The Olympic figure skating competition has been suspended for four times, 19 12, 19 16, 1940, 1944. The last three Olympic Games were suspended because of the outbreak of World War I or World War II. Athletes must first obtain the permission of their national skating association, and then they can represent their country in the figure skating competition of the Olympic Games as national athletes. As the Olympic Games is a comprehensive large-scale sports meeting, in order to control the number of participants in various events, the International Olympic Committee and the International Skating Federation have stipulated through consultation that:
Up to 30 male athletes and 30 female athletes can participate in men's single skating and women's single skating competitions, 20 pairs of athletes can participate in the Olympic figure skating double skating competition, and 24 pairs of athletes can participate in the Olympic figure skating ice dance competition.
If the athletes of a member country (or region) achieve excellent results in the individual events of the World Figure Skating Championships one year before the Olympic Games, they can send two or three (pairs) athletes to participate in the individual events of the next year's Olympic Games.
The host country (or region) of the Olympic Games may send two athletes to participate in the men's and women's single skating competitions, and send two pairs of athletes to participate in the pairs skating and ice dancing competitions. Athletes from the host country (or region) who have performed well in the single event of the World Championships one year before the Olympic Games and have obtained the direct participation quota of the host country (or region) in the single event of figure skating in the Olympic Games will not be added.
According to the rules of single skating and double skating in 2004 and the rules of ice dancing in 2004 published by the International Skating Federation, the specific quota allocation is as follows:
If a swimmer enters the freestyle stage of the World Championships and gets the top 65,438+05, the score is equal to his ranking, that is, the first runner gets 65,438+0, the second runner gets 2, and so on, and the 65,438+05 runner gets 65,438+05.
If the (right) skater enters the freestyle stage of the World Championships, but fails to get the previous 15, the score will be 16.
If the (right) player does not enter the free skating stage of the World Championships, but enters the short program stage, the score is 18.
If the (right) player does not enter the short program stage of the World Championships, the score is 20 points.
The member countries (regions) of the International Olympic Committee to which the athletes who won the top 24 in men's single skating, the top 24 in women's single skating, the top 65,438+06 in pairs skating or the top 65,438+09 in ice dancing belong are eligible to send their athletes to directly participate in the figure skating competition in next year's Olympic Games.
If only one player (pair) from one member country (or region) participated in the individual events of the World Championships one year before the Olympic Games and scored no more than 2 points, the member country (or region) can directly send three players (pairs) to participate in the individual events of figure skating in the next year's Olympic Games.
If only one player (pair) from one member country (or region) participated in the individual events of the World Championships one year before the Olympic Games, and the score was above 2 but not more than 10, the member country (or region) can directly send two players (pairs) to participate in the individual events of figure skating in the next year's Olympic Games.
If a member country (or region) has two (pairs of) players who participated in the World Championships in the year before the Olympic Games, and the sum of the results does not exceed 13, then the member country (or region) can directly send three (pairs of) players to participate in the next year's Olympic figure skating event.
If a member country (or region) has two (pairs of) athletes who participated in a single event of the World Championships one year before the Olympic Games, and the sum of the scores is greater than 13 but not more than 28 points, then the member country (or region) can directly send two (pairs of) athletes to participate in the next year's Olympic figure skating competition.
If a member country (or region) has three (pairs) athletes participating in a certain event in the world championship one year before the Olympic Games, the performance of the next best two (pairs) athletes will be calculated according to the above rules for the participation of two (pairs) athletes.
IOC member countries (or regions) that are not qualified to directly participate in a single event of figure skating in the Olympic Games can send athletes to participate in the unsuccessful Olympic Games organized by the International Skating Federation in the autumn of the year before the Olympic Games (usually 10). The member countries (or regions) whose top players are unsuccessful in a certain event can each get a quota to participate in the Olympic figure skating event until the quota of the Olympic figure skating event is full.