2012 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

The2012Four Continents Figure Skating Championshipswas an internationalfigure skating competitionin the2011–12 season.It was held at theWorld ArenainColorado Springs,USAon February 7–12.[1]Medals were awarded in the disciplines ofmen's singles, ladies' singles,pair skating,andice dancing.

2012 Four Continents Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 7 – 12
Season:2011–12
Location:Colorado Springs,USA
Venue:World Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
CanadaPatrick Chan
Ladies' singles:
United StatesAshley Wagner
Pairs:
ChinaSui Wenjing/Han Cong
Ice dance:
CanadaTessa Virtue/Scott Moir
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2013 Four Continents Championships

Qualification

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The competition was open to skaters from a non-Europeanmember nationof theInternational Skating Unionwho reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2011. The corresponding competition for European skaters was the2012 European Championships.

Entries

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The entries were as follows.[2]Jeremy Abbottwithdrew due to injury and was replaced byRichard Dornbush.[3]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
Australia Brendan Kerry
Mark Webster
Nicholas Fernandez
Chantelle Kerry
Jaimee Nobbs
Zara Pasfield
Danielle O'Brien/Gregory Merriman
Brazil Kevin Alves
Luiz Manella
Canada Kevin Reynolds
Patrick Chan
Jeremy Ten
Amélie Lacoste
Cynthia Phaneuf
Alexandra Najarro
Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford
Paige Lawrence/Rudi Swiegers
Jessica Dubé/Sébastien Wolfe
Alexandra Paul/Mitchell Islam
Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir
Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje
China Guan Jinlin
Song Nan
Wu Jialiang
Geng Bingwa
Zhu Qiuying
Zhang Kexin
Dong Huibo/Wu Yiming
Sui Wenjing/Han Cong
Zhang Yue/Wang Lei
Yu Xiaoyang/Wang Chen
Chinese Taipei Jordan Ju
Wun-Chang Shih
Crystal Kiang
Chaochih Liu
Melinda Wang
Hong Kong Harry Hau Yin Lee
Japan Tatsuki Machida
Takahito Mura
Daisuke Takahashi
Haruka Imai
Mao Asada
Kanako Murakami
Narumi Takahashi/Mervin Tran
Kazakhstan Abzal Rakimgaliev
Denis Ten
Cortney Mansour/Daryn Zhunussov
Mexico Reyna Hamui Corenne Bruhns/Ryan Van Natten
Philippines Christopher Caluza
Maverick Eguia
Mericien Venzon
Zhaira Costiniano
Puerto Rico Victoria Muniz
Singapore Brittany Lau
South Africa Lejeanne Marais
South Korea Kim Min-seok
Alex Kang-chan Kam
Kim Hwan-jin
Suhr Chae-yeon
Kwak Min-jeong
Yun Yea-ji
Thailand Mimi Tanasorn Chindasook
Sandra Khopon
Melanie Swang
United States Richard Dornbush
Ross Miner
Adam Rippon
Ashley Wagner
Agnes Zawadzki
Caroline Zhang
Amanda Evora/Mark Ladwig
Mary Beth Marley/Rockne Brubaker
Caydee Denney/John Coughlin
Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue
Meryl Davis/Charlie White
Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani
Uzbekistan Misha Ge Anna Nagornyuk/Viktor Kovalenko

Results

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Patrick Chan Canada 273.94 1 87.95 1 185.99
2 Daisuke Takahashi Japan 244.33 3 82.59 2 161.74
3 Ross Miner United States 223.23 6 76.89 4 146.34
4 Adam Rippon United States 221.55 7 74.92 3 146.63
5 Takahito Mura Japan 217.16 2 83.44 6 133.72
6 Denis Ten Kazakhstan 210.03 5 77.73 7 132.30
7 Tatsuki Machida Japan 208.04 4 82.37 10 125.67
8 Kevin Reynolds Canada 203.26 9 68.22 5 135.04
9 Misha Ge Uzbekistan 196.53 11 64.49 8 132.04
10 Guan Jinlin China 196.53 10 66.36 9 130.17
11 Song Nan China 190.51 8 69.34 11 121.17
12 Christopher Caluza Philippines 172.60 14 58.02 12 114.58
13 Richard Dornbush United States 164.29 13 61.34 14 102.95
14 Jeremy Ten Canada 159.22 12 61.37 18 97.85
15 Kim Min-seok South Korea 157.14 21 49.39 13 107.75
16 Wu Jialiang China 156.62 15 56.19 17 100.43
17 Alex Kang-chan Kam South Korea 154.07 16 52.12 15 101.95
18 Abzal Rakimgaliev Kazakhstan 153.63 17 52.10 16 101.53
19 Brendan Kerry Australia 144.26 23 47.01 19 97.25
20 Mark Webster Australia 138.87 18 50.88 20 87.99
21 Jordan Ju Chinese Taipei 134.97 20 49.49 22 85.48
22 Luiz Manella Brazil 133.07 19 50.17 24 82.90
23 Kevin Alves Brazil 132.94 22 47.96 23 84.98
24 Nicholas Fernandez Australia 131.76 24 44.57 21 87.19
Did not advance to free skating
25 Harry Hau Yin Lee Hong Kong 25 42.00
26 Maverick Eguia Philippines 26 41.63
27 Wun-Chang Shih Chinese Taipei 27 37.27
28 Hwan-Jin Kim South Korea 28 36.95

