The 2026 World Figure Skating Championships were held from 25 to 29 March at the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), the World Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figure skating. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Ilia Malinin of the United States won the men's event, Kaori Sakamoto of Japan won the women's event, Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany won the pairs event, and Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of France won the ice dance event.
Background The World Figure Skating Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figure skating. The 2026 World Championships were held from 25 to 29 March at the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.
Qualification
The number of entries from each nation for the 2026 World Championships is based on the results of the 2025 World Championships. These nations were eligible to enter more than one skater or team in the indicated disciplines. Skaters from Russia and Belarus were banned from participating "until further notice" due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. +Number of entries per discipline Spots Men Women Pairs Ice dance 3 2
Changes to preliminary entries The International Skating Union published the initial list of entrants on 25 February 2026. Date Discipline Withdrew Added Notes 26 February Women Injury 27 February Pairs Short turnaround time from the Olympics Ice dance The Italian Ice Sports Federation entered only one ice dance couple despite qualifying two spots. 6 March Pairs colspan=2 7 March Women Insufficient time post-Olympics to prepare 9 March Ice dance Decided to end season with their Olympic performance 10 March Men 13 March Women Injury Ice dance Surgery (Kazimov) 16 March Pairs Injury 18 March Men Women colspan="2" 20 March Pairs colspan=2 21 March Men
Required performance elements Single skating Women competing in single skating performed their short programs on 25 March, while men performed theirs on 26 March. Lasting 2 minutes 40 seconds (+/− 10 seconds), the short program had to include the following elements:
For men: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double jump or triple jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and a step sequence using the full ice surface.
For women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying spin; one layback spin, sideways leaning spin, camel spin, or sit spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.
Women performed their free skates on 27 March, while men performed theirs on 28 March. Lasting 4 minutes (+/− 10 seconds), the free skate for both men and women had to include the following: seven 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; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence.
Pairs Couples competing in pair skating performed their short programs on 25 March. Lasting 2 minutes 40 seconds (+/− 10 seconds), the short program had to include the following elements: one pair lift, one double or triple twist lift, one double or triple throw jump, one double or triple solo jump, one solo spin combination with a change of foot, one death spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.
Couples performed their free skates on 25 March. Lasting 4 minutes (+/− 10 seconds), the free skate had to include the following: three pair lifts, of which one had to be a twist lift; two different throw jumps; one solo jump; one jump combination or sequence; one pair spin combination; one death spiral; and a choreographic sequence.
Ice dance Couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on 27 March. Lasting 2 minutes 40 seconds (+/− 10 seconds), the theme of the rhythm dance this season was "music, dance styles, and feeling of the 1990s". Examples of applicable dance styles and music included pop, Latin, house, techno, hip-hop, and grunge. The rhythm dance had to include the following elements: one pattern dance step sequence, one choreographic rhythm sequence, one dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence.
Couples then performed their free dances on 28 March. Lasting 4 minutes (+/− 10 seconds), the free dance had to include the following: three dance lifts, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one step sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three choreographic elements.
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 three program components (skating skills, presentation, and composition). 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 −5 to +5 based on the quality of its execution. Each Grade of Execution (GOE) from –5 to +5 was assigned a value as indicated on the Scale of Values. For example, a triple Axel was worth a base value of 8.00 points, and a GOE of +3 was worth 2.40 points, so a triple Axel with a GOE of +3 earned 10.40 points. 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. 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.
+Program component factoring Discipline Short program rhythm dance Free skate free dance Men 1.67 3.33 Women 1.33 2.67 Pairs 1.33 2.67 Ice dance 1.33 2.00 Deductions were applied for certain violations, such as time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls. 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.
