Figure skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Figure Skating
at the II Winter Youth Olympic Games
VenueHamar Olympic Amphitheatre
Dates12–21 February
Competitors76
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Figure skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics took place at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre in Hamar, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.[1]

Unique to the Youth Olympic Games was a mixed NOC team trophy competition.

Medal summary

Events

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details
Sōta Yamamoto
 Japan
Deniss Vasiļjevs
 Latvia
Dmitri Aliev
 Russia
Ladies
details
Polina Tsurskaya
 Russia
Maria Sotskova
 Russia
Elizabet Tursynbayeva
 Kazakhstan
Pairs
details
Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot
 Russia
Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař
 Czech Republic
Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin
 Russia
Ice dancing
details
Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov
 Russia
Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye
 United States
Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin
 Russia
Mixed NOC team
details
 Team Desire (MIX)
 Dmitri Aliev (RUS)
 Li Xiangning (CHN)
 Sarah Rose / Joseph Goodpaster (USA)
 Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin (RUS)
 Team Future (MIX)
 Ivan Shmuratko (UKR)
 Diāna Ņikitina (LAT)
 Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař (CZE)
 Julia Wagret / Mathieu Couyras (FRA)
 Team Discovery (MIX)
 Deniss Vasiļjevs (LAT)
 Fruzsina Medgyesi (HUN)
 Gao Yumeng / Li Bowen (CHN)
 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha (CAN)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia3137
 Mixed-NOCs1113
2 Japan1001
3 Czech Republic0101
 Latvia0101
 United States0101
6 Kazakhstan0011
Totals (6 entries)55515

Eligibility

Skaters were eligible to participate at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics if they were born between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2001, except males in pairs and ice dance, who may be born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2000.[2]

Qualification system

The overall quota for the figure skating competition was 76 total skaters, consisting of 38 men and 38 ladies. There were 16 skaters in each of the single skating disciplines (men's and ladies'), 10 pair skating teams, and 12 ice dancing team. The maximum number of entries that qualified by a National Olympic Committee was 2 per event, making 12 (6 men, 6 ladies) the maximum number of entries that a country could qualify.[2]

If a country placed a skater in the first, second or third position in a 2015 World Junior Figure Skating Championships discipline they qualified for two spots in that discipline at the Youth Olympics. All other nations could enter one athlete until a quota spot of twelve for each singles event, seven for pairs and nine for ice dancing, was reached. There were further four spots for each single event and three spots for pairs/ice dancing at the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix.[2]

Number of entries per discipline

Based on the results of the 2015 World Junior Championships and the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, the following countries have earned YOG quota places.[3]

Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance
2  Japan
 China
 Russia
 Japan
 China
 Canada Note 1
 Russia
 Russia
 United States Note 2
 Ukraine
1  United States
 Russia
 Latvia
 Israel
 South Korea
 Argentina
 Canada
 Ukraine
 Italy
 Malaysia
 France
 Finland
 Kazakhstan
 United States
 South Korea
 Latvia
 Slovakia
 Armenia
 Finland
 Germany
 China
 Hungary
 Italy
 Norway Note 3
 United States
 Ukraine
 Czech Republic
 South Korea
 Great Britain Note 4
 Italy (added)
 Canada
 Poland Note 4
 France
 South Korea Note 4
 Italy
 Czech Republic Note 4
 Germany
 Lithuania (added)
 Belarus (added)
 Estonia (added)

Notes [3]

  • 1. Canada will send only one pair.
  • 2. USA will send only one ice dance couple.
  • 3. As the host, Norway has the right to one entry per discipline and has decided to enter one lady.
  • 4. Did not use their YOG quota place.

Summary

Nations Boys' singles Girls' singles Pair skating Ice dancing Athlete(s)
 Argentina 1 0 0 0 1
 Armenia 0 1 0 0 1
 Belarus 0 0 0 1 2
 Canada 1 0 1 1 5
 China 2 1 2 0 7
 Czech Republic 0 0 1 0 2
 Estonia 0 0 0 1 2
 Finland 1 1 0 0 2
 France 1 0 0 1 3
 Germany 0 1 0 1 3
 Hungary 0 1 0 0 1
 Israel 1 0 0 0 1
 Italy 1 1 1 1 6
 Japan 2 2 0 0 4
 Kazakhstan 0 1 0 0 1
 Latvia 1 1 0 0 2
 Lithuania 0 0 0 1 2
 Malaysia 1 0 0 0 1
 Norway 0 1 0 0 1
 Russia 1 2 2 2 11
 Slovakia 0 1 0 0 1
 South Korea 1 1 1 0 4
 Ukraine 1 0 1 2 7
 United States 1 1 1 1 6
Total: 24 NOCs 16 16 10 12 76

Entries

Some countries announced their selections in 2015, as early as October.[4] The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on 4 February 2016.[5]

Country Men[5] Ladies[6] Pairs[7] Ice dancing[8]
 Argentina Mauro Calcagno
 Armenia Anastasia Galustyan
 Belarus Emilia Kalehanava / Uladzislau Palkhouski
 Canada[9] Roman Sadovsky Justine Brasseur / Mathieu Ostiguy Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
 China Li Tangxu
Lu Yunda
Li Xiangning Zhao Ying / Xie Zhong
Gao Yumeng / Li Bowen
 Czech Republic Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař
 Estonia Viktoria Semenjuk / Artur Gruzdev
 Finland[10] Lauri Lankila Anni Järvenpää
 France Adam Siao Him Fa Julia Wagret / Mathieu Couyras
 Germany[11] Annika Hocke Charise Matthaei / Maximilian Pfisterer
 Hungary Fruzsina Medgyesi
 Israel Mark Gorodnitsky
 Italy[12] Adrien Bannister Lucrezia Gennaro Irma Caldara / Edoardo Caputo Francesca Righi / Pietro Papetti
 Japan Sota Yamamoto
Koshiro Shimada
Yuna Shiraiwa
Kaori Sakamoto
 Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbayeva
 Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs Diāna Ņikitina
 Lithuania Guostė Damulevičiūtė / Deividas Kizala
 Malaysia Kai Xiang Chew
 Norway[13] Juni Marie Benjaminsen
 Russia [14] Dmitri Aliev Maria Sotskova
Polina Tsurskaya
Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot
Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin
Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov
Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin
 Slovakia Alexandra Hagarová
 South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Byun Ji-hyun Kim Su-yeon / Kim Hyung-tae
 Ukraine Ivan Shmuratko Anastasia Pobizhenko / Dmytro Sharpar Maria Holubtsova / Kyrylo Byelobrov
Anzhelika Yurchenko / Volodymyr Byelikov
 United States[4] Camden Pulkinen Vanna Giang Sarah Rose / Joseph Goodpaster Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye

Time schedule

Figure skating events will take place 13–16 February 2016.[15]

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Sōta Yamamoto  Japan 215.52 1 73.07 3 142.45
2 Deniss Vasiļjevs  Latvia 214.43 3 70.16 1 144.27
3 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 209.77 5 67.24 2 142.53
4 Roman Sadovsky  Canada 205.69 2 72.61 4 133.08
5 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 198.90 4 68.76 5 130.14
6 Koshiro Shimada  Japan 182.52 6 63.18 6 119.34
7 Camden Pulkinen  United States 166.59 7 57.91 8 108.68
8 Li Tangxu  China 165.70 9 49.19 7 116.51
9 Adrien Bannister  Italy 153.39 10 46.68 9 106.71
10 Adam Siao Him Fa  France 150.65 8 49.19 10 101.46
11 Kai Xiang Chew  Malaysia 137.47 11 46.53 13 90.94
12 Lu Yunda  China 137.26 13 44.20 11 93.06
13 Mark Gorodnitsky  Israel 135.78 12 44.48 12 91.30
14 Ivan Shmuratko  Ukraine 125.78 14 42.39 14 83.39
15 Lauri Lankila  Finland 92.08 15 30.65 15 61.43
16 Mauro Calcagno  Argentina 79.50 16 23.92 16 55.58

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Polina Tsurskaya  Russia 186.04 4 58.65 1 127.39
2 Maria Sotskova  Russia 169.50 8 53.40 2 116.10
3 Elizabet Tursynbayeva  Kazakhstan 167.88 2 59.11 3 108.77
4 Yuna Shiraiwa  Japan 166.66 1 60.87 5 105.79
5 Diāna Ņikitina  Latvia 165.60 3 58.81 4 106.79
6 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 155.23 5 56.25 6 98.98
7 Byun Ji-hyun  South Korea 143.70 5 56.25 8 87.45
8 Vanna Giang  United States 135.65 10 48.14 7 87.51
9 Lucrezia Gennaro  Italy 134.18 11 47.45 9 86.73
10 Anastasia Galustyan  Armenia 133.21 7 55.89 11 77.32
11 Annika Hocke  Germany 125.20 15 41.52 10 83.68
12 Li Xiangning  China 121.24 13 46.97 13 74.27
13 Anni Järvenpää  Finland 120.91 9 48.27 15 72.64
14 Fruzsina Medgyesi  Hungary 117.61 14 43.45 14 74.16
15 Juni Marie Benjaminsen  Norway 117.16 12 47.18 16 69.98
16 Alexandra Hagarová  Slovakia 113.27 16 38.75 12 74.52

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot  Russia 168.66 2 60.80 1 107.86
2 Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař  Czech Republic 166.13 1 61.82 2 104.31
3 Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin  Russia 152.77 3 56.38 3 96.39
4 Justine Brasseur / Mathieu Ostiguy  Canada 140.59 4 48.51 5 92.08
5 Zhao Ying / Xie Zhong  China 139.06 6 45.84 4 93.22
6 Sarah Rose / Joseph Goodpaster  United States 126.53 5 46.47 6 80.06
7 Gao Yumeng / Li Bowen  China 119.78 7 43.96 7 75.82
8 Kim Su-yeon / Kim Hyung-tae  South Korea 108.53 8 35.86 8 72.67
9 Irma Caldara / Edoardo Caputo  Italy 100.15 9 35.49 9 64.66
10 Anastasia Pobizhenko / Dmytro Sharpar  Ukraine 74.30 10 28.16 10 46.14

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov  Russia 141.88 1 57.93 1 83.95
2 Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye  United States 136.37 3 55.07 2 81.30
3 Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin  Russia 134.62 2 57.75 3 76.87
4 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha  Canada 125.87 4 51.06 4 74.81
5 Anzhelika Yurchenko / Volodymyr Byelikov  Ukraine 114.96 5 48.00 5 66.96
6 Emilia Kalehanava / Uladzislau Palkhouski  Belarus 108.12 6 47.88 9 60.24
7 Maria Golubtsova / Kirill Belobrov  Ukraine 107.66 9 41.37 6 66.29
8 Julia Wagret / Mathieu Couyras  France 105.64 8 44.50 7 61.14
9 Guostė Damulevičiūtė / Deividas Kizala  Lithuania 105.52 7 44.58 8 60.94
10 Viktoria Semenjuk / Artur Gruzdev  Estonia 98.60 10 40.06 10 58.54
11 Charise Matthaei / Maximilian Pfisterer  Germany 96.40 11 39.29 12 57.11
12 Francesca Righi / Pietro Papetti  Italy 95.54 12 38.22 11 57.32

Mixed NOC team trophy

Teams

The skaters who took part the team trophy was determined by draw.[2] The result of the draw was that none of the ladies' medalists, Polina Tsurskaya, Maria Sotskova and Elizabet Tursynbayeva, took part in this segment.[16] It was the second consecutive time this had happened. At the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics none of the ladies' medalists, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Adelina Sotnikova and Li Zijun, took part in the team trophy either.

