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Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Team event

Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Team event

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The team event was a figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics that was held from 9 to 12 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.[1] It took place over three days between 9–12 February with the short programs and the short dance taking place on 9 and 11 February, and the free skates and the free dance taking place on 11 and 12 February.[2]

Timeline

All times are (UTC+9).

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Records

For a complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

The following new best score was set during this competition:

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This record was shortly broken in the 2018 Winter Olympics Ladies's Short Program by Alina Zagitova with a score of 82.92. Medvedeva broke her own record with a score of 81.61, before Zagitova scored higher after skating next.

Qualification

A total of 10 teams qualified to compete. Each nation must have qualified in three of the four events to be considered for the team event. All athletes must have qualified for one of the other four events. However, if a nation did not qualify in one of the other four events, it was awarded an additional quota only for the team event. This was only used for Israel in the women's event.[3][4][5]

Entries

Member nations submitted the following entries:

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Results

Short programs/dance

Men

The men's short program was held on 9 February 2018.[12]

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Pairs

The pairs short program was held on 9 February 2018.[13]

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Ice dance

The ice dance short dance was held on 11 February 2018.[14]

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Ladies

The women's short program was held on 11 February 2018.[15]

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Free skates/dance

Pairs

The pairs free skate was held on 11 February 2018.[16]

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Men

The men's free skate was held on 12 February 2018.[17]

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Ladies

The women's free skate was held on 12 February 2018.[18]

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Ice dance

The ice dance free dance was held on 12 February 2018.[19]

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Overall

After all events.[20]

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  • Ties are broken by taking the best team scores from two different disciplines. If still tied then the total scores from those two disciplines are added together.[3]

References

Citations

  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. "Schedule". Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. "Pyeongchang 2018 qualified Teams for the Team Event". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union (ISU). 14 December 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  4. "Results - Team Event Men's Short Program". IOC. February 7, 2018. Archived from the original on February 24, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  5. "Figure Skating | Entries by Event Team Event - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  6. "Results - Team Pairs Event Short Program". IOC. February 7, 2018. Archived from the original on March 1, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  7. "Olympic Figure Skating Team Event Announced" (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. February 4, 2018. Archived from the original on February 5, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  8. "Bulgogi bites: Rippon ditches unreliable quad lutz". IceNetwork. February 7, 2018. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  9. Lutz, Rachel (February 9, 2018). "Bradie Tennell and Maia, Alex Shibutani picked to compete for Team USA in the second night of figure skating's team event". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.

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