Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

Men's singles
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Men's singles; at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
	The men's podium at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Venue	Gangneung Ice Arena; Gangneung, South Korea
Dates	16–17 February
Competitors	30 from 21 nations
Winning score	317.85
Medalists
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The men's single figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 16 and 17 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.^[1]^[2] The short program was held on 16 February and the free skating was held on 17 February.^[3]

This medal event was the 1000th medal event in the history of the Winter Olympic Games.^[4]

Summary

With his victory at the 2018 Winter Olympics, Yuzuru Hanyu became the first male figure skater in 66 years to win two consecutive gold medals, after Dick Button did so in 1952. Fellow countryman Shoma Uno won the silver medal, and Spain's Javier Fernández won the bronze medal, Spain's first figure skating medal.^[5]

In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Tsunekazu Takeda, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Alexander Lakernik, ISU Figure Skating Vice President.^{[citation needed]}

Vincent Zhou landed the first quadruple lutz at the Olympics.^[6] Nathan Chen became the first to ever land six quads, five clean.^[7]^[8] Chen also landed the first quadruple flip at the Olympics.^[9]

Qualification

A total of 30 skaters qualified to compete for the event, with each country allowed to only enter a maximum of three. 24 quotas were handed out during the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships and the remaining six were given out at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Each country decided the entry of its teams, and athletes winning the quota were not necessarily granted the right to compete.^[10] All athletes competing must have met the minimum total elements score, which does not include component scores. For the short program this was 25.00 and the free skating 45.00.^[11]

Schedule

All times are (UTC+9).

Date	Time^[3]	Round
16 February	10:00	Short program
17 February	10:00	Free skating

Results

Short program

The short program was held on 16 February 2018.^[3]^[12]

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded	StN
1	Yuzuru Hanyu	Japan	111.68	63.18	48.50	9.71	9.43	9.86	9.75	9.75	0.00	25
2	Javier Fernández	Spain	107.58	59.79	47.79	9.36	9.36	9.71	9.68	9.68	0.00	29
3	Shoma Uno	Japan	104.17	58.13	46.04	9.29	9.00	9.25	9.29	9.21	0.00	28
4	Jin Boyang	China	103.32	60.27	43.05	8.79	8.29	8.82	8.54	8.61	0.00	30
5	Dmitri Aliev	Olympic Athletes from Russia	98.98	56.98	42.00	8.43	8.11	8.50	8.50	8.46	0.00	20
6	Patrick Chan	Canada	90.01	45.08	45.93	9.36	9.07	9.00	9.29	9.21	–1.00	21
7	Adam Rippon	United States	87.95	44.48	43.47	8.57	8.43	8.86	8.68	8.93	0.00	19
8	Mikhail Kolyada	Olympic Athletes from Russia	86.69	43.84	43.85	8.96	8.54	8.64	8.82	8.89	–1.00	27
9	Michal Březina	Czech Republic	85.15	44.34	40.81	8.25	7.89	8.25	8.21	8.21	0.00	13
10	Keegan Messing	Canada	85.11	45.50	40.61	8.04	7.96	8.07	8.29	8.25	−1.00	12
11	Jorik Hendrickx	Belgium	84.74	44.17	40.57	7.96	7.89	8.25	8.18	8.29	0.00	17
12	Vincent Zhou	United States	84.53	48.50	36.03	7.39	6.96	7.11	7.32	7.25	0.00	3
13	Oleksii Bychenko	Israel	84.13	43.63	40.50	7.93	7.71	8.36	8.18	8.32	0.00	23
14	Misha Ge	Uzbekistan	83.90	41.75	42.15	8.18	8.18	8.54	8.46	8.79	0.00	16
15	Cha Jun-hwan	South Korea	83.43	43.79	39.64	7.93	7.68	8.07	8.00	7.96	0.00	14
16	Brendan Kerry	Australia	83.06	45.49	37.57	7.57	7.36	7.61	7.57	7.46	0.00	10
17	Nathan Chen	United States	82.27	41.39	41.88	8.46	8.32	8.14	8.57	8.39	–1.00	26
18	Daniel Samohin	Israel	80.69	43.29	38.40	7.79	7.29	7.79	7.71	7.82	–1.00	18
19	Yan Han	China	80.63	40.99	40.64	8.46	8.07	7.86	8.18	8.07	−1.00	8
20	Keiji Tanaka	Japan	80.05	40.30	40.75	8.36	7.86	8.07	8.21	8.25	–1.00	22
21	Deniss Vasiļjevs	Latvia	79.52	39.34	41.18	8.25	8.00	8.18	8.39	8.36	–1.00	24
22	Moris Kvitelashvili	Georgia	76.56	40.88	36.68	7.46	7.11	7.32	7.43	7.36	−1.00	11
23	Matteo Rizzo	Italy	75.63	39.23	36.40	7.29	7.11	7.29	7.39	7.32	0.00	5
24	Paul Fentz	Germany	74.73	37.71	37.02	7.46	7.25	7.46	7.46	7.39	0.00	15
Did not advance to free skating
25	Julian Yee	Malaysia	73.58	38.37	35.21	7.07	6.82	7.11	7.14	7.07	0.00	9
26	Chafik Besseghier	France	72.10	38.41	33.69	6.79	6.29	6.89	6.86	6.86	0.00	2
27	Denis Ten	Kazakhstan	70.12	30.77	39.35	8.11	7.82	7.46	8.07	7.89	0.00	4
28	Michael Christian Martinez	Philippines	55.56	26.04	29.52	5.96	5.64	5.96	6.00	5.96	0.00	6
29	Felipe Montoya	Spain	52.41	22.59	30.82	6.25	6.07	6.00	6.25	6.25	−1.00	1
30	Yaroslav Paniot	Ukraine	46.58	18.68	29.90	6.43	5.79	5.61	6.21	5.86	−2.00	7

