The men’s figure skating event concluded with the men’s free skate at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Here are the final medal standings in men’s figure skating.
What a men’s figure skating competition it has been. From Yuzuru Hanyu’s dominance to Nathan Chen’s inspiring come from behind rally, it was a fun competition to watch, and in the end, it came down to the final handful of skaters to determine the overall winner.
Team USA’s Nathan Chen stumbled in the short program, earning an 82.22 in the short program. He needed a miracle to be in medal contention, but after landing six quad jumps in his free skate, he ended up with a 215.08, which gave him an overall total of 297.35.
He and fellow Team USA teammate Vincent Zhou (276.69) spent most of the free skate in the leader’s box until the very end when both men were knocked out of medal contention.
MEDAL RESULT | Men's Figure Skating
Yuzuru Hanyu
Shoma Uno
Javier Fernandez
In the end, it was Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu who claimed the gold medal, taking back to back gold medals after earning gold at the 2014 Sochi games. Shoma Uno joins his teammate in second place, marking the first time two men from the same country have taken gold and silver at the Olympics since 2002. Spain’s Javier Fernandez claimed third place with an inspired performance.
Here are the final standings in the men’s figure skating competition:
- Japan – Yuzuru Hanyu – 317.85
- Japan – Shoma Uno – 306.90
- Spain – Javier Fernandez – 305.24
- China – Jin Boyang – 297.77
- United States – Nathan Chen – 297.35
- United States – Vincent Zhou – 276.69
- Olympic Athletes from Russia – Dmitry Aliev – 267.51
- Olympic Athletes from Russia – Mikhail Kolyada – 264.25
- Canada – Patrick Chan – 263.43
- United States – Adam Rippon – 259.36
- Israel – Alexei Bychenko – 257.01
- Canada – Keegan Messing – 255.43
- Israel – Daniel Samohin – 251.44
- Belgium – Jorik Hendrickx – 248.95
- Korea – Junhwan Cha – 248.59
- Czech Republic – Michal Brezina – 246.07
- Uzbekistan – Misha Ge – 244.96
- Japan – Keiji Tanaka – 244.83
- Latvia – Deniss Vasiljevs – 234.58
- Australia – Brendan Kerry – 233.81
- Italy – Matteo Rizzo – 232.41
- Germany – Paul Fentz – 214.55
- China – Yan Han – 213.01
- Georgia – Morisi Kvitelashvili – 204.57
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Figure skating takes a break on Saturday and returns on Sunday with the ice dance competition. The ice dance teams will start off with the ice dance short dance.