Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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The following is about the qualification rules and allocation of spots for the figure skating events at the 2026 Winter Olympics.^[1]

Qualification system

A total of 142 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 18 athletes can be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 9 men or 9 women. There is also an "Additional Athletes Quota" which allows up to a maximum of 5 more total skaters, bringing the potential total to 147. The host (Italy) is the priority for these additional places so that if they have met minimum standards they may have an entry in each event, other than the team event. If unused, these five quotas can be used to qualify nations for the team event if they only need an entry in one more discipline.^[1]

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. Each country is allowed a maximum of three entries per discipline, resulting in a maximum of 18 athletes (nine men and nine women) possible per country.

According to ISU rules, countries must select their entries from among skaters who have achieved a minimum combined total technical elements score (TES) at an ISU-recognized international competition on or before 26 January 2026.^[1]

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. A total of 142 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. There will be 29 skaters each in the disciplines of men's and women's singles, 19 pair skating teams, and 23 ice dance teams. Additionally, ten nations qualify for the team event.

Countries will be able to qualify entries to the 2026 Winter Olympics in two ways. Most spots are allocated based on the results of the 2025 World Championships. At the event, countries will be able to qualify up to three entries in each discipline according to the following system which differs slightly from the qualification to the 2026 World Championships. According to ISU rule 400, nations cannot directly qualify more quotas than are entered, and only entries that perform in the free skate are considered.^[2] Every discipline qualifies independently.

At the World Championships, the system is as follows:

Number of skaters/teams in free skate at Worlds	To earn 3 entries directly to the Olympics	To earn 2 entries directly to the Olympics	To earn 1 extra entry to September qualifying competition	To earn 1 entry directly to the Olympics
1			Finish in top ten[a]	Be ranked high enough among single entries within qualifying limits of competition
2		Total placements is equal to or less than 28	Total placements is equal to or less than 13
3	Top two placements is equal to or less than 13	Top two placements is equal to or less than 28

• According to the ISU's Rule 378(2), any competitor who qualified for the free program received a maximum placement score of 16, and any competitor who failed to qualify for the free program received a maximum placement score of 18.^[2]

1. NOC could also have a second skater not in the free skate where the placement total does not exceed 28.

Qualification spots available per tournament

The results of the 2025 World Championships will determine 83 total spots: 24 entries in each singles discipline, 16 in pairs, and 19 in ice dance. The available spots will be award going down the results list, with multiple spots being awarded first.

The remainder of the spots will be filled at an ISU Qualifying Competition in Beijing, China in late September 2025. Countries that had already earned an entry to the Olympics will not be allowed to qualify additional entries at this final qualifying competition. However, if a country earned two or three spots at the World Championships, but did not have two or three skaters, respectively, qualify for the free skate, then they were allowed to send a skater who did not reach the free segment at World Championships to the competition to qualify the remaining spot(s). Unlike at the World Championships, where countries could qualify more than one spot depending on the placement of their skater(s), at the Qualifying Competition, countries could earn only one spot per discipline, regardless of ranking. The ISU has decided that 6 politically evaluated and screened skaters from Russia and 6 from Belarus can qualify as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), and only from the final qualifying competition. Accordingly they will only be able to qualify one quota per discipline and will not be eligible for the team trophy.^[3]

If a country declines to use one or more of its qualified spots, the vacated spot is awarded using the results of the ISU competition in descending order of placement.

For the team trophy, scores from the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships and the 2025–26 Grand Prix season, will be tabulated to establish the ten top nations. Each nation compiles a score from their top performers in each of the four disciplines. The Grand Prix Final, taking place in early December 2025, will be the final event to affect the Team Trophy score.

