Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ice dance explained

Event:Ice dance
Games:2018 Winter
Venue:Gangneung Ice Arena
Gangneung, South Korea
Dates:19–20 February
Competitors:48
Nations:17
Win Value:206.07
Win Label:Winning score
Gold:Tessa Virtue
Scott Moir
Goldnoc:CAN
Silver:Gabriella Papadakis
Guillaume Cizeron
Silvernoc:FRA
Bronze:Maia Shibutani
Alex Shibutani
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:2014
Next:2022

The ice dance competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 19 and 20 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.[1] The short dance was held on 19 February and the free dance was held on 20 February.[2] [3]

Summary

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir scored 83.67 in the short dance, breaking their own world record. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron finished in second place, 1.74 points behind Virtue/Moir. Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani finished in fourth place, and Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue were third, with just 0.02 points separating the two couples.

Shibutani/Shibutani were the 17th couple to take to the ice in the free dance, starting off in 4th place after the short dance; they took the lead with a combined total score of 192.59. Papadakis/Cizeron were next to skate, and they broke their world records for both the free dance and the total score, finishing with 205.28 points. Hubbell/Donohue received a deduction for a fall and were briefly in third place with 187.69 points. The last to skate were Virtue/Moir, who scored less than Papadakis/Cizeron in the free dance but still scored enough points overall to win the gold medal, setting another world record with a total score of 206.07.

This was the third Olympic medal that Virtue/Moir had won in ice dance; they won their first gold in 2010 and they took silver in 2014. It was also their fifth Olympic medal overall (including two team medals in 2014 and 2018), making them the most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history.

For the first time since ice dance became an Olympic event in 1976, no Soviet or Russian team won a medal.

Records

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics. For complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

The following new best scores were set during this competition:

Component Skaters Score Date Ref
Short dancealign=center 83.6719 February 2018[4]
Free dancealign=center 123.3520 February 2018align=center [5]
Combined total206.07

Qualification

See main article: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. A total of 24 teams qualified to compete for the event, with each country allowed to enter a maximum of three teams. 19 quotas were handed out during the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships, however Denmark was forced to return the quota when it was found that one of their athletes did not have Danish citizenship (and there was no other eligible team from the country). The remaining six quotas 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.[6] All pairs competing needed to have met the minimum total elements score, which did not include component scores. For the short program this was 19.00 and for the free skate it was 29.00.[7]

Schedule

All times are (UTC+9).

DateTimeRound
19 February 10:00 Short dance
20 February 10:00 Free dance

Results

Short dance

The short dance was held on 19 February.[2] [8]

Pl.NameNation
1align=left Tessa Virtue / Scott Moiralign=left 83.67 WR44.5339.149.689.619.939.799.930.0020
2Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron81.9342.7139.229.719.719.829.899.890.0021
3Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue77.7540.9836.779.299.049.259.149.250.0022
4align=left Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutanialign=left 77.7340.3337.409.369.189.469.369.390.0018
5Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte76.5740.0036.578.938.969.329.149.360.0024
6Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev75.4738.3637.119.189.149.469.299.320.0023
7align=left Madison Chock / Evan Batesalign=left 75.4539.3936.068.938.869.049.119.140.0019
8align=left Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Pojealign=left 74.3337.6536.689.188.969.299.149.290.0017
9align=left Piper Gilles / Paul Poirieralign=left 69.6034.9534.658.648.468.718.798.710.0016
10align=left Penny Coomes / Nicholas Bucklandalign=left 68.3634.7033.668.368.148.508.548.540.009
11Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri68.1634.1933.978.468.438.508.468.610.0015
12align=left Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavinalign=left 66.9335.0731.868.007.578.187.868.210.007
13align=left Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiroalign=left 66.4734.1532.328.047.798.218.078.290.005
14Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev66.0634.6531.417.797.618.047.867.960.0013
15align=left Kana Muramoto / Chris Reedalign=left 63.4132.8730.547.617.467.717.687.710.0014
16align=left Yura Min / Alexander Gamelinalign=left 61.2232.9428.286.966.827.217.187.180.0012
17align=left Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakisalign=left 59.9931.3928.607.216.867.257.217.210.003
18align=left Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gacalign=left 59.9731.1828.797.397.007.297.147.180.006
19align=left Lucie Myslivečková / Lukáš Csölleyalign=left 59.7531.4028.357.116.797.257.117.180.0011
20align=left Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçaralign=left 59.4229.6429.787.467.327.547.617.290.008
did not advance to free dance
21align=left Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitinalign=left 57.9727.2630.717.647.467.757.797.750.002
22align=left Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyualign=left 57.8129.2829.537.397.257.437.437.43-1.0010
23align=left Cortney Mansourová / Michal Češkaalign=left 53.5329.1124.426.295.936.146.255.930.001
24align=left / align=left 46.6623.8522.815.755.615.755.865.540.004

