Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

The men's singles competition in figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 8 February (short program) and 10 February (free skating), at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Haidian District of Beijing.[1] Nathan Chen of the United States won the event, with Yuma Kagiyama of Japan taking the silver medal, and Shoma Uno, also of Japan, winning the bronze. For Chen and Kagiyama, these were their first individual Olympic medals; it was Uno's second following his silver in 2018.

Figure skating men's singles
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueCapital Indoor Stadium
Beijing
Date8, 10 February
Competitors29 from 20 nations
Winning score332.60 points
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nathan Chen  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yuma Kagiyama  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shoma Uno  Japan
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Summary

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The 2014 and 2018 Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu and the 2018 silver medalist Shoma Uno qualified for the Olympics, whereas the bronze medalist, Javier Fernández, retired from competition in 2019. Nathan Chen, the 2021 World champion, had the highest score in the 2021–22 season prior to the Olympics. Vincent Zhou had the second-highest score in the season, and Uno the third-highest. Hanyu missed much of the season due to injury, competing only at the 2021–22 Japan Championships. Hanyu and Chen were predicted to be the main Olympic gold contenders, with Uno, Zhou, and Yuma Kagiyama named as medal contenders.[2][3] Zhou withdrew prior to the short program due to a positive COVID-19 test.[4]

In the short program, Hanyu missed his opening jump, a quadruple Salchow, and placed eighth in the segment. Chen set a new world record to win the segment nearly six points ahead of Yuma Kagiyama and eight points ahead of Uno.[5] Hanyu was third in the free skating to move up to fourth overall, surpassing Cha Jun-hwan who finished in fifth. The top three from the short program retained their positions, with Chen also winning the free skating to capture the Olympic title by over 22 points ahead of Kagiyama and nearly 40 points ahead of Uno.[6]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing ISU best scores were:

Component Skater Score Date Event Ref
Short program   Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) 111.82 7 February 2020 2020 Four Continents [7]
Free skating   Nathan Chen (USA) 224.92 7 December 2019 2019–20 Grand Prix Final [8]
Total score 335.30 [9]

The following new best score was set during this competition:

Component Skaters Score Date Ref
Short program   Nathan Chen (USA) 113.97 8 February 2022 [10]

Qualification

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Schedule

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All times are (UTC+8).

Date Time Round
8 February 9:15 Short program
10 February 9:30 Free skating

Results

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Short program

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The short program was held on 8 February 2022.

The top 24 skaters at the end of the short program advanced to the free skating.[11]