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2025 World Figure Skating Championships	26–30 March 2025	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
ISU Qualifying Competition	17–21 September 2025	Beijing, China

Qualified countries

Nations	Men's singles	Women's singles	Pairs	Ice dance	Additional	Team event	Athlete(s)
Australia			1				2
Austria		1					1
Azerbaijan	1						1
Belgium		1					1
Bulgaria		1					1
Canada	1	1	2	3			12
China	1						1
Czech Republic				2			4
Estonia	1	1					2
Finland		1		2			5
France	2	1		2			7
Georgia	1		1	1			5
Germany			2	1			6
Great Britain		1	1	2			7
Hungary			1				2
Israel		1					1
Italy	2	1	2	1			9
Japan	3	3	1				8
Kazakhstan	1	1					2
Latvia	2						2
Lithuania		1					1
Netherlands			1				2
Poland	1	1	1				4
Romania		1					1
Slovakia	1						1
South Korea	1	2		1			5
Spain	1			1			3
Sweden	1						1
Switzerland	1	2					3
United States	3	3	2	3			16
Uzbekistan			1				2
Total: 30 NOCs	24	24	16	19	0	0	118

Source:^[4]

Qualification summary

Men's singles

Event	Location	Athletes per NOC	Qualified	Total
2025 World Championships	Boston	3	United States  Japan	24[4]
		2	France[a]  Italy  Latvia
		1	Kazakhstan[a]  South Korea[a]  Georgia[a]  Switzerland  Canada  Azerbaijan  Slovakia  Sweden  China  Estonia  Spain  Poland
ISU Qualifying Competition	Beijing	1		5
Total				29

1. Can also enter a skater in the ISU Qualifying Competition

Women's singles

Event	Location	Athletes per NOC	Qualified	Total
2025 World Championships	Boston	3	United States  Japan	24[4]
		2	South Korea  Switzerland
		1	Belgium[a]  Estonia[a]  Canada  Italy  Kazakhstan  France  Israel  Austria  Finland  Romania  Poland  Bulgaria  Great Britain  Lithuania
ISU Qualifying Competition	Beijing	1		5
Total				29

1. Can also enter a skater in the ISU Qualifying Competition

Pairs

Event	Location	Pairs per NOC	Qualified	Total
2025 World Championships	Boston	3	—	16[4]
		2	Canada  Italy  Germany  United States[a]
		1	Japan[a]  Georgia[a]  Australia[a]  Hungary[a]  Uzbekistan[a]  Great Britain  Poland  Netherlands
ISU Qualifying Competition	Beijing	1		3
Total				19

1. Can also enter a pairs team in the ISU Qualifying Competition

Ice dance

Event	Location	Pairs per NOC	Qualified	Total
2025 World Championships	Boston	3	Canada  United States	19[4]
		2	Czech Republic  Finland  France  Great Britain
		1	Italy[a]  Spain[a]  Georgia[a]  Germany  South Korea
ISU Qualifying Competition	Beijing	1		4
Total				23

1. Can also enter a pair in the ISU Qualifying Competition

Team event

The top ten eligible National Olympic Committees (NOCs) qualify for the Olympic games. NOCs are ranked according to their results in two seasons. For 2024-25 the results from the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships are given a score. If needed the continental competitions (2025 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 2025 European Figure Skating Championships) or the 2025 World Junior Figure Skating Championships scores can be used. For the 2025-26 season the 2025–26 Grand Prix is used, or if needed scores from the junior grand prix can be used.^[1]

To be eligible for the team event a NOC must have already qualified in at least three out of four disciplines competed at the Olympics. A check mark indicates the NOC has a qualified entry in that discipline.^[4] Point totals are taken from 'Annex A' in the qualification rules.^[1] NOCs can still qualify entries at the "ISU Qualifying Competition," so more may become eligible. NOCs ranked in the top ten, and only having three disciplines qualified, are eligible for an additional quota. There are a total of five additional quotas and they are given out in order of the NOCs total score.

Totals are as of the end of the 2024-25 season, only nine NOCs became eligible during the first season.

Rank	Team	Men's	Women's	Pairs	Ice dance	Total
1	United States	1200	1200	709	1200	4309
2	Japan	972	1080	1200	402	3654
3	Italy	465	339	972	875	2651
4	Georgia	517	756	875	465	2613
5	Canada	305	418	787	1080	2590
6	France	875	275	362	574	2086
7	Great Britain	113	131	377	972	1593
8	South Korea	638	517	0	200	1355
9	Poland	118	162	305	0	585

Next eligible NOC per event

If a country rejects a quota spot then additional quotas become available. A country can be eligible for one quota spot per event in the reallocation process. Countries in bold indicate the country later received a quota spot. The following list is compiled after the remaining spots were allocated at the ISU Qualifying Competition.

Men's singles	Women's singles	Pairs	Ice dance	Team event
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