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Olympic figure skating: Men’s short program results and highlights

By Sarabeth Pollock

GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 16: Adam Rippon of the United States 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: Adam Rippon of the United States 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 men took to the ice for men’s figure skating short program at the 2018 Winter Olympics and they put on an impressive show. Here’s your recap and highlights.

Team USA’s trio of talented figure skaters took to the ice for the men’s short program. There were 30 men competing in the event, with only 24 advancing to the next round’s free skate. The lead changed hands throughout the competition but in the end it was Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu who battled back from injury and still came out on top in the first half of the event.

Vincent Zhou skated in the first quarter of the competition and for a short while he was at the top of the scoreboard. Skating to Snow Patrol’s “Chasing Cars,” Zhou earned a solid 84.53. Adam Rippon skated in the middle of the pack to “Let Me Think About It.” His flawless performance earned cheers from the audience and was good enough for an 87.95, which put him in the lead (temporarily). Rippon finished the night in 7th place.

Nathan Chen fell on the same quad jump that plagued him in the team event, which kicked off a routine plagued with mistakes. He finished with a 82.27, good for 17th place.

The night belonged to Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu who was awarded a score of 111.68 after a flawless program that was full of massive quad jumps that wowed the crowd and showed everyone why he’s the champion he is.

Here are the skaters who will advance to the men’s free skate:

  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

Next: Best Olympian from each state

The men’s figure skating competition comes to an end on Friday, February 16, with the men’s free skate, after which the medals for the men’s figure skating event will be awarded. There will be a day off from figure skating after that, with the ice dance competition beginning on Sunday, February 18.

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