2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships


The 2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was a Senior ISU figure skating championship held in the 2014–15 season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing for the title of Four Continents Champion. The event's name refers to the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, which are four of the continents represented in the Olympic rings, omitting Europe.
In February 2015, the Korea Skating Union organised a competition that was held at the Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul, South Korea. The rink has a seating capacity of 5,000 spectators.
The 2015 competition featured a total of ninety-one athletes from fifteen nations from North America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. There were twenty-six competitors in the men's event and nineteen competitors in the ladies' event. There was also be pair teams and thirteen ice dancing teams.

Qualification

The competition was open to skaters from non-European member nations of the International Skating Union who reach the age of 15 before July 1, 2014. The corresponding competition for European skaters will be the 2015 European Championships.
National associations selected up to three skaters to compete in both singles disciplines and three couples in both Pairs and Ice Dancing. Selection is based on each associations own criteria but the ISU mandates that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score at an international event prior to the Four Continents.

Minimum TES

Entries

Withdrawals

All times are Korea Standard Time.
DayDateStartFinishDisciplineEvent
Day 1Thursday, 12 February11:3013:40Ice dancingShort dance
Day 1Thursday, 12 February14:1015:55PairsShort program
Day 1Thursday, 12 February16:3017:00Opening ceremony
Day 1Thursday, 12 February17:1521:20MenShort program
Day 2Friday, 13 February13:3016:00Ice dancingFree dance
Day 2Friday, 13 February16:0016:15Ice dancingVictory ceremony
Day 2Friday, 13 February17:0019:50LadiesShort program
Day 3Saturday, 14 February14:3016:30PairsFree skating
Day 3Saturday, 14 February16:3016:45PairsVictory ceremony
Day 3Saturday, 14 February17:3021:35MenFree skating
Day 3Saturday, 14 February21:3521:50MenVictory ceremony
Day 4Sunday, 15 February12:3015:45LadiesFree skating
Day 4Sunday, 15 February15:4516:00LadiesVictory ceremony
Day 4Sunday, 15 February17:3019:30Exhibition gala

Overview and record

2014 Men's champion Takahito Mura & Pair's Champions Wenjing Sui / Cong Han participated in the competition. 2014 Ladies' champion Kanako Murakami & Ice dancing champions Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue did not defend their titles as they were not selected by their respected National associations to compete at the 2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.
Argentina was represented by a skater at the Four Continents Championships for the first time in history.

Results

Men

Final results

Short program

In the Short Program, the Program Component Score is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components - Skating Skills, Transitions & Linking Footwork, Performance & Execution, Choreography & Composition and Interpretation. That total is then multiplied by 1.00. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 50 points.
Pl.NameNationTSSTESPCSSSTRPECHINDed.StN.
1Denis Ten97.6152.8644.758.828.549.149.049.210.00#26
2Shoma Uno88.9049.7239.188.117.467.897.867.860.00#22
3Yan Han87.3447.4439.908.217.688.048.047.930.00#24
4Takahito Mura84.8845.7739.118.047.467.897.937.790.00#21
5Joshua Farris84.2944.5339.767.827.618.118.048.180.00#20
6Daisuke Murakami82.8645.4337.437.647.077.687.547.500.00#14
7Misha Ge82.2543.2539.007.717.367.967.938.040.00#25
8Jeremy Ten77.0940.9436.157.187.007.297.297.390.00#15
9Jason Brown75.8636.5039.367.757.687.937.968.040.00#23
10Wang Yi72.8340.5432.296.616.116.576.466.540.00#11
11Liam Firus70.2137.2532.966.646.366.576.686.710.00#2
12Adam Rippon68.3731.5536.827.616.867.397.467.500.00#17
13Ronald Lam63.8935.6429.255.965.545.826.005.931.00#7
14Nam Nguyen63.7831.7733.016.756.366.436.796.681.00#19
15Lee June-hyoung63.3530.7432.616.646.186.616.686.500.00#18
16Brendan Kerry63.2333.5530.686.325.796.116.326.141.00#10
17Kim Jin-seo61.5329.8231.716.616.006.396.396.320.00#16
18Denis Margalik60.8131.3130.506.075.866.216.186.181.00#8
19Abzal Rakimgaliev57.5429.0428.505.965.145.795.865.750.00#6
20Julian Zhi Jie Yee57.0231.1627.865.685.325.545.715.612.00#12
21Chih-I Tsao55.2727.0628.215.795.325.755.715.640.00#9
22Guan Yuhang54.9928.4127.585.795.185.545.575.501.00#5
23Byun Se-jong54.2027.4926.715.614.965.395.435.320.00#13
24Harry Hau Yin Lee51.1028.0623.044.614.294.754.684.710.00#1
25Andrew Dodds46.9122.6025.315.214.715.045.215.141.00#3
26Jui-Shu Chen44.4822.8021.684.544.004.394.544.210.00#4

