The men's singles of Figure Skating 2006 during the 2006 Winter Olympics was held on 14-16 February 2006 in the Palavela. With 30 athletes competing, the event was won by Evgeni Plushenko from Russia, with Stephane Lambiel from Switzerland taking the silver medal and Jeffrey Buttle from Canada taking bronze.
Format[]
The competition exists out of two separate rounds. The first round allows the competitors to perform a routine of a maximum 2:50 minutes, after which the athletes with the twenty-four best scores perform another routine of around 4:30 minutes. The competitor with the best score after two rounds is the winner.
Preview[]
Thirty athletes qualified for the event with Stephane Lambiel as reigning world champion, after he beat Jeffrey Buttle and Evan Lysacek for the gold medal. The defending silver medalist Evgeni Plushenko had been one of the leading athletes for years, despite not having participated at the most recent world championships. Lambiel and Buttle also placed first and second at the most recent Grand Prix finals only a few months prior, where they finished in front of the Japanese Daisuke Takahashi. Other medal contenders and outsiders included Johnny Weir, Emanuel Sandhu, Li Chengjiang, and Brian Joubert.
| Athlete | Nationality |
|---|---|
| Daisuke Takahashi | Japan |
| Evgeni Plushenko | Russia |
| Shawn Sawyer | Canada |
| Li Chengjiang | China |
| Jeffrey Buttle | Canada |
| Ivan Dinev | Bulgaria |
| Kristoffer Berntsson | Sweden |
| Gheorghe Chiper | Romania |
| Frederic Dambier | France |
| Viktor Pfeifer | Austria |
| Stephane Lambiel | Switzerland |
| Trifun Zivanovic | Serbia and Montenegro |
| Johnny Weir | United States |
| Zhang Min | China |
| Sergei Davydov | Belarus |
| Tomas Verner | Czech Republic |
| Jamal Othman | Switzerland |
| Kevin van der Perren | Belgium |
| Stefan Lindemann | Germany |
| Vakhtang Murvanidze | Georgia |
| Anton Kovalevski | Ukraine |
| Matthew Savoie | United States |
| Brian Joubert | France |
| Han Jong In | North Korea |
| Karel Zelenka | Italy |
| Evan Lysacek | United States |
| Ilia Klimkin | Russia |
| Gregor Urbas | Slovenia |
| Zoltan Toth | Hungary |
| Emanuel Sandhu | Canada |
Summary[]
Short Program[]
| Short Program Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athlete | Score | ||
| 1 |  |
Evgeni Plushenko | 90.66 | ||
| 2 |  |
Johnny Weir | 80.00 | ||
| 3 |  |
Stephane Lambiel | 79.04 | ||
| 4 |  |
Brian Joubert | 77.77 | ||
| 5 |  |
Daisuke Takahashi | 73.77 | ||
| 6 |  |
Jeffrey Buttle | 73.29 | ||
| 7 | |
Emanuel Sandhu | 69.75 | ||
| 8 | |
Matthew Savoie | 69.15 | ||
| 9 |  |
Gheorghe Chiper | 67.66 | ||
| 10 | |
Evan Lysacek | 67.55 | ||
| 11 |  |
Zhang Min | 67.39 | ||
| 12 | |
Shawn Sawyer | 67.20 | ||
| 13 |  |
Kevin van der Perren | 65.36 | ||
| 14 |  |
Sergei Davydov | 64.65 | ||
| 15 |  |
Ivan Dinev | 63.64 | ||
| 16 |  |
Anton Kovalevski | 63.41 | ||
| 17 |  |
Viktor Pfeifer | 62.17 | ||
| 18 | |
Ilia Klimkin | 61.61 | ||
| 19 | |
Frederic Dambier | 61.17 | ||
