title: 2016 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
text: # 2016 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
  
  The 2016 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2015–16 season. It was held at the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan on February 16–21. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
  
  ## Qualification
  
  The competition was open to skaters from non-European member nations of the International Skating Union who reached the age of 15 before 1 July 2015. The corresponding competition for European skaters was the 2016 European Figure Skating Championships.
  
  National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria but the ISU mandated that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the Four Continents.
  
  ### Minimum TES
  
  Minimum technical scores (TES) :
  
  | Discipline | SP / SD | FS / FD |
  | - | - | - |
  | Men | 25 | 45 |
  | Ladies | 20 | 36 |
  | Pairs | 20 | 36 |
  | Ice dance | 19 | 29 |
  | Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP and FS scores may be attained at different events. |||
  
  ## Entries
  
  The ISU published the list of entries on 28 January 2016. Some national associations announced their selections earlier.
  
  | Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Argentina | Denis Margalik | | | |
  | Australia | Andrew Dodds Brendan Kerry | Kailani Craine Brooklee Han Katie Pasfield | | Matilda Friend / William Badaoui |
  | Canada | Patrick Chan Liam Firus Kevin Reynolds | Alaine Chartrand Kaetlyn Osmond Véronik Mallet | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette |
  | China | Jin Boyang Song Nan Yan Han | Li Zijun Zhao Ziquan Zheng Lu | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | Li Xibei / Xiang Guangyao Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Zhang Yiyi / Wu Nan |
  | Chinese Taipei | Chih-I Tsao | Amy Lin | | |
  | North Korea | | | Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik | |
  | Hong Kong | Leslie Ip Harry Hau Yin Lee | Maisy Hiu Ching Ma | | |
  | Japan | Shoma Uno Takahito Mura Keiji Tanaka | Satoko Miyahara Rika Hongo Kanako Murakami | Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion |
  | Kazakhstan | | | | Anastasia Khromova / Daryn Zhunussov |
  | Malaysia | Julian Zhi Jie Yee | | | |
  | Philippines | Michael Christian Martinez | | | |
  | South Korea | Kim Jin-seo Lee June-hyoung Byun Se-jong | Choi Da-bin Park So-youn Kim Na-hyun | | Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov Lee Ho-jung / Richard Kang-in Kam Min Yura / Alexander Gamelin |
  | South Africa | | Michaela Du Toit | | |
  | Thailand | | Thita Lamsam | | |
  | United States | Max Aaron Grant Hochstein Ross Miner | Karen Chen Gracie Gold Mirai Nagasu | Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim | Madison Chock / Evan Bates Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani |
  
  * On 15 January 2016, Mao Asada withdrew from the event to focus on Worlds. She was replaced by Kanako Murakami.
  * On 26 January 2016, Ashley Wagner withdrew from the event to focus on Worlds. She was replaced by Mirai Nagasu.
  * On 4 February 2016, it was announced that Adam Rippon had withdrawn from the event to focus on Worlds. He was replaced by Ross Miner.
  * On 11 February 2016, Skate Canada announced that Gabrielle Daleman and Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau had withdrawn from the event as a precaution – Daleman and Séguin having sustained minor injuries in practice – and would be replaced by Véronik Mallet and Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps, respectively.
  * On 12 February 2016, Polina Edmunds withdrew from the event "due to lack of time to break in my new skates." She was replaced by Karen Chen.
  * On 20 February 2016, Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford withdrew before the free skating due to Duhamel's illness.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Patrick Chan | Canada | 290.21 | 5 | 86.22 | 1 | 203.99 |
  | 2 | Jin Boyang | China | 289.83 | 1 | 98.45 | 2 | 191.38 |
  | 3 | Yan Han | China | 271.55 | 3 | 89.57 | 3 | 181.98 |
  | 4 | Shoma Uno | Japan | 269.81 | 2 | 92.99 | 5 | 176.82 |
  | 5 | Takahito Mura | Japan | 268.43 | 4 | 89.08 | 4 | 179.35 |
  | 6 | Keiji Tanaka | Japan | 222.70 | 7 | 74.82 | 7 | 147.88 |
  | 7 | Max Aaron | United States | 220.94 | 8 | 69.48 | 6 | 151.46 |
  | 8 | Grant Hochstein | United States | 216.34 | 6 | 75.79 | 10 | 140.55 |
  | 9 | Michael Christian Martinez | Philippines | 211.59 | 9 | 69.15 | 9 | 142.44 |
  | 10 | Kim Jin-seo | South Korea | 201.43 | 12 | 65.13 | 11 | 136.30 |
  | 11 | Kevin Reynolds | Canada | 198.87 | 20 | 55.14 | 8 | 143.73 |
  | 12 | Song Nan | China | 194.81 | 11 | 66.04 | 15 | 128.77 |
  | 13 | Liam Firus | Canada | 194.02 | 14 | 61.81 | 13 | 132.21 |
  | 14 | Ross Miner | United States | 191.12 | 17 | 58.27 | 12 | 132.85 |
  | 15 | Julian Zhi Jie Yee | Malaysia | 190.32 | 15 | 59.70 | 14 | 130.62 |
  | 16 | Lee June-hyoung | South Korea | 180.92 | 10 | 67.35 | 19 | 113.57 |
  | 17 | Denis Margalik | Argentina | 177.65 | 18 | 57.71 | 16 | 119.94 |
  | 18 | Byun Se-jong | South Korea | 176.15 | 16 | 58.30 | 17 | 117.85 |
  | 19 | Brendan Kerry | Australia | 172.26 | 19 | 55.83 | 18 | 116.43 |
  | 20 | Andrew Dodds | Australia | 161.47 | 13 | 61.88 | 21 | 99.59 |
  | 21 | Chih-I Tsao | Chinese Taipei | 159.13 | 22 | 51.83 | 20 | 107.30 |
  | 22 | Leslie Ip | Hong Kong | 152.29 | 21 | 54.81 | 22 | 97.48 |
  | 23 | Harry Hau Yin Lee | Hong Kong | 110.95 | 23 | 42.54 | 23 | 68.41 |
  
