| 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: | |
| Ladies' singles: | |
| Pairs: | |
| Ice dance: | |
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The2017Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the2016–17 figure skating season. It was held at theGangneung Ice Arena inGangneung,South Korea on February 16–19.[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines ofmen's singles, ladies' singles,pair skating, andice dancing. The competition served as the figure skating test event for the2018 Winter Olympics inPyeongchang.
The competition was open to skaters from non-Europeanmember nations of theInternational Skating Union who reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2016. The corresponding competition for European skaters was the2017 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 technical scores (TES)[2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | SP /SD | FS /FD |
| Men | 25 | 45 |
| Ladies | 20 | 36 |
| Pairs | 20 | 36 |
| Ice dance | 19 | 29 |
| 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. | ||
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:
| Announced | Country | Discipline | Initial | Replacement | Reason/Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 7, 2017 | Men | Abzal Rakimgaliev | N/A | [3] | |
| February 7, 2017 | Ladies | Satoko Miyahara | Rika Hongo | Stress fracture[11] | |
| February 9, 2017 | Men | Denis Ten | N/A | [3] |
All times areKorea Standard Time (UTC+9).
| Discipline | Event | Start |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 16 February | ||
| Ice Dancing | Short dance | 11:00 |
| Pairs | Short program | 14:15 |
| Opening ceremony | 17:30 | |
| Ladies | Short program | 18:30 |
| Friday, 17 February | ||
| Ice dancing | Free dance | 13:30 |
| Ice dancing | Victory ceremony | 16:20 |
| Men | Short program | 17:45 |
| Saturday, 18 February | ||
| Pairs | Free skating | 14:00 |
| Pairs | Victory ceremony | 16:55 |
| Ladies | Free skating | 18:00 |
| Ladies | Victory ceremony | 21:50 |
| Sunday, 19 February | ||
| Men | Free skating | 11:00 |
| Men | Victory ceremony | 15:10 |
| Exhibition gala | 17:30 | |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Chen | United States | 307.46 | 1 | 103.12 | 2 | 204.34 |
| 2 | Yuzuru Hanyu | 303.71 | 3 | 97.04 | 1 | 206.67 | |
| 3 | Shoma Uno | 288.05 | 2 | 100.28 | 3 | 187.77 | |
| 4 | Patrick Chan | 267.98 | 5 | 88.46 | 4 | 179.52 | |
| 5 | Jin Boyang | 267.51 | 4 | 91.33 | 5 | 176.18 | |
| 6 | Jason Brown | United States | 245.85 | 9 | 80.77 | 6 | 165.08 |
| 7 | Misha Ge | 239.41 | 8 | 81.85 | 8 | 157.56 | |
| 8 | Nam Nguyen | 237.08 | 13 | 72.99 | 7 | 164.09 | |
| 9 | Grant Hochstein | United States | 235.72 | 7 | 81.94 | 9 | 153.78 |
| 10 | Yan Han | 235.45 | 6 | 84.08 | 10 | 151.37 | |
| 11 | Brendan Kerry | 227.39 | 10 | 78.11 | 11 | 149.28 | |
| 12 | Kevin Reynolds | 222.31 | 12 | 76.36 | 12 | 145.95 | |
| 13 | Keiji Tanaka | 220.18 | 11 | 77.55 | 13 | 142.63 | |
| 14 | Michael Christian Martinez | 214.15 | 14 | 72.47 | 14 | 141.68 | |
| 15 | Julian Zhi Jie Yee | 202.67 | 15 | 72.21 | 16 | 130.46 | |
| 16 | Lee Si-hyeong | 195.72 | 17 | 65.40 | 17 | 130.32 | |
| 17 | Kim Jin-seo | 195.05 | 18 | 64.26 | 15 | 130.79 | |
| 18 | Lee June-hyoung | 187.58 | 16 | 67.55 | 18 | 120.03 | |
| 19 | Chih-I Tsao | 169.63 | 22 | 51.02 | 19 | 118.61 | |
| 20 | Andrew Dodds | 162.05 | 19 | 60.17 | 21 | 101.88 | |
| 21 | Mark Webster | 160.03 | 20 | 54.92 | 20 | 105.11 | |
| 22 | Leslie Man Cheuk Ip | 146.74 | 21 | 52.86 | 22 | 93.88 | |
| 23 | Kai Xiang Chew | 138.46 | 23 | 47.38 | 23 | 91.08 | |
| 24 | Micah Tang | 135.79 | 24 | 46.41 | 24 | 89.38 | |
| did not advance to Free Skating | |||||||
| 25 | Harry Hau Yin Lee | — | 25 | 45.27 | — | ||
| 26 | Harrison Jon-Yen Wong | — | 26 | 45.12 | — | ||

