Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Mixed doubles tournament

Mixed doubles curling at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Gangneung Curling Centre, Gangneung, South Korea
Dates	8–13 February
Competitors	16 from 8 nations
Medalists
Kaitlyn Lawes John Morris   Canada Jenny Perret Martin Rios   Switzerland Kristin Skaslien Magnus Nedregotten   Norway
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Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics

The mixed doubles curling tournament of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Curling Centre from 8 to 13 February 2018. ^[1] Eight nations competed in a round robin preliminary round, and the top four nations at the conclusion of the round robin qualified for the medal round. ^[2] This was the first time mixed doubles was held at the Winter Olympics.

On 18 February 2018, it was reported that bronze medallist Alexander Krushelnitskiy of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team had failed a drug test and was awaiting a test of the B sample. ^{[3] [4]} After the testing of the B sample that was also positive, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirmed that they were instituting formal proceedings; ^[5] three days later, CAS disqualified the Olympic Athletes from Russia team and stripped them of the bronze medal, which was reawarded to the Norwegian team. ^[6]

Teams

Teams have one male and one female thrower, with one curler throwing rocks #1 and #5 and the other throwing rocks #2, #3 and #4. Only the Olympic Athletes from Russia team have the female curler throwing the middle three rocks and the male curler throwing first and last. The remainder of the teams have the male curler throwing the middle three rocks and the female curler throwing first and last. Teams can change at any time.

Canada	China	Finland	Norway
Female: Kaitlyn Lawes Male: John Morris	Female: Wang Rui Male: Ba Dexin	Female: Oona Kauste Male: Tomi Rantamäki	Female: Kristin Skaslien Male: Magnus Nedregotten
Olympic Athletes from Russia [7]	South Korea [8]	Switzerland [9]	United States
Female: Anastasia Bryzgalova Male: Alexander Krushelnitskiy	Female: Jang Hye-ji Male: Lee Ki-jeong	Female: Jenny Perret Male: Martin Rios	Female: Rebecca Hamilton Male: Matt Hamilton

Round-robin standings

Final round robin standings

Team	Athletes	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	Qualification
Canada	Kaitlyn Lawes / John Morris	7	6	1	52	26	28	20	0	9	80%	Playoffs
Switzerland	Jenny Perret / Martin Rios	7	5	2	45	40	29	26	0	10	71%
Olympic Athletes from Russia	Anastasia Bryzgalova / Alexander Krushelnitskiy	7	4	3	36	44	26	27	1	7	67%
Norway	Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten	7	4	3	39	43	26	25	1	8	74%	Tiebreaker
China	Wang Rui / Ba Dexin	7	4	3	47	42	27	27	1	6	72%
South Korea	Jang Hye-ji / Lee Ki-jeong	7	2	5	40	40	23	29	1	7	67%
United States	Rebecca Hamilton / Matt Hamilton	7	2	5	37	43	26	25	0	9	74%
Finland	Oona Kauste / Tomi Rantamäki	7	1	6	35	53	23	29	0	6	67%

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in KST (UTC+9). ^[10]

Summary

Team									Record
Canada		10–4	8–2	6–9	8–2	7–3	7–2	6–4	6–1
China	4–10		10–5	9–3	5–6	8–7	5–7	6–4	4–3
Finland	2–8	5–10		6–7	5–7	4–9	6–7	7–5	1–6
Norway	9–6	3–9	7–6		3–4	8–3	6–5	3–10	4–3
Olympic Athletes from Russia	2–8	6–5	7–5	4–3		6–5	8–9	3–9	4–3
South Korea	3–7	7–8	9–4	3–8	5–6		4–6	9–1	2–5
Switzerland	2–7	7–5	7–6	5–6	9–8	6–4		9–4	5–2
United States	4–6	4–6	5–7	10–3	9–3	1–9	4–9		2–5

Draw 1

Thursday, 8 February, 9:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton)	3	0	1	1	2	0	2	X	9
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Lawes / Morris)	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	6
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)	0	3	0	1	0	2	1	2	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Jang / Lee)	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	X	9
Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki)	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
China (Wang / Ba)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5
Switzerland (Perret / Rios)	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	7

Draw 2

Thursday, 8 February, 20:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki)	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	6
Switzerland (Perret / Rios)	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
South Korea (Jang / Lee)	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	7
China (Wang / Ba)	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	4
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton)	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4
Canada (Lawes / Morris)	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	6

Draw 3

Friday, 9 February, 8:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Jang / Lee)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	3
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)	1	3	1	0	1	0	2	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton)	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Switzerland (Perret / Rios)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	6	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang / Ba)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Canada (Lawes / Morris)	3	0	4	0	1	0	2	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy)	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	X	7
Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki)	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	5

Draw 4

Friday, 9 February, 13:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Lawes / Morris)	1	0	1	1	0	5	X	X	8
Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki)	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
China (Wang / Ba)	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	5
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy)	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton)	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1
South Korea (Jang / Lee)	2	0	2	3	1	1	X	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Perret / Rios)	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	5
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	6

Draw 5

Saturday, 10 February, 9:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang / Ba)	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	6
United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton)	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	7
Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Lawes / Morris)	0	4	0	1	1	1	X	X	7
Switzerland (Perret / Rios)	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
South Korea (Jang / Lee)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy)	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	6

