Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Mixed doubles tournament explained

Event:	Mixed doubles curling
Games:	2018 Winter
Venue:	Gangneung Curling Centre, Gangneung, South Korea
Dates:	8–13 February
Competitors:	16
Nations:	8
Gold:	Kaitlyn Lawes John Morris
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Jenny Perret Martin Rios
Silvernoc:	SUI
Bronze:	Kristin Skaslien Magnus Nedregotten
Bronzenoc:	NOR
Next:	2022

See 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.

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Female: Kaitlyn Lawes Male: John Morris	Female: Wang Rui Male: Ba Dexin	Female: Oona Kauste Male: Tomi Rantamäki	Female: Kristin Skaslien Male: Magnus Nedregotten
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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

Round-robin results

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

Summary

Draw 1

Thursday, 8 February, 9:05

Draw 2

Thursday, 8 February, 20:05

Draw 3

Friday, 9 February, 8:35

Draw 4

Friday, 9 February, 13:35

Draw 5

Saturday, 10 February, 9:05

Draw 6

Saturday, 10 February, 20:05

Draw 7

Sunday, 11 February, 9:05

Tiebreaker

Sunday, 11 February, 20:05

Player percentages

	64%		77%
	68%		88%
Total	67%	Total	83%

Playoffs

Notes¹ won the bronze medal match 8–4, but were disqualified due to the doping case mentioned above.

Semifinals

Monday, 12 February, 9:05

Player percentages

	58%		77%
	82%		66%
Total	73%	Total	70%

Monday, 12 February, 20:05

Player percentages

	70%		77%
	86%		78%
Total	76%	Total	78%

Bronze medal game

Tuesday, 13 February, 9:05

Notes

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

Player percentages

	64%		83%
	65%		79%
Total	65%	Total	81%

Gold medal game

Tuesday, 13 February, 20:05

Player percentages Each shot is marked out of 4
Player	1					2					3					4					5					6					%
																															%
	2				X	4				2	4				4	4				4	4				0	0				4	%
		4	4	3			4	2	4			2	4	3			4	1	4			4	3	4			2	4	4		%
																															%
	3				4	4				3	3				4	3				4	4				0	4				0	%
		3	2	0			4	4	4			0	1	0			2	2	2			4	2	4			4	4	2		%

Final standings

The final standings are:^[11]

Place	Team



4
5
6
7
DSQ

Statistics

See main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Statistics.

Player percentages

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

Female

	width=250	Curler	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=40	Total
1		72	70	77	75	77	86	78	76
2		85	81	69	65	72	54	75	72
2		63	79	59	71	83	70	77	72
4		61	80	72	73	65	60	75	70
4		61	84	63	70	83	56	65	70
6		76	60	67	81	36	78	66	68
7		71	71	62	63	69	50	52	63
8		57	52	67	31	75	65	67	60

Male

	width=250	Curler	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=40	Total
1		80	92	73	85	78	90	80	82
2		79	88	80	89	68	72	64	78
3		81	80	88	43	80	76	75	76
4		81	73	66	85	71	74	69	74
5		81	69	68	69	69	73	78	72
6		64	74	67	71	70	73	75	71
7		84	78	82	58	67	67	54	70
8		55	58	63	73	65	63	65	64

Team total

	width=250	Curler	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=40	Total
1		77	83	74	81	78	89	79	80
2		72	86	74	81	74	66	64	74
2		82	81	80	52	77	68	75	74
4		74	73	64	70	74	71	78	72
5		81	71	76	68	55	76	68	71
6		61	65	67	55	72	72	72	67
6		77	72	64	76	71	60	53	67
6		59	72	68	73	65	61	70	67

Notes and References

Web site: Start list . 2018-02-13 . 2018-02-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190035/http://odf2.worldcurling.co/data/OWG2018P/Mixed_Doubles/C32E~Entry_List_by_NOC.pdf . dead .
Web site: Final results . 2018-02-13 . 2018-02-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073309/http://odf2.worldcurling.co/data/OWG2018P/Mixed_Doubles/C76B~Final_Standings.pdf . dead .
News: Russian curling bronze medallist suspected of failed drugs test at Winter Olympics. 18 February 2018. The Telegraph. 18 February 2018.
Web site: Butler. Nick. Russian mixed doubles curling Olympic bronze medallist fails drugs test. www.insidethegames.biz. 19 February 2018. 18 February 2018.
Web site: New case registered by the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in PyeongChang. Court of Arbitration for Sport. 19 February 2018. 19 February 2018.
Web site: Russian curler stripped of Winter Olympics medal after admitting doping. 22 February 2018. . 22 February 2018.
Web site: http://www.curling.ru/news/6401. ru:Сборная России в дисциплине "смешанные пары" в редакции "МК". Russian Curling Federation. 20 December 2017. ru. https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053227/http://www.curling.ru/news/6401. 22 December 2017. dead.
Web site: S. Korean curlers eye multiple medals at PyeongChang 2018. Yonhap. 30 December 2017.
Web site: Le curling donne le coup d'envoi des sélections olympiques. Swiss Olympic Association. 11 December 2017. fr. 18 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171218035048/https://www.swissolympic.ch/fr/ueber-swiss-olympic/news-medien/medienmitteilungen/2017/Curling-macht-Auftakt-Olympiaselektionen.html. dead.
Web site: 2018 Olympic Winter Games – Schedule of Play. World Curling Federation. 11 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180129023711/http://www.worldcurling.org/owg2018/schedule. 29 January 2018. dead.
Web site: PyeongChang 2018 Mixed Doubles Results - Olympic curling.
Web site: Shot Success Percentage by Gender. World Curling Federation. 8 February 2018. 15 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200215154148/http://odf2.worldcurling.co/data/OWG2018P/Mixed_Doubles/C84C~Shot_Success_Percentage_by_Gender.pdf. dead.