Free skating

In the Free Skating, the Program Component Score is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components - Skating Skills, Transitions & Linking Footwork, Performance & Execution, Choreography & Composition and Interpretation. That total is then multiplied by 2.00. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 100 points.
Pl.NameNationTSSTESPCSSSTRPECHINDed.StN.
1Denis Ten191.85100.4591.409.218.759.329.219.210.00#22
2Joshua Farris175.7291.0284.708.258.148.578.648.650.00#21
3Daisuke Murakami173.6191.4782.148.397.968.328.298.110.00#24
4Yan Han172.1388.9983.148.547.898.468.298.390.00#19
5Shoma Uno167.5586.1182.448.507.938.258.298.251.00#23
6Jason Brown167.3584.2383.128.218.118.398.398.460.00#13
7Takahito Mura150.8772.3778.508.077.547.897.937.820.00#20
8Nam Nguyen145.5578.4767.086.826.326.756.866.790.00#7
9Misha Ge143.9568.2975.667.577.117.757.617.790.00#15
10Adam Rippon143.9370.0175.927.687.147.717.687.752.00#14
11Wang Yi141.9370.7371.207.216.717.327.187.180.00#18
12Ronald Lam138.9275.1064.826.546.116.616.616.541.00#9
13Kim Jin-seo138.1172.9165.206.646.076.716.576.610.00#8
14Jeremy Ten130.6658.7873.887.437.117.297.547.572.00#16
15Denis Margalik130.4466.4663.986.466.186.646.326.390.00#10
16Liam Firus129.6061.9669.647.216.686.897.007.042.00#17
17Chih-I Tsao123.1963.9159.286.185.576.145.865.890.00#6
18Brendan Kerry118.0258.0859.946.325.755.866.185.860.00#11
19Lee June-hyoung116.7154.0163.706.466.146.326.506.431.00#12
20Abzal Rakimgaliev110.5656.0655.505.715.115.645.615.681.00#4
21Guan Yuhang107.5252.6055.925.715.185.685.755.641.00#3
22Julian Zhi Jie Yee100.3348.4751.865.434.795.365.215.140.00#1
23Byun Se-jong100.0049.3050.705.214.715.045.185.210.00#2
24Harry Hau Yin Lee83.0040.3643.644.574.044.364.464.391.00#5

Ladies

Final results

Short program

In the Short Program, the Program Component Score is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components - Skating Skills, Transitions & Linking Footwork, Performance & Execution, Choreography & Composition and Interpretation. That total is then multiplied by 0.80. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 40 points.
Pl.NameNationTSSTESPCSSSTRPECHINDed.StN.
1Satoko Miyahara64.8435.8129.037.257.117.367.437.140.00#17
2Gracie Gold62.6732.5330.147.647.327.437.617.680.00#16
3Rika Hongo61.2833.3127.977.146.717.077.047.000.00#18
4Polina Edmunds61.0333.2627.777.006.757.076.966.930.00#13
5Li Zijun60.2831.8028.487.186.897.257.187.110.00#19
6Alaine Chartrand58.5032.2326.276.686.186.716.646.640.00#10
7Yuka Nagai56.9431.5925.356.506.076.546.326.250.00#7
8Gabrielle Daleman55.2529.1026.156.616.296.546.716.540.00#11
9Samantha Cesario54.9528.4026.556.576.506.616.716.790.00#15
10Park So-youn53.4727.9925.486.616.186.436.396.250.00#14
11Kim Hae-jin51.4128.7222.696.005.295.865.645.570.00#4
12Kailani Craine47.9127.7120.205.004.895.115.045.210.00#2
13Véronik Mallet42.2923.2121.715.645.365.255.505.392.00#8
14Isadora Williams42.6822.7019.985.044.794.965.115.070.00#3
15Chea Song-joo42.1621.8420.325.214.865.075.185.070.00#1
16Melissa Bulanhagui41.6722.3619.314.894.574.824.964.890.00#6
17Alisson Krystle Perticheto41.6323.3419.294.794.504.934.865.041.00#5
18Brooklee Han40.6821.5420.145.074.894.895.255.071.00#12
19Reyna Hamui39.9320.9319.004.714.434.754.825.040.00#9