Draw 6

Saturday, 10 February, 20:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy)	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2
Canada (Lawes / Morris)	3	1	0	2	0	2	X	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Perret / Rios)	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6
South Korea (Jang / Lee)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)	0	3	0	0	0	0	X	X	3
United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton)	1	0	1	4	1	3	X	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki)	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	X	5
China (Wang / Ba)	3	0	1	0	4	0	2	X	10

Draw 7

Sunday, 11 February, 9:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	X	3
China (Wang / Ba)	1	0	0	3	0	5	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki)	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	7
United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Perret / Rios)	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	3	9
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy)	2	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Lawes / Morris)	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	X	7
South Korea (Jang / Lee)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	3

Tiebreaker

Sunday, 11 February, 20:05

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang / Ba)	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	7
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)	0	3	0	1	0	4	0	1	9

Player percentages
China		Norway
Wang Rui	64%	Kristin Skaslien	77%
Ba Dexin	68%	Magnus Nedregotten	88%
Total	67%	Total	83%

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Gold medal game
	1	Canada	8
	4	Norway	4
						1	Canada	10
						2	Switzerland	3
	2	Switzerland	7
	3	Olympic Athletes from Russia	5			Bronze medal game
						3	Olympic Athletes from Russia (DSQ1)	L
						4	Norway	W

Notes

¹  Olympic Athletes from Russia won the bronze medal match 8–4, but were disqualified due to the doping case mentioned above.

Semifinals

Monday, 12 February, 9:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Lawes / Morris)	2	0	0	1	2	0	3	X	8
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	X	4

Player percentages
Canada		Norway
Kaitlyn Lawes	58%	Kristin Skaslien	77%
John Morris	82%	Magnus Nedregotten	66%
Total	73%	Total	70%

Monday, 12 February, 20:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy)	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	5
Switzerland (Perret / Rios)	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	7

Player percentages
Olympic Athletes from Russia		Switzerland
Anastasia Bryzgalova	70%	Jenny Perret	77%
Alexander Krushelnitskiy	86%	Martin Rios	78%
Total	76%	Total	78%

Bronze medal draw

Tuesday, 13 February, 9:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy)	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	DSQ
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	W

Notes

•   Olympic Athletes from Russia (which won the bronze medal match 8–4) were disqualified after the tournament due to the doping case.

Player percentages
Norway		Olympic Athletes from Russia
Kristin Skaslien	64%	Anastasia Bryzgalova	83%
Magnus Nedregotten	65%	Alexander Krushelnitskiy	79%
Total	65%	Total	81%

Gold medal draw

Tuesday, 13 February, 20:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Lawes / Morris)	2	0	4	0	2	2	X	X	10
Switzerland (Perret / Rios)	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

Player percentages Each shot is marked out of 4
Player	1					2					3					4					5					6					%
Canada																															79.3%
Kaitlyn Lawes	2				X	4				2	4				4	4				4	4				0	0				4	72.7%
John Morris		4	4	3			4	2	4			2	4	3			4	1	4			4	3	4			2	4	4		83.3%
Switzerland																															66.7%
Jenny Perret	3				4	4				3	3				4	3				4	4				0	4				0	75%
Martin Rios		3	2	0			4	4	4			0	1	0			2	2	2			4	2	4			4	4	2		61.1%

Final standings

The final standings are: ^[11]

Place	Team
	Canada
	Switzerland
	Norway
4	China
5	South Korea
6	United States
7	Finland
DSQ	Olympic Athletes from Russia

Statistics

Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Statistics

Player percentages

Player percentages during round robin play are as follows: ^[12]

Female

#	Curler	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Kaitlyn Lawes  (CAN)	72	70	77	75	77	86	78	76
2	Becca Hamilton  (USA)	85	81	69	65	72	54	75	72
2	Wang Rui  (CHN)	63	79	59	71	83	70	77	72
4	Anastasia Bryzgalova  (OAR)	61	80	72	73	65	60	75	70
4	Kristin Skaslien  (NOR)	61	84	63	70	83	56	65	70
6	Jenny Perret  (SUI)	76	60	67	81	36	78	66	68
7	Jang Hye-ji  (KOR)	71	71	62	63	69	50	52	63
8	Oona Kauste  (FIN)	57	52	67	31	75	65	67	60

Male

#	Curler	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	John Morris  (CAN)	80	92	73	85	78	90	80	82
2	Magnus Nedregotten  (NOR)	79	88	80	89	68	72	64	78
3	Matt Hamilton  (USA)	81	80	88	43	80	76	75	76
4	Martin Rios  (SUI)	81	73	66	85	71	74	69	74
5	Ba Dexin  (CHN)	81	69	68	69	69	73	78	72
6	Tomi Rantamäki  (FIN)	64	74	67	71	70	73	75	71
7	Lee Ki-jeong  (KOR)	84	78	82	58	67	67	54	70
8	Alexander Krushelnitskiy  (OAR)	55	58	63	73	65	63	65	64

Team total

#	Curler	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Canada  (CAN)	77	83	74	81	78	89	79	80
2	Norway  (NOR)	72	86	74	81	74	66	64	74
2	United States  (USA)	82	81	80	52	77	68	75	74
4	China  (CHN)	74	73	64	70	74	71	78	72
5	Switzerland  (SUI)	81	71	76	68	55	76	68	71
6	Finland  (FIN)	61	65	67	55	72	72	72	67
6	South Korea  (KOR)	77	72	64	76	71	60	53	67
6	Olympic Athletes from Russia  (OAR)	59	72	68	73	65	61	70	67

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