Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Ice dance

Victoria Sinitsinaand Nikita Katsalapov  ROC

Madison Hubbelland Zachary Donohue  United States | | Gabriella Papadakisand Guillaume Cizeron | France | | Victoria Sinitsinaand Nikita Katsalapov | ROC | | Madison Hubbelland Zachary Donohue | United States | | | Gabriella Papadakisand Guillaume Cizeron | France | | | | | | | | | | Victoria Sinitsinaand Nikita Katsalapov | ROC | | | | | | | | | | Madison Hubbelland Zachary Donohue | United States | | | | | | | |

All of the figure skating events at the 2022 Winter Olympics were held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China.

The ice dance competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 12 and 14 February at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France won the gold medals, Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won the silver, and Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States won the bronze. In addition to their gold medal victory, Papadakis and Cizeron also set new world record scores in both the rhythm dance and overall total.

In 2016, an independent report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed allegations that the Russian Olympic team had been involved in a state-sponsored doping program from at least late 2011 through February 2014, when Russia hosted the Winter Olympics in Sochi. On 9 December 2019, the WADA banned Russia from all international competitions after it found that data provided by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency had been manipulated by Russian authorities in order to protect athletes involved in its doping scheme. Under a ban imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in December 2019, Russian athletes could not use the Russian flag or anthem in international competition and had to compete as "Neutral Athletes" or a "Neutral Team" at any world championships for the next two years. On 19 February 2021, it was announced that Russian athletes would compete under the name of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The ice dance competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 12 and 14 February at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France had won the silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics, while Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia had won the 2021 World Figure Skating Champions. Papadakis and Cizeron, meanwhile, had opted to not compete at the 2021 World Championships. In ice dance, the scores at the Olympics are typically consistent with the scores throughout the season; as a result, Papadakis and Cizeron, and Sinitsina and Katsalapov, were considered the leading medal contenders, with Papadakis and Cizeron seen as the favorites to win.

Nineteen quota spots in ice dance were awarded based on the results at the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships. An additional four quota spots were earned at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy.

Couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on 12 February. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds, the theme of the rhythm dance this season was "street dance rhythms". Examples of applicable dance styles included hip-hop, disco, swing, krump, popping, funk, jazz, reggae (reggaeton), and blues. The required pattern dance element was the Midnight Blues. The rhythm dance had to include the following elements: the pattern dance, the pattern dance step sequence, one dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence.

The top twenty-four highest scoring teams after the rhythm dance performed their free dances on 14 February. The free dance could last no longer than 4 minutes, and had to include the following: three dance lifts, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one step sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three choreographic elements, of which one had to be a choreographic character step sequence.

Skaters were judged according to the required technical elements of their program (such as choreographic elements), as well as the overall presentation of their program, based on five program components (skating skills, transitions, performance, composition, and musical interpretation). Each technical element in a figure skating performance was assigned a predetermined base point value and scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from −5 to +5 based on the quality of its execution. Each Grade of Execution (GOE) from –5 to +5 was assigned a value as indicated on the Scale of Values. For example, a curve lift (level 4) was worth a base value of 5.30 points, and a GOE of +3 was worth 1.37 points, so a curve lift (level 4) with a GOE of +3 earned 6.67 points. The judging panel's GOE for each element was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (the average after discarding the highest and lowest scores). The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a Total Elements Score. At the same time, the judges evaluated each performance based on the five aforementioned program components and assigned each a score from 0.25 to 10 in 0.25-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 chart below; the results were added together to generate a total Program Component Score.

Deductions were applied for certain violations, such as time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls. The Total Elements Score and Program Component Score were then added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each team.

The following new record high scores were set during this event.

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The rhythm dance was held on 12 February. Their appearance at the 2022 Winter Olympics was the first in nearly three years for Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France, having last competed at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships. They set a new world record in the rhythm dance, beating the previous highest score, which they had set at the 2019 NHK Trophy. "These Olympics are so different from four years ago," Cizeron said, referring to the 2018 Winter Olympics, where they had won the silver. "We are in a very different place. I think with all the experience we've gained, we have become more mature. We know better what we are doing, so we are enjoying it better." Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia, who had won the 2021 World Championships, finished in second place, improving on the score they had received in the team event by nearly four points. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States finished in third place, while Madison Chock and Evan Bates, also of the United States, finished in fourth.

The free dance was held on 14 February. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron won the free dance and the overall competition, setting a new world record with their total score of 226.98, which was six points ahead of silver medalists Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov. Simon Reed, who provided the on-air commentary for the European broadcast, said of their performance: "For four minutes, it was exactly at the point where art and sport met, the pinnacle of entertainment, in the most important competition in their lives". Reed went on to add: "They lost in Pyeongchang [at the 2018 Winter Olympics] by under a mark, but here they've decimated the field." Papadakis and Cizeron had finished in second place at the 2018 Winter Olympics with less than a point separating them from gold medalists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada. Reed finished his comments by saying that Papadakis and Cizeron were "as fine an ice dance couple as there has been in history."

Having previously announced that they were retiring at the end of the season, Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue finished in third place, winning the bronze medals. Madison Chock and Evan Bates finished in fourth place with a free dance where Chock portrayed an alien and Bates an astronaut. Alice Park of Time called their twizzle sequence "truly out of this world". "Our program is deeply rooted in the message of accepting and finding love with someone who is different than you," Chock stated in an interview. "It's important for us to have that message behind our program every season, and especially in the Olympic season, when we feel we have the opportunity to ... inspire others around the world."

• "Special Regulations & Technical Rules – Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance 2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022.