The pair skating of Figure Skating 2006 during the 2006 Winter Olympics was held on 11-13 February 2006 in the Palavela. With 20 pairs competing, the event was won by Maxim Marinin and Tatiana Totmianina from Russia, with Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao from China taking the silver medal and Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo from China taking bronze.
Format[]
The competition exists out of two separate rounds. The first round allows the competitors to perform a routine of a maximum 2:50 minutes, after which all pairs perform another routine of around 4:30 minutes. The pair with the best score after two rounds is the winner.
Preview[]
Twenty pairs qualified for the event with the Russian and Chinese pairs as the big favorites, after taking the top 5 positions at the most recent world championships. The pair of Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin were the reigning world champions, when they beat Maria Petrova/Alexei Tikhonov and Zhang Dan/Zhang Hao for gold. The other Russian duo consisted of Julia Obertas and Sergei Slanov, while the remaining Chinese pairs were made out of Pang Qing and Tong Jian and the defending bronze medalists Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo. Other potential outsiders were Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy and Dorota Zagorska/Mariusz Siudek.
| Athlete 1 | Athlete 2 | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Marina Aganina | Artem Knyazev | Uzbekistan |
| Tatiana Volosozhar | Stanislav Morozov | Ukraine |
| Rumiana Spassova | Stanimir Todorov | Bulgaria |
| Rena Inoue | John Baldwin | United States |
| Pang Qing | Tong Jian | China |
| Shen Xue | Zhao Hongbo | China |
| Phyo Yong-myong | Jong Yong-hyok | North Korea |
| Marylin Pla | Yannick Bonheur | France |
| Julia Beloglazova | Andrei Bekh | Ukraine |
| Marcy Hinzmann | Aaron Parchem | United States |
| Zhang Dan | Zhang Hao | China |
| Diana Rennik | Aleksei Saks | Estonia |
| Eva-Maria Fitze | Rico Rex | Germany |
| Maria Petrova | Alexei Tikhonov | Russia |
| Dorota Zagorska | Mariusz Siudek | Poland |
| Jessica Dube | Bryce Davison | Canada |
| Valerie Marcoux | Craig Buntin | Canada |
| Julia Obertas | Sergei Slavnov | Russia |
| Tatiana Totmianina | Maxim Marinin | Russia |
| Aliona Savchenko | Robin Szolkowy | Germany |
Summary[]
Short Program[]
| Short Program Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athletes | Score | ||
| 1 |  |
Tatiana Totmianina | Maxim Marinin | 68.64 | |
| 2 |  |
Zhang Dan | Zhang Hao | 64.72 | |
| 3 | |
Maria Petrova | Alexei Tikhonov | 64.27 | |
| 4 | |
Pang Qing | Tong Jian | 63.19 | |
| 5 | |
Shen Xue | Zhao Hongbo | 62.32 | |
| 6 |  |
Rena Inoue | John Baldwin | 61.27 | |
| 7 |  |
Aliona Savchenko | Robin Szolkowy | 60.96 | |
| 8 | |
Julia Obertas | Sergei Slavnov | 60.25 | |
| 9 |  |
Dorota Zagorska | Mariusz Siudek | 56.10 | |
| 10 |  |
Valerie Marcoux | Craig Buntin | 55.62 | |
| 11 | |
Jessica Dube | Bryce Davison | 55.48 | |
| 12 |  |
Tatiana Volosozhar | Stanislav Morozov | 50.14 | |
| 13 | |
Marcy Hinzmann | Aaron Parchem | 49.58 | |
| 14 |  |
Marylin Pla | Yannick Bonheur | 44.24 | |
| 15 |  |
Marina Aganina | Artem Knyazev | 44.02 | |
| 16 | |
Eva-Maria Fitze | Rico Rex | 43.86 | |
| 17 | |
Julia Beloglazova | Andrei Bekh | 43.85 | |
| 18 |  |
Diana Rennik | Aleksei Saks | 39.72 | |
| 19 |  |
Rumiana Spassova | Stanimir Todorov | 37.27 | |
| 20 |  |
Phyo Yong-myong | Jong Yong-hyok | 33.63 | |
Free Program[]
| Free Program Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athletes | Score | ||
| 1 | |
Tatiana Totmianina | Maxim Marinin | 135.84 | |
| 2 | |
Zhang Dan | Zhang Hao | 125.01 | |
| 3 | |
Shen Xue | Zhao Hongbo | 124.59 | |
| 4 | |
Pang Qing | Tong Jian | 123.48 | |
| 5 | |
Aliona Savchenko | Robin Szolkowy | 119.19 | |
| 6 | |
Maria Petrova | Alexei Tikhonov | 117.42 | |
| 7 | |
Rena Inoue | John Baldwin | 113.74 | |
| 8 | |
Dorota Zagorska | Mariusz Siudek | 109.85 | |
| 9 | |
Julia Obertas | Sergei Slavnov | 106.29 | |
| 10 | |
Jessica Dube | Bryce Davison | 104.23 | |
| 11 | |
Valerie Marcoux | Craig Buntin | 102.59 | |
| 12 | |
Tatiana Volosozhar | Stanislav Morozov | 98.24 | |
| 13 | |
Marcy Hinzmann | Aaron Parchem | 97.47 | |
| 14 | |
Marylin Pla | Yannick Bonheur | 88.60 | |
| 15 | |
Diana Rennik | Aleksei Saks | 78.41 | |
| 16 | |
Eva-Maria Fitze | Rico Rex | 76.37 | |
| 17 | |
Marina Aganina | Artem Knyazev | 75.53 | |
| 18 | |
Rumiana Spassova | Stanimir Todorov | 73.98 | |
| 19 | |
Julia Beloglazova | Andrei Bekh | 71.77 | |
| - | |
Phyo Yong-myong | Jong Yong-hyok | DNS | |
Results[]
| Result | Athletes | Nationality | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Tatiana Totmianina | Maxim Marinin | Russia | 204.48 |
 |
Zhang Dan | Zhang Hao | China | 189.73 |
 |
Shen Xue | Zhao Hongbo | China | 186.91 |
| 4 | Pang Qing | Tong Jian | China | 186.67 |
| 5 | Maria Petrova | Alexei Tikhonov | Russia | 181.69 |
| 6 | Aliona Savchenko | Robin Szolkowy | Germany | 180.15 |
| 7 | Rena Inoue | John Baldwin | United States | 175.01 |
| 8 | Julia Obertas | Sergei Slavnov | Russia | 166.54 |
| 9 | Darota Zagorska | Mariusz Siudek | Poland | 165.95 |
| 10 | Jessica Dube | Bryce Davison | Canada | 159.71 |
| 11 | Valerie Marcoux | Craig Buntin | Canada | 158.21 |
| 12 | Tatiana Volosozhar | Stanislav Morozov | Ukraine | 148.38 |
| 13 | Marcy Hinzmann | Aaron Parchem | United States | 147.05 |
| 14 | Marylin Pla | Yannick Bonheur | France | 132.84 |
| 15 | Eva-Maria Fitze | Rico Rex | Germany | 120.23 |
| 16 | Mariana Aganina | Artem Knyazev | Uzbekistan | 119.55 |
| 17 | Diana Rennik | Aleksei Saks | Estonia | 118.13 |
| 18 | Julia Beloglazova | Andrei Bekh | Ukraine | 115.62 |
| 19 | Rumiana Spassova | Stanimir Todorov | Bulgaria | 111.25 |
| 20 | Phyo Yong-myong | Jong Yong-hyok | North Korea | 33.63 |
| 2006 Winter Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
| Figure Skating 2006 | |
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