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A number of world records (WR) and Olympic records (OR) were set in various skating events at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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A number of world records (WR) and Olympic records (OR) were set in various skating events at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Date | Component | Skater(s) | Country | Score | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team event | 11 February | Short program | Evgenia Medvedeva |  Olympic Athletes from Russia | 81.06 | [1] |
| Pair skating | 15 February | Free skating | Aliona Savchenko Bruno Massot |  Germany | 159.31 | [2] |
| Ice dance | 19 February | Short dance | Tessa Virtue Scott Moir |  Canada | 83.67 | [3] |
| 20 February | Free dance | Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron |  France | 123.35 | [4] | |
| Total score | Tessa Virtue Scott Moir | Canada | 206.07 | [4] | ||
| Ladies' singles | 21 February | Short program | Evgenia Medvedeva | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 81.61 | [5] |
| Alina Zagitova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 82.92 | [6] |
Twelve Olympic records (OR) and three world records (WR) were set during the competition.
| Event | Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 500 metres | 20 February | Heat 1 | Wu Dajing |  China | 40.264 | OR | [9] |
| 22 February | Quarterfinal 2 | 39.800 | OR, WR | [10] | |||
| Final A | 39.584 | OR, WR | [11] | ||||
| Men's 1000 metres | 13 February | Heat 5 | Charles Hamelin | Canada | 1:23.407 | OR | [12] |
| Men's 1500 metres | 10 February | Final A | Lim Hyo-jun |  South Korea | 2:10.485 | OR | [13] |
| Men's 5000 metre relay | 13 February | Semifinal 2 | Hwang Dae-heon Kim Do-kyoum Kwak Yoon-gy Lim Hyo-jun | South Korea | 6:34.510 | OR | [14] |
| 22 February | Final A | Shaoang Liu Shaolin Sándor Liu Viktor Knoch Csaba Burján |  Hungary | 6:31.971 | OR | [15] | |
| Women's 500 metres | 10 February | Heat 8 | Choi Min-jeong | South Korea | 42.870 | OR | [16] |
| 13 February | Quarterfinal 2 | Elise Christie |  Great Britain | 42.703 | OR | [17] | |
| Semifinal 1 | Choi Min-jeong | South Korea | 42.422 | OR | [18] | ||
| Women's 3000 metre relay | 10 February | Semifinal 2 | Fan Kexin Han Yutong Qu Chunyu Zhou Yang | China | 4:05.315 | OR | [19] |
| 20 February | Final B | Suzanne Schulting Jorien ter Mors Lara van Ruijven Yara van Kerkhof |  Netherlands | 4:03.471 | OR, WR | [20] |
Eight Olympic records (OR) and five Sea level world bests (WB) were set during the competition.
| Event | Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 500 metres | 19 February | Pair 16 | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen |  Norway | 34.41 | OR | [21] |
| Men's 5000 metres | 11 February | Pair 10 | Sven Kramer | Netherlands | 6:09.76 | OR | [22] |
| Men's 10,000 metres | 15 February | Pair 5 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | Canada | 12:39.77 | OR | [23] |
| Men's team pursuit | 21 February | Semifinal 2 | Håvard Bøkko Simen Spieler Nilsen Sverre Lunde Pedersen | Norway | 3:37.08 | OR WB (sea level) | [24] |
| Women's 500 metres | 18 February | Pair 14 | Nao Kodaira |  Japan | 36.94 | OR WB (sea level) | [25] |
| Women's 1000 metres | 14 February | Pair 12 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands | 1:13.56 | OR WB (sea level) | [26] |
| Women's team pursuit | 19 February | Quarterfinal 1 | Antoinette de Jong Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst | Netherlands | 2:55.61 | OR WB (sea level) | [27] |
| 21 February | Final A | Ayano Sato Miho Takagi Nana Takagi | Japan | 2:53.89 | OR WB (sea level) | [28] |
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