The figure skating team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held from 9 to 12 February at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The team event consisted of competitions in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters and teams earned points based on their placements in each event, and the medalists were determined based on the total points earned. Ultimately, the team from Canada won the gold, the team representing the Olympic Athletes from Russia won the silver, and the team from the United States won the bronze. During the course of the competition, Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia set a new world record score in the women's short program.

Background The team event is the newest Olympic figure skating event and was first contested at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The event combines the four Olympic figure skating disciplines (men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance) into a single event; skaters earn points based on their placement in each discipline, and the gold medals are awarded to the team that earns the most placement points. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, the team from Russia won the team event, while the team from Canada finished in second place, and the team from the United States finished third.

In 2016, an independent report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed allegations that the Russian Olympic team had been involved in a state-sponsored doping program from at least late 2011 through February 2014, when Russia hosted the Winter Olympics in Sochi. On 5 December 2017, the International Olympic Committee announced that the Russian Olympic Committee had been suspended from the 2018 Winter Olympics. Athletes with no previous drug violations and a consistent history of drug testing were permitted to compete under the Olympic flag as an "Olympic Athlete from Russia" (OAR). Under the terms of the decree, neither the Russian flag nor anthem were to be used at the Olympics; the Olympic flag and Olympic Anthem were used instead.

The figure skating team event was one of five figure skating competitions contested at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. It was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena over three days between 9 and 12 February. The team from Canada was predicted to be the Russians' biggest challenge in defending their gold-medal win from 2014. Patrick Chan, Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir, Meagan Duhamel, and Eric Radford were all members of the Canadian team that had won the silver in 2014. Chan, Virtue, and Moir had all come out of retirement with the express purpose of again competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Patrick Chan was at that point a three-time world champion, two-time Four Continents champion, and seven-time Canadian national champion. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir had already won three Olympic medals – gold in ice dance in 2010 and silver in ice dance in 2014, in addition to the silver from the 2014 team event – and were three-time world champions, three-time Four Continents champions, and eight-time Canadian national champions. Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford were two-time world champions in pair skating, two-time Four Continents champions, and seven-time Canadian national champions.

Qualification For the team event, scores from the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships and the 2017–18 Grand Prix Series were tabulated to establish the top ten nations. For a nation to qualify for the team event, it had to have qualified entrants in at least three of the four disciplines (men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, or ice dance). If there were not ten nations that had qualified entrants in all four disciplines, nations with only three entrants could use the ISU's "Additional Athletes Quota" to complete their team. These additional athletes were eligible to compete in the team event but not in the individual Olympic figure skating events.

+Qualification for figure skating team event Nation Total 1 6084 2 5924 3 5055 4 4345 5 4231 6 3801 7 3652 8 2806 9 1521 10 1397

Entries Code key

Member nations submitted the following entrants for the indicated segments in each discipline. +Team event entrants Country Men Women Pairs Ice dance Patrick Chan Kaetlyn Osmond Gabrielle Daleman Yan Han Li Xiangning Chafik Besseghier Maé-Bérénice Méité Paul Fentz Nicole Schott Alexei Bychenko Aimee Buchanan Matteo Rizzo Carolina Kostner Shoma Uno Satoko Miyahara Keiji Tanaka Kaori Sakamoto Mikhail Kolyada Evgenia Medvedeva Alina Zagitova Cha Jun-hwan Choi Da-bin Nathan Chen Bradie Tennell Adam Rippon Mirai Nagasu

Required performance elements Single skating Men competing in the team event performed their short programs on 9 February, while women performed theirs on 11 February. Lasting 2 minutes 40 seconds (+/− 10 seconds), the short program for men and women had to include the following elements:

For men: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump immediately preceded by connecting steps; 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 immediately preceded by connecting steps; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; 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 a step sequence using the full ice surface.

The five teams with the most points after the first round advanced to the final round. Regardless of their scores in the short program, the men and women from the top five teams performed their free skates on 12 February.

For men: Lasting 4 minutes 30 seconds (+/− 10 seconds), the free skate for men had to include the following: eight 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.

For women: Lasting 4 minutes (+/− 10 seconds), the free skate for 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.

Pair skating Pairs competing in the team event performed their short programs on 9 February. Lasting 2 minutes 40 seconds (+/− 10 seconds), the short program had to include the following elements: one hip lift, one double or triple twist lift, one double or triple throw jump, one double or triple solo jump, one pair spin combination with a change of foot, one death spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.

The five teams with the most points after the first round advanced to the final round. Regardless of their scores in the short program, the couples from the top five teams performed their free skates on 11 February. Lasting 4 minutes 30 seconds (+/− 10 seconds), the free skate had to include the following: three pair lifts, one 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 Ice dance couples competing in the team event performed their short dances on 11 February. Lasting 2 minutes 50 seconds (+/− 10 seconds), teams had to choose from one of the following rhythms: cha-cha, rhumba, samba, mambo, meringue, salsa, bachata, or any closely related Latin American rhythm. The required pattern dance element was the rhumba. The short dance had to include the following elements: the pattern dance element, one dance lift, one pattern dance step sequence while in hold, one step sequence while not touching, and one set of sequential twizzles.

The five teams with the most points after the first round advanced to the final round. Regardless of their scores in the short dance, the couples from the top five teams performed their free dances on 12 February. Lasting 4 minutes (+/− 10 seconds), the free dance had to include the following: one short lift and one combination lift, or three short lifts; one dance spin; one set of synchronized twizzles; one straight-line step sequence while in hold; one curved step sequence while in hold; and two 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 five program components (skating skills, transitions, performance, composition, and musical interpretation/timing). 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 −3 to +3 based on the quality of its execution. Each Grade of Execution (GOE) from –3 to +3 was assigned a value as indicated on the Scale of Values. For example, a triple Axel was worth a base value of 8.50 points, and a GOE of +3 was worth 3.00 points, so a triple Axel with a GOE of +3 earned 11.50 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 Short dance Free skate Free dance Men 1.00 2.00 Women 0.80 1.60 Pairs 0.80 1.60 Ice dance 0.80 1.20 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.

Team event scoring The ten skaters or teams in each discipline performed their short programs and short dances first, and they were judged just as they would be at any other figure skating competition. The skater or team in each discipline who received the highest score earned ten points, the next highest score earned nine points, and so on. Once all four events were held, the points earned in each event were totaled, and the five teams with the highest totals moved on to the final round. Teams could elect to substitute up to two skaters or teams at this point. The five skaters or teams in each discipline then performed their free skates and free dances, and again received scores from the judges. The skater or team in each discipline who received the highest score earned ten points, and so on. Once all four events were held, the points earned over both rounds were totaled to determine the medalists.

Medal summary Gold Silver Bronze+Medal summary

Results (qualifying round) Code key

Men's singles