The team event was a figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics that was held from 9 to 12 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. It took place over three days between 9-12 February with the short programs and the short dance taking place on 9 and 11 February, and the free skates and the free dance taking place on 11 and 12 February.
In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Tricia Smith, Lydia Nsekera, and Britta Heidemann, members of the International Olympic Committee; accompanied by Halina Gordon-Poltorak, ISU Ice Dance Technical Committee Chair, Fabio Bianchetti, ISU Single and Pair Skating Technical Committee Chair, and Christopher Buchanan, ISU Synchronized Skating Technical Committee Chair.
Video Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics - Team event
Timeline
All times are (UTC+9).
Maps Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics - Team event
Records
For a complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating.
The following new best score was set during this competition:
This record was shortly broken in the 2018 Winter Olympics Ladies's Short Program by Alina Zagitova with a score of 82.92. Evgenia broke her own record with a score of 81.61, before Zagitova scored higher after skating after.
Qualification
A total of 10 teams qualified to compete. Each nation must have qualified in three of the other four events to be considered for the team event. All athletes must have qualified for one of the other four events. However, if a nation did not qualify in one of the other four events, it was awarded an additional quota only for the team event. This was only used for Israel in the women's event.
Entries
Member nations submitted the following entries:
Results
Short programs
Men
The men's short program was held on 9 February 2018.
Pairs
The pairs short program was held on 9 February 2018.
Ice dancing
The ice dancing short program was held on 11 February 2018.
Ladies
The women's short program was held on 11 February 2018.
Free programs
Pairs
The pairs free program was held on 11 February 2018.
Men
The men's free program was held on 12 February 2018.
Ladies
The women's free program was held on 12 February 2018.
Ice dancing
The ice dancing free program was held on 12 February 2018.
Overall
Team overall
After all events.
- Ties are broken by taking the best team scores from two different disciplines. If still tied then the total scores from those two disciplines are added together.
References
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