  ### Ladies
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 214.91 | 1 | 72.48 | 1 | 142.43 |
  | 2 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 193.86 | 3 | 66.06 | 2 | 127.80 |
  | 3 | Rika Hongo | Japan | 181.78 | 4 | 64.27 | 5 | 117.51 |
  | 4 | Park So-youn | South Korea | 178.92 | 5 | 62.49 | 7 | 116.43 |
  | 5 | Gracie Gold | United States | 178.39 | 9 | 57.26 | 3 | 121.13 |
  | 6 | Kaetlyn Osmond | Canada | 175.63 | 11 | 56.14 | 4 | 119.49 |
  | 7 | Kanako Murakami | Japan | 175.12 | 2 | 68.51 | 13 | 106.61 |
  | 8 | Choi Da-bin | South Korea | 173.71 | 10 | 56.79 | 6 | 116.92 |
  | 9 | Kim Na-hyun | South Korea | 170.70 | 8 | 58.40 | 8 | 112.30 |
  | 10 | Li Zijun | China | 167.88 | 6 | 60.04 | 11 | 107.84 |
  | 11 | Alaine Chartrand | Canada | 165.73 | 7 | 59.71 | 14 | 106.02 |
  | 12 | Karen Chen | United States | 161.52 | 12 | 53.55 | 10 | 107.97 |
  | 13 | Kailani Craine | Australia | 157.82 | 16 | 49.02 | 9 | 108.80 |
  | 14 | Véronik Mallet | Canada | 155.98 | 15 | 51.88 | 15 | 104.10 |
  | 15 | Amy Lin | Chinese Taipei | 155.61 | 17 | 47.88 | 12 | 107.73 |
  | 16 | Zhao Ziquan | China | 147.79 | 13 | 53.24 | 16 | 94.55 |
  | 17 | Brooklee Han | Australia | 135.75 | 14 | 52.80 | 17 | 82.95 |
  | 18 | Michaela Du Toit | South Africa | 121.12 | 19 | 45.18 | 18 | 75.94 |
  | 19 | Zheng Lu | China | 118.73 | 18 | 45.72 | 20 | 73.01 |
  | 20 | Maisy Hiu Ching Ma | Hong Kong | 115.10 | 20 | 42.06 | 19 | 73.04 |
  | 21 | Katie Pasfield | Australia | 95.78 | 22 | 34.63 | 21 | 61.15 |
  | 22 | Thita Lamsam | Thailand | 89.56 | 21 | 38.91 | 22 | 50.65 |
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China | 221.91 | 1 | 78.51 | 1 | 143.40 |
  | 2 | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim | United States | 207.96 | 3 | 67.61 | 2 | 140.35 |
  | 3 | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | China | 187.33 | 4 | 64.99 | 3 | 122.34 |
  | 4 | Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea | United States | 182.02 | 7 | 59.72 | 4 | 122.30 |
  | 5 | Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch | Canada | 179.67 | 5 | 61.97 | 5 | 117.70 |
  | 6 | Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran | United States | 175.08 | 6 | 61.34 | 6 | 113.74 |
  | 7 | Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik | North Korea | 157.24 | 8 | 53.83 | 7 | 103.41 |
  | 8 | Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps | Canada | 148.82 | 10 | 50.07 | 8 | 98.75 |
  | 9 | Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet | Japan | 145.33 | 9 | 52.70 | 9 | 92.63 |
  | WD | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada | withdrew | 2 | 71.90 | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |
  
