2 1 0 5
Turkey 0 1 0 0 1
Ukraine 1 0 2 1 7
United States 3 2 2 3 15
Uzbekistan 0 1 0 0 1
Total: 31 NOCs 30 30 20 23 146

Men's singles

Event Date Location Athletes
per NOC
Qualified
2009 World Figure Skating Championships 23–29 March 2009 United States Los Angeles 3 Japan
United States
2 Canada
Czech Republic
France
Italy
Kazakhstan
Russia
1 Belgium
Poland
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Ukraine
2009 Nebelhorn Trophy 24–27 September 2009 Germany Oberstdorf 1 Switzerland
Austria
Germany
North Korea
Romania
Finland

Ladies' singles

Event Date Location Athletes
per NOC
Qualified
2009 World Figure Skating Championships 23–29 March 2009 United States Los Angeles 3 Japan
2 Canada
Finland
South Korea
Russia
Switzerland
United States
1 Georgia
Estonia
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Poland
Slovakia
Turkey
2009 Nebelhorn Trophy 24–27 September 2009 Germany Oberstdorf 1 China
Hungary
Slovenia
Austria
Spain
Belgium
Australia
Uzbekistan

Pair skating

Event Date Location Teams
per NOC
Qualified
2009 World Figure Skating Championships 23–29 March 2009 United States Los Angeles 3 China
Russia
2 Canada
Germany
Ukraine
United States
1 France
Great Britain
2009 Nebelhorn Trophy 24–27 September 2009 Germany Oberstdorf 1 Switzerland
Estonia
Poland
Italy

Ice dancing

Event Date Location Teams
per NOC
Qualified
2009 World Figure Skating Championships 23–29 March 2009 United States Los Angeles 3 Russia
United States
2 Canada
France
Great Britain
Italy
1 Germany
Israel
Japan
Lithuania
Ukraine
2009 Nebelhorn Trophy 24–27 September 2009 Germany Oberstdorf 1 China
Czech Republic
Hungary
Estonia
Georgia

Declined entries

References

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