Pl. Name Nation TSS TES PCS SS TR PE CO IN Ded StN
1 Nathan Chen   United States 113.97 WR 65.98 47.99 9.57 9.39 9.71 9.68 9.64 0.00 28
2 Yuma Kagiyama   Japan 108.12 60.91 47.21 9.50 9.25 9.54 9.46 9.46 0.00 27
3 Shoma Uno   Japan 105.90 59.05 46.85 9.43 9.21 9.36 9.39 9.46 0.00 22
4 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea 99.51 54.30 45.21 8.96 8.93 9.07 9.14 9.11 0.00 23
5 Morisi Kvitelashvili   Georgia 97.98 55.69 42.29 8.54 8.32 8.54 8.46 8.43 0.00 29
6 Jason Brown   United States 97.24 49.95 47.29 9.29 9.39 9.54 9.50 9.57 0.00 30
7 Evgeni Semenenko   ROC 95.76 55.23 40.53 8.21 7.93 8.18 8.14 8.07 0.00 17
8 Yuzuru Hanyu   Japan 95.15 48.07 47.08 9.43 9.43 9.25 9.54 9.43 0.00 21
9 Keegan Messing   Canada 93.24 49.30 43.94 8.93 8.68 8.68 8.79 8.86 0.00 26
10 Kévin Aymoz   France 93.00 49.93 43.07 8.57 8.29 8.68 8.71 8.82 0.00 18
11 Jin Boyang   China 90.98 51.62 39.36 8.07 7.32 8.04 8.00 7.93 0.00 5
12 Daniel Grassl   Italy 90.64 48.70 41.94 8.29 8.29 8.36 8.54 8.46 0.00 25
13 Matteo Rizzo   Italy 88.63 46.71 41.92 8.43 8.21 8.93 8.43 8.46 0.00 24
14 Adam Siao Him Fa   France 86.74 47.28 40.46 8.21 7.79 8.14 8.14 8.18 1.00 15
15 Mark Kondratiuk   ROC 86.11 45.08 41.03 8.32 8.00 8.25 8.25 8.21 0.00 16
16 Deniss Vasiļjevs   Latvia 85.30 43.08 42.22 8.43 8.18 8.46 8.54 8.61 0.00 19
17 Brendan Kerry   Australia 84.79 45.93 38.86 7.82 7.50 7.93 7.79 7.82 0.00 14
18 Vladimir Litvintsev   Azerbaijan 84.15 47.14 37.01 7.43 7.11 7.50 7.43 7.54 0.00 6
19 Donovan Carrillo   Mexico 79.69 43.08 36.61 7.32 7.11 7.43 7.32 7.43 0.00 8
20 Nikolaj Majorov   Sweden 78.54 41.22 37.32 7.46 7.14 7.57 7.54 7.61 0.00 2
21 Konstantin Milyukov   Belarus 78.49 41.92 36.57 7.46 7.18 7.32 7.32 7.29 0.00 13
22 Ivan Shmuratko   Ukraine 78.11 41.08 37.03 7.46 7.21 7.50 7.43 7.43 0.00 9
23 Andrei Mozalev   ROC 77.05 36.76 41.29 8.36 8.18 8.11 8.39 8.25 1.00 20
24 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 76.16 39.76 36.40 7.39 7.07 7.36 7.29 7.29 0.00 3
Did not advance to free skating
25 Michal Březina   Czech Republic 75.19 36.69 39.50 8.04 7.71 7.75 8.04 7.96 1.00 11
26 Alexei Bychenko   Israel 68.01 33.02 35.99 7.39 6.96 7.18 7.32 7.14 1.00 10
27 Lee Si-hyeong   South Korea 65.69 30.75 35.94 7.36 7.04 7.11 7.29 7.14 1.00 7
28 Aleksandr Selevko   Estonia 65.29 28.79 36.50 7.36 7.00 7.21 7.50 7.43 0.00 4
29 Roman Sadovsky   Canada 62.77 24.99 37.78 7.71 7.39 7.36 7.68 7.64 0.00 1
WD Vincent Zhou   United States withdrew withdrew from competition 12
  • Notes:
  • TSS – Total Segment Score; TES – Technical Element Score; PCS – Program Component Score
  • SS – Skating Skills; TR – Transitions; PE – Performance/Execution
  • CO – Composition; IN – Interpretation; Ded – Deduction; StN – Starting Number

Free skating

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The free skating was held on 10 February 2022.

Pl. Name Nation TSS TES PCS SS TR PE CO IN Ded StN
1 Nathan Chen   United States 218.63 121.41 97.22 9.71 9.54 9.79 9.71 9.86 0.00 24
2 Yuma Kagiyama   Japan 201.93 107.99 93.94 9.50 9.18 9.36 9.50 9.43 0.00 23
3 Yuzuru Hanyu   Japan 188.06 99.62 90.44 9.25 9.18 8.75 9.25 8.79 2.00 17
4 Daniel Grassl   Italy 187.43 103.35 84.08 8.39 8.18 8.54 8.50 8.43 0.00 13
5 Shoma Uno   Japan 187.10 96.24 91.86 9.32 9.07 9.04 9.29 9.21 1.00 22
6 Jason Brown   United States 184.00 87.66 96.34 9.46 9.50 9.75 9.64 9.82 0.00 19
7 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea 182.87 93.59 90.28 9.07 8.96 8.93 9.11 9.07 1.00 21
8 Jin Boyang   China 179.45 97.23 82.22 8.43 7.79 8.50 8.18 8.21 0.00 14
9 Evgeni Semenenko   ROC 178.37 94.81 83.56 8.46 8.11 8.43 8.39 8.39 0.00 18
10 Keegan Messing   Canada 172.37 84.13 88.24 8.93 8.61 8.86 8.86 8.86 0.00 16
11 Morisi Kvitelashvili   Georgia 170.64 85.92 84.72 8.46 8.36 8.50 8.54 8.50 0.00 20
12 Deniss Vasiļjevs   Latvia 167.41 84.75 83.66 8.32 8.11 8.36 8.50 8.54 1.00 9
13 Adam Siao Him Fa   France 163.41 81.69 82.72 8.36 7.93 8.32 8.36 8.39 1.00 11
14 Mark Kondratiuk   ROC 162.71 80.15 83.56 8.50 8.14 8.21 8.50 8.43 1.00 10
15 Kévin Aymoz   France 161.80 76.60 86.20 8.68 8.46 8.57 8.68 8.71 1.00 15
16 Brendan Kerry   Australia 160.01 83.51 76.50 7.79 7.36 7.71 7.71 7.68 0.00 8
17 Matteo Rizzo   Italy 158.90 76.92 82.98 8.32 8.07 8.21 8.50 8.39 1.00 12
18 Andrei Mozalev   ROC 156.28 79.48 78.80 8.04 7.82 7.61 8.07 7.86 2.00 2
19 Vladimir Litvintsev   Azerbaijan 155.04 80.76 74.28 7.57 7.18 7.50 7.46 7.43 0.00 7
20 Konstantin Milyukov   Belarus 143.73 71.35 72.38 7.36 7.04 7.18 7.36 7.25 0.00 4
21 Nikolaj Majorov   Sweden 142.24 67.60 74.64 7.57 7.18 7.50 7.50 7.57 0.00 5
22 Donovan Carrillo   Mexico 138.44 66.56 72.88 7.32 7.04 7.29 7.36 7.43 1.00 6
23 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 136.42 64.72 71.70 7.32 6.96 7.07 7.29 7.21 0.00 1
24 Ivan Shmuratko   Ukraine 127.65 57.17 71.48 7.36 6.96 6.96 7.21 7.25 1.00 3
  • Notes:
  • TSS – Total Segment Score; TES – Technical Element Score; PCS – Program Component Score
  • SS – Skating Skills; TR – Transitions; PE – Performance/Execution
  • CO – Composition; IN – Interpretation; Ded – Deduction; StN – Starting Number

Overall

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The skaters were ranked according to their overall score.

Rank Name Nation Total SP FS
  Nathan Chen   United States 332.60 1 113.97 1 218.63
  Yuma Kagiyama   Japan 310.05 2 108.12 2 201.93
  Shoma Uno   Japan 293.00 3 105.90 5 187.10
4 Yuzuru Hanyu   Japan 283.21 8 95.15 3 188.06
5 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea 282.38 4 99.51 7 182.87
6 Jason Brown   United States 281.24 6 97.24 6 184.00
7 Daniel Grassl   Italy 278.07 12 90.64 4 187.43
8 Evgeni Semenenko   ROC 274.13 7 95.76 9 178.37
9 Jin Boyang   China 270.43 11 90.98 8 179.45
10 Morisi Kvitelashvili   Georgia 268.62 5 97.98 11 170.64
11 Keegan Messing   Canada 265.61 9 93.24 10 172.37
12 Kévin Aymoz   France 254.80 10 93.00 15 161.80
13 Deniss Vasiļjevs   Latvia 252.71 16 85.30 12 167.41
14 Adam Siao Him Fa   France 250.15 14 86.74 13 163.41
15 Mark Kondratiuk   ROC 248.82 15 86.11 14 162.71
16 Matteo Rizzo   Italy 247.53 13 88.63 17 158.90
17 Brendan Kerry   Australia 244.80 17 84.79 16 160.01
18 Vladimir Litvintsev   Azerbaijan 239.19 18 84.15 19 155.04
19 Andrei Mozalev   ROC 233.33 23 77.05 18 156.28
20 Konstantin Milyukov   Belarus 222.22 21 78.49 20 143.73
21 Nikolaj Majorov   Sweden 220.78 20 78.54 21 142.24
22 Donovan Carrillo   Mexico 218.13 19 79.69 22 138.44
23 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 212.58 24 76.16 23 136.42
24 Ivan Shmuratko   Ukraine 205.76 22 78.11 24 127.65
Did not advance to free skating
25 Michal Březina   Czech Republic 75.19 25 75.19
26 Alexei Bychenko   Israel 68.01 26 68.01
27 Lee Si-hyeong   South Korea 65.69 27 65.69
28 Aleksandr Selevko   Estonia 65.29 28 65.29
29 Roman Sadovsky   Canada 62.77 29 62.77
WD Vincent Zhou   United States withdrew withdrew from competition

References

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