Figure skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
| Figure Skating at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games | |
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| Venue | OlympiaWorld Innsbruck |
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| Dates | January 14–22, 2012 |
| Competitors | 66 from 21 nations |
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| Singles | boys' | girls' |
| Pairs | mixed | |
| Ice dancing | mixed | |
| Team trophy | mixed | |
Figure skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics will take place at the OlympiaWorld venue in Innsbruck, Austria.[1]
Unique to the Youth Olympic Games is a mixed NOC team trophy competition.[1]
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Russia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 |  China | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| — |  Mixed-NOCs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
Events
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys' singles |
Yan Han China (CHN) |
Shoma Uno Japan (JPN) |
Feodosiy Efremenkov Russia (RUS) |
| Girls' singles |
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Russia (RUS) |
Adelina Sotnikova Russia (RUS) |
Li Zijun China (CHN) |
| Pair skating |
Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang China (CHN) |
Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Russia (RUS) |
Anastasia Dolidze / Vadim Ivanov Russia (RUS) |
| Ice dancing |
Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov Russia (RUS) |
Oleksandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin Ukraine (UKR) |
Maria Simonova / Dmitri Dragun Russia (RUS) |
| Mixed NOC team |
Shoma Uno (JPN) Jordan Bauth (USA).svg.png){kind=small} Eugenia Tkachenka / Yuri Gulitski (BLR) |
Yaroslav Paniot (UKR) Eveliina Viljanen (FIN) Maria Simonova / Dmitri Dragun (RUS) |
 Alexander Lyan (KAZ) Park So-youn (KOR) Estelle Elizabeth / Romain Le Gac (FRA) |
Eligibility
To be eligible for the 2012 Youth Olympic Games, athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1997.
Exception: Male skaters in pairs and ice dance may have been born between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1997.[2]
Qualification system
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.
If a country places a skater in the first, second or third position in a 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships discipline they qualify for two spots in that discipline at the Youth Olympics.[2] All other nations may enter one athlete until a quota spot of 12 for each single event, 7 for pairs and 9 for ice dancing is reached. There are a further four spots for each single event and three spots for pairs/ice dancing at the 2011–2012 ISU Junior Grand Prix.[1]
References
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