Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Pair skating

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Pair skating
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
2018 Winter Olympic Games Pairs Podium.jpg
The pairs' podium at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Venue Gangneung Ice Arena
Gangneung, South Korea
Dates14–15 February 2018
Competitors44 from 14 nations
Winning score235.90
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Aljona Savchenko
Bruno Massot
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Sui Wenjing
Han Cong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Meagan Duhamel
Eric Radford
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2014
2022  

The pair skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. [1] The short program was held on 14 February and the free skating on 15 February 2018. [2] [3] Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot became Olympic champions after finishing fourth in the short program and setting a record with their score in the free program to take the gold by 0.43 points. Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, leading after the short program, made a couple of mistakes in the free program and won silver. Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford were third. [4] [5] [6] This was the second Olympics since 1964 that a Soviet or Russian pair did not win a medal.

Chinese judges Chen Weiguang and Huang Feng were investigated by the ISU and banned for mark manipulation. [7] [8]

Records

For a complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

The following new best score was set during this competition:

ComponentSkatersScoreDateRef
Free skatingFlag of Germany.svg  Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot  (GER)159.3115 February 2018 [9]

Qualification

A total of 22 teams qualified to compete for the event, with each country allowed to only enter a maximum of three. Originally only 20 spots were available, but due to the invitation of the North and South Korean teams, the quota jumped to 22. 16 quotas were handed out during the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships and four were given out at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Each country decided the entry of its teams, and athletes winning the quota were not necessarily granted the right to compete. The South Korean were given an additional quota as host nation, after they failed to qualify through the World Championships or Nebelhorn Trophy. [10] North Korea, who originally qualified at the Nebelhorn Trophy, did not register its athletes in time. However, after the country agreed to participate in the games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed the pair to compete. [11] All pairs competing must have met the minimum total elements score, which does not include component scores. For the short program this was 20.00 and the free skate 36.00. [12]

Schedule

All times are (UTC+9).

DateTimeRound
14 February10:00 [2] Short program
15 February10:30 [2] Free skating

Results

Short program

The short program was held on 14 February. [2] [13]

Pl.NameNationTSSTESPCSSSTRPECHINDedStN
1 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 82.3944.4937.909.369.329.619.509.570.0017
2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 81.6843.9737.719.469.259.549.509.390.0022
3 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 76.8241.2635.568.898.648.899.009.040.0019
4 Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 76.5939.1637.439.299.189.329.469.540.0021
5 Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 75.5842.1033.488.398.298.468.508.210.0012
6 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Flag of France.svg  France 75.3440.6734.678.648.438.898.688.710.0015
7 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 74.5040.3634.148.328.298.688.688.710.0018
8 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 74.3540.1334.228.688.258.648.578.640.0020
9 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 74.0040.4133.598.438.258.468.468.390.0016
10 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 70.5238.9331.597.897.718.007.967.930.007
11 Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 69.4038.7930.617.617.367.867.717.710.0010
12 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 67.5235.6331.897.967.798.048.048.040.0014
13 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 65.6834.4631.227.897.647.687.967.860.0011
14 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Flag of the United States.svg  United States 65.5534.1831.377.967.547.827.898.000.0013
15 Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 63.2534.6228.637.187.047.117.297.180.006
16 Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 63.0434.6128.437.116.967.187.117.180.008
Did not advance to free skating
17 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 62.6133.5030.117.647.467.507.617.43-1.009
18 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 61.5534.7026.857.006.646.756.716.460.002
19 Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 60.3534.2626.096.546.326.686.576.500.004
20 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 58.8031.7128.097.076.936.967.077.07-1.005
21 Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 57.7432.8924.856.395.966.296.256.180.003
22 Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 42.9321.0422.896.045.545.575.795.68-1.001
  • Notes:
  • WR - World record
  • TSS - Total Segment Score; TES - Technical Element Score; PCS - Program Component Score
  • SS - Skating Skills; TR - Transitions; PE - Performance/Execution
  • CH - Choreography; IN - Interpretation; Ded - Deduction; StN - Starting Number

Free skating

The free skating was held on 15 February. [2] [14]

Pl.NameNationTSSTESPCSSSTRPECHINDedStN
1 Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 159.31 WR82.0777.249.579.469.829.649.790.0013
2 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 153.3379.8673.479.219.049.329.219.140.0014
3 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 153.0876.2976.799.579.469.549.719.710.0015
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 143.2570.0874.179.549.189.149.329.18-1.0016
5 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Flag of France.svg  France 143.1971.5971.608.968.828.939.049.000.0011
6 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 142.0973.9468.158.398.328.648.578.680.009
7 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 138.5370.3668.178.548.258.578.618.640.0010
8 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 136.5071.2865.228.117.938.258.188.290.005
9 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 132.4370.4262.017.827.507.867.797.790.001
10 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 128.7464.6065.148.188.008.078.258.21-1.007
11 Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 128.5262.9867.548.688.438.218.578.32-2.0012
12 Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 124.2363.6560.587.687.297.717.617.570.006
13 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 123.9362.1763.768.047.827.718.218.07-2.008
14 Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 123.0864.3458.747.437.397.217.367.320.003
15 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Flag of the United States.svg  United States 120.2760.5760.707.687.547.437.757.54-1.002
16 Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 108.9453.7955.156.936.826.797.006.930.004
  • Notes:
  • TSS - Total Segment Score; TES - Technical Element Score; PCS - Program Component Score
  • SS - Skating Skills; TR - Transitions; PE - Performance/Execution
  • CH - Choreography; IN - Interpretation; Ded - Deduction; StN - Starting Number

Overall

The skaters are ranked according to their overall score.

RankNameNationTotal PointsSPFS
Gold medal icon.svg Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 235.9076.594159.311
Silver medal icon.svg Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 235.4782.391153.083
Bronze medal icon.svg Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 230.1576.823153.332
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 224.9381.682143.254
5 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Flag of France.svg  France 218.5375.346143.195
6 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 216.5974.507142.096
7 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 212.8874.358138.537
8 Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 204.1075.585128.5211
9 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 204.0267.5212136.508
10 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 202.7474.009128.7410
11 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 198.1165.6813132.439
12 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 194.4570.5210123.9313
13 Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 193.6369.4011124.2312
14 Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 186.3363.2515123.0814
15 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Flag of the United States.svg  United States 185.8265.5514120.2715
16 Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 171.9863.0416108.9416
Did not advance to free skating
17 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 62.6117
18 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 61.5518
19 Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 60.3519
20 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 58.8020
21 Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 57.7421
22 Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 42.9322

TP - Total points; SP - Short program; FS - Free skating

References

Citations

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  14. Free skating results