The men's singles of Figure Skating 1994 during the 1994 Winter Olympics was held on 17-19 February 1994 in the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre. With 25 athletes competing, the event was won by Aleksei Urmanov from Russia, with Elvis Stojko from Canada taking the silver medal and Philippe Candeloro from France taking bronze.
Format[]
The competition exists out of two separate rounds. The first round allows the competitors to perform a routine of a maximum of 2:40 minutes, after which the athletes with the twenty-four best scores perform another routine of around 4:30 minutes. The scores are based on the individual rankings of the judges, with each position earning one point. In each round, athletes are ranked based on these ordinal points. The athlete with the fewest classification points after two rounds wins the competition.
Preview[]
Twenty-five athletes qualified for the event with world champion Kurt Browning as one of the big favorites for the title, with Elvis Stojko and Scott Davis as some of the other big contenders. The previous two Olympic champions Viktor Petrenko and Brian Boitano were some of the other big names in the competition, with Alexei Urmanov, Eric Millot, and Philippe Candeloro among the European outsiders for a medal.
| Athlete | Nationality |
|---|---|
| Brian Boitano | United States |
| Michael Tyllesen | Denmark |
| Jung Sung-il | South Korea |
| Margus Hernits | Estonia |
| Viktor Petrenko | Ukraine |
| Stephen Carr | Australia |
| Aleksandr Murashko | Belarus |
| Sebastien Britten | Canada |
| Zhang Min | China |
| Eric Millot | France |
| Steven Cousins | Great Britain |
| Michael Shmerkin | Israel |
| Masakazu Kagiyama | Japan |
| Fumihiro Oikawa | Japan |
| Andrei Vlaschenko | Latvia |
| Cornel Gheorghe | Romania |
| Marius-Cristian Negrea | Romania |
| Igor Pashkevich | Russia |
| Elvis Stojko | Canada |
| Scott Davis | United States |
| Oleg Tataurov | Russia |
| Aleksei Urmanov | Russia |
| Dino Quattrocecere | South Africa |
| Philippe Candeloro | France |
| Kurt Browning | Canada |
Summary[]
Short Program[]
| Short Program Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athlete | Score | ||
| 1 |  |
Aleksei Urmanov | 14 | ||
| 2 |  |
Elvis Stojko | 16 | ||
| 3 |  |
Philippe Candeloro | 29 | ||
| 4 |  |
Scott Davis | 43 | ||
| 5 | |
Oleg Tataurov | 49 | ||
| 6 | |
Eric Millot | 50 | ||
| 7 |  |
Steven Cousins | 68 | ||
| 8 | |
Brian Boitano | 67 | ||
| 9 |  |
Viktor Petrenko | 82 | ||
| 10 | |
Sebastien Britten | 90 | ||
| 11 |  |
Masakazu Kagiyama | 99 | ||
| 12 | |
Kurt Browning | 102 | ||
| 13 |  |
Michael Tyllesen | 136 | ||
| 14 | |
Igor Pashkevich | 121 | ||
| 15 |  |
Michael Shmerkin | 138 | ||
| 16 |  |
Zhang Min | 144 | ||
| 16 |  |
Cornel Gheorghe | 144 | ||
| 18 |  |
Jung Sung-il | 165 | ||
| 19 | |
Marius-Cristian Negrea | 167 | ||
| 20 |  |
Stephen Carr | 180 | ||
| 21 | |
Fumihiro Oikawa | 193 | ||
| 21 |  |
Andrei Vlaschenko | 193 | ||
| 23 |  |
Dino Quattrocecere | 204 | ||
| 24 |  |
Aleksandr Murashko | 215 | ||
| 25 |  |
Margus Hernits | 216 | ||
Free Program[]
| Free Program Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athletes | Score | ||
| 1 | |
Aleksei Urmanov | 15 | ||
| 2 | |
Elvis Stojko | 24 | ||
| 3 | |
Kurt Browning | 31 | ||
| 4 | |
Viktor Petrenko | 33 | ||
| 5 | |
Philippe Candeloro | 33 | ||
| 6 | |
Brian Boitano | 60 | ||
| 7 | |
Eric Millot | 68 | ||
| 8 | |
Scott Davis | 74 | ||
| 9 | |
Steven Cousins | 75 | ||
| 10 | |
Sebastien Britten | 86 | ||
| 11 | |
Masakazu Kagiyama | 96 | ||
| 12 | |
Michael Tyllesen | 113 | ||
| 13 | |
Oleg Tataurov | 116 | ||
| 14 | |
Cornel Gheorghe | 126 | ||
| 15 | |
Igor Pashkevich | 132 | ||
| 16 | |
Jung Sung-il | 151 | ||
| 17 | |
Michael Shmerkin | 157 | ||
| 18 | |
Stephen Carr | 153 | ||
| 19 | |
Marius-Cristian Negrea | 180 | ||
| 20 | |
Andrei Vlaschenko | 180 | ||
| 21 | |
Zhang Min | 183 | ||
| 22 | |
Fumihiro Oikawa | 194 | ||
| 23 | |
Aleksandr Murashko | 203 | ||
| 24 | |
Dino Quattrocecere | 215 | ||
Results[]
| Result | Athlete | Nationality | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Aleksei Urmanov | Russia | 1.5 |
 |
Elvis Stojko | Canada | 3.0 |
 |
Philippe Candeloro | France | 6.5 |
| 4 | Viktor Petrenko | Ukraine | 8.5 |
| 5 | Kurt Browning | Canada | 9.0 |
| 6 | Brian Boitano | United States | 10.0 |
| 7 | Eric Millot | France | 10.0 |
| 8 | Scott Davis | United States | 10.0 |
| 9 | Steven Cousins | Great Britain | 12.5 |
| 10 | Sebastien Britten | Canada | 15.0 |
| 11 | Oleg Tataurov | Russia | 15.5 |
| 12 | Masakazu Kagiyama | Japan | 16.5 |
| 13 | Michael Tyllesen | Denmark | 18.5 |
| 14 | Cornel Gheorghe | Romania | 22.0 |
| 15 | Igor Pashkevich | Russia | 22.0 |
| 16 | Michael Shmerkin | Israel | 24.5 |
| 17 | Jung Sung-il | South Korea | 25.0 |
| 18 | Stephen Carr | Australia | 28.0 |
| 19 | Marius-Cristian Negrea | Romania | 28.5 |
| 20 | Zhang Min | China | 29.0 |
| 21 | Andrei Vlaschenko | Latvia | 30.5 |
| 22 | Fumihiro Oikawa | Japan | 32.5 |
| 23 | Aleksandr Murashko | Belarus | 35.0 |
| 24 | Dino Quattrocecere | South Africa | 35.5 |
| 25 | Margus Hernits | Estonia | - |
| 1994 Winter Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
| Figure Skating 1994 | |
| ← 1992 | 1998 → |
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