Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

Men's singles
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Figure skating pictogram
VenuePacific Coliseum
Vancouver, Canada
Dates16 and 18 February 2010
Competitors30 from 20 nations
Winning score257.67 points
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Evan Lysacek  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Evgeni Plushenko  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daisuke Takahashi  Japan
The Pacific Coliseum as seen from the outside
The figure skating events at the 2010 Winter Olympics were held at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada.[1]

The men's singles figure skating competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on 16 and 18 February at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada, and featured 30 skaters from 20 nations. Evan Lysacek of the United States won the gold medal, Evgeni Plushenko of Russia won the silver medal, and Daisuke Takahashi of Japan won the bronze. Much discussion took place afterward when Lysacek won the gold medal without performing a quadruple jump, which many felt was a necessary component of men's figure skating.

Background

The men's single skating competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on 16 and 18 February at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, in Canada.[2][1] The competition featured 30 skaters representing 20 nations.[3] Evgeni Plushenko of Russia, who had won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and retired shortly thereafter due to knee problems, came out of retirement with the goal of winning back-to-back Olympic gold medals.[4] No man had won back-to-back Olympic medals in figure skating since Dick Button in 1952.[5] Plushenko had just won the 2010 European Figure Skating Championships, finishing more than sixteen points ahead of Stéphane Lambiel of Switzerland. Plushenko credited his wife with encouraging him to return to competitive skating. "I wasn't certain, but it's such a great feeling," Plushenko explained. "I think that maybe I was missing that and didn't really know it."[4] In addition to his gold medal from the 2006 Winter Olympics, Plushenko won the silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and was a three-time world champion (2001, 2003–2004), six-time European champion (2000–2001, 2003, 2005–2006), four-time Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final champion (2000-2001, 2003, 2005), and eight-time Russian national champion (1999–2002, 2004–2006, 2010).[6]

Unlike the 2006 Winter Olympics, where Plushenko had been heavily favored to win, he faced stiff competition in 2010.[4] Stéphane Lambiel had finished second at the 2010 European Championships, and was a two-time world champion (2005–2006), two-time Grand Prix Final champion (2005, 2007), and nine-time Swiss national champion.[7] Brian Joubert of France, who finished in third place at the 2010 European Championships, was the 2007 world champion, a three-time European champion (2004, 2007, 2009), the 2006 Grand Prix Final champion, and six-time French national champion (2003–2008).[8] Other skaters seen as potential medalists included Patrick Chan of Canada, the 2009 Four Continents champion and three-time Canadian national champion (2008–2010);[9] Evan Lysacek of the United States, the reigning world champion, two-time Four Continents champion (2005, 2007), and two-time U.S. national champion (2007–2008);[10] Daisuke Takahashi of Japan, the 2008 Four Continents champion and four-time Japanese national championship;[11] and Jeremy Abbott of the United States, the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion and two-time U.S. national champion (2009–2010).[12]

Qualification

Twenty-four quota spots in the men's event were awarded based on the results at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships.[13] Six additional quota spots were made available at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy.[14]

Qualifying nations in men's singles[13][14]
Event Skaters
per NOC		 Qualifying NOCs Total
skaters
2009 World Championships 3  Japan
 United States		 24
2  Canada
 Czech Republic
 France
 Italy
 Kazakhstan
 Russia
1  Belgium
 Poland
 Slovenia
 Spain
 Sweden
 Ukraine
2009 Nebelhorn Trophy 1  Austria
 Finland
 Germany
 North Korea
 Romania
 Switzerland		 6
Total 30

Required performance elements

Men performed their short programs on 16 February.[2] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds,[15] the short program had to include the following elements: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump immediately preceded by connecting steps; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double or triple jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of foot; one spin combination consisting of sit, upright, and camel positions and a change of foot; and two different step sequences.[16]

The top twenty-four highest scoring skaters after the short program advanced to the free skating, which they performed on 18 February.[2] The free skate needed to last 4 minutes 30 seconds (+/− 10 seconds),[17] and had to include the following elements: eight jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one a flying spin, and one a spin with only one position; and two different step sequences.[18]

