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Olympic figure skating: Men’s standings after short program

By Sarabeth Pollock

GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 16: Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan competes during the Men's Single Skating Short Program at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 16, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 16: Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan competes during the Men's Single Skating Short Program at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 16, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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The first event of the men’s figure skating competition wrapped up with the men’s short program. Here are the final standings after the short program.

The men’s figure skating short program kicked off on Thursday night with a field of 30 men. The lead changed hands throughout the competition. Team USA’s Adam Rippon and Vincent Zhou had very strong showings in the men’s short program, and all three team members made it into the free skate.

Nathan Chen ended up in 17th place after falling on the same quad element that plagued him in the men’s team short program. His score of 82.27 reflects the struggles he faced after that first fall. Chen’s confidence fell apart after the fall and affected the rest of his routine.

Adam Rippon’s routine lacked the quad jumps the other skaters packed into their programs, but his performance was flawless and it earned him an 87.95, good for 7th place.

The battle for the top three spots in the short program came down to the final group of skaters. Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu, who skipped the team event to buy more time to recover from an injury, came out and skated an amazing routine that gave him a 111.68, the second highest score ever. He was followed by Spain’s Javier Fernandez in 2nd place (107.58) and Japan’s Shoma Uno (104.17).

Here is the full list of standings at the end of the men’s short program:

  1. Japan – Yuzuru Hanyu – 111.68
  2. Spain – Javier Fernandez – 107.58
  3. Japan – Shoma Uno – 104.17
  4. China – Boyang Jin – 103.32
  5. Olympic Athlete from Russia – Dmitry Aliev – 98.98
  6. Canada – Patrick Chan – 90.01
  7. United States – Adam Rippon – 87.95
  8. Olympic Athlete from Russia – Mikhail Kolyada – 86.69
  9. Czech Republic – Michal Brezina – 85.15
  10. Canada – Keegan Messing – 85.11
  11. Belgium – Jorik Hendrickx – 84.74
  12. United States – Vincent Zhou – 84.53
  13. Israel – Alexei Bychencko – 84.13
  14. Uzbekistan – Misha Ge – 83.90
  15. Korea – Junhwan Cha – 83.43
  16. Australia – Brendan Kerry – 83.06
  17. United States – Nathan Chen – 82.27
  18. Israel – Daniel Samohin – 80.69
  19. China – Han Yan – 80.63
  20. Japan – Keiji Tanaka – 80.05
  21. Latvia – Deniss Vasiljevs – 79.52
  22. Olympic Athlete from Russia – Morisi Kvitelashvili – 76.56
  23. Italy – Matteo Rizzo – 75.63
  24. Germany – Paul Fentz – 74.73
  25. Malaysia – Julian Zhi Jie Yee – 73.58
  26. France – Chafik Besseghier – 72.10
  27. Kazakhstan – Denis Ten – 70.12
  28. Philippines – Michael Christian Martinez – 55.56
  29. Spain – Felipe Montoya – 52.41
  30. Ukraine – Yaroslav Paniot – 46.58

Only the top 24 skaters will advance to the free skate on Friday.

Next: Best Olympian from each state

The men’s figure skating competition comes to an end on Friday, Feb. 16, with the men’s free skate, after which the medals for the men’s figure skating event will be awarded. After a day off on Saturday, figure skating returns on Sunday with the ice dance competition.

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