Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The following is about the qualification rules and allocation of spots for the figure skating events at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[1]

Qualification system

A total of 148 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 18 athletes can be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 9 men or 9 women. A further ten team trophy quotas can be distributed to countries qualifying for the team event, but not the discipline itself. This means up to a maximum of 158 athletes can partake. If these additional ten quotas are not used, then the host (South Korea) may use them to qualify for each event, but may not qualify for the team event by use of these additional quotas.[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. Each country is allowed a maximum of three entries per discipline, resulting in a maximum of 18 athletes (nine men and nine women) possible per country.

According to ISU rules, countries must select their entries from among skaters who have achieved a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an ISU-recognized international competition on or before 29 January 2018.[1]

Minimum technical scores (TES)[2]
Discipline SP / SD FS / FD
Men2545
Ladies2036
Pairs2036
Ice dance1929
Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event
in the ongoing or preceding season.
SP and FS scores may be attained at different events.

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. A total of 148 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. There will be 30 skaters in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles, 20 pair skating teams, and 24 ice dance teams. Additionally, ten nations qualified for the team event.

Countries were able to qualify entries to the 2018 Winter Olympics in two ways. Most spots were allocated based on the results of the 2017 World Championships. At the event, countries were able to qualify up to three entries in each discipline according to the usual system in place; countries which earned multiple spots to the Olympics also earned multiple spots to the 2018 World Championships. Every discipline qualified separately.

At the World Championships, the system was as follows:

Number of skaters/teams
entered at Worlds
To earn 3 entries
to the Olympics
To earn 2 entries
to the Olympics
To earn 1 entry
to the Olympics
1 Place in the top 2 Place in the top 10 Next best ranked athlete from
the NFs not qualified with two
or three places, until the
quotas of qualification through
the ISU World Figure Skating
Championships 2017 are reached.
2 Total placements is equal to or less than 13 Total placements is equal to or less than 28
3 Top two placements is equal to or less than 13 Top two placements is equal to or less than 28
  • according to rule 378(2) of ISU any competitor who failed to qualify for the free program received a maximum placement score of 18, and any competitor who qualified for the free program received a maximum placement score of 16.[3]

Qualification spots available per tournament

The results of the 2017 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 going down the results list, with multiple spots being awarded first.

The remainder of the spots were filled at the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany in late September 2017. 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 this ISU competition countries could earn only one spot per discipline, regardless of placement. Initially, a total of six spots per singles event, four spots in pairs, and five in ice dance were available at the ISU competition.

If a country declines to use one or more of its qualified spots, the vacated spot is awarded using the results of the ISU competition in descending order of placement. By the time the ISU competition was held, one more spot in pairs and one more spot in ice dance became available according to this rule.

For the team trophy, scores from the 2016–17 championship season and the 2017–18 grand prix season, were tabulated to establish the ten top nations. Each nation compiled a score from their top performers in each of the four disciplines. The Grand Prix Final, taking place in early December 2017, was the final event to affect the Team Trophy score.

Qualification timeline

EventDateVenue
2017 World Figure Skating ChampionshipsApril 2 – March 29 2017Helsinki, Finland
2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy27–30 September 2017Oberstdorf, Germany

Qualified countries

Nations Men's singles Ladies' singles Pair skating Ice dance Additional Team trophy Athletes
 Australia11104
 Austria00102
 Belgium11002
 Brazil01001
 Canada2333X17
 China2131X11
 Czech Republic10115
 Finland01001
 France1112X8
 Georgia10001
 Germany1121X8
 Great Britain00012
 Hungary01001
 Israel20111X7
 Italy1222X11
 Japan3211X9
 Kazakhstan12003
 Latvia11002
 Malaysia10001
 North Korea00102
 Philippines10001
 Poland00012
 Olympic Athletes from Russia2332X15
 Slovakia01013
 South Korea1211X7
 Spain20014
 Sweden01001
 Switzerland01001
 Turkey00012
 Ukraine11014
 United States3313X14
 Uzbekistan10001
Total: 32 NOCs 30 30 22 24 1 10 153

Qualification summary

Men's singles

EventLocationAthletes
per NOC
QualifiedTotal
2017 World Figure Skating Championships Helsinki3 Japan
 United States
24
2 China
 Spain
 Canada
 Olympic Athletes from Russia
 Israel
1 Uzbekistan
 Georgia
 Latvia
 Australia
 Kazakhstan
 France
 Czech Republic
 Germany
2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf1 Belgium
 Sweden
 Italy
 South Korea
 Malaysia
 Ukraine
 Philippines
6
Total30

Ladies' singles

EventLocationAthletes
per NOC
QualifiedTotal
2017 World Figure Skating Championships Helsinki3 Olympic Athletes from Russia
 Canada
 United States
24
2 Japan
 Italy
 Kazakhstan
 South Korea
1 China
 Belgium
 Slovakia
 France
 Germany
 Hungary
 Latvia
2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf1 Australia
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 Brazil
 Finland
 Ukraine
6
Total30

