Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Pair skating

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.

Pair skating at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
The pairs' podium at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Venue	Gangneung Ice Arena Gangneung, South Korea
Dates	14–15 February 2018
Competitors	44 from 14 nations
Winning score	235.90
Medalists
Aljona Savchenko Bruno Massot  Germany Sui Wenjing Han Cong  China Meagan Duhamel Eric Radford  Canada
← 2014 2022 →

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

Records

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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:

Component	Skaters	Score	Date	Ref
Free skating	Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot (GER)	159.31	15 February 2018	[9]

Qualification

Main article: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – 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).

Date	Time	Round
14 February	10:00[2]	Short program
15 February	10:30[2]	Free skating

Results

Short program

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

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded	StN
1	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	China	82.39	44.49	37.90	9.36	9.32	9.61	9.50	9.57	0.00	17
2	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Olympic Athletes from Russia	81.68	43.97	37.71	9.46	9.25	9.54	9.50	9.39	0.00	22
3	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford	Canada	76.82	41.26	35.56	8.89	8.64	8.89	9.00	9.04	0.00	19
4	Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot	Germany	76.59	39.16	37.43	9.29	9.18	9.32	9.46	9.54	0.00	21
5	Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao	China	75.58	42.10	33.48	8.39	8.29	8.46	8.50	8.21	0.00	12
6	Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès	France	75.34	40.67	34.67	8.64	8.43	8.89	8.68	8.71	0.00	15
7	Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek	Italy	74.50	40.36	34.14	8.32	8.29	8.68	8.68	8.71	0.00	18
8	Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert	Olympic Athletes from Russia	74.35	40.13	34.22	8.68	8.25	8.64	8.57	8.64	0.00	20
9	Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Italy	74.00	40.41	33.59	8.43	8.25	8.46	8.46	8.39	0.00	16
10	Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov	Olympic Athletes from Russia	70.52	38.93	31.59	7.89	7.71	8.00	7.96	7.93	0.00	7
11	Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik	North Korea	69.40	38.79	30.61	7.61	7.36	7.86	7.71	7.71	0.00	10
12	Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau	Canada	67.52	35.63	31.89	7.96	7.79	8.04	8.04	8.04	0.00	14
13	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro	Canada	65.68	34.46	31.22	7.89	7.64	7.68	7.96	7.86	0.00	11
14	Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim	United States	65.55	34.18	31.37	7.96	7.54	7.82	7.89	8.00	0.00	13
15	Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař	Czech Republic	63.25	34.62	28.63	7.18	7.04	7.11	7.29	7.18	0.00	6
16	Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert	Germany	63.04	34.61	28.43	7.11	6.96	7.18	7.11	7.18	0.00	8
Did not advance to free skating
17	Peng Cheng / Jin Yang	China	62.61	33.50	30.11	7.64	7.46	7.50	7.61	7.43	-1.00	9
18	Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor	Australia	61.55	34.70	26.85	7.00	6.64	6.75	6.71	6.46	0.00	2
19	Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski	Israel	60.35	34.26	26.09	6.54	6.32	6.68	6.57	6.50	0.00	4
20	Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer	Austria	58.80	31.71	28.09	7.07	6.93	6.96	7.07	7.07	-1.00	5
21	Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara	Japan	57.74	32.89	24.85	6.39	5.96	6.29	6.25	6.18	0.00	3
22	Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam	South Korea	42.93	21.04	22.89	6.04	5.54	5.57	5.79	5.68	-1.00	1

• 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.	Name	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded	StN
1	Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot	Germany	159.31 WR	82.07	77.24	9.57	9.46	9.82	9.64	9.79	0.00	13
2	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford	Canada	153.33	79.86	73.47	9.21	9.04	9.32	9.21	9.14	0.00	14
3	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	China	153.08	76.29	76.79	9.57	9.46	9.54	9.71	9.71	0.00	15
4	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Olympic Athletes from Russia	143.25	70.08	74.17	9.54	9.18	9.14	9.32	9.18	-1.00	16
5	Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès	France	143.19	71.59	71.60	8.96	8.82	8.93	9.04	9.00	0.00	11
6	Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek	Italy	142.09	73.94	68.15	8.39	8.32	8.64	8.57	8.68	0.00	9
7	Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert	Olympic Athletes from Russia	138.53	70.36	68.17	8.54	8.25	8.57	8.61	8.64	0.00	10
8	Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau	Canada	136.50	71.28	65.22	8.11	7.93	8.25	8.18	8.29	0.00	5
9	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro	Canada	132.43	70.42	62.01	7.82	7.50	7.86	7.79	7.79	0.00	1
10	Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Italy	128.74	64.60	65.14	8.18	8.00	8.07	8.25	8.21	-1.00	7
11	Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao	China	128.52	62.98	67.54	8.68	8.43	8.21	8.57	8.32	-2.00	12
12	Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik	North Korea	124.23	63.65	60.58	7.68	7.29	7.71	7.61	7.57	0.00	6
13	Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov	Olympic Athletes from Russia	123.93	62.17	63.76	8.04	7.82	7.71	8.21	8.07	-2.00	8
14	Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař	Czech Republic	123.08	64.34	58.74	7.43	7.39	7.21	7.36	7.32	0.00	3
15	Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim	United States	120.27	60.57	60.70	7.68	7.54	7.43	7.75	7.54	-1.00	2
16	Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert	Germany	108.94	53.79	55.15	6.93	6.82	6.79	7.00	6.93	0.00	4

• 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.

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP		FS
	Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot	Germany	235.90	76.59	4	159.31	1
	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	China	235.47	82.39	1	153.08	3
	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford	Canada	230.15	76.82	3	153.33	2
4	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Olympic Athletes from Russia	224.93	81.68	2	143.25	4
5	Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès	France	218.53	75.34	6	143.19	5
6	Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek	Italy	216.59	74.50	7	142.09	6
7	Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert	Olympic Athletes from Russia	212.88	74.35	8	138.53	7
8	Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao	China	204.10	75.58	5	128.52	11
9	Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau	Canada	204.02	67.52	12	136.50	8
10	Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Italy	202.74	74.00	9	128.74	10
11	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro	Canada	198.11	65.68	13	132.43	9
12	Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov	Olympic Athletes from Russia	194.45	70.52	10	123.93	13
13	Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik	North Korea	193.63	69.40	11	124.23	12
14	Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař	Czech Republic	186.33	63.25	15	123.08	14
15	Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim	United States	185.82	65.55	14	120.27	15
16	Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert	Germany	171.98	63.04	16	108.94	16
Did not advance to free skating
17	Peng Cheng / Jin Yang	China		62.61	17
18	Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor	Australia		61.55	18
19	Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski	Israel		60.35	19
20	Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer	Austria		58.80	20
21	Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara	Japan		57.74	21
22	Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam	South Korea		42.93	22

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

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