Free skating

In the Free Skating, the Program Component Score is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components - Skating Skills, Transitions & Linking Footwork, Performance & Execution, Choreography & Composition and Interpretation. That total is then multiplied by 1.60. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 80 points.
Pl.NameNationTSSTESPCSSSTRPECHINDed.StN.
1Polina Edmunds122.9963.8359.167.367.117.577.437.500.00#16
2Satoko Miyahara116.7561.0556.707.296.867.077.187.041.00#17
3Rika Hongo116.1659.8956.277.186.717.147.147.000.00#15
4Li Zijun115.6458.4457.207.256.867.257.257.140.00#18
5Gracie Gold113.9153.5060.417.617.507.257.717.680.00#19
6Gabrielle Daleman111.8458.1953.656.796.466.896.686.710.00#14
7Samantha Cesario111.8156.2855.536.756.576.967.217.210.00#12
8Yuka Nagai111.1559.3851.776.756.116.546.576.390.00#13
9Park So-youn110.2859.8051.486.646.006.546.576.431.00#11
10Alaine Chartrand102.7252.2750.456.645.966.146.366.430.00#10
11Chea Song-joo96.9351.2645.675.865.435.755.755.750.00#9
12Kim Hae-jin95.8953.9242.975.864.825.645.295.251.00#5
13Kailani Craine94.2550.9843.275.615.145.575.365.360.00#8
14Veronik Mallet87.2344.5944.645.755.295.575.615.682.00#7
15Melissa Bulanhagui84.6546.3538.304.934.574.864.864.710.00#1
16Alisson Krystle Perticheto74.2437.9437.304.824.394.794.644.681.00#4
17Brooklee Han73.3439.5137.835.114.614.394.824.714.00#3
18Isadora Williams71.2833.6638.625.074.574.754.864.891.00#6
19Reyna Hamui66.0131.0235.994.714.114.464.574.641.00#2

Pairs

Final results

Short program

In the Short Program, the Program Component Score is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components - Skating Skills, Transitions & Linking Footwork, Performance & Execution, Choreography & Composition and Interpretation. That total is then multiplied by 0.80. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 40 points.
Pl.NameNationTSSTESPCSSSTRPECHINDed.StN.
1Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford75.6741.0734.608.718.508.718.578.750.00#8
2Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao69.8136.7633.058.258.148.298.258.390.00#9
3Sui Wenjing / Han Cong69.1937.3331.867.937.868.008.048.000.00#5
4Pang Qing / Tong Jian66.8733.6533.228.437.968.398.298.460.00#7
5Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim63.5433.0630.487.647.367.797.647.680.00#10
6Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch60.1331.7628.377.046.687.297.217.250.00#1
7Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro59.3031.7627.546.896.616.937.007.000.00#2
8Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea57.9130.8527.066.686.546.826.826.960.00#4
9Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier56.9829.1228.867.327.007.187.257.321.00#6
10Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara45.6323.8322.805.795.545.715.795.681.00#3

Free skating

In the Free Skating, the Program Component Score is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components - Skating Skills, Transitions & Linking Footwork, Performance & Execution, Choreography & Composition and Interpretation. That total is then multiplied by 1.60. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 80 points.
Pl.NameNationTSSTESPCSSSTRPECHINDed.StN.
1Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford143.8173.3970.428.938.618.868.798.820.00#8
2Pang Qing / Tong Jian133.1262.3270.808.758.618.898.869.140.00#10
3Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao131.6465.7766.878.438.188.368.398.431.00#9
4Sui Wenjing / Han Cong129.6963.9365.768.298.078.328.298.140.00#7
5Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim124.4463.3661.087.757.467.717.617.640.00#4
6Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch113.3755.8957.487.217.187.187.217.140.00#5
7Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier110.5955.0856.517.146.937.007.187.071.00#1
8Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea108.7654.5055.266.936.756.797.186.891.00#3
9Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro101.4048.1154.296.936.646.616.966.791.00#6
10Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara87.2144.2743.945.715.325.505.615.321.00#2

Ice dancing

Final results

Short dance

In the Short Dance, the Program Component Score is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components - Skating Skills, Transitions & Linking Footwork, Performance & Execution, Choreography & Composition and Interpretation & Timing. That total is then multiplied by 0.80. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 40 points.
Pl.NameNationTSSTESPCSSSTRPECCITDed.StN.
1Madison Chock / Evan Bates70.3834.9635.428.688.688.938.969.040.00#12
2Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani69.6535.8533.808.438.218.548.618.460.00#11
3Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje68.3132.1236.198.938.759.149.299.140.00#10
4Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier63.4532.1331.327.797.827.798.077.680.00#13
5Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam61.3431.7129.637.367.187.507.437.570.00#7
6Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker58.3128.6829.637.327.217.467.547.500.00#9
7Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu48.7126.6223.095.715.545.865.895.861.00#5
8Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion47.8026.6322.175.575.215.505.755.681.00#4
9Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov46.5423.5323.015.795.545.795.795.860.00#8
10Zhao Yue / Zheng Xun43.5921.3922.205.575.215.685.685.610.00#1
11Zhang Yiyi / Wu Nan42.5420.5622.985.825.545.715.865.791.00#6
12Pilar Maekawa / Leonardo Maekawa40.8622.1618.704.684.434.684.964.640.00#2
13Karina Uzurova / Ilias Ali39.8419.7720.075.074.755.075.115.070.00#3

Free dance

In the Free Dance, the Program Component Score is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components - Skating Skills, Transitions & Linking Footwork, Performance & Execution, Choreography & Composition and Interpretation & Timing. That total is then multiplied by 1.20. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 60 points.

Medals summary

Medalists

Medals for overall placement:
Small medals for placement in the short segment:
Small medals for placement in the free segment:

Medals by country

Table of medals for overall placement:
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:

Prize money

Prize money is awarded to skaters who achieve a top 12 placement in each discipline as follows: