The 2017 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2016–17 figure skating season . It was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung , South Korea on February 16–19.[ 1] men's singles, ladies' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing . The competition served as the figure skating test event for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang .
Qualification
The competition was open to skaters from non-European member nations of the International Skating Union who reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2016. The corresponding competition for European skaters was the 2017 European Figure Skating Championships .
Each National Federation from the four represented regions were permitted to send up to three skaters/couples for each discipline. National Federations could select their entries based on their own criteria, as long as the selected skater/couples attained a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international senior event prior to the Four Continents.
Minimum TES
Minimum technical scores (TES)[ 2]
Discipline
SP / SD
FS / FD
Men
25
45
Ladies
20
36
Pairs
20
36
Ice dance
19
29
Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event
Entries
A total of 111 athletes (26 men, 23 ladies, 15 pair teams, and 16 ice dancing teams) competed at the championship. The ISU published a list of entries on 27 January:
Changes to initial assignments
Competition schedule
All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9 ).
Discipline
Event
Start
Thursday, 16 February
Ice Dancing
Short dance
11:00
Pairs
Short program
14:15
Opening ceremony
17:30
Ladies
Short program
18:30
Friday, 17 February
Ice dancing
Free dance
13:30
Ice dancing
Victory ceremony
16:20
Men
Short program
17:45
Saturday, 18 February
Pairs
Free skating
14:00
Pairs
Victory ceremony
16:55
Ladies
Free skating
18:00
Ladies
Victory ceremony
21:50
Sunday, 19 February
Men
Free skating
11:00
Men
Victory ceremony
15:10
Exhibition gala
17:30
Results
Men
The last warm-up group in Men's free skating
Ladies
The ladies podium at the 2017 Four Continents Championships
Pairs
Ice dancing
Medals summary
Medalists
Medals for overall placement:
Small medals for placement in the short segment:
Small medals for placement in the free segment:
Medals by country
Table of medals for overall placement:
References
^ "ISU Championships 2017 Provisional Allotments" . International Skating Union. 15 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2015-01-31 .^ "Announcement" (PDF) . International Skating Union.^ a b c "Entries: Men" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 27, 2017.^ "Entries: Ladies" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 27, 2017.^ "Entries: Pairs" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 27, 2017.^ "Entries: Ice Dance" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 27, 2017.^ "International Assignments 2016/2017" (PDF) . Ice Skating Australia. 28 December 2016.^ "Skate Canada names teams for 2017 ISU Championships" . Skate Canada . January 22, 2017. Archived from the original on January 22, 2017.^ "世界フィギュア選手権ほか 代表選手" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation . 27 December 2016. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016 .^ "U.S. Figure Skating announces World, Four Continents and World Junior Junior teams" . U.S. Figure Skating . January 22, 2017. Archived from the original on January 22, 2017.^ "宮原知子、四大陸とアジア大会欠場へ 股関節を疲労骨折" [Miyahara to miss Four Continents and Asian Games] (in Japanese). Asahi. February 7, 2017. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017.
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