Judging

Skaters were judged according to the required technical elements of their program (such as jumps and spins), as well as the overall presentation of their program, based on five program components (skating skills, transitions/linking footwork and movement, performance/execution, choreography/composition, and musical interpretation). Each technical element in a figure skating performance was assigned a predetermined base point value and scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from −3 to +3 based on the quality of its execution.[19] Each Grade of Execution (GOE) from –3 to +3 was assigned a value as indicated on the Scale of Values.[20] For example, a triple Axel was worth a base value of 8.20 points, and a GOE of +3 was worth 3.00 points, so a triple Axel with a GOE of +3 earned 11.20 points.[20] The judging panel's GOE for each element was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (the average after discarding the highest and lowest scores). The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a Total Elements Score.[21] At the same time, the judges evaluated each performance based on the five aforementioned program components and assigned each a score from 0.25 to 10 in 0.25-point increments. The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the chart below; the results were added together to generate a total Program Component Score.[22]

Program component factoring[23]
Discipline Short program Free skate
Men 1.00 2.00

Deductions were applied for certain violations, such as time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.[24] The Total Elements Score and Program Component Score were then added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.[25]

Results

Evan Lysacek at the 2009 Grand Prix Final
Evgeni Plushenko at the 2010 European Championships
Daisuke Takahashi at the 2010 NHK Trophy
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists from the men's event at the 2010 Winter Olympics (from left to right):
Evan Lysacek of the United States (gold), Evgeni Plushenko of Russia (silver), and Daisuke Takahashi of Japan (bronze)
Code key
  • TSS – Total Segment Score
  • TES – Total Elements Score
  • PCS – Program Component Score
  • SS – Skating skills
  • TR – Transitions
  • PE – Performance
  • CH – Choreography
  • IN – Musical interpretation
  • DED – Deductions

Short program

The men's short program was held on 16 February. Evgeni Plushenko of Russia finished in first place with what Dan Barnes of the Vancouver Sun described as an "awe-inspiring" performance that included a quadruple toe loop-triple toe loop jump combination and a "perfect" triple Axel.[26] Evan Lysacek of the United States and Daisuke Takahashi of Japan were the only other skaters to approach Plushenko's score of 90.85, placing second and third, respectively. Lysacek scored 90.30 and Takahashi scored 90.25, and although neither included a quadruple jump in their routines, their performance scores for choreography, skating skills, and musical interpretation were enough to place them close to Plushenko. Brian Joubert of France fell on his triple Lutz and stumbled on his attempted quadruple toe loop, leaving him in eighteenth place. Stéphane Lambiel of Switzerland also stumbled on an attempted quadruple toe loop, performing only a double toe loop in combination and leaving him in fifth place.[26]

Evan Lysacek began celebrating before he even performed his final spin, pumping his fists, and when the music ended, he dropped to his knees, dazed at his performance.[5] His performance was described by Philip Hersh of the Los Angeles Times as commanding, his jumps solid, and his spins dynamic. Lysacek had had a bad short program at the 2006 Winter Olympics, which he described as a "little monkey on [his] back from Torino four years ago".[27] To make up for that by delivering what he felt was one of his best short program performances led to his emotional release on the ice. While he did not perform any quadruple jumps, Lysacek explained that performing an intricate routine was as difficult as performing a quadruple jump. Lysacek's jumps – all triples – received strong scores. Evgeni Plushenko responded to criticism of his choreography and skating skills: "I don't care today about the transitions or the scoring system. I care [that] I did a clean program."[27] Plushenko's coach, Alexei Mishin, stated that "to do a good quad, you have to lose transitions,"[27] and that anyone dismissing quadruple jumps as unnecessary were just making "fake explanations" because they could not perform the jumps.[27] Plushenko added that "without quadruples... it's not men's figure skating".[26]