Notes:
WR - World record
TSS - Total Segment Score; TES - Technical Element Score; PCS - Program Component Score
SS - Skating Skills; TR - Transitions; PE - Performance/Execution
CH - Choreography; IN - Interpretation; Ded - Deduction; StN - Starting Number

Free skating

The free skating was held on 17 February 2018.^[3]^[13]

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded	StN
1	Nathan Chen	United States	215.08	127.64	87.44	8.82	8.32	9.04	8.79	8.75	0.00	9
2	Yuzuru Hanyu	Japan	206.17	109.55	96.62	9.71	9.50	9.64	9.71	9.75	0.00	22
3	Shoma Uno	Japan	202.73	111.01	92.72	9.36	9.07	9.25	9.32	9.36	–1.00	24
4	Javier Fernández	Spain	197.66	101.52	96.14	9.46	9.43	9.64	9.79	9.75	0.00	23
5	Jin Boyang	China	194.45	109.69	85.76	8.71	8.21	8.64	8.68	8.64	–1.00	20
6	Vincent Zhou	United States	192.16	112.24	79.92	8.04	7.71	8.25	7.96	8.00	0.00	15
7	Mikhail Kolyada	Olympic Athletes from Russia	177.56	91.62	87.94	9.00	8.64	8.68	8.86	8.72	–2.00	16
8	Patrick Chan	Canada	173.42	81.56	91.86	9.32	9.14	8.66	9.29	9.32	0.00	21
9	Oleksii Bychenko	Israel	172.88	89.08	83.80	8.39	8.04	8.61	8.43	8.43	0.00	7
10	Adam Rippon	United States	171.41	84.47	86.94	8.75	8.54	8.68	8.71	8.79	0.00	18
11	Daniel Samohin	Israel	170.75	89.03	81.72	8.32	7.75	8.32	8.18	8.29	0.00	8
12	Keegan Messing	Canada	170.32	84.88	85.44	8.50	8.29	8.61	8.61	8.71	0.00	14
13	Dmitri Aliev	Olympic Athletes from Russia	168.53	85.39	85.13	8.64	8.39	8.32	8.61	8.61	–2.00	19
14	Cha Jun-hwan	South Korea	165.16	84.94	81.22	8.21	7.86	8.25	8.11	8.18	–1.00	11
15	Keiji Tanaka	Japan	164.78	85.64	81.14	8.36	7.89	8.00	8.18	8.14	–2.00	5
16	Jorik Hendrickx	Belgium	164.21	81.79	82.42	8.25	7.96	8.36	8.25	8.39	0.00	13
17	Misha Ge	Uzbekistan	161.04	74.96	86.08	8.46	8.36	8.54	8.75	8.93	0.00	10
18	Michal Březina	Czech Republic	160.92	76.58	84.34	8.57	8.21	8.39	8.57	8.43	0.00	17
19	Matteo Rizzo	Italy	156.78	80.86	75.92	7.64	7.32	7.79	7.64	7.57	0.00	2
20	Deniss Vasiļjevs	Latvia	155.06	76.42	80.64	8.14	7.86	7.96	8.18	8.18	–2.00	1
21	Brendan Kerry	Australia	150.75	73.33	77.42	7.96	7.54	7.68	7.82	7.71	0.00	12
22	Paul Fentz	Germany	139.82	66.98	72.84	7.50	7.14	7.14	7.39	7.25	0.00	3
23	Yan Han	China	132.38	53.80	79.58	8.56	7.82	7.57	8.04	8.00	–1.00	4
24	Moris Kvitelashvili	Georgia	128.01	63.35	70.66	7.34	6.86	6.68	7.32	7.04	–6.00	6

Notes:
TSS - Total Segment Score; TES - Technical Element Score; PCS - Program Component Score
SS - Skating Skills; TR - Transitions; PE - Performance/Execution
CH - Choreography; IN - Interpretation; Ded - Deduction; StN - Starting Number

Overall

The skaters were ranked according to their overall score.^[14]

Rank	Name	Nation	TP	SP		FS
	Yuzuru Hanyu	Japan	317.85	111.68	1	206.17	2
	Shoma Uno	Japan	306.90	104.17	3	202.73	3
	Javier Fernández	Spain	305.24	107.58	2	197.66	4
4	Jin Boyang	China	297.77	103.32	4	194.45	5
5	Nathan Chen	United States	297.35	82.27	17	215.08	1
6	Vincent Zhou	United States	276.69	84.53	12	192.16	6
7	Dmitri Aliev	Olympic Athletes from Russia	267.51	98.98	5	168.53	13
8	Mikhail Kolyada	Olympic Athletes from Russia	264.25	86.69	8	177.56	7
9	Patrick Chan	Canada	263.43	90.01	6	173.42	8
10	Adam Rippon	United States	259.36	87.95	7	171.41	10
11	Alexei Bychenko	Israel	257.01	84.13	13	172.88	9
12	Keegan Messing	Canada	255.43	85.11	10	170.32	12
13	Daniel Samohin	Israel	251.44	80.69	18	170.75	11
14	Jorik Hendrickx	Belgium	248.95	84.74	11	164.21	16
15	Cha Jun-hwan	South Korea	248.59	83.43	15	165.16	14
16	Michal Březina	Czech Republic	246.07	85.15	9	160.92	18
17	Misha Ge	Uzbekistan	244.94	83.90	14	161.04	17
18	Keiji Tanaka	Japan	244.83	80.05	20	164.78	15
19	Deniss Vasiļjevs	Latvia	234.58	79.52	21	155.06	20
20	Brendan Kerry	Australia	233.81	83.06	16	150.75	21
21	Matteo Rizzo	Italy	232.41	75.63	23	156.78	19
22	Paul Fentz	Germany	214.55	74.73	24	139.82	22
23	Yan Han	China	213.01	80.63	19	132.38	23
24	Moris Kvitelashvili	Georgia	204.57	76.56	22	128.01	24
Did not advance to free skating
25	Julian Yee	Malaysia	73.58	73.58	25	—
26	Chafik Besseghier	France	72.10	72.10	26	—
27	Denis Ten	Kazakhstan	70.12	70.12	27	—
28	Michael Christian Martinez	Philippines	55.56	55.56	28	—
29	Felipe Montoya	Spain	52.41	52.41	29	—
30	Yaroslav Paniot	Ukraine	46.58	46.58	30	—

TP - Total points; SP - Short program; FS - Free skating

References

Citations

^ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^ Start list
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Schedule". Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
^ "Hanyu edges out YOG star for skating gold". olympic.org. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ Wilner, Barry (February 17, 2018). "Hanyu defends Olympic gold medal in men's figure skating". Associated Press. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^ Brennan, Christine (February 15, 2018). "USA's Vincent Zhou lands quadruple lutz, first figure skater in Olympics history". USA Today. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^ "Nathan Chen Makes Olympic History With 6 Quad Jumps". Time. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
^ Traci G. Lee and Saleah Blancaflor (February 17, 2018). "Nathan Chen makes Olympic history with redemptive skate". NBC News. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^ Carlson, Adam (February 18, 2018). "Teen Figure Skater Nathan Chen Disappoints in First Olympic Performance with Heartbreaking Fall". People. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^ "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018, Figure skating". International Skating Union (ISU). 17 May 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
^ "Extract from ISU Communication 2097". www.iceskating.org.uk/. National Ice Skating Association (UK). Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
^ "Judges Details Per Skater: Figure Skating Men's Short Program Results" (PDF). International Skating Union (PDF). Retrieved 16 February 2018.
^ "Judges Details Per Skater: Figure Skating Men's Free Skating Results" (PDF). International Skating Union (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ "Judges Details Per Skater: Figure Skating Men's Total Results". International Skating Union. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

[venues-1] "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

[2] Start list

[schedule-3] "Schedule". Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

[4] "Hanyu edges out YOG star for skating gold". olympic.org. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

[5] Wilner, Barry (February 17, 2018). "Hanyu defends Olympic gold medal in men's figure skating". Associated Press. Retrieved July 27, 2021.

[6] Brennan, Christine (February 15, 2018). "USA's Vincent Zhou lands quadruple lutz, first figure skater in Olympics history". USA Today. Retrieved July 27, 2021.

[7] "Nathan Chen Makes Olympic History With 6 Quad Jumps". Time. Retrieved 2018-02-24.

[8] Traci G. Lee and Saleah Blancaflor (February 17, 2018). "Nathan Chen makes Olympic history with redemptive skate". NBC News. Retrieved July 27, 2021.

[9] Carlson, Adam (February 18, 2018). "Teen Figure Skater Nathan Chen Disappoints in First Olympic Performance with Heartbreaking Fall". People. Retrieved July 27, 2021.

[10] "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018, Figure skating". International Skating Union (ISU). 17 May 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

[11] "Extract from ISU Communication 2097". www.iceskating.org.uk/. National Ice Skating Association (UK). Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

[12] "Judges Details Per Skater: Figure Skating Men's Short Program Results" (PDF). International Skating Union (PDF). Retrieved 16 February 2018.

[13] "Judges Details Per Skater: Figure Skating Men's Free Skating Results" (PDF). International Skating Union (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2018.

[results-14] "Judges Details Per Skater: Figure Skating Men's Total Results". International Skating Union. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

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