2024 World Figure Skating Championships

The 2024 World Figure Skating Championships were held from 18 to 24 March 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. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The competition determined the entry quotas for each skating federation to the 2025 World Championships. 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. At age 40, Stellato-Dudek became the oldest woman to win a gold medal at the World Championships.

2024 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	18 – 24 March
Season:	2023–24
Location:	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Host:	Skate Canada
Venue:	Bell Centre
Champions
Men's singles: Ilia Malinin
Women's singles: Kaori Sakamoto
Pairs: Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps
Ice dance: Madison Chock and Evan Bates
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Background

The World Figure Skating Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figure skating. The 2024 World Championships were held from 18 to 24 March at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Montreal had originally been scheduled to host the 2020 World Championships, which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qualification

The number of entries from each nation for the 2024 World Championships was based on the results of the 2023 World Championships. These nations were eligible to enter more than one skater or team in the indicated disciplines. Skaters from Russia and Belarus were banned from participating "until further notice" due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Number of entries per discipline

Spots	Men	Women	Pairs	Ice dance
3	Japan  South Korea  United States	Japan  South Korea	Canada  United States	Canada  United States
2	Canada  France  Italy  Switzerland	Belgium  Estonia  Germany  Switzerland  United States	Australia  Germany  Hungary  Italy	Czech Republic  Finland  France  Great Britain  Italy  Lithuania

Changes to preliminary entries

The International Skating Union published the initial list of entrants on 27 February 2024.

Changes to preliminary entries

Date	Discipline	Withdrew	Added	Reason	Ref.
19 January	Men	Kévin Aymoz	Luc Economides	Withdrew from competition for remainder of season
26 February	Women	Léa Serna	Lorine Schild	—N/a
28 February	Pairs	Camille Kovalev Pavel Kovalev	—N/a	Injury
11 March	Ice dance	Wang Shiyue Liu Xinyu	Chen Xizi Xing Jianing	—N/a
15 March	Men	Lev Vinokur	Mark Gorodnitsky	Further consideration

Required performance elements

Single skating

Women competing in single skating first performed their short programs on Wednesday, 20 March, while men performed theirs on Thursday, 21 March. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds, the short program had to include the following elements:

For men: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double jump or triple jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and a step sequence using the full ice surface.

For women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying spin; one layback spin, sideways leaning spin, camel spin, or sit spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.

The top 24 skaters after completion of their short programs moved on to the free skating component. Women performed their free skates on Friday, 22 March, while men performed theirs on Saturday, 23 March. The free skate performance for both men and women could last no more than 4 minutes, and had to include the following: seven jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one had to be a flying spin, and one had to be a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence.

Pair skating

Couples competing in pair skating also first performed their short programs on Wednesday, 20 March. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds, the short program had to include the following elements: one pair lift, one double or triple twist lift, one double or triple throw jump, one double or triple solo jump, one solo spin combination with a change of foot, one death spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.

The top 20 couples after completion of their short programs moved on to the free skates, which were performed on Thursday, 21 March. The free skate performance could last no more than 4 minutes, and had to include the following: three pair lifts, one twist lift; two different throw jumps; one solo jump; one jump combination or sequence; one pair spin combination; one death spiral; and a choreographic sequence.

Ice dance

Couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on Friday, 22 March. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds, the theme of the rhythm dance this season was "music and feeling of the eighties". Teams could select any music provided "it was originally released in the decade of the 1980s" and maintained "the essence of the 1980s". The rhythm dance had to include the following elements: one pattern dance step sequence, one choreographic rhythm sequence, one short dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence while not touching.

The top 20 couples after the rhythm dance moved on to the free dance, which was held on Saturday, 23 March. The free dance performance could last no longer than 4 minutes, and had to include the following: three short dance lifts or one short dance lift and one combination lift, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one turns sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three different choreographic elements.

Judging

For the 2023–24 season, all of the technical elements in any figure skating performance – such as jumps and spins – were assigned a predetermined base point value and were then scored by a panel of seven or nine judges on a scale from -5 to 5 based on their quality of execution. The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (that is, the average after deleting the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total elements score. At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on three program components – skating skills, presentation, and composition – and assigned a score from .25 to 10 in .25 point increments. The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.

Program component factoring

Discipline	Short program or Rhythm dance	Free skate or Free dance
Men	1.67	3.33
Women	1.33	2.67
Pairs	1.33	2.67
Ice dance	1.33	2.00

Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls. The total elements score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.

Medal summary