2017 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

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] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of 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.

2017 Four Continents Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 15 – 19
Season:2016–17
Location:Gangneung, South Korea
Host:Korea Skating Union
Venue:Gangneung Ice Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
Nathan Chen
Ladies' singles:
Mai Mihara
Pair skating:
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Ice dance:
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
Previous:
2016 Four Continents Championships
Next:
2018 Four Continents Championships

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
Men2545
Ladies2036
Pairs2036
Ice dance1929
Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event
in the ongoing or preceding season.
SP and FS scores may be attained at different events.

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:

Country Men[3] Ladies[4] Pairs[5] Ice dancing[6]
 Australia[7] Andrew Dodds
Brendan Kerry
Mark Webster		 Kailani Craine
Brooklee Han		 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Matilda Friend / William Badaoui
Kimberley Hew-Low / Timothy McKernan
Adele Morrison / Demid Rokachev
 Canada[8] Patrick Chan
Kevin Reynolds
Nam Nguyen		 Alaine Chartrand
Gabrielle Daleman
Kaetlyn Osmond		 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro		 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
 China Jin Boyang
Yan Han		 Li Xiangning
Li Zijun
Zhao Ziquan		 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao		 Chen Hong / Zhao Yan
Song Linshu / Sun Zhuoming
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
 Chinese Taipei Micah Tang
Chih-I Tsao		 Amy Lin
 Hong Kong Leslie Man Cheuk Ip
Harry Hau Yin Lee
Harrison Jon-Yen Wong		 Maisy Hiu Ching Ma
 Japan[9] Yuzuru Hanyu
Shoma Uno
Keiji Tanaka		 Wakaba Higuchi
Rika Hongo
Mai Mihara		 Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet
Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara		 Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion
Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed
 Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbayeva
 Malaysia Kai Xiang Chew
Julian Zhi Jie Yee
 Philippines Michael Christian Martinez
 South Korea Kim Jin-seo
Lee June-hyoung
Lee Si-Hyeong		 Choi Da-bin
Kim Na-hyun
Son Suh-hyun		 Ji Min-ji / Themistocles Leftheris
Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam
Kim Su-yeon / Kim Hyung-tae		 Lee Ho-jung / Richard Kang-in Kam
Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin
 Singapore Chloe Ing
Yu Shuran
 South Africa Michaela du Toit
 United States[10] Jason Brown
Nathan Chen
Grant Hochstein		 Mariah Bell
Karen Chen
Mirai Nagasu		 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc
Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier
Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim		 Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
 Uzbekistan Misha Ge

Changes to initial assignments
Announced Country Discipline Initial Replacement Reason/Other notes
February 7, 2017 Kazakhstan Men Abzal Rakimgaliev N/A [3]
February 7, 2017 Japan Ladies Satoko Miyahara Rika Hongo Stress fracture[11]
February 9, 2017 Kazakhstan Men Denis Ten N/A [3]

Competition schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9).

DisciplineEventStartFinish
Day 1: Thursday, 16 February
Ice DancingShort dance11:0013:27
PairsShort program14:1516:37
Opening ceremony17:3018:00
LadiesShort program18:3021:44
Day 2: Friday, 17 February
Ice dancingFree dance13:3016:17
Ice dancingVictory ceremony16:2016:35
MenShort program17:4521:55
Day 3: Saturday, 18 February
PairsFree skating14:0016:51
PairsVictory ceremony16:5517:10
LadiesFree skating18:0021:47
LadiesVictory ceremony21:5022:05
Day 4: Sunday, 19 February
MenFree skating11:0015:07
MenVictory ceremony15:1015:25
Exhibition gala17:3020:00

