The number of entries for the figure skating events at the Winter Olympics is determined by quotas set by the International Olympic Committee. A total of 144 quota spots were available to athletes to compete in the figure skating events at the 2022 Winter Olympics. There were 30 spots allotted each in men's and women's singles, 19 in pair skating, and 23 in ice dance. Additionally, ten nations qualified for the team event. There is no individual athlete qualification to the Olympics; the choice of whom to send is at the discretion of each country's National Olympic Committee. Each National Olympic Committee could enter up to 18 skaters total, with a maximum of nine men or nine women. Japan, Russia, and the United States ultimately earned three quota spots each in the men's and women's events; Russia earned three quota spots in the pairs' event; and Canada, Russia, and the United States earned three quota spots each in the ice dance event.

Qualification of nations Countries were able to qualify entries to the 2022 Winter Olympics in two ways. Most spots were allocated based on the results of the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships. There, countries were able to qualify up to three entries in each discipline according to a predetermined system. The results of the 2021 World Championships determined 83 total spots: 24 entries each in men's and women's singles, 16 in pairs, and 19 in ice dance.

The remainder of the spots were filled at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy in late September 2021. Countries that had already earned an entry to the Olympics were not allowed to qualify additional entries at this final qualifying competition. However, if a country had earned two or three spots at the World Championships, but did not have two or three skaters, respectively, qualify for the free skate, then they were allowed to send a skater who did not reach the free segment at the World Championships to the Nebelhorn Trophy to qualify the remaining spot(s). Unlike at the World Championships, where countries could qualify more than one spot depending on the placement of their skater(s), at the Nebelhorn Trophy, countries could earn only one spot per discipline, regardless of ranking.

Initially, a total of six spots per singles event, three spots in pairs, and four in ice dance were available at the Nebelhorn Trophy. One additional quota spot became available in men's singles following the 2021 World Championships. According to guidelines established by the International Skating Union (ISU), nations had to select skaters and teams who had achieved a minimum Total Elements Score at an ISU-recognized international competition on or before 24 January 2022.

For the team event, scores from the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships and the 2021–22 Grand Prix of Figure Skating season were tabulated to establish the top ten nations. Each nation compiled a score from their top performers in each of the four disciplines. The 2021 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, which was to be held in December 2021, was to be the final event to affect the team event score, but it was cancelled.

Qualified nations

+Number of qualified skaters or teams per nation Nations Men's singles Women's singles Pairs Ice dance Team event Skater(s) 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 13 1 1 2 1 8 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 9 3 3 1 1 10 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 18 2 2 4 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 6 3 3 2 3 16 Total: 32 s 30 30 19 teams 23 teams 10 teams 4 148

Qualification summary Men's singles Twenty-three quota spots in the men's event were awarded based on the results at the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships. Only twenty-three spots out of a possible twenty-four were awarded, because, while Yan Han and Jin Boyang of China both qualified for the free skate, they only earned enough points to qualify China for one Olympic entry. Therefore, the extra quota spot was made available at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy along with the other six slots originally allocated.

+Qualifying nations in men's singles Event Skatersper Qualifying NOCs Totalskaters 2021 World Championships 3 23 2 1 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy 1 7 Total 30

Women's singles Twenty-four quota spots in the women's event were awarded based on results at the 2021 World Championships. An additional six quota spots were earned at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy.

+Qualifying nations in women's singles Event Skatersper Qualifying NOCs Totalskaters 2021 World Championships 3 24 2 1 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy 1 6 Total 30

Pairs Sixteen quota spots in the pairs' event were awarded based on results at the 2021 World Championships. An additional three quota spots were earned at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy.

+Qualifying nations in pairs Event Teamsper Qualifying NOCs Totalteams 2021 World Championships 3 16 2 1 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy 1 3 Total 19

Ice dance Nineteen quota spots in the ice dance event were awarded based on results at the 2021 World Championships. An additional four quota spots were earned at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy.

+Qualifying nations in ice dance Event Teamsper Qualifying NOCs Totalteams 2021 World Championships 3 19 1 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy 1 4 Total 23

Team event In order 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 three entrants could use an Additional Athlete Quota to fill their team. These additional athletes were eligible to compete in the team event, but not in the individual Olympic events. The nations which qualified for the team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics are identified with a green check mark () in the last column.

+Qualification for figure skating team event Nation Total 1 5947 2 5209 3 3949 4 3830 5 2809 6 2774 7 1878 8 1781 9 1480 10 1474 11 1472 12 1183 13 1162 14 1137 15 1111 16 896 17 893

Top four NOCs on waitlist per discipline If a country rejected a quota spot, then the additional quota became available. A country could be eligible for one quota spot per event in the reallocation process. The following list was compiled after the remaining spots were allocated at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy. No quota spots were vacated after the Nebelhorn Trophy.

+Quota spot waitlist Men's singles Women's singles Pairs Ice dance

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