Free dance

The free dance was held on 20 February.[2] [9]

Pl.NameNation
1Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron123.35 WR63.9859.379.799.7510.009.9310.000.0018
2Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir122.4063.3559.059.719.619.969.9310.000.0020
3Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani114.8659.3755.499.329.079.369.219.290.0017
4Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev111.4556.2555.209.148.899.299.329.360.0015
5Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue109.0454.9456.009.299.219.259.469.46-1.0019
6Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte108.3455.2754.078.938.719.149.079.21-1.0016
7Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje107.6553.4854.178.968.759.189.049.210.0013
8Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier107.3155.1452.178.688.298.868.688.960.0011
9Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri105.3153.8251.498.578.508.578.578.710.006
10Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland101.9651.6650.308.328.218.398.578.430.0012
11Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin101.4051.6849.728.148.048.438.368.460.0010
12Madison Chock / Evan Bates100.1349.0453.098.648.718.719.149.04-2.0014
13Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed97.2250.7546.477.647.547.867.757.930.008
14Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro95.7746.7349.048.148.008.298.148.290.009
15Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev95.2948.4546.847.647.687.897.828.000.007
16Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis90.5046.7843.727.296.967.437.327.430.003
17Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac89.6247.0442.587.256.827.147.217.070.001
18Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar87.7644.0143.757.257.117.217.507.390.005
19Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin86.5244.6141.916.896.687.146.967.250.004
20Lucie Myslivečková / Lukáš Csölley82.8241.6541.176.826.616.827.007.070.002

Overall

The skaters were ranked according to their total combined (overall) score.[10]

RankNameNationTotal Points
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir206.07 WR83.671122.402
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron205.2881.932123.351
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani192.5977.734114.863
4Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue187.6977.753109.945
5Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev186.9275.476111.454
6align=left Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanottealign=left 184.9176.575108.346
7align=left Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Pojealign=left 181.9874.338107.657
8align=left Piper Gilles / Paul Poirieralign=left 176.9169.609107.318
9Madison Chock / Evan Bates175.5875.457100.1312
10align=left Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbrialign=left 173.4768.1611105.319
11align=left Penny Coomes / Nicholas Bucklandalign=left 170.3268.3610101.9610
12align=left Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavinalign=left 168.3366.9312101.4011
13align=left Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiroalign=left 162.2466.471395.7714
14align=left Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyrievalign=left 161.3566.061495.2915
15align=left Kana Muramoto / Chris Reedalign=left 160.6363.411597.2213
16Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis150.4959.991790.5016
17Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac149.5959.971889.6217
18align=left Yura Min / Alexander Gamelinalign=left 147.7461.221686.5219
19Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar147.1859.422087.7618
20Lucie Myslivečková / Lukáš Csölley142.57 59.751982.8220
did not advance to free dance
21align=left Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitinalign=left 57.9721
22align=left Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyualign=left 57.8122
23align=left Cortney Mansourová / Michal Češkaalign=left 53.5323
24align=left / align=left 46.6624
SD - Short dance; FD - Free dance

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/CAT004EN.HTM Start list
  4. News: Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir set world record to lead Olympic ice dance short. Barnes. Dan. 18 February 2018. National Post. 19 February 2018.
  5. News: Canada's Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir become most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history. 20 February 2018. ESPN.com. 20 February 2018.
  6. Web site: Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018, Figure skating. 17 May 2016. International Skating Union (ISU). 20 January 2018.
  7. 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.
  8. http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/owg2018/OWG2018_IceDance_SD_Scores.pdf Short dance results
  9. http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/owg2018/OWG2018_IceDance_FD_Scores.pdf Free dance results
  10. http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/owg2018/CAT004RS.HTM Final results

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