World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics explained

A number of world records (WR) and Olympic records (OR) were set in various skating events at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Figure skating

See also: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Event Date Component Skater(s) Country Score Ref
Team event11 FebruaryShort programEvgenia Medvedeva81.06[1]
Pair skating15 FebruaryFree skatingAliona Savchenko
Bruno Massot		159.31[2]
Ice dance19 FebruaryShort danceTessa Virtue
Scott Moir		83.67[3]
20 FebruaryFree danceGabriella Papadakis
Guillaume Cizeron		123.35[4]
Total scoreTessa Virtue
Scott Moir		206.07
Ladies' singles21 FebruaryShort programEvgenia Medvedeva81.61[5]
Alina Zagitova82.92[6]

Ice hockey

See also: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Short track speed skating

See also: Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Twelve Olympic records (OR) and three world records (WR) were set during the competition.

Event Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref
Men's 500 metres20 FebruaryHeat 1Wu Dajing40.264OR[9]
22 FebruaryQuarterfinal 239.800OR, WR[10]
Final A39.584OR, WR[11]
Men's 1000 metres13 FebruaryHeat 5Charles Hamelin1:23.407OR[12]
Men's 1500 metres10 FebruaryFinal ALim Hyo-jun2:10.485OR[13]
Men's 5000 metre relay13 FebruarySemifinal 2Hwang Dae-heon
Kim Do-kyoum
Kwak Yoon-gy
Lim Hyo-jun		6:34.510OR[14]
22 FebruaryFinal AShaoang Liu
Shaolin Sándor Liu
Viktor Knoch
Csaba Burján		6:31.971OR[15]
Women's 500 metres10 FebruaryHeat 8Choi Min-jeong42.870OR[16]
13 FebruaryQuarterfinal 2Elise Christie42.703OR[17]
Semifinal 1Choi Min-jeong42.422OR[18]
Women's 3000 metre relay10 FebruarySemifinal 2Fan Kexin
Han Yutong
Qu Chunyu
Zhou Yang		4:05.315OR[19]
20 FebruaryFinal BSuzanne Schulting
Jorien ter Mors
Lara van Ruijven
Yara van Kerkhof		4:03.471OR, WR[20]

Speed skating

See also: Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Eight Olympic records (OR) and five Sea level world bests (WB) were set during the competition.