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Ashley Wagner United States 192.41 2 64.07 1 128.34
2 Mao Asada Japan 188.62 1 64.25 2 124.37
3 Caroline Zhang United States 176.18 4 58.74 3 117.44
4 Kanako Murakami Japan 169.32 3 63.45 5 105.87
5 Zhang Kexin China 162.59 5 54.07 4 108.52
6 Agnes Zawadzki United States 157.23 6 52.87 6 104.36
7 Amélie Lacoste Canada 147.65 7 51.72 8 95.93
8 Cynthia Phaneuf Canada 147.47 8 50.76 7 96.71
9 Haruka Imai Japan 134.49 11 45.19 9 89.30
10 Kwak Min-jeong South Korea 130.52 9 48.72 10 81.80
11 Geng Bingwa China 127.89 10 46.98 11 80.91
12 Victoria Muniz Puerto Rico 117.83 12 42.63 13 75.20
13 Alexandra Najarro Canada 117.11 14 37.08 12 80.03
14 Melinda Wang Chinese Taipei 103.69 18 35.35 15 68.34
15 Sandra Khopon Thailand 103.15 17 35.58 16 67.57
16 Zhu Qiuying China 102.77 16 36.43 17 66.34
17 Chantelle Kerry Australia 102.49 20 32.28 14 70.21
18 Mimi Tanasorn Chindasook Thailand 97.19 13 37.23 22 59.96
19 Yun Yea-ji South Korea 96.85 19 32.46 19 64.39
20 Melanie Swang Thailand 96.16 22 31.21 18 64.95
21 Suhr Chae-yeon South Korea 94.95 15 36.54 23 58.41
22 Lejeanne Marais South Africa 94.34 21 32.15 21 62.19
23 Crystal Kiang Chinese Taipei 93.79 23 30.91 20 62.88
24 Zhaira Costiniano Philippines 87.26 24 30.33 24 56.93
Did not advance to free skating
25 Reyna Hamui Mexico 25 29.84
26 Chaochih Liu Chinese Taipei 26 29.07
27 Mericien Venzon Philippines 27 28.91
28 Brittany Lau Singapore 28 28.79
29 Zara Pasfield Australia 29 28.14
30 Jaimee Nobbs Australia 30 26.33

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Sui Wenjing/Han Cong China 201.83 1 66.75 1 135.08
2 Caydee Denney/John Coughlin United States 185.42 2 63.35 2 122.07
3 Mary Beth Marley/Rockne Brubaker United States 178.89 3 62.42 3 116.47
4 Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford Canada 171.76 8 57.53 4 114.23
5 Narumi Takahashi/Mervin Tran Japan 171.11 4 61.54 5 109.57
6 Amanda Evora/Mark Ladwig United States 167.99 5 60.75 6 107.24
7 Paige Lawrence/Rudi Swiegers Canada 158.66 6 57.97 7 100.69
8 Jessica Dubé/Sébastien Wolfe Canada 154.79 7 57.68 8 97.11
9 Zhang Yue/Wang Lei China 140.24 10 48.04 9 92.20
10 Dong Huibo/Wu Yiming China 137.91 9 49.52 10 88.39

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir Canada 182.84 2 71.60 1 111.24
2 Meryl Davis/Charlie White United States 179.40 1 72.15 2 107.25
3 Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje Canada 163.26 3 64.23 3 99.03
4 Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani United States 158.29 4 63.38 4 94.91
5 Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue United States 129.20 5 49.93 5 79.27
6 Alexandra Paul/Mitchell Islam Canada 117.97 6 48.52 7 69.45
7 Yu Xiaoyang/Wang Chen China 115.05 7 45.42 6 69.63
8 Anna Nagornyuk/Viktor Kovalenko Uzbekistan 107.61 9 39.93 8 67.68
9 Danielle O'Brien/Gregory Merriman Australia 105.91 8 40.10 9 65.81
10 Corenne Bruhns/Ryan Van Natten Mexico 91.57 10 35.93 10 55.64
11 Cortney Mansour/Daryn Zhunussov Kazakhstan 78.66 11 25.53 11 53.13

Medals summary

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Medalists

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Medals for overall placement:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Patrick Chan Daisuke Takahashi Ross Miner
Ladies Ashley Wagner Mao Asada Caroline Zhang
Pair skating Sui Wenjing/Han Cong Caydee Denney/John Coughlin Mary Beth Marley/Rockne Brubaker
Ice dancing Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir Meryl Davis/Charlie White Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje

Small medals for placement in the short segment:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Patrick Chan Takahito Mura Daisuke Takahashi
Ladies Mao Asada Ashley Wagner Kanako Murakami
Pair skating Sui Wenjing/Han Cong Caydee Denney/John Coughlin Mary Beth Marley/Rockne Brubaker
Ice dancing Meryl Davis/Charlie White Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje

Small medals for placement in the free segment:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Patrick Chan Daisuke Takahashi Adam Rippon
Ladies Ashley Wagner Mao Asada Caroline Zhang
Pair skating Sui Wenjing/Han Cong Caydee Denney/John Coughlin Mary Beth Marley/Rockne Brubaker
Ice dancing Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir Meryl Davis/Charlie White Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje

Medals by country

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Table of medals for overall placement:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Canada(CAN)2013
2United States(USA)1236
3China(CHN)1001
4Japan(JPN)0202
Totals (4 entries)44412

References

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  1. ^"Colorado Springs to host 2012 Four Continents".U.S. Figure Skating.Icenetwork. January 23, 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-09-26.RetrievedSeptember 18,2011.
  2. ^"Four Continents Championships 2012: Entries".International Skating Union.
  3. ^"Dornbush to replace Abbott at Four Continents".U.S. Figure Skating.Ice Network. February 3, 2012. Archived fromthe originalon February 10, 2012.RetrievedFebruary 4,2012.
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