The 2017 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2016–17 figure skating season. It was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea on February 16–19. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The competition served as the figure skating test event for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Qualification The competition was open to skaters from non-European member nations of the International Skating Union who reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2016. The corresponding competition for European skaters was the 2017 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 TES Minimum technical scores (TES) 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.

Entries 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:

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Andrew Dodds Brendan Kerry Mark Webster Kailani Craine Brooklee Han Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Matilda Friend / William Badaoui Kimberley Hew-Low / Timothy McKernan Adele Morrison / Demid Rokachev Patrick Chan Kevin Reynolds Nam Nguyen Alaine Chartrand Gabrielle Daleman Kaetlyn Osmond Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Jin Boyang Yan Han Li Xiangning Li Zijun Zhao Ziquan Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Chen Hong / Zhao Yan Song Linshu / Sun Zhuoming Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Micah Tang Chih-I Tsao Amy Lin Leslie Man Cheuk Ip Harry Hau Yin Lee Harrison Jon-Yen Wong Maisy Hiu Ching Ma Yuzuru Hanyu Shoma Uno Keiji Tanaka Wakaba Higuchi Rika Hongo Mai Mihara Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Elizabet Tursynbayeva Kai Xiang Chew Julian Zhi Jie Yee Michael Christian Martinez Kim Jin-seo Lee June-hyoung Lee Si-Hyeong Choi Da-bin Kim Na-hyun Son Suh-hyun Ji Min-ji / Themistocles Leftheris Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam Kim Su-yeon / Kim Hyung-tae Lee Ho-jung / Richard Kang-in Kam Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin Chloe Ing Yu Shuran Michaela du Toit Jason Brown Nathan Chen Grant Hochstein Mariah Bell Karen Chen Mirai Nagasu Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Madison Chock / Evan Bates Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Misha Ge

Changes to initial assignments Announced Country Discipline Initial Replacement Reason/Other notes February 7, 2017 Kazakhstan Men Abzal Rakimgaliev N/A February 7, 2017 Japan Ladies Satoko Miyahara Rika Hongo Stress fracture February 9, 2017 Kazakhstan Men Denis Ten N/A

Competition schedule All times are Korea 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

Results Men

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Nathan Chen 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 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 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 colspan=2 26 Harrison Jon-Yen Wong 26 45.12 colspan=2

Ladies

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 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 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 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 Kim Na-hyun 17 45.95 colspan=2 Michaela du Toit 23 33.39 colspan=2

Pairs 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 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 179.45 8 63.39 8 116.06 9 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc 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

Ice dancing 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 191.85 2 76.59 2 115.26 3 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 185.58 3 74.67 3 110.91 4 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 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 summary Medalists Medals for overall placement: Men Nathan Chen Yuzuru Hanyu Shoma Uno Ladies Mai Mihara Gabrielle Daleman Mirai Nagasu Pairs Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Ice dancing Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Small medals for placement in the short segment: Men Nathan Chen Shoma Uno Yuzuru Hanyu Ladies Gabrielle Daleman Kaetlyn Osmond Elizabet Tursynbaeva Pairs Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Ice dancing Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Small medals for placement in the free segment: Men Yuzuru Hanyu Nathan Chen Shoma Uno Ladies Mai Mihara Mirai Nagasu Gabrielle Daleman Pairs Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Ice dancing Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Medals by country Table of medals for overall placement:

References

External links International Skating Union Four Continents Figure Skating Championships