Figure skating at the Olympic Games

Figure skating at the Olympic Games
Governing body	ISU
Events	5 (men: 1; women: 1; mixed: 3)
Games
1908 • 1920 (at the Summer Olympics) 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014
Medalists

Figure skating was first contested in the Olympic Games at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Since 1924, the sport has been a part of the Winter Olympic Games. Men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating have been held most often. Ice dancing joined as a medal sport in 1976, after appearing as a demonstration event in 1968. A team event, with teams composed of one men's single skater, one ladies' single skater, one pair, and one ice dance duo, debuted at the 2014 Olympics.^[1]

Special figures were contested at only one Olympics, in 1908. Synchronized skating has never appeared at the Olympics but aims to be included.^[2]

Qualifying

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 are 30 participants in each singles events (ladies and men), 20 pairs, and 24 ice dance duos.

Skaters must represent a member nation of the International Skating Union and reach the age of fifteen before July 1 of the previous year. They are also required to be citizens of the country they are representing.^[3] Competitors have until just before the Olympics to receive citizenship. Since nationality rules are less strict for the ISU Championships, sometimes skaters who have competed at World or European championships are not eligible for the Olympics.

80% of the Olympic spots (24 men/ladies, 19 dance couples, 16 pairs) are allotted to countries according to the results of the previous year's World Figure Skating Championships. A country may have a maximum of three entries per discipline. Countries earn two or three entries by earning points through their skaters' placements. The points are equal to the sum of the placements of the country's skaters (top two if they have three). If a country only has one skater/team, that skater/team must place in the top ten to earn two entries and in the top two to earn three entries. If a country has two skaters/teams, the combined placement of those teams must be 13 or less to qualify 3 entries, and 28 or less to qualify two entries. The remaining places are awarded to one skater/team each from countries that failed to get multiple places, in order of their skaters' placement in the world championships.

Following the World Championships, countries that have not qualified an entry in a particular discipline receive another opportunity in an international competition held in the autumn (usually the Nebelhorn Trophy) prior to the Olympic Games. Six spots are available in men's singles, six in ladies' singles, four in pairs, and five in ice dancing. At some Olympics, the host country is automatically entitled to one entry in each discipline, e.g. in 1994,^[4] 2010,^[5] and 2018 if minimum scores are achieved.^[6] If a country receives a spot by being the host, one fewer spot is available in the autumn qualifying competition.

The selection of representatives is at the national governing body's discretion. Some countries rely on the results of their national championships while others have more varied criteria. This may include reaching a certain placement at the European Figure Skating Championships and the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.^[4]

Events

Event	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	Years
Men's singles	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	24
Men's special figures	•																									1
Ladies' singles	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	24
Pairs	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	24
Ice dancing															•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	11
Mixed team																									•	1
Total events	4	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	15	16	18	49
2	Russia (RUS)	14	9	3	26
3	Soviet Union (URS)	10	9	5	24
4	Austria (AUT)	7	9	4	20
5	Great Britain (GBR)	5	3	7	15
6	Sweden (SWE)	5	3	2	10
7	Canada (CAN)	4	11	10	25
8	East Germany (GDR)	3	3	4	10
9	France (FRA)	3	2	7	12
10	Germany (GER)	3	2	3	8
11	Norway (NOR)	3	2	1	6
12	Unified Team (EUN)	3	1	1	5
13	Japan (JPN)	2	2	1	5
14	China (CHN)	1	2	4	7
15	Unified Team of Germany (EUA)	1	2	0	3
	Netherlands (NED)	1	2	0	3
17	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	1	3	5
18	Finland (FIN)	1	1	0	2
	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	0	2
20	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	1	2
	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	1	2
22	Russian Empire (RU1)	1	0	0	1
23	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	4	6
24	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	1	3
25	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	2	2
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
27	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
Total		86	85	85	256

Participating nations

Nation	08	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	Years
Argentina	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Armenia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	2	-	-	3
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	6	-	-	-	2	2	2	4	3	2	4	2	1	1	4	14
Austria	-	-	4	9	2	12	10	4	8	6	10	8	3	6	3	-	2	1	-	1	-	1	2	4	19
Azerbaijan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	2	-	2	4
Belgium	-	2	3	2	1	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	12
Belarus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	2	1	-	-	4
Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	4	3	5	-	-	7
Canada	-	-	2	5	6	6	4	6	7	8	12	10	7	11	6	15	17	13	13	10	12	13	12	17	22
China	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	6	4	4	4	11	9	9	9	10
Chinese Taipei	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	3
Croatia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	1	-	-	4
Czechoslovakia	-	-	1	3	1	3	7	-	4	2	8	8	1	6	2	3	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	4	1	4	3	6
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	6
Estonia	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	3	5	2	8
Finland	-	3	2	3	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	3	3	1	1	2	3	-	15
France	-	2	5	3	2	-	3	2	3	4	5	5	5	1	1	5	6	12	9	14	8	8	8	9	22
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	1	4
Germany	3	-	-	8	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	6	4	5	8	10	11
Unified Team of Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
East Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	10	7	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
West Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	4	7	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Great Britain	11	6	6	6	4	12	9	8	8	4	5	7	5	12	9	10	9	7	6	1	2	2	7	6	24
Hungary	-	-	-	-	4	7	6	6	2	-	2	2	1	3	2	2	3	5	3	2	2	5	3	-	18
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	4	2	3	6
Italy	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	7	2	3	4	7	-	6	9	7	9	11	18
Japan	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	3	4	5	4	3	3	4	5	6	4	7	4	6	8	10	17
Kazakhstan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	2	2	4
South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	4	-	2	3	14
North Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	4	1	-	4
Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	2	-	2	6
Luxembourg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	2
Mexico	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Netherlands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Norway	-	6	1	3	1	4	3	4	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9
Philippines	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	-	1	3	2	3	5	4	4	4	-	11
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	10
South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	3
Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	17	16	16	16	15	6
Russian Empire	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Serbia and Montenegro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Slovakia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	1	4
Slovenia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	1	2	-	5
Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	2	4	7
Sweden	4	4	1	1	2	1	-	2	1	-	1	1	1	-	1	2	2	1	-	1	-	1	1	2	19
Switzerland	-	1	1	2	-	3	7	5	4	3	8	1	1	3	2	2	2	-	1	1	4	3	4	-	20
Turkey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	3
Soviet Union	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	10	10	16	16	17	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	11	11	7	6	6
Unified Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
United States	1	2	3	6	12	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	11	15	14	18	16	16	12	13	14	16	15	15	24
Uzbekistan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	4	3	1	1	6
Yugoslavia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Skaters	21	26	29	51	39	84	64	63	59	71	88	96	67	105	83	112	128	133	129	145	143	147	146	149
Nations	6	8	11	12	13	17	12	15	15	14	15	17	18	18	20	20	26	28	28	37	31	35	31	30
Year	08	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	24

Medals per year

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Number of medals won by the NOC at these Games

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NOC did not win medals at these Games

NOC did not participate at these Games (in 1912, there was no figure skating)

NOC	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14[7]	Total
Austria (AUT)	–			3	4	2	3	2	1	2	–	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20
Belgium (BEL)	–		–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Canada (CAN)	–		–	–	–	1	–	2	–	1	2	2	–	1	1	–	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	25
China (CHN)																–	–	–	–	1	1	1	2	2	–	7
Czechoslovakia (TCH)			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	–	–	1	–	1							5
East Germany (GDR)													1	1	3	3	1	1								10
Finland (FIN)	–		1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
France (FRA)	–		–	1	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1	–	–	–	12
Germany (GER)	2				–	–	2		1										–	–	1	–	–	1	1	8
Unified Team of Germany (EUA)										–	1	2														3
Great Britain (GBR)	6		1	1	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	15
Hungary (HUN)	–			–	–	1	1	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
Italy (ITA)	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	2
Japan (JPN)			–		–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	2	1	5
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																				–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Netherlands (NED)	–		–		–		–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Norway (NOR)	–		3	–	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
Russia (RUS)																				5	5	5	4	2	5	26
Russian Empire (RU1)	1																									1
South Korea (KOR)													–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1	1	2
Soviet Union (URS)										–	–	1	2	3	4	4	5	5								24
Sweden (SWE)	3		3	1	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10
Switzerland (SUI)	–		–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	3
Ukraine (UKR)																				1	–	–	1	–	–	2
Unified Team (EUN)																			5							5
United States (USA)	–		1	1	1	2	–	1	4	5	4	1	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	1	2	3	2	2	2	48
West Germany (FRG)													1	–	–	1	–	–								2
Year	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	–

See also

• List of Olympic venues in figure skating

References

1. http://www.olympic.org/media?articlenewsgroup=-1&articleid=124134&searchpageipp=10&searchpage=1
2. Chernoff, Allan (28 February 2013). "A Move to the Front of the Line". The New York Times.
3. "2012 Constitution and General Regulations: Rule 108" (PDF). International Skating Union.
4. Hersh, Phil (26 January 1994). "Hard To Figure: No Norwegian Skaters". Chicago Tribune.
5. "Special Regulations & Technical Rules" (PDF). International Skating Union. June 2008. pp. 36–38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2010.
6. "55th ISU Ordinary Congress". International Skating Union. 13 June 2014.
7. http://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/2014/medals/sports/figure-skating#figure-skating

• ISU Results: Men PDF (7.81 KiB)
• ISU Results: Ladies PDF (8.87 KiB)
• ISU Results: Pairs PDF (9.26 KiB)
• ISU Results: Dance PDF (7.23 KiB)

External links

Media related to Figure skating at the Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

• 2002 Olympic Games at the International Skating Union
• 2006 Olympic Games at the International Skating Union
• 2010 Olympic Games at the International Skating Union