Men's short program results[28]
Pl. Skater Nation TSS TES PCS SS TR PE CH IN DED
1 Evgeni Plushenko  Russia 90.85 51.10 39.75 8.20 6.80 8.65 7.85 8.25 0.00
2 Evan Lysacek  United States 90.30 48.30 42.00 8.20 7.95 8.60 8.50 8.75 0.00
3 Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 90.25 48.90 41.35 8.30 7.50 8.55 8.30 8.70 0.00
4 Nobunari Oda  Japan 84.85 46.00 38.85 8.00 7.15 8.00 7.80 7.90 0.00
5 Stéphane Lambiel  Switzerland 84.63 41.48 43.15 8.50 8.20 8.65 8.65 9.15 0.00
6 Johnny Weir  United States 82.10 42.90 39.20 7.90 7.45 7.90 7.80 8.15 0.00
7 Patrick Chan  Canada 81.12 41.42 40.70 8.30 7.85 8.00 8.25 8.30 1.00
8 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 79.59 42.14 37.45 7.60 7.25 7.55 7.60 7.45 0.00
9 Michal Březina  Czech Republic 78.80 42.50 36.30 7.35 7.00 7.35 7.30 7.30 0.00
10 Denis Ten  Kazakhstan 76.24 41.24 35.00 7.20 6.55 7.10 6.90 7.25 0.00
11 Florent Amodio  France 75.35 41.90 33.45 6.65 6.40 6.80 6.65 6.95 0.00
12 Kevin Van Der Perren  Belgium 72.90 39.20 33.70 6.95 6.35 6.95 6.60 6.85 0.00
13 Artem Borodulin  Russia 72.24 39.94 32.30 6.50 5.95 6.70 6.55 6.60 0.00
14 Samuel Contesti  Italy 70.60 36.60 35.00 7.15 6.60 7.10 7.00 7.15 1.00
15 Jeremy Abbott  United States 69.40 30.70 38.70 7.90 7.75 7.30 7.85 7.90 0.00
16 Javier Fernández  Spain 68.69 37.64 31.05 6.25 5.85 6.30 6.15 6.50 0.00
17 Stefan Lindemann  Germany 68.50 37.70 30.80 6.40 5.85 6.30 6.05 6.20 0.00
18 Brian Joubert  France 68.00 31.90 37.10 7.90 6.80 7.45 7.35 7.60 1.00
19 Tomáš Verner  Czech Republic 65.32 30.02 36.30 7.50 7.05 7.20 7.30 7.25 1.00
20 Paolo Bacchini  Italy 64.42 34.82 29.60 5.90 5.55 6.00 6.00 6.15 0.00
21 Anton Kovalevski  Ukraine 63.81 36.66 27.15 5.60 4.90 5.60 5.40 5.65 0.00
22 Adrian Schultheiss  Sweden 63.13 32.78 30.35 6.25 5.85 6.25 6.00 6.00 0.00
23 Viktor Pfeifer  Austria 60.88 34.08 26.80 5.45 5.05 5.50 5.25 5.55 0.00
24 Vaughn Chipeur  Canada 57.22 30.22 27.00 5.80 5.05 5.35 5.40 5.40 0.00
25 Ri Song-chol  North Korea 56.60 33.40 23.20 5.15 4.15 4.80 4.60 4.50 0.00
26 Abzal Rakimgaliev  Kazakhstan 55.88 32.48 23.40 5.05 4.45 4.80 4.50 4.60 0.00
27 Gregor Urbas  Slovenia 53.02 28.92 24.10 5.10 4.45 4.85 4.90 4.80 0.00
28 Przemysław Domański  Poland 52.14 28.44 23.70 4.80 4.60 4.80 4.80 4.70 0.00
29 Zoltán Kelemen  Romania 51.95 27.40 25.55 5.25 4.75 5.25 5.10 5.20 1.00
30 Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari  Finland 44.62 22.72 22.90 5.00 4.30 4.50 4.70 4.40 1.00

