Figure skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics - Qualification

Figure skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics - Qualification

The overall quota for the figure skating competition is 76 total skaters, consisting of 38 men and 38 ladies. There will be 16 skaters in each of the single skating disciplines (men's and ladies'), 10 pair skating teams, and 12 ice dancing team. The maximum number of entries that can be qualified by a National Olympic Committee is 2 per event, making 12 (6 men, 6 ladies) the maximum number of entries that a country can qualify.

Qualification system

Skater qualification

There is no individual athlete qualification to the Olympics; the choice of which athlete(s) to send to the Games is at the discretion of each country's National Olympic Committee.

Country qualification

The number of entries for the figure skating events at the Olympic Games is limited by a quota set by the International Olympic Committee. There will be 16 skaters in the disciplines of men's and ladies singles, 10 pair skating teams, and 12 ice dancing teams.

Countries may qualify entries to the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in two ways. The host country, if it has not already qualified replaces the last qualified entry in that respective event.

The majority of the country qualification occurred at the 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. At the World Junior Championships, countries qualified up to 2 entries in each discipline. Every discipline qualifies separately.

The remainder of the spots were filled at the 2011–2012 ISU Junior Grand Prix, held in between August and December 2011. Countries who had already earned an entry to the Olympics were not allowed to qualify more entries at this final qualifying competition. If Austria does no qualify an athlete in an event, it will subsitute the last country that earned a berth in that event.

Note: Quebec City, is the last event of the grand prix and thus is the place were the final qualifiers will be known.

Qualified countries

Boy's singles

Girl's singles

Pairs skating

Ice dancing

Reflist

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