Results

Men
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Nathan Chen  United States 307.46 1 103.12 2 204.34
2 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 303.71 3 97.04 1 206.67
3 Shoma Uno  Japan 288.05 2 100.28 3 187.77
4 Patrick Chan  Canada 267.98 5 88.46 4 179.52
5 Jin Boyang  China 267.51 4 91.33 5 176.18
6 Jason Brown  United States 245.85 9 80.77 6 165.08
7 Misha Ge  Uzbekistan 239.41 8 81.85 8 157.56
8 Nam Nguyen  Canada 237.08 13 72.99 7 164.09
9 Grant Hochstein  United States 235.72 7 81.94 9 153.78
10 Yan Han  China 235.45 6 84.08 10 151.37
11 Brendan Kerry  Australia 227.39 10 78.11 11 149.28
12 Kevin Reynolds  Canada 222.31 12 76.36 12 145.95
13 Keiji Tanaka  Japan 220.18 11 77.55 13 142.63
14 Michael Christian Martinez  Philippines 214.15 14 72.47 14 141.68
15 Julian Zhi Jie Yee  Malaysia 202.67 15 72.21 16 130.46
16 Lee Si-hyeong  South Korea 195.72 17 65.40 17 130.32
17 Kim Jin-seo  South Korea 195.05 18 64.26 15 130.79
18 Lee June-hyoung  South Korea 187.58 16 67.55 18 120.03
19 Chih-I Tsao  Chinese Taipei 169.63 22 51.02 19 118.61
20 Andrew Dodds  Australia 162.05 19 60.17 21 101.88
21 Mark Webster  Australia 160.03 20 54.92 20 105.11
22 Leslie Man Cheuk Ip  Hong Kong 146.74 21 52.86 22 93.88
23 Kai Xiang Chew  Malaysia 138.46 23 47.38 23 91.08
24 Micah Tang  Chinese Taipei 135.79 24 46.41 24 89.38
Did not advance to Free Skating
25 Harry Hau Yin Lee  Hong Kong N/A 25 45.27 N/A
26 Harrison Jon-Yen Wong  Hong Kong N/A 26 45.12 N/A

Ladies
The ladies podium at the 2017 Four Continents Championships
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Mai Mihara  Japan 200.85 4 66.51 1 134.34
2 Gabrielle Daleman  Canada 196.91 1 68.25 3 128.66
3 Mirai Nagasu  United States 194.95 5 62.91 2 132.04
4 Kaetlyn Osmond  Canada 184.17 2 68.21 6 115.96
5 Choi Da-bin  South Korea 182.41 6 61.62 4 120.79
6 Mariah Bell  United States 177.10 7 61.21 7 115.89
7 Li Zijun  China 177.05 8 60.37 5 116.68
8 Elizabet Tursynbaeva  Kazakhstan 176.65 3 66.87 11 109.78
9 Wakaba Higuchi  Japan 172.05 10 58.83 9 113.22
10 Rika Hongo  Japan 167.42 9 59.16 13 108.26
11 Alaine Chartrand  Canada 167.12 14 53.64 8 113.48
12 Karen Chen  United States 166.82 12 55.60 10 111.22
13 Li Xiangning  China 164.85 11 55.73 12 109.12
14 Brooklee Han  Australia 152.05 16 48.44 14 103.61
15 Zhao Ziquan  China 147.37 15 49.97 15 97.40
16 Kailani Craine  Australia 136.91 13 54.70 17 82.21
17 Amy Lin  Chinese Taipei 125.02 18 45.40 19 79.62
18 Maisy Ma  Hong Kong 124.65 19 43.55 18 81.10
19 Son Suh-hyun  South Korea 122.35 22 38.61 16 83.74
20 Chloe Ing  Singapore 120.18 21 41.61 20 78.57
21 Shuran Yu  Singapore 118.40 20 43.26 21 75.14
WD Kim Na-hyun  South Korea withdrew 17 45.95 withdrew from competition
WD Michaela du Toit  South Africa withdrew 23 33.39 withdrew from competition

