Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Pair skating explained

Event:Pair skating
Games:2018 Winter
Venue:Gangneung Ice Arena
Gangneung, South Korea
Dates:14–15 February
Competitors:44
Nations:14
Win Value:235.90
Win Label:Winning score
Gold:Aljona Savchenko
Bruno Massot
Goldnoc:GER
Silver:Sui Wenjing
Han Cong
Silvernoc:CHN
Bronze:Meagan Duhamel
Eric Radford
Bronzenoc:CAN
Prev:2014
Next: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

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:

Qualification

See 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).

DateTimeRound
14 February 10:00 Short program
15 February 10:30 Free skating

Results

Short program

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

Pl.NameNation
1Sui Wenjing / Han Cong82.3944.4937.909.369.329.619.509.570.0017
2Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov81.6843.9737.719.469.259.549.509.390.0022
3Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford76.8241.2635.568.898.648.899.009.040.0019
4Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot76.5939.1637.439.299.189.329.469.540.0021
5align=left Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Haoalign=left 75.5842.1033.488.398.298.468.508.210.0012
6align=left Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprèsalign=left 75.3440.6734.678.648.438.898.688.710.0015
7Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek74.5040.3634.148.328.298.688.688.710.0018
8Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert74.3540.1334.228.688.258.648.578.640.0020
9align=left Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarisealign=left 74.0040.4133.598.438.258.468.468.390.0016
10align=left Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonovalign=left 70.5238.9331.597.897.718.007.967.930.007
11align=left Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sikalign=left 69.4038.7930.617.617.367.867.717.710.0010
12align=left Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeaualign=left 67.5235.6331.897.967.798.048.048.040.0014
13align=left Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaroalign=left 65.6834.4631.227.897.647.687.967.860.0011
14align=left Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierimalign=left 65.5534.1831.377.967.547.827.898.000.0013
15align=left Anna Dušková / Martin Bidařalign=left 63.2534.6228.637.187.047.117.297.180.006
16align=left Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaertalign=left 63.0434.6128.437.116.967.187.117.180.008
Did not advance to free skating
17align=left Peng Cheng / Jin Yangalign=left 62.6133.5030.117.647.467.507.617.43-1.009
18align=left Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsoralign=left 61.5534.7026.857.006.646.756.716.460.002
19align=left Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolskialign=left 60.3534.2626.096.546.326.686.576.500.004
20align=left Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kieferalign=left 58.8031.7128.097.076.936.967.077.07-1.005
21align=left Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kiharaalign=left 57.7432.8924.856.395.966.296.256.180.003
22align=left Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kamalign=left 42.9321.0422.896.045.545.575.795.68-1.001

Free skating

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

Pl.NameNation
1Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot159.31 WR82.0777.249.579.469.829.649.790.0013
2Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford153.3379.8673.479.219.049.329.219.140.0014
3Sui Wenjing / Han Cong153.0876.2976.799.579.469.549.719.710.0015
4Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov143.2570.0874.179.549.189.149.329.18-1.0016
5align=left Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprèsalign=left 143.1971.5971.608.968.828.939.049.000.0011
6Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek142.0973.9468.158.398.328.648.578.680.009
7Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert138.5370.3668.178.548.258.578.618.640.0010
8align=left Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeaualign=left 136.5071.2865.228.117.938.258.188.290.005
9align=left Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaroalign=left 132.4370.4262.017.827.507.867.797.790.001
10align=left Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarisealign=left 128.7464.6065.148.188.008.078.258.21-1.007
11align=left Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Haoalign=left 128.5262.9867.548.688.438.218.578.32-2.0012
12align=left Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sikalign=left 124.2363.6560.587.687.297.717.617.570.006
13align=left Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonovalign=left 123.93 62.1763.768.047.827.718.218.07-2.008
14align=left Anna Dušková / Martin Bidařalign=left 123.0864.3458.747.437.397.217.367.320.003
15align=left Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierimalign=left 120.2760.5760.707.687.547.437.757.54-1.002
16align=left Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaertalign=left 108.9453.7955.156.936.826.797.006.930.004

Overall

The skaters are ranked according to their overall score.

RankNameNationTotal Points
Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot235.9076.594159.311
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong235.4782.39 1153.083
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford230.1576.823153.332
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov224.9381.682143.254
align=left Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprèsalign=left 218.5375.346143.195
Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek216.5974.507142.096
Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert212.8874.358138.537
align=left Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Haoalign=left 204.1075.585128.5211
align=left Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeaualign=left 204.0267.5212136.508
10align=left Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarisealign=left 202.7474.009128.7410
11align=left Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaroalign=left 198.1165.68 13132.439
12align=left Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonovalign=left 194.4570.5210123.9313
13align=left Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sikalign=left 193.6369.4011124.2312
14align=left Anna Dušková / Martin Bidařalign=left 186.3363.25 15123.0814
15align=left Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierimalign=left 185.8265.5514120.2715
16align=left Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaertalign=left 171.9863.0416108.9416
Did not advance to free skating
17align=left Peng Cheng / Jin Yangalign=left 62.6117
18align=left Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsoralign=left 61.5518
19align=left Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolskialign=left 60.3519
20align=left Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kieferalign=left 58.8020
21align=left Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kiharaalign=left 57.7421
22align=left Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kamalign=left 42.9322
TP - Total points; SP - Short program; FS - Free skating

References

Citations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Venues. www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. 26 December 2017. 17 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180217011059/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/venues. dead.
  2. Web site: Schedule . 6 January 2018 . 5 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171105010048/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/schedule . dead .
  3. http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/owg2018/CAT003EN.HTM Start list
  4. Web site: Germans Unexpectedly Win Olympic Pairs Figure Skating. Longman. Jeré. 15 February 2018. New York Times. 15 February 2018.
  5. Web site: Aljona Savchenko/Bruno Massot (GER) soar to Olympic gold . ISU.org . . 5 April 2019.
  6. Web site: Germans Unexpectedly Win Olympic Pairs Figure Skating . Jeré . Longman . 15 February 2018 . The New York Times.
  7. Web site: Chinese figure skating judges banned for bias at Pyeongchang Olympics . 21 June 2018 . . Associated Press.
  8. Web site: Embarrassment for China ahead of Beijing 2022 as ISU bans two officials for biased judging at Pyeongchang 2018 . James . Diamond . 20 June 2018 . insidethegames.biz.
  9. News: Figure Skating: Record-breaking German pair soar to stunning gold. Tetrault-Farber. Gabrielle. Lies. Elaine. 15 February 2018. Reuters. 17 February 2018.
  10. Web site: Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018, Figure skating. 17 May 2016. International Skating Union (ISU). 20 January 2018.
  11. Web site: Twenty-two North Koreans to compete at Pyeongchang 2018. Butler. Nick. 20 January 2018. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media . 20 January 2018.
  12. Web site: Extract from ISU Communication 2097. www.iceskating.org.uk/. National Ice Skating Association (UK). 20 January 2018. 20 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170720144906/http://www.iceskating.org.uk/index.cfm/technical/isu-figure-skating-championships-2018-and-the-olympic-winter-games-2018-minimum-total-elements-scores/. dead.
  13. http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/owg2018/OWG2018_PairSkating_SP_Scores.pdf Short program results
  14. http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/owg2018/OWG2018_PairSkating_FS_Scores.pdf Free skating results

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