  ### Ice dancing
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States | 181.62 | 1 | 72.86 | 1 | 108.76 |
  | 2 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States | 174.64 | 4 | 67.05 | 2 | 107.59 |
  | 3 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada | 173.85 | 2 | 72.42 | 4 | 101.43 |
  | 4 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States | 172.29 | 3 | 69.36 | 3 | 102.93 |
  | 5 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada | 162.19 | 5 | 63.92 | 5 | 98.27 |
  | 6 | Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette | Canada | 146.94 | 6 | 60.15 | 7 | 86.79 |
  | 7 | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Japan | 145.83 | 7 | 57.13 | 6 | 88.70 |
  | 8 | Min Yura / Alexander Gamelin | South Korea | 138.42 | 9 | 55.23 | 8 | 83.19 |
  | 9 | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | China | 135.57 | 8 | 56.49 | 10 | 79.08 |
  | 10 | Lee Ho-jung / Richard Kang-in Kam | South Korea | 128.27 | 11 | 47.46 | 9 | 80.81 |
  | 11 | Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov | South Korea | 122.69 | 13 | 44.69 | 11 | 78.00 |
  | 12 | Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion | Japan | 117.06 | 12 | 47.09 | 13 | 69.97 |
  | 13 | Zhang Yiyi / Wu Nan | China | 114.84 | 14 | 42.01 | 12 | 72.83 |
  | 14 | Anastasia Khromova / Daryn Zhunussov | Kazakhstan | 110.71 | 10 | 48.19 | 15 | 62.52 |
  | 15 | Li Xibei / Xiang Guangyao | China | 103.75 | 15 | 39.64 | 14 | 64.11 |
  | 16 | Matilda Friend / William Badaoui | Australia | 85.70 | 16 | 33.00 | 16 | 52.70 |
  
  ## Medals summary
  
  ### Medalists
  
  Medals for overall placement:
  
  | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men | Patrick Chan | Jin Boyang | Yan Han |
  | Ladies | Satoko Miyahara | Mirai Nagasu | Rika Hongo |
  | Pairs | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang |
  | Ice dancing | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje |
  
  Small medals for placement in the short segment:
  
  | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men | Jin Boyang | Shoma Uno | Yan Han |
  | Ladies | Satoko Miyahara | Kanako Murakami | Mirai Nagasu |
  | Pairs | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim |
  | Ice dancing | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue |
  
  Small medals for placement in the free segment:
  
  | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men | Patrick Chan | Jin Boyang | Yan Han |
  | Ladies | Satoko Miyahara | Mirai Nagasu | Gracie Gold |
  | Pairs | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang |
  | Ice dancing | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue |
  
  ### Medals by country
  
  Table of medals for overall placement:
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | United States (USA) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
  | 2 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 3 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
  
  Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | 2 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
  | 3 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
  | 4 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
  
  Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | United States (USA) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
  | 2 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 3 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
  
  ## Prize money
  
  Prize money is awarded to skaters who achieve a top 12 placement in each discipline as follows:
  
  | | Prize money (US$) | Prize money (US$) |
  | - | - | - |
  | Placement | Men's / Ladies' singles | Pairs / Ice dancers |
  | 1st | 15,000 | 22,500 |
  | 2nd | 9,000 | 13,500 |
  | 3rd | 6,000 | 9,000 |
  | 4th | 4,500 | 6,750 |
  | 5th | 3,250 | 5,000 |
  | 6th | 2,500 | 3,750 |
  | 7th | 2,250 | 3,500 |
  | 8th | 2,000 | 3,000 |
  | 9th | 1,750 | 2,500 |
  | 10th | 1,500 | 2,250 |
  | 11th | 1,250 | 1,750 |
  | 12th | 1,000 | 1,500 |
  | Pairs and ice dancing couples split the amount. Total prize money: US$250,000. |||
  