Pairs
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 225.03 1 80.75 1 144.28
2 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford  Canada 212.23 3 74.31 2 137.92
3 Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch  Canada 205.31 4 73.04 4 132.27
4 Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao  China 203.40 2 75.20 5 128.20
5 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang  China 202.92 7 66.44 3 136.48
6 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim  United States 193.91 6 69.10 6 124.81
7 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 192.35 5 70.89 7 121.46
8 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier  United States 179.45 8 63.39 8 116.06
9 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc  United States 168.87 9 62.58 10 106.27
10 Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet  Japan 164.96 10 58.14 9 106.82
11 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor  Australia 154.10 11 56.10 11 98.00
12 Kim Su-yeon / Kim Hyung-tae  South Korea 140.68 13 49.88 12 90.80
13 Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 130.85 12 50.48 14 80.37
14 Ji Min-ji / Themistocles Leftheris  South Korea 129.19 14 45.81 13 83.38
15 Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam  South Korea 118.91 15 41.06 15 77.85

Ice dancing
Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir  Canada 196.95 1 79.75 1 117.20
2 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani  United States 191.85 2 76.59 2 115.26
3 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 185.58 3 74.67 3 110.91
4 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 180.82 4 73.79 6 107.03
5 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 180.09 5 71.15 4 108.94
6 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 170.14 7 61.21 5 108.93
7 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu  China 154.23 6 61.45 7 92.78
8 Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin  South Korea 144.69 8 59.01 8 85.68
9 Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed  Japan 140.38 9 57.80 9 82.58
10 Cheng Hong / Zhao Yan  China 128.55 11 51.34 10 77.21
11 Song Linshu / Sun Zhuoming  China 124.59 10 51.60 11 72.99
12 Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion  Japan 121.71 12 49.35 12 72.36
13 Lee Ho-jung / Richard Kang-in Kam  South Korea 112.42 13 44.57 13 67.85
14 Adele Morrison / Demid Rokachev  Australia 96.35 14 37.87 14 58.48
15 Matilda Friend / William Badaoui  Australia 89.29 16 32.75 15 56.54
16 Kimberley Hew-Low / Timothy McKernan  Australia 84.97 15 33.54 16 51.43

Medals summary

Medalists

Medals for overall placement:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Nathan Chen Yuzuru Hanyu Shoma Uno
Ladies Mai Mihara Gabrielle Daleman Mirai Nagasu
Pairs Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch
Ice dancing Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Small medals for placement in the short segment:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Nathan Chen Shoma Uno Yuzuru Hanyu
Ladies Gabrielle Daleman Kaetlyn Osmond Elizabet Tursynbaeva
Pairs Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Ice dancing Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Small medals for placement in the free segment:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Yuzuru Hanyu Nathan Chen Shoma Uno
Ladies Mai Mihara Mirai Nagasu Gabrielle Daleman
Pairs Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
Ice dancing Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Medals by country

Table of medals for overall placement:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada (CAN)1214
2 United States (USA)1124
3 Japan (JPN)1113
4 China (CHN)1001
Totals (4 nations)44412

Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada (CAN)2114
2 United States (USA)1113
3 China (CHN)1102
4 Japan (JPN)0112
5 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0011
Totals (5 nations)44412

Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)2013
2 Canada (CAN)1113
3 China (CHN)1012
4 United States (USA)0314
Totals (4 nations)44412

Prize money

Prize money was awarded to skaters who achieved a top-8 placement in the men's and ladies' events, a top-5 placement in the pair's event, and a top-6 placement in the ice dance event:

Prize money (US$)
Placement Men's / Ladies' singlesPairs / Ice dancers
1st$20,000$30,000
2nd$13,000$19,500
3rd$8,000$12,000
4th$6,500$9,750
5th$5,000$7,500
6th$4,000$6,000 (Ice dance only)
7th$3,500N/A
8th$3,000N/A
Pairs and ice dancing couples share the prize money.
Total prize money: US$289,500.

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