The pair skating of Figure Skating 2018 during the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 14-15 February 2018 in the Gangneung Ice Arena. With 22 pairs competing, the event was won by Bruno Massot and Aljona Savchenko from Germany, with Han Cong and Sui Wenjing from China taking the silver medal and Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford from Canada taking bronze.
Format[]
The competition exists out of two separate rounds. The first round allows the competitors to perform a routine of around 2:40 minutes, after which the athletes with the sixteen best scores perform another routine of around 4:30 minutes. The pair with the best score after two rounds is the winner.
Preview[]
Twenty-two pairs qualified for the event, with most eyes on the pairs of Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot, and Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, as the top three of the previous Grand Prix. The Chinese duo were also the reigning world champions, when they finished in front of Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov and Natalia Zabiiako and Alexander Enbert. Other pairs who could make a difference would be Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres, veteran and former silver medalist Zhang Hao with debutant Yu Xiaoyu, and Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro.
| Athlete 1 | Athlete 2 | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Kyu-eun | Kam Alex Kang Chan | South Korea |
| Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya | Harley Windsor | Australia |
| Miu Suzaki | Ryuichi Kihara | Japan |
| Paige Conners | Evgeni Krasnopolski | Israel |
| Miriam Ziegler | Severin Kiefer | Austria |
| Anna Duskova | Martin Bidar | Czech Republic |
| Kristina Astakhova | Alexei Rogonov | Olympic Athletes from Russia |
| Annika Hocke | Ruben Blommaert | Germany |
| Peng Cheng | Jin Yang | China |
| Ryom Tae Ok | Kim Ju Sik | North Korea |
| Kirsten Moore-Towers | Michael Marinaro | Canada |
| Yu Xiaoyu | Zhang Hao | China |
| Alexa Scimeca Knierim | Chris Knierim | United States |
| Julianne Seguin | Charlie Bilodeau | Canada |
| Vanessa James | Morgan Cipres | France |
| Nicole Della Monica | Matteo Guarise | Italy |
| Sui Wenjing | Han Cong | China |
| Valentina Marchei | Ondrej Hotarek | Italy |
| Meagan Duhamel | Eric Radford | Canada |
| Natalia Zabiiako | Alexander Enbert | Olympic Athletes from Russia |
| Aljona Savchenko | Bruno Massot | Germany |
| Evgenia Tarasova | Vladimir Morozov | Olympic Athletes from Russia |
Summary[]
Short Program[]
Free Program[]
Results[]
| Result | Athletes | Nationality | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aljona Savchenko | Bruno Massot | Germany | 235.90 | |
| Sui Wenjing | Han Cong | China | 235.47 | |
| Meagan Duhamel | Eric Radford | Canada | 230.15 | |
| 4 | Evgenia Tarasova | Vladimir Morozov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 224.93 |
| 5 | Vanessa James | Morgan Cipres | France | 218.53 |
| 6 | Valentina Marchei | Ondrej Hotarek | Italy | 216.59 |
| 7 | Natalia Zabiiako | Alexander Enbert | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 212.88 |
| 8 | Yu Xiaoyu | Zhang Hao | China | 204.10 |
| 9 | Julianne Seguin | Charlie Bilodeau | Canada | 204.02 |
| 10 | Nicole Della Monica | Matteo Guarise | Italy | 202.74 |
| 11 | Kirsten Moore-Towers | Michael Marinaro | Canada | 198.11 |
| 12 | Kristina Astakhova | Alexei Rogonov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 194.45 |
| 13 | Ryom Tae Ok | Kim Ju Sik | North Korea | 193.63 |
| 14 | Anna Duskova | Martin Bidar | Czech Republic | 186.33 |
| 15 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim | Chris Knierim | United States | 185.82 |
| 16 | Annika Hocke | Ruben Blommaert | Germany | 171.98 |
| 17 | Peng Cheng | Jin Yang | China | 62.61 |
| 18 | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya | Harley Windsor | Australia | 61.55 |
| 19 | Paige Conners | Evgeni Krasnopolski | Israel | 60.35 |
| 20 | Miriam Ziegler | Severin Kiefer | Austria | 58.80 |
| 21 | Miu Suzaki | Ryuichi Kihara | Japan | 57.74 |
| 22 | Kim Kyu-eun | Kam Alex Kang Chan | South Korea | 42.93 |
| 2018 Winter Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
| Figure Skating 2018 | |
| ← 2014 | 2022 → |
| Singles | |
| Men | Ladies |
| Mixed | |
| Pair skating | Ice dance |
| Team event | |