The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
Event
Component
Skater
Score
Date
Ref
Ladies
Free skate
Eligibility
Skaters were eligible for the event if they represented a European member nation of the International Skating Union and had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2016, in their place of birth. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters is the 2017 [Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2017 Four Continents Championships]. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandated that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score at an international event prior to the European Championships.
Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2016 European Championships, the ISU allows each country one to three entries per discipline.
Entries
National associations began announcing their selections in December 2016. The ISU published a complete list on 4 January 2017:
won her second European title. Medvedeva set a new world record for the free skating and for the combined total.
Pairs
Bronze medalists the previous two years, Tarasova/Morozov won their first European title after placing first in the short program and second in the free skate. Ranked third in the short and first in the free, Savchenko/Massot received silver for the second consecutive year. Bronze medalists James/Ciprès were the first French pair to win a European medal in fourteen years.
Ice dancing
Papadakis/Cizeron became European champions for the third consecutive year.
Medals summary
Medals by country
Table of medals for overall placement: Table of small medals for placement in the short segment: Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:
Medalists
Medals for overall placement Small medals for placement in the short segment Small medals for placement in the free segment