| 20 |  |
Stefan Lindemann | 60.52 | ||
| 21 | |
Li Chengjiang | 60.23 | ||
| 22 |  |
Tomas Verner | 59.71 | ||
| 23 |  |
Kristoffer Berntsson | 59.55 | ||
| 24 |  |
Zoltan Toth | 55.07 | ||
| 25 |  |
Karel Zelenka | 53.46 | ||
| 26 |  |
Trifun Zivanovic | 53.40 | ||
| 27 | |
Jamal Othman | 52.18 | ||
| 28 |  |
Vakhtang Murvanidze | 49.68 | ||
| 29 |  |
Gregor Urbas | 46.48 | ||
| 30 |  |
Hang Jong In | 42.11 | ||
Free Program[]
| Free Program Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athletes | Score | ||
| 1 | |
Evgeni Plushenko | 167.67 | ||
| 2 | |
Jeffrey Buttle | 154.30 | ||
| 3 | |
Evan Lysacek | 152.58 | ||
| 4 | |
Stephane Lambiel | 152.17 | ||
| 5 | |
Matthew Savoie | 137.52 | ||
| 6 | |
Johnny Weir | 136.63 | ||
| 7 | |
Brian Joubert | 135.12 | ||
| 8 | |
Kevin van der Perren | 132.03 | ||
| 9 | |
Daisuke Takahashi | 131.12 | ||
| 10 | |
Ilia Klimkin | 130.19 | ||
| 11 | |
Zhang Min | 128.88 | ||
| 12 | |
Shawn Sawyer | 123.63 | ||
| 13 | |
Li Chengjiang | 121.98 | ||
| 14 | |
Emanuel Sandhu | 120.49 | ||
| 15 | |
Tomas Verner | 120.36 | ||
| 16 | |
Sergei Davydov | 119.94 | ||
| 17 | |
Gheorghe Chiper | 118.53 | ||
| 18 | |
Ivan Dinev | 116.47 | ||
| 19 | |
Frederic Dambier | 116.42 | ||
| 20 | |
Stefan Lindemann | 112.05 | ||
| 21 | |
Anton Kovalevski | 109.43 | ||
| 22 | |
Kristoffer Berntsson | 102.40 | ||
| 23 | |
Viktor Pfeifer | 101.70 | ||
| 24 | |
Zoltan Toth | 90.40 | ||
Results[]
| Result | Athlete | Nationality | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Evgeni Plushenko | Russia | 258.33 |
 |
Stephane Lambiel | Switzerland | 231.21 |
 |
Jeffrey Buttle | Canada | 227.59 |
| 4 | Evan Lysacek | United States | 220.13 |
| 5 | Johnny Weir | United States | 216.63 |
| 6 | Brian Joubert | France | 212.89 |
| 7 | Matthew Savoie | United States | 206.67 |
| 8 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan | 204.89 |
| 9 | Kevin van der Perren | Belgium | 197.39 |
| 10 | Zhang Min | China | 196.27 |
| 11 | Ilia Klimkin | Russia | 191.80 |
| 12 | Shawn Sawyer | Canada | 190.83 |
| 13 | Emanuel Sandhu | Canada | 190.24 |
| 14 | Gheorghe Chiper | Romania | 186.19 |
| 15 | Sergei Davydov | Belarus | 184.59 |
| 16 | Li Chengjiang | China | 182.21 |
| 17 | Ivan Dinev | Bulgaria | 180.11 |
| 18 | Tomas Verner | Czech Republic | 180.07 |
| 19 | Frederic Dambier | France | 177.59 |
| 20 | Anton Kovalevski | Ukraine | 172.84 |
| 21 | Stefan Lindemann | Germany | 172.57 |
| 22 | Viktor Pfeifer | Austria | 163.87 |
| 23 | Kristoffer Berntsson | Sweden | 161.95 |
| 24 | Zoltan Toth | Hungary | 145.47 |
| 25 | Karel Zelenka | Italy | 53.46 |
| 26 | Trifun Zivanovic | Serbia and Montenegro | 53.40 |
| 27 | Jamal Othman | Switzerland | 52.18 |
| 28 | Vakhtang Murvanidze | Georgia | 49.68 |
| 29 | Gregor Urbas | Slovenia | 46.48 |
| 30 | Han Jong In | North Korea | 42.11 |
| 2006 Winter Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
| Figure Skating 2006 | |
| ← 2002 | 2010 → |
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