Pairs

EventLocationPairs
per NOC
QualifiedTotal
2017 World Figure Skating Championships Helsinki3 China
 Olympic Athletes from Russia
 Canada
15
2 Germany
 France
 Italy
1 France
 United States
2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf1 Australia
 Austria
 North Korea
 Israel
 Czech Republic
 Japan
5
ISU Executive Board invitationsHost nation1 South Korea1
IOC special considerations1 North Korea1
Total22
  • The USA pairs entries did achieve the requisite 28 placement points to have two entries, however only receive one entry because the total number of qualifiers from the World Championship exceeded sixteen, and they were the last ISU member to reach the qualifying limit (rule 400.A.3)[6]
  • France withdrew its second pairs spot making 5 spots available at the Nebelhorn Trophy.[7]
  • North Korea originally missed the deadline to submit entries and was replaced by the first alternate, Japan. However, following negotiations with South Korea, the North Koreans agreed to send the athletes after all[8] and IOC agreed to extend the deadline.[9] ISU clarified that North Korea's quota place has been given to Japan and that an additional entry in to the competition is up to IOC.[10]

Ice dance

EventLocationPairs
per NOC
QualifiedTotal
2017 World Figure Skating Championships Helsinki3 Canada
 United States
18
2 France
 Olympic Athletes from Russia
 Italy
1 Israel
 Denmark
 Poland
 Ukraine
 China
 Turkey
 Spain
2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf1 Great Britain
 Japan
 Germany
 South Korea
 Czech Republic
 Slovakia
6
Total24

Team event

Final standings.[12][13]

     Qualified to Olympics      Reserve      Not eligible for Olympics
rank Team 2016–17 2017–18 Total
1 Canada377623086084
2 Olympic Athletes from Russia353323915924
3 United States302120345055
4 Japan267416714345
5 China272415074231
6 Italy217216293801
7 France207615763652
8 Germany160212042806
9 Spain12226361858
10 Israel10155061521
11 South Korea10643331397
12 Australia8424781320
13 Ukraine5916411232
14 Kazakhstan7644531217
15 Great Britain7194041123
16 Czech Republic8332361069
17 Belgium421370791
18 Uzbekistan377324701
19 Austria454236690
20 Georgia422262684
  • Note only the top 20 are listed of 43 nations who have scored qualification points.
  • 2016–17 total is the sum of the top qualifying point total in each of the four disciplines derived from the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships.
    If Skaters/Couples of a NOC/ISU Member have not obtained World Standing points in the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017, then it is possible to use the 2017 European Figure Skating Championships respectively the 2017 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships and if needed the 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.[1]
  • 2017–18 total is the sum of the top qualifying point total in each of the four disciplines derived from one of the 2017–2018 ISU Grand Prix individual events or Grand Prix Final (senior).
    If Skaters/Couples of a NOC/ISU Member have not obtained points in the above-mentioned ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating individual events and Final (senior), then the best result in one event of the 2017–18 ISU Junior Grand Prix individual events (only in individual events but not the Final) season 2017/18 can be considered.[1]
  • For a nation to be represented in the team event it must have qualified entrants in three of the other four Olympic events. The host (South Korea) can qualify for each event as host if the additional athletes quota for the team event is not used up. However they cannot qualify for the team event by use of 'host' qualifiers.[1]

Next eligible NOC per event

If a country rejects a quota spot then additional quotas become available. A country can be eligible for one quota spot per event in the reallocation process. Countries in bold indicate the country later received a quota spot. The following list is compiled after the remaining spots were allocated at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.

Men's singles Ladies' singles Pairs Ice dance
 Philippines
 Switzerland
 Great Britain
 Poland
 Armenia
 Singapore
 Chinese Taipei
 Philippines
 Japan
 Belarus
 Spain
 Great Britain
 Lithuania
 Armenia
 Finland
 Belarus

References

Citations

  1. "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018". International Skating Union. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. "Communication No. 2097: Decisions of the ISU Council" (PDF). International Skating Union. 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "International Skating Union Special Regulations and Technical Rules Single & Pair and Ice Dance 2016". International Skating Union. June 2016. p. 24.
  4. Majorov, Alexander (22 January 2018). "Well, no Olympic ticket for me" (Instagram).
  5. "Figure skater Michael Martinez claims Olympics seat". The Philippine Star. 25 January 2018.
  6. "International Skating Union Special Regulations and Technical Rules Single & Pair and Ice Dance 2016". International Skating Union. June 2016. p. 28.
  7. "Tarasova/Morozov (RUS) lead in Pairs Short at Nebelhorn Trophy". International Skating Union. 27 September 2017.
  8. Bishop, Mac William; Harrison, Bruce (9 January 2018). "North Korea agrees to send athletes to South Korea Olympics". NBC News.
  9. Said-Moorhouse, Lauren; Coppack, Sean (8 January 2018). "IOC extends deadline for North Koreans to register for Olympics". CNN.
  10. "ISU Statement - Democratic People's Republic of Korea Olympic participation". International Skating Union. 10 January 2018.
  11. Nurminen, Jere (28 September 2017). "The ice dancing promising start in the Olympic Games" (in Finnish). Yle Sports.
  12. "Pyeongchang 2018 qualified Teams for the Team Event". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union (ISU). 14 December 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  13. Young Shin, Kim (12 January 2018). "10 countries qualify for PyeongChang figure skating team event". Korea.net. Government of South Korea. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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