Free skating

The men's free skate was held on 18 February. Evan Lysacek edged out Evgeni Plushenko to win the gold medal, setting a personal-best score of 257.67. Lysacek outscored Plushenko in his performed elements (jumps and spins), but their Program Component Scores – the measure of skating skills, transitions, choreography, and musical interpretation – were tied.[29] Lysacek's performance, set to Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, featured eight triple jumps, including a triple Axel, and complex step sequences.[30] Lysacek's win was the first gold medal in over twenty years for an American skater in the men's event.[31]

Plushenko's performance, set to "Tango Amore",[30] featured only one quadruple jump: a quadruple toe loop-triple toe loop jump combination that was meant to have a double loop added as a third element, but was omitted. Additionally, Plushenko had difficulty holding the landing of a triple Axel.[29] Plushenko and his coach, Alexei Mishin, both disparaged Lysacek afterward for winning the gold medal without performing a quadruple jump. "If [an] Olympic champion doesn't know how to jump quad, I don't know," Plushenko stated, "now it's not men's skating; now it's dancing."[31] Lysacek responded to Plushenko's criticism graciously. "Plushenko is... a great skater. I've admired him for years. For him to discredit the field is not right. It's probably the strongest men's field there's ever been."[31] Lysacek later added: "All I know is that he's been a positive role model for me... I was a little disappointed that someone who was my role model would take a hit at me at one of the most special moments of my life, but it's tough to lose."[31]

Lysacek's victory over Plushenko generated much press. Reuters reported that Russian president Vladimir Putin sent Plushenko a telegram telling him that his "silver is worth gold".[31] However, a technical analysis demonstrated how Lysacek was able to outscore Plushenko after they both received identical artistic scores:[32]

  • Lysacek performed five jump elements in the second half of his program, where skaters received a ten percent bonus, while Plushenko only performed three.
  • Plushenko landed his quadruple toe loop heavily and was able to follow it up with a triple toe loop, but not with the double loop that had been planned.
  • Lysacek only received a judges' warning for an improper takeoff on his triple flip and not a point deduction.
  • Lysacek's spins were faster and more centered than Plushenko's.
  • Plushenko landed two of his jumps in a tilted position, nearly stepping out of his triple Axel.
  • Plushenko only performed one quadruple jump, not two like he had done in previous performances.

Daisuke Takahashi won the bronze medal, becoming the first Japanese man to win an Olympic medal in figure skating.[33] Johnny Weir of the United States finished in sixth place, while Jeremy Abbott finished ninth after falling on his attempted quadruple toe loop and flubbing a triple flip.[29]