Mixed NOC teams
Team name Members Event
Team Desire Russia Dmitri Aliev
China Li Xiangning
United States Sarah Rose / Joseph Goodpaster
Russia Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Team Motivation Malaysia Kai Xiang Chew
South Korea Byun Ji-hyun
Russia Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot
Lithuania Guostė Damulevičiūtė / Deividas Kizala
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Team Future Ukraine Ivan Shmuratko
Latvia Diāna Ņikitina
Czech Republic Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař
France Julia Wagret / Mathieu Couyras
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Team Discovery Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs
Hungary Fruzsina Medgyesi
China Gao Yumeng / Li Bowen
Canada Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Team Determination France Adam Siao Him Fa
Japan Kaori Sakamoto Germany Annika Hocke
Russia Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin
Italy Francesca Righi / Pietro Papetti
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Team Focus Finland Lauri Lankila
Japan Yuna Shiraiwa
China Zhao Ying / Xie Zhong
Ukraine Maria Golubtsova / Kirill Belobrov
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Team Courage Canada Roman Sadovsky South Korea Cha Jun-hwan
Norway Juni Marie Benjaminsen Slovakia Alexandra Hagarová
Italy Irma Caldara / Edoardo Caputo
Russia Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Team Hope Italy Adrien Bannister
Armenia Anastasia Galustyan Italy Lucrezia Gennaro
South Korea Kim Su-yeon / Kim Hyung-tae
Belarus Emilia Kalehanava / Uladzislau Palkhouski
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing

Results

Mixed NOC team results
Rank Team name Men Ladies Pairs Ice Dancing Total points
1 Team Desire 7 5 4 7 23
2 Team Future 3 7 7 3 20
3 Team Discovery 8 1 3 6 18
4 Team Motivation 2 6 8 2 18
5 Team Focus 1 8 5 4 18
6 Team Courage 6 2 1 8 17
7 Team Hope 5 4 2 5 16
8 Team Determination 4 3 6 1 14

Detailed results

Men

Rank Name Nation FS Points Team name
1 Deniss Vasiļjevs  Latvia 149.09 8 Team Discovery
2 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 141.06 7 Team Desire
3 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 139.97 6 Team Courage
4 Adrien Bannister  Italy 119.28 5 Team Hope
5 Adam Siao Him Fa  France 97.80 4 Team Determination
6 Ivan Shmuratko  Ukraine 89.66 3 Team Future
7 Kai Xiang Chew  Malaysia 86.56 2 Team Motivation
8 Lauri Lankila  Finland 61.57 1 Team Focus

Ladies

Rank Name Nation FS Points Team name
1 Yuna Shiraiwa  Japan 110.01 8 Team Focus
2 Diāna Ņikitina  Latvia 107.47 7 Team Future
3 Byun Ji-hyun  South Korea 99.94 6 Team Motivation
4 Li Xiangning  China 88.73 5 Team Desire
5 Lucrezia Gennaro  Italy 83.64 4 Team Hope
6 Annika Hocke  Germany 82.41 3 Team Determination
7 Alexandra Hagarová  Slovakia 75.55 2 Team Courage
8 Fruzsina Medgyesi  Hungary 71.26 1 Team Discovery

Pairs

Rank Name Nation FS Points Team name
1 Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot  Russia 104.80 8 Team Motivation
2 Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař  Czech Republic 103.91 7 Team Future
3 Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin  Russia 100.98 6 Team Determination
4 Zhao Ying / Xie Zhong  China 92.74 5 Team Focus
5 Sarah Rose / Joseph Goodpaster  United States 82.47 4 Team Desire
6 Gao Yumeng / Li Bowen  China 74.45 3 Team Discovery
7 Kim Su-yeon / Kim Hyung-tae  South Korea 70.50 2 Team Hope
8 Irma Caldara / Edoardo Caputo  Italy 68.81 1 Team Courage

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation FD Points Team name
1 Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov  Russia 86.48 8 Team Courage
2 Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin  Russia 80.28 7 Team Desire
3 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha  Canada 73.78 6 Team Discovery
4 Emilia Kalehanava / Uladzislau Palkhouski  Belarus 65.42 5 Team Hope
5 Maria Golubtsova / Kirill Belobrov  Ukraine 64.68 4 Team Focus
6 Julia Wagret / Mathieu Couyras  France 63.06 3 Team Future
7 Guostė Damulevičiūtė / Deividas Kizala  Lithuania 55.56 2 Team Motivation
8 Francesca Righi / Pietro Papetti  Italy 53.70 1 Team Determination

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