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mai Mihara | 200.85 | 4 | 66.51 | 1 | 134.34 | |
| 2 | Gabrielle Daleman | 196.91 | 1 | 68.25 | 3 | 128.66 | |
| 3 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 194.95 | 5 | 62.91 | 2 | 132.04 |
| 4 | Kaetlyn Osmond | 184.17 | 2 | 68.21 | 6 | 115.96 | |
| 5 | Choi Da-bin | 182.41 | 6 | 61.62 | 4 | 120.79 | |
| 6 | Mariah Bell | United States | 177.10 | 7 | 61.21 | 7 | 115.89 |
| 7 | Li Zijun | 177.05 | 8 | 60.37 | 5 | 116.68 | |
| 8 | Elizabet Tursynbaeva | 176.65 | 3 | 66.87 | 11 | 109.78 | |
| 9 | Wakaba Higuchi | 172.05 | 10 | 58.83 | 9 | 113.22 | |
| 10 | Rika Hongo | 167.42 | 9 | 59.16 | 13 | 108.26 | |
| 11 | Alaine Chartrand | 167.12 | 14 | 53.64 | 8 | 113.48 | |
| 12 | Karen Chen | United States | 166.82 | 12 | 55.60 | 10 | 111.22 |
| 13 | Li Xiangning | 164.85 | 11 | 55.73 | 12 | 109.12 | |
| 14 | Brooklee Han | 152.05 | 16 | 48.44 | 14 | 103.61 | |
| 15 | Zhao Ziquan | 147.37 | 15 | 49.97 | 15 | 97.40 | |
| 16 | Kailani Craine | 136.91 | 13 | 54.70 | 17 | 82.21 | |
| 17 | Amy Lin | 125.02 | 18 | 45.40 | 19 | 79.62 | |
| 18 | Maisy Ma | 124.65 | 19 | 43.55 | 18 | 81.10 | |
| 19 | Son Suh-hyun | 122.35 | 22 | 38.61 | 16 | 83.74 | |
| 20 | Chloe Ing | 120.18 | 21 | 41.61 | 20 | 78.57 | |
| 21 | Shuran Yu | 118.40 | 20 | 43.26 | 21 | 75.14 | |
| WD | Kim Na-hyun | withdrew | 17 | 45.95 | withdrew from competition | ||
| WD | Michaela du Toit | withdrew | 23 | 33.39 | withdrew from competition | ||
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sui Wenjing /Han Cong | 225.03 | 1 | 80.75 | 1 | 144.28 | |
| 2 | Meagan Duhamel /Eric Radford | 212.23 | 3 | 74.31 | 2 | 137.92 | |
| 3 | Liubov Ilyushechkina /Dylan Moscovitch | 205.31 | 4 | 73.04 | 4 | 132.27 | |
| 4 | Yu Xiaoyu /Zhang Hao | 203.40 | 2 | 75.20 | 5 | 128.20 | |
| 5 | Peng Cheng /Jin Yang | 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 | 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 | 164.96 | 10 | 58.14 | 9 | 106.82 | |
| 11 | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya /Harley Windsor | 154.10 | 11 | 56.10 | 11 | 98.00 | |
| 12 | Kim Su-yeon /Kim Hyung-tae | 140.68 | 13 | 49.88 | 12 | 90.80 | |
| 13 | Miu Suzaki /Ryuichi Kihara | 130.85 | 12 | 50.48 | 14 | 80.37 | |
| 14 | Ji Min-ji /Themistocles Leftheris | 129.19 | 14 | 45.81 | 13 | 83.38 | |
| 15 | Kim Kyu-eun /Alex Kang-chan Kam | 118.91 | 15 | 41.06 | 15 | 77.85 | |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tessa Virtue /Scott Moir | 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 | 180.09 | 5 | 71.15 | 4 | 108.94 | |
| 6 | Piper Gilles /Paul Poirier | 170.14 | 7 | 61.21 | 5 | 108.93 | |
| 7 | Wang Shiyue /Liu Xinyu | 154.23 | 6 | 61.45 | 7 | 92.78 | |
| 8 | Yura Min /Alexander Gamelin | 144.69 | 8 | 59.01 | 8 | 85.68 | |
| 9 | Kana Muramoto /Chris Reed | 140.38 | 9 | 57.80 | 9 | 82.58 | |
| 10 | Chen Hong /Zhao Yan | 128.55 | 11 | 51.34 | 10 | 77.21 | |
| 11 | Song Linshu /Sun Zhuoming | 124.59 | 10 | 51.60 | 11 | 72.99 | |
| 12 | Emi Hirai /Marien de la Asuncion | 121.71 | 12 | 49.35 | 12 | 72.36 | |
| 13 | Lee Ho-jung /Richard Kang-in Kam | 112.42 | 13 | 44.57 | 13 | 67.85 | |
| 14 | Adele Morrison /Demid Rokachev | 96.35 | 14 | 37.87 | 14 | 58.48 | |
| 15 | Matilda Friend /William Badaoui | 89.29 | 16 | 32.75 | 15 | 56.54 | |
| 16 | Kimberley Hew-Low / Timothy McKernan | 84.97 | 15 | 33.54 | 16 | 51.43 | |
Medals for overall placement:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | |||
| Ladies | |||
| Pairs | |||
| Ice dancing |
Small medals for placement in the short segment:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | |||
| Ladies | |||
| Pairs | |||
| Ice dancing |
Small medals for placement in the free segment:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | |||
| Ladies | |||
| Pairs | |||
| Ice dancing |
Table of medals for overall placement:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |