Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Pair skating explained

Event:	Pair skating
Games:	2010 Winter
Venue:	Pacific Coliseum Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Dates:	February 14 February 15
Competitors:	40
Nations:	12
Win Value:	216.57
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Pang Qing / Tong Jian
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
Bronzenoc:	GER
Prev:	2006
Next:	2014

The pair skating competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The short program was held on February 14, 2010 and the free skating was held on February 15, 2010.

Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo (CHN) won the gold medal. This was the first time since 1960 that a Russian, Soviet, or Unified Team (CIS) flagged team did not win the gold medal.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing ISU best scores were:

Component	Skaters	Score	Date	Event	Ref
Short program		75.36	3 December 2009	2009–10 Grand Prix Final	^[2]
Free skating		139.23	20 January 2010	2010 European Championships	^[3]
Total score		214.25	5 December 2009	2009–10 Grand Prix Final	^[4]

The following ISU best scores were set during the competition:

Component	Skaters	Score	Date	Ref
Short program		76.66	14 February 2010
Free skating		141.81	15 February 2010
Total score		216.57

Results

Short program

The pairs short program was held on February 14.

Pl.	Name	Nation
1	/		76.66	42.42	34.24	8.60	8.30	8.70	8.60	8.60	0.00	1
2	/		75.96	42.24	33.72	8.40	8.25	8.55	8.50	8.45	0.00	20
3	/		74.16	40.92	33.24	8.25	8.10	8.45	8.30	8.45	0.00	16
4	/		71.50	39.90	32.60	8.25	7.90	8.25	8.15	8.20	1.00	18
5	/		71.28	41.08	30.20	7.70	7.40	7.55	7.65	7.45	0.00	19
6	/		65.36	36.16	30.20	7.60	7.30	7.60	7.65	7.60	1.00	17
7	/		64.20	37.60	26.60	6.70	6.30	6.75	6.80	6.70	0.00	9
8	/		63.44	34.24	30.20	7.65	7.40	7.50	7.65	7.55	1.00	14
9	/		62.14	34.62	27.52	7.05	6.70	6.85	7.00	6.80	0.00	15
10	/		57.86	33.10	24.76	6.30	5.95	6.35	6.20	6.15	0.00	8
11	/		56.82	31.90	24.92	6.40	6.10	6.15	6.40	6.10	0.00	11
12	/		56.54	31.74	24.80	6.25	5.90	6.30	6.35	6.20	0.00	7
13	/		55.34	32.70	22.64	5.85	5.40	5.80	5.75	5.50	0.00	13
14	/		53.26	29.86	23.40	6.00	5.60	5.95	5.95	5.75	0.00	4
15	/		51.16	28.56	22.60	5.75	5.40	5.65	5.80	5.65	0.00	6
16	/		48.28	27.72	20.56	5.25	4.90	5.25	5.15	5.15	0.00	12
17	/		45.46	23.54	21.92	5.60	5.25	5.35	5.55	5.65	0.00	5
18	/		42.18	23.70	19.48	5.15	4.60	4.85	5.00	4.75	1.00	2
19	/		39.54	21.74	18.80	4.85	4.50	4.65	4.85	4.65	1.00	10
20	/		39.30	23.26	18.04	4.75	4.25	4.40	4.55	4.60	2.00	3

Free skating

The pairs free skate was held on February 15.

Pl.	Name	Nation
1	/		141.81	70.53	71.28	8.90	8.70	9.00	8.90	9.05	0.00	19
2	/		139.91	67.51	72.40	8.95	8.85	9.10	9.10	9.25	0.00	20
3	/		134.64	65.08	70.56	8.85	8.60	8.85	8.85	8.95	1.00	18
4	/		123.06	65.42	58.64	7.50	7.15	7.35	7.40	7.25	1.00	14
5	/		122.35	61.27	62.08	7.80	7.55	7.80	7.85	7.80	1.00	15
6	/		121.75	60.99	61.76	7.70	7.60	7.70	7.85	7.75	1.00	16
7	/		120.61	57.13	64.48	8.05	7.85	8.05	8.10	8.25	1.00	17
8	/		119.64	64.64	56.00	7.15	6.75	7.05	7.05	7.00	1.00	11
9	/		115.77	60.45	56.32	7.10	6.80	7.05	7.10	7.15	1.00	13
10	/		114.06	62.06	52.00	6.45	6.45	6.65	6.45	6.50	0.00	9
11	/		106.96	57.72	50.24	6.40	6.10	6.20	6.40	6.30	1.00	10
12	/		105.07	56.27	48.80	6.20	5.85	6.25	6.15	6.05	0.00	8
13	/		104.78	54.34	51.44	6.65	6.30	6.35	6.55	6.30	1.00	12
14	/		93.94	48.34	45.60	5.90	5.45	5.75	5.75	5.65	0.00	6
15	/		93.28	51.08	43.20	5.50	5.20	5.60	5.35	5.35	1.00	1
16	/		91.66	49.90	41.76	5.25	5.10	5.30	5.30	5.15	0.00	5
17	/		89.08	48.44	42.64	5.40	5.25	5.15	5.45	5.40	2.00	7
18	/		86.52	49.44	38.08	4.90	4.40	4.75	4.90	4.85	1.00	4
19	/		82.72	43.92	38.80	5.05	4.65	4.90	4.95	4.70	0.00	3
20	/		81.44	45.52	35.92	4.65	4.20	4.65	4.50	4.45	0.00	2

Overall

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points
	/		216.57	1	2
	/		213.31	4	1
	/		210.60	2	3
4	/		194.77	3	7
5	/		194.34	5	4
6	/		187.11	6	6
7	/		185.79	8	5
8	/		181.78	9	8
9	/		179.97	7	9
10	/		171.92	10	10
11	/		163.50	12	11
12	/		161.60	11	13
13	/		158.33	14	12
14	/		145.10	15	14
15	/		144.42	13	17
16	/		139.94	16	16
17	/		138.74	17	15
18	/		125.82	20	18
19	/		124.90	18	19
20	/		120.98	19	20

Judges and officials

Referee:

• Pekka Leskinen

Technical Controller:

• Susan Lynch

Technical Specialist:

• David Moellenkamp

Assistant Technical Specialist:

• Simon Briggs

Judges (SP):

• Wang Yumin
• Irina Medvedeva
• Karen Archer
• Andrea Derby
• Alexander Kogan
• Taffy Holliday
• Heinz-Ulrich Walther
• Markus Germann
• Florence Vuylsteker

Judges (FS):

• Anna Sierocka
• Nikolai Salnikov
• Franco Benini
• Albert Zaydman
• Heinz-Ulrich Walther
• Irina Medvedeva
• Andrea Derby
• Taffy Holliday
• Wang Yumin
• Markus Germann

External links

• 2010 Winter Olympics results: Pairs, from https://web.archive.org/web/20100222080013/http://www.vancouver2010.com/ retrieved 2010-02-15.
• Vancouver 2010: Figure Skating

Notes and References

1. News: Los Angeles Times . Fourth time is their charm . Philip . Hersh . 16 February 2010 . 16 February 2010.
2. Web site: ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Short Program Score . International Skating Union . 25 March 2014.
3. Web site: ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Free Skating Score . International Skating Union . 25 March 2014.
4. Web site: ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Total Score . International Skating Union . 25 March 2014.