Medal summary
Medalists Medals are awarded to the skaters or teams who achieved the highest overall placements in each discipline. +Medal recipients Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Ilia Malinin Yuma Kagiyama Shun Sato Women Pairs Ice dance
Small medals are awarded to the skaters or teams who achieved the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline. +Small medal recipients for highest short program or rhythm dance Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Ilia Malinin Adam Siao Him Fa Aleksandr Selevko Women Kaori Sakamoto Mone Chiba Amber Glenn Pairs Ice dance
Small medals are awarded to the skaters or teams who achieved the highest free skate or free dance placements in each discipline. +Small medal recipients for highest free skate or free dance Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Ilia Malinin Yuma Kagiyama Shun Sato Women Pairs Ice dance
Medals by country Table of medals for overall placement:
Results
Men's singles +Men's resultsRankSkaterNationTotalSPFS Ilia Malinin 329.40 1 111.29 1 218.11 Yuma Kagiyama 306.67 6 93.802 212.87 Shun Sato 288.54 4 95.843 192.70 4 Stephen Gogolev 281.04 5 94.384 186.665 Adam Siao Him Fa 271.56 2 101.85 8 169.716 Aleksandr Selevko 270.42 3 96.49 6 173.93 7 Kévin Aymoz 269.13 11 84.745 184.39 8 Daniel Grassl 254.94 8 88.53 9 166.41 9 Lukas Britschgi 251.90 9 88.30 10 163.60 10 Andrew Torgashev 249.41 7 89.0711 160.34 11 Nika Egadze 248.62 15 78.847 169.78 12 Jacob Sanchez 241.74 10 85.1512 156.59 13 Kyrylo Marsak 234.67 12 83.3616 151.31 14 Vladimir Samoilov 233.41 16 77.9813 155.43 15 Adam Hagara 230.29 18 76.7514 153.54 16 Chen Yudong 225.02 22 74.3617 150.66 17 Andreas Nordebäck 224.66 24 72.5915 152.07 18 Tamir Kuperman 224.40 19 76.6318 147.77 19 Donovan Carrillo 219.74 14 79.6520 140.09 20 François Pitot 218.75 21 74.6119 144.14 21 Deniss Vasiļjevs 211.54 13 82.2723 129.27 22 Georgii Reshtenko 207.16 20 75.1421 132.02 23 Gabriele Frangipani 207.07 17 76.8922 130.18 24 Genrikh Gartung 192.31 23 73.2024 119.11 25 Kao Miura 71.05 25 71.05Did not advanceto free skate 26 Semen Daniliants 70.94 26 70.94 27 Cha Young-hyun 70.92 27 70.92 28 Kim Hyun-gyeom 70.71 28 70.71 29 Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté 69.12 29 69.12 30 Maurizio Zandron 67.82 30 67.82 31 Vladimir Litvintsev 65.10 31 65.10 32 Li Yu-Hsiang 64.74 32 64.74 33 Edward Appleby 64.30 33 64.30 34 Alp Eren Özkan 60.10 34 60.10 35 Dias Jirenbayev 59.34 35 59.34 36 Fedirs Kuļišs 56.85 36 56.85
Women's singles +Women's resultsRankSkaterNationTotalSPFS Kaori Sakamoto 238.28 1 79.31 1 158.97 Mone Chiba 228.47 2 78.45 2 150.02 Nina Pinzarrone 215.20 5 71.82 3 143.38 4 Isabeau Levito 206.99 4 72.16 7 134.83 5 Lara Naki Gutmann 205.12 7 69.33 5 135.79 6 Amber Glenn 203.12 3 72.65 9 130.47 7 Niina Petrõkina 202.27 11 67.296 134.98 8 Shin Ji-a 201.89 13 65.244 136.65 9 Ami Nakai 200.00 8 69.10 8 130.90 10 Anastasiia Gubanova 198.81 6 69.92 10 128.89 11 Sarah Everhardt 197.43 9 68.74 11 128.69 12 Sofia Samodelkina 187.53 12 66.95 12 120.58 13 Lee Hae-in 185.18 10 68.50 16 116.68 14 Iida Karhunen 181.44 14 61.40 13 120.04 15 Madeline Schizas 178.29 15 61.35 15 116.94 16 Zhang Ruiyang 178.13 18 58.96 14 119.17 17 Olga Mikutina 169.84 16 60.11 17 109.73 18 Lorine Schild 165.23 17 59.14 20 106.09 19 Ekaterina Kurakova 164.54 19 58.10 19 106.44 20 Nataly Langerbaur 162.18 21 56.56 21 105.62 21 Livia Kaiser 159.58 22 54.91 22 104.67 22 Julia Sauter 159.51 23 52.67 18 106.84 23 Alexandra Feigin 155.36 20 58.05 23 97.31 24 Barbora Vránková 142.66 24 50.59 24 92.07 25 Anastasia Gracheva 49.91 25 49.91Did not advanceto free skate 26 Kristen Spours 49.20 26 49.20 27 Nargiz Süleymanova 49.00 27 49.00 28 Niki Wories 48.41 28 48.41 29 Julija Lovrenčič 47.81 29 47.81 30 Jade Hovine 47.05 30 47.05 31 Meda Variakojytė 45.47 31 45.47 32 Mia Risa Gomez 42.51 32 42.51 33 Stefania Yakovleva 38.53 33 38.53
Pairs +Pairs' resultsRankSkatersNationTotalSPFS 228.33 1 79.78 1 148.55 218.41 2 79.45 4 138.96 216.09 3 75.52 2 140.57 4 209.13 5 69.55 3 139.58 5 205.08 4 69.92 6 135.16 6 202.51 7 67.29 5 135.22 7 194.11 10 65.35 7 128.76 8 190.46 8 67.12 9 123.34 9 184.90 14 62.69 10 122.21 10 184.56 16 60.12 8 124.44 11 182.27 13 63.59 11 118.68 12 179.60 11 64.42 12 115.18 13 176.33 9 66.34 15 109.99 14 170.61 19 58.22 14 112.39 15 170.46 20 56.58 13 113.88 16 169.91 6 69.02 20 100.89 17 169.20 15 61.17 17 108.03 18 168.28 17 58.85 16 109.43 19 167.75 12 63.99 18 103.76 20 160.95 18 58.79 19 102.16 21 48.77 21 48.77Did not advanceto free skate
Ice dance