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| 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:  Nathan Chen | |
Ladies' singles:  Mai Mihara | |
Pairs:  Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | |
Ice dance:  Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | |
| Previous: 2016 Four Continents Championships | |
| Next: 2018 Four Continents Championships | |
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.[1] 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)[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. | ||
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:
Changes to initial assignments
| Announced | Country | Discipline | Initial | Replacement | Reason/Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 7, 2017 |  Kazakhstan
|
Men | Abzal Rakimgaliev | N/A | [3] |
| February 7, 2017 | Japan
|
Ladies | Satoko Miyahara | Rika Hongo | Stress fracture[11] |
| February 9, 2017 | Kazakhstan
|
Men | Denis Ten | N/A | [3] |
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 | |