Event Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref
Men's 500 metres19 FebruaryPair 16Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen34.41OR[21]
Men's 5000 metres11 FebruaryPair 10Sven Kramer6:09.76OR[22]
Men's 10,000 metres15 FebruaryPair 5Ted-Jan Bloemen12:39.77OR[23]
Men's team pursuit21 FebruarySemifinal 2Håvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen		3:37.08OR
WB (sea level)		[24]
Women's 500 metres18 FebruaryPair 14Nao Kodaira36.94OR
WB (sea level)		[25]
Women's 1000 metres14 FebruaryPair 12Jorien ter Mors1:13.56OR
WB (sea level)		[26]
Women's team pursuit19 FebruaryQuarterfinal 1Antoinette de Jong
Marrit Leenstra
Ireen Wüst		2:55.61OR
WB (sea level)		[27]
21 FebruaryFinal AAyano Sato
Miho Takagi
Nana Takagi		2:53.89OR
WB (sea level)		[28]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Figure Skating (피겨 스케이팅 / Patinage artistique): Team Event Ladies Single Skating Short Program (피겨 스케이팅 팀이벤트 여자 싱글 스케이팅 쇼트 프로그램 / Épreuve par équipes Patinage individuel femmes, programme court) – Segment Results (세그먼트 경기결과 / Résultats par segment). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 11 February 2018. 11 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Figure Skating (피겨 스케이팅 / Patinage artistique): Pair Skating Free Skating (피겨 스케이팅 페어 프리 스케이팅 / Patinage en couple Programme libre) – Segment Results (세그먼트 경기결과 / Résultats par segment). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 15 February 2018. 16 February 2018.
  3. News: Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir set world record to lead Olympic ice dance short. Barnes. Dan. 18 February 2018. National Post. 19 February 2018.
  4. News: Canada's Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir become most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history. 20 February 2018. ESPN.com. 20 February 2018.
  5. News: Alina Zagitova tops Russian teammate Evgenia Medvedeva's world-record short program score. Bieler. Des. 2018-02-21. Washington Post. 2018-02-22. Janes. Chelsea. en-US. 0190-8286.
  6. Web site: Figure Skating (피겨 스케이팅 / Patinage artistique): Ladies Single Skating (피겨 스케이팅 여자 싱글 / Patinage individuel femmes) - Short Program (쇼트 프로그램 / Programme court). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 21 February 2018. 21 February 2018.
  7. Web site: Jocelyne Lamoureux Scores Two Goals In Six Seconds For Team USA. deadspin.com. 14 February 2018.
  8. Web site: Finns edge OAR for bronze. pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey. 21 February 2018.
  9. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Men's 500m Heats (남자 500m 예선 / 500 m hommes Séries éliminatoires) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 20 February 2018. 20 February 2018.
  10. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Men's 500m Quarterfinals (남자 500m 준준결승 / 500 m hommes Quarts de finale) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 22 February 2018. 23 February 2018.
  11. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Men's 500m Finals (남자 500m 결승 / 500 m hommes Finales) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 22 February 2018. 23 February 2018.
  12. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Men's 1,000m Heats (남자 1,000m 예선 / 1 000 m hommes Séries éliminatoires) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 13 February 2018. 13 February 2018.
  13. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Men's 1,500m Finals (남자 1,500m 결승 / 1 500 m hommes Finales) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 10 February 2018. 10 February 2018.
  14. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Men's 5,000m Relay Heats (남자 5,000m 계주 예선 / Relais 5 000 m hommes Séries éliminatoires) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 13 February 2018. 13 February 2018. 13 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180213150020/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/STK/OWG2018_STK_C73B_STKM5000MRY4----------HEAT--------.pdf. dead.
  15. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Men's 5,000m Relay Finals (남자 5,000m 계주 결승 / Relais 5 000 m hommes Finales) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 22 February 2018. 1 March 2018. 13 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180213150020/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/STK/OWG2018_STK_C73B_STKM5000MRY4----------HEAT--------.pdf. dead.
  16. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Ladies' 500m Heats (여자 500m 예선 / 500 m femmes Séries éliminatoires) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 10 February 2018. 10 February 2018.
  17. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Ladies' 500m Quarterfinals (여자 500m 준준결승 / 500 m femmes Quarts de finale) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 13 February 2018. 14 February 2018.
  18. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Ladies' 500m Semifinals (여자 500m 준결승 / 500 m femmes Demi-finales) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 13 February 2018. 14 February 2018.
  19. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Ladies' 3,000m Relay Heats (여자 3,000m 계주 예선 / Relais 3 000 m femmes Séries éliminatoires) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 10 February 2018. 10 February 2018.
  20. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Ladies' 3,000m Relay Finals (여자 3,000m 계주 결승 / Relais 3 000 m femmes Finales) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 20 February 2018. 20 February 2018.
  21. Web site: Speed Skating (스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse): Men's 500m (남자 500m / 500 m hommes) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 19 February 2018. 20 February 2018.
  22. Web site: Speed Skating (스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse): Men's 5,000m (남자 5,000m / 5 000 m hommes) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 11 February 2018. 11 February 2018.
  23. Web site: Speed Skating (스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse): Men's 10,000m (남자 10,000m / 10 000 m hommes) – Records Broken/Equalled (신기록 갱신 / Records battus/égalés). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 15 February 2018. 16 February 2018.
  24. Web site: Speed Skating (스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse): Men's Team Pursuit Semifinals (남자 팀추월 준결승 / Poursuite par équipes hommes Demi-finales – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 21 February 2018. 22 February 2018.
  25. Web site: Speed Skating (스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse): Ladies' 500m (여자 500m / 500 m femmes) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 18 February 2018. 18 February 2018.
  26. Web site: Speed Skating (스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse): Ladies' 1,000m (여자 1,000m / 1 000 m femmes) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 14 February 2018. 14 February 2018.
  27. Web site: Speed Skating (스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse): Ladies' Team Pursuit Quarterfinals (여자 팀추월 준준결승 / Poursuite par équipes femmes Quarts de finale) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 19 February 2018. 20 February 2018.
  28. Web site: Speed Skating (스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse): Ladies' Team Pursuit Finals (여자 팀추월 결승 / Poursuite par équipes femmes Finale) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 21 February 2018. 22 February 2018.

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