The 2024

World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). The first World Championships were held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and they have been held e ...

were held from March 18–24, 2024, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), the World Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figure skating, second only to the Olympics. Montreal had originally been scheduled to host the 2020 World Championships, which were cancelled due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles,

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...

, and ice dance. The competition determined the entry quotas for each skating federation at the 2025 World Championships. The ISU published a complete list of entries on February 27, 2024. Ilia Malinin of the United States won the men's event, Kaori Sakamoto of Japan won the women's event, Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Canada won the pairs event, and Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States won the ice dance event.

Qualification

Age and minimum TES requirements

Skaters were eligible for the 2024 World Championships if they turned 16 years of age before July 1, 2023, and if they met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepted technical minimum scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions during the ongoing season at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships or during the preceding season.

Number of entries per discipline

Based on the results of the 2023 World Championships, each ISU member nation could field one to three entries per discipline. Russia and Belarus were banned from participating "until further notice" due to the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

. If not listed on this table, the nation could field one entry.

Changes to preliminary entries

Medal summary

Medalists

Medals were awarded to the skaters or teams who achieved the highest overall placements in each discipline. Small medals were awarded to the skaters or teams who achieved the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline. Small medals were awarded to the skaters or teams who achieved the highest free skate or free dance placements in each discipline.

Medals by country

Records

The following new record high score was set during this event.

Results

Men's singles

After a disastrous short program, where he finished in nineteenth place, Adam Siao Him Fa of France rallied back in a free skate performance that included four successful quadruple jumps, finishing second in the free skate and third overall. This was the largest comeback in the history of the World Championships. Meanwhile, Ilia Malinin of the United States set a new record for the highest score in the free skate. His score of 227.79 beat the previous record held by Nathan Chen, also of the United States. Malinin's free skate included six quadruple jumps, including his signature quadruple Axel.

Women's singles

Pairs

At age 40, Deanna Stellato-Dudek became the oldest woman to win a gold medal at the World Championships. She had competed in single skating as a teenager, winning a gold medal at the 1999 Junior Grand Prix Final and a silver medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships, before retiring in 2001 due to injury. She returned to skating as a pair skater in 2016, first with Nathan Bartholomay and competing for the United States, and then with Maxime Deschamps and competing for Canada. When speaking about her record-setting accomplishment, Stellato-Dudek stated that "it is something I take with huge pride. I hope others can be inspired to stay around a lot longer, not only in sport, but also in other aspects of life.”

Ice dance

References

External links

*
2024 World Championships
at the International Skating Union
2024 World Championships
at Skating Scores {{DEFAULTSORT:World Figure Skating Championships, 2024

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

2024 World Figure Skating Championships

2024 in Canadian sports March 2024 sports events in Canada Sports competitions in Montreal 2024 in Montreal 2024 in sports in Quebec