Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Figure Skating
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Figure Skating; at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Pacific Coliseum; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Dates	14–27 February 2010
Competitors	146 from 31 nations
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Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The events took place between 14 and 27 February 2010.

Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo (CHN) won the gold medal in the pairs skating. This was the first time since 1960 that a Russian, Soviet, or Unified Team (CIS) flagged team did not win the gold medal.^[1]

Qualification

Skater eligibility

To be eligible for the 2010 Winter Games, skaters needed to be older than fifteen as of July 1, 2009 and had to be a citizen of the country they were representing. Unlike qualification rules for International Skating Union events, in the case of a pair or ice dance couple, both skaters were required to be citizens of the country they represented in competition. In addition, International Olympic Committee (IOC) rules required that at least three years had passed since the competitor(s) last represented another country in competition.^[2]

Skater qualification

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

Country qualification

The number of entries for the figure skating events at the Olympic Games was limited by a quota set by the IOC. There were 30 skaters in the disciplines of ladies' and men's singles, 20 pairs, and 24 ice dance couples.

Countries could qualify entries to the 2010 Winter Olympics in two different ways. The host country was guaranteed one spot in each event, if it had not already qualified an entry in that event. Every discipline qualified separately.

The majority of the country qualification took place at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships, where countries qualified up to three entries in each discipline. The number of multiple entries was the same as usual for the World Championships; countries who earned multiple spots to the Olympics also earned multiple spots to the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships.

The multiple spots qualification to the Olympics from the World Championships was 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 placement score is equal to or less than 13	Total placement score is equal to or less than 28
3	Top two placement score is equal to or less than 13	Top two placement score is equal to or less than 28

The placement score did not directly correlate to the placement rank. In ice dance, if a couple did not qualify for the original dance from the compulsories, they were assigned 20 points. If an ice dance couple did not qualify for the free dance, or if a singles skater or pairs team did not qualify for the free skate, they were assigned 18 points. If a skater or team competed in the free skate or free dance and placed lower than 16, they were assigned 16 points. For those placing above 16th, the placement rank was the same as the placement score.

The results of the 2009 World Championships determined 83 total spots: 24 entries in each singles discipline, 16 in pairs, and 19 in ice dance. The available spots were awarded consecutively on moving down the results list, with the multiple spots being awarded first.

The remainder of the spots were filled at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, held in the fall of 2009. Countries who had already earned an entry to the Olympics were not allowed to qualify more entries at this final qualifying competition.

If a country declined to use one or more of its spots, the vacated spot was awarded based on the results of the Nebelhorn Trophy.

Competition schedule

All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Day	Date	Start time	End time	Event	Segment
Day 3	Sunday, February 14	16:30	19:55	Pairs	Short program
Day 4	Monday, February 15	17:00	20:55	Pairs	Free skating
Day 5	Tuesday, February 16	16:15	20:45	Men	Short program
Day 7	Thursday, February 18	17:00	21:05	Men	Free skating
Day 8	Friday, February 19	16:45	20:05	Ice dance	Compulsory dance
Day 10	Sunday, February 21	16:15	19:45	Ice dance	Original dance
Day 11	Monday, February 22	16:45	20:55	Ice dance	Free dance
Day 12	Tuesday, February 23	16:30	21:00	Ladies	Short program
Day 14	Thursday, February 25	17:00	20:55	Ladies	Free skating
Day 16	Saturday, February 27	16:30	19:00	Exhibition gala

Medal summary

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Evan Lysacek United States	Evgeni Plushenko Russia	Daisuke Takahashi Japan
Ladies' singles details	Kim Yuna South Korea	Mao Asada Japan	Joannie Rochette Canada
Pair skating details	Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo (CHN)	Pang Qing and Tong Jian (CHN)	Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy (GER)
Ice dance details	Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (CAN)	Meryl Davis and Charlie White (USA)	Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin (RUS)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	1	1	0	2
1	United States (USA)	1	1	0	2
3	Canada (CAN)	1	0	1	2
4	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	0	1
5	Japan (JPN)	0	1	1	2
5	Russia (RUS)	0	1	1	2
7	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		4	4	4	12

Entries

Country^[3]	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dance
Australia		Cheltzie Lee
Austria	Viktor Pfeifer	Miriam Ziegler
Belgium	Kevin van der Perren	Isabelle Pieman
Canada	Patrick Chan Vaughn Chipeur	Cynthia Phaneuf Joannie Rochette	Jessica Dube / Bryce Davison Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay	Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
China		Yan Liu	Qing Pang / Jian Tong Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang	Xintong Huang / Xun Zheng
Czech Republic	Michal Brezina Tomas Verner			Kamila Hajkova / David Vincour
Estonia		Elena Glebova	Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov	Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand
Finland	Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari	Kiira Korpi Laura Lepisto
France	Florent Amodio Brian Joubert		Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat
Georgia		Elene Gedevanishvili		Allison Reed / Otar Japaridze
Germany	Stefan Lindemann	Sarah Hecken	Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Christina Beier / William Beier
Great Britain		Jenna McCorkell	Stacey Kemp / David King	Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Sinead Kerr / John Kerr
Hungary		Júlia Sebestyén		Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin
Israel				Alexandra Zaretsky / Roman Zaretsky
Italy	Paolo Bacchini Samuel Contesti	Carolina Kostner	Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali
Japan	Takahiko Kozuka Nobunari Oda Daisuke Takahashi	Miki Ando Mao Asada Akiko Suzuki		Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
Kazakhstan	Abzal Rakimgaliev Denis Ten
North Korea	Song Chol Ri
Poland	Przemyslaw Domanski	Anna Jurkiewicz	Joanna Sulej / Mateusz Chruscinski
Romania	Zoltan Kelemen
Russia	Artem Borodulin Evgeni Plushenko	Alena Leonova Ksenia Makarova	Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski
Slovakia		Ivana Reitmayerova
Slovenia	Gregor Urbas	Teodora Postic
South Korea		Yuna Kim Kwak Min-jeong
Spain	Javier Fernandez	Sonia Lafuente
Sweden	Adrian Schultheiss
Switzerland	Stephane Lambiel	Sarah Meier	Anais Morand / Antoine Dorsaz
Turkey		Tugba Karademir
Ukraine	Anton Kovalevski		Ekaterina Kostenko / Roman Talan Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo
United States	Jeremy Abbott Evan Lysacek Johnny Weir	Rachael Flatt Mirai Nagasu	Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto Meryl Davis / Charlie White Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates
Uzbekistan		Anastasia Gimazetdinova

Records and firsts

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

Event	Component	Skaters	Score	Date	Ref
Pairs	Short program	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo (CHN)	76.66	14 February 2010	^[4]
	Free skating	Pang Qing / Tong Jian (CHN)	141.81	15 February 2010	^[5]
	Total score	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo (CHN)	216.57	15 February 2010	^[6]
Ladies	Short program	Kim Yuna (KOR)	78.50	23 February 2010	^[7]
	Free skating		150.06	25 February 2010	^[8]
	Total score		228.56	25 February 2010	^[9]

Other records and firsts:

Kim Yuna's gold medal was South Korea's first Olympic medal in figure skating.^[10]
Daisuke Takahashi's bronze medal was Japan's first Olympic medal in the men's event.^[11]
The pairs team of Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo won China's first gold medal in figure skating, ending the twelve Olympics winning streak by Soviet and Russian pairs.^[12]
Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir became the first North American couple to win the ice dance title, ending Europe's 34-year streak.^[13] They were the youngest skaters ever to win the ice dance title (aged 20 and 22 years, respectively).^[14] They were also the first former World Junior Champion ice dance couple to win the Olympic gold medal, the first ice dance couple to win gold in an Olympic debut, and the first to win an Olympic gold medal on home ice.^[14]
Mao Asada (JPN) set a number of triple Axel firsts and records for the ladies' competition:
- first to land a triple Axel during an Olympic short program;^[15]^[16]
- first to perform a triple Axel as part of a jump combination in any Olympic figure skating program;^[15]
- first to land multiple triple Axels during an Olympic competition;^[17]
- first to land multiple triple Axels during a single program in any competition;^[18]
- first to land three triple Axels in any competition;^[19]
- set an Olympic record (and tied world record) for one triple Axel for short program;^[15]^[16]
- set a world record for two triple Axels for free program;^[18]
- set a world record for three triple Axels in the same competition.^[19]

Participating NOCs

Thirty-one nations contributed figure skaters to the events at Vancouver.

Australia (1)
Austria (2)
Belgium (2)
Canada (12)
China (9)
Czech Republic (4)
Estonia (5)
Finland (3)
France (8)
Georgia (3)
Germany (8)
Great Britain (7)
Hungary (3)
Israel (2)
Italy (9)
Japan (8)
Kazakhstan (2)
North Korea (1)
Poland (4)
Romania (1)
Russia (16)
Slovakia (1)
Slovenia (2)
South Korea (2)
Spain (2)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (4)
Turkey (1)
Ukraine (7)
United States (15)
Uzbekistan (1)

References

^ Hersh, Philip (16 February 2010). "Fourth time is their charm". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
^ "ISU Communication No. 1589: OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2010 ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION SINGLE & PAIR SKATNG [sic] AND ICE DANCE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
^ "XXI Olympic Winter Games". ISUResults. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^ "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Short Program Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^ "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Free Skating Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^ "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Total Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^ "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Ladies Short Program Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^ "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Ladies Free Skating Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^ "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Ladies Total Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^ "South Korea's Kim Yu-Na earns figure skating gold". BBC News. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
^ "Skaters find redemption, disappointment in Torino". Universal Sports. 29 March 2010.
^ Hersh, Philip (16 February 2010). "Fourth time is their charm". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
^ Sarkar, Pritha (February 28, 2010). "Red faced Europeans bottom out". Reuters.
^ ^a ^b Smith, Beverley (February 22, 2010). "Virtue and Moir make history with ice dance gold". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on March 12, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Vancouver's 'it' girl". Chicago Tribune. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Ladies Short Programme Runs Gamut Of Emotions". 24 February 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
^ "Golden Kim is queen of her court". 26 February 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "With Kim's Gold, Asian Skaters Come Into Their Own". Retrieved March 23, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Winter Olympics Figure Skating Records Recap". 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2014.

External links

Vancouver 2010: Figure Skating Archived 2010-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
"International Skating Union Special Regulations & Technical Rules Single & Pair Skating And Ice Dance 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-31. (See Rule 378 on p. 31 and Rule 400 on p. 36.)
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12
2010 Winter Olympics at the International Skating Union

[1] Hersh, Philip (16 February 2010). "Fourth time is their charm". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 February 2010.

[2] "ISU Communication No. 1589: OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2010 ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION SINGLE & PAIR SKATNG [sic] AND ICE DANCE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2009.

[3] "XXI Olympic Winter Games". ISUResults. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[SP-4] "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Short Program Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

[FS-5] "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Free Skating Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

[Total-6] "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Total Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

[7] "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Ladies Short Program Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

[8] "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Ladies Free Skating Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

[9] "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Ladies Total Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

[10] "South Korea's Kim Yu-Na earns figure skating gold". BBC News. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.

[11] "Skaters find redemption, disappointment in Torino". Universal Sports. 29 March 2010.

[Chinese-12] Hersh, Philip (16 February 2010). "Fourth time is their charm". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2010.

[Europeans-13] Sarkar, Pritha (February 28, 2010). "Red faced Europeans bottom out". Reuters.

[VirtueAndMoir-14] Smith, Beverley (February 22, 2010). "Virtue and Moir make history with ice dance gold". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on March 12, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2010.

[AxelSP1-15] "Vancouver's 'it' girl". Chicago Tribune. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

[AxelSP2-16] "Ladies Short Programme Runs Gamut Of Emotions". 24 February 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

[AxelFP1-17] "Golden Kim is queen of her court". 26 February 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2014.

[AxelFP2-18] "With Kim's Gold, Asian Skaters Come Into Their Own". Retrieved March 23, 2014.

[AxelFP3-19] "Winter Olympics Figure Skating Records Recap". 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2014.

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Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Qualification

Skater eligibility

Skater qualification

Country qualification

Competition schedule

Medal summary

Events

Medal table

Entries

Records and firsts

Participating NOCs

References

External links

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