Men's free skate results[34]
Pl. Skater Nation TSS TES PCS SS TR PE CH IN DED
1 Evan Lysacek  United States 167.37 84.57 82.80 8.20 7.95 8.50 8.35 8.40 0.00
2 Evgeni Plushenko  Russia 165.51 82.71 82.80 8.40 7.25 8.80 8.20 8.75 0.00
3 Stéphane Lambiel  Switzerland 162.09 78.49 83.60 8.30 8.05 8.30 8.45 8.70 0.00
4 Patrick Chan  Canada 160.30 79.30 82.00 8.35 7.95 8.20 8.25 8.25 1.00
5 Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 156.98 73.48 84.50 8.55 8.15 8.50 8.40 8.65 1.00
6 Johnny Weir  United States 156.77 79.67 77.10 7.70 7.45 7.80 7.75 7.85 0.00
7 Nobunari Oda  Japan 153.69 79.69 77.00 8.00 7.25 7.80 7.70 7.75 3.00
8 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 151.60 78.40 74.20 7.60 7.05 7.55 7.50 7.40 1.00
9 Jeremy Abbott  United States 149.56 71.56 79.00 7.90 7.80 7.80 7.95 8.05 1.00
10 Javier Fernández  Spain 137.99 68.19 70.80 6.90 6.45 7.30 7.15 7.60 1.00
11 Michal Březina  Czech Republic 137.93 67.43 71.50 7.30 6.80 7.20 7.30 7.15 1.00
12 Artem Borodulin  Russia 137.92 72.62 65.30 6.60 5.95 6.95 6.50 6.65 0.00
13 Adrian Schultheiss  Sweden 137.31 74.01 63.30 6.25 5.95 6.45 6.40 6.60 0.00
14 Denis Ten  Kazakhstan 135.01 67.61 67.40 6.85 6.30 6.85 6.80 6.90 0.00
15 Florent Amodio  France 134.95 63.25 71.70 7.30 6.85 7.15 7.20 7.35 0.00
16 Brian Joubert  France 132.22 59.12 74.10 7.80 6.75 7.40 7.55 7.55 1.00
17 Tomáš Verner  Czech Republic 119.42 52.62 67.80 7.05 6.50 6.45 7.20 6.70 1.00
18 Kevin Van Der Perren  Belgium 116.94 54.04 62.90 6.55 5.90 6.20 6.35 6.45 0.00
19 Samuel Contesti  Italy 116.90 50.20 66.70 6.70 6.20 6.70 6.75 7.00 0.00
20 Viktor Pfeifer  Austria 115.05 61.25 54.80 5.60 5.00 5.50 5.55 5.75 1.00
21 Vaughn Chipeur  Canada 113.70 55.10 58.60 6.00 5.40 5.90 5.95 6.05 0.00
22 Paolo Bacchini  Italy 112.79 55.19 57.60 5.95 5.20 5.95 5.75 5.95 0.00
23 Stefan Lindemann  Germany 103.48 46.68 56.80 6.15 5.35 5.70 5.75 5.45 0.00
24 Anton Kovalevski  Ukraine 102.09 49.99 55.10 5.70 5.30 5.45 5.60 5.50 3.00

Overall

Men's results[3]
Rank Skater Nation Total SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Evan Lysacek  United States 257.67 2 90.30 1 167.37
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Evgeni Plushenko  Russia 256.36 1 90.85 2 165.51
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 247.23 3 90.25 5 156.98
4 Stéphane Lambiel  Switzerland 246.72 5 84.63 3 162.09
5 Patrick Chan  Canada 241.42 7 81.12 4 160.30
6 Johnny Weir  United States 238.87 6 82.10 6 156.77
7 Nobunari Oda  Japan 238.54 4 84.85 7 153.69
8 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 231.19 8 79.59 8 151.60
9 Jeremy Abbott  United States 218.96 15 69.40 9 149.56
10 Michal Březina  Czech Republic 216.73 9 78.80 11 137.93
11 Denis Ten  Kazakhstan 211.25 10 76.24 14 135.01
12 Florent Amodio  France 210.30 11 75.35 15 134.95
13 Artem Borodulin  Russia 210.16 13 72.24 12 137.92
14 Javier Fernández  Spain 206.68 16 68.69 10 137.99
15 Adrian Schultheiss  Sweden 200.44 22 63.13 13 137.31
16 Brian Joubert  France 200.22 18 68.00 16 132.22
17 Kevin van der Perren  Belgium 189.84 12 72.90 18 116.94
18 Samuel Contesti  Italy 187.50 14 70.60 19 116.90
19 Tomáš Verner  Czech Republic 184.74 19 65.32 17 119.42
20 Paolo Bacchini  Italy 177.21 20 64.42 22 112.79
21 Viktor Pfeifer  Austria 175.93 23 60.88 20 115.05
22 Stefan Lindemann  Germany 171.98 17 68.50 23 103.48
23 Vaughn Chipeur  Canada 170.92 24 57.22 21 113.70
24 Anton Kovalevski  Ukraine 165.90 21 63.81 24 102.09
25 Ri Song-chol  North Korea 56.60 25 56.60 Did not advance
to free skate
26 Abzal Rakimgaliev  Kazakhstan 55.88 26 55.88
27 Gregor Urbas  Slovenia 53.02 27 53.02
28 Przemysław Domański  Poland 52.14 28 52.14
29 Zoltán Kelemen  Romania 51.95 29 51.95
30 Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari  Finland 44.62 30 44.62

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