Figure Skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Dates 9 – 21 February 1992
Medal Events 4

There were no longer compulsory figures to be skated for men and women, those having been eliminated from international competition after the 1991 World Championships. The competitions were still scored by factored placements, and with only two phases for men and women, the factors were now 33.3% (1/3rd) for the short program and 66.7% (2/3rd) for the free skate. With compulsories eliminated, any skater placing in the top three in the short program would win the competition by winning the free skate. There were no changes to the pairs program or scoring system. A minor change occurred in ice dancing. Previously, there had been three phases, with several compulsory dances constituting one phase, the second phase being the optional set pattern dance, followed by a free dance. The compulsory dances were now separated into two dances and two separate phases, with the factors being 10% for each compulsory dance, 30% for the optional set pattern dance, and 50% for the free dance.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Singles, Men Olympic 13 – 15 February 1992 30 22
Singles, Women Olympic 19 – 21 February 1992 29 21
Pairs, Mixed Olympic 9 – 11 February 1992 36 11
Ice Dancing, Mixed Olympic 14 – 17 February 1992 38 12
133 (67/66) 28 (25/25)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Singles, Men Viktor PetrenkoEUN Paul WylieUSA Petr BarnaTCH
Singles, Women Kristi YamaguchiUSA Midori ItoJPN Nancy KerriganUSA
Pairs, Mixed Unified Team 1EUN Unified Team 2EUN Canada 1CAN
Ice Dancing, Mixed Unified Team 1EUN France 1FRA Unified Team 2EUN

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Unified Team EUN 3 1 1 5
United States USA 1 1 1 3
France FRA 0 1 0 1
Japan JPN 0 1 0 1
Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1