Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ice dance
# Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ice dance

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. The short dance was held on 19 February and the free dance was held on 20 February.

## 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

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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Short dance | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (CAN) | 83.67 | 19 February 2018 |
| Free dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron (FRA) | 123.35 | 20 February 2018 |
| Combined total | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron (FRA) | 205.28 | 20 February 2018 |
| Combined total | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (CAN) | 206.07 | 20 February 2018 |

## 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. 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.

## Schedule

All times are (UTC+9).

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 19 February | 10:00 | Short dance |
| 20 February | 10:00 | Free dance |

## Results

### Short dance

The short dance was held on 19 February.

| Pl. | Name | Nation | TSS | TES | PCS | SS | TR | PE | CH | IN | Ded | StN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Canada | 83.67 WR | 44.53 | 39.14 | 9.68 | 9.61 | 9.93 | 9.79 | 9.93 | 0.00 | 20 |
| 2 | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France | 81.93 | 42.71 | 39.22 | 9.71 | 9.71 | 9.82 | 9.89 | 9.89 | 0.00 | 21 |
| 3 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States | 77.75 | 40.98 | 36.77 | 9.29 | 9.04 | 9.25 | 9.14 | 9.25 | 0.00 | 22 |
| 4 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States | 77.73 | 40.33 | 37.40 | 9.36 | 9.18 | 9.46 | 9.36 | 9.39 | 0.00 | 18 |
| 5 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy | 76.57 | 40.00 | 36.57 | 8.93 | 8.96 | 9.32 | 9.14 | 9.36 | 0.00 | 24 |
| 6 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 75.47 | 38.36 | 37.11 | 9.18 | 9.14 | 9.46 | 9.29 | 9.32 | 0.00 | 23 |
| 7 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States | 75.45 | 39.39 | 36.06 | 8.93 | 8.86 | 9.04 | 9.11 | 9.14 | 0.00 | 19 |
| 8 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada | 74.33 | 37.65 | 36.68 | 9.18 | 8.96 | 9.29 | 9.14 | 9.29 | 0.00 | 17 |
| 9 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada | 69.60 | 34.95 | 34.65 | 8.64 | 8.46 | 8.71 | 8.79 | 8.71 | 0.00 | 16 |
| 10 | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | Great Britain | 68.36 | 34.70 | 33.66 | 8.36 | 8.14 | 8.50 | 8.54 | 8.54 | 0.00 | 9 |
| 11 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 68.16 | 34.19 | 33.97 | 8.46 | 8.43 | 8.50 | 8.46 | 8.61 | 0.00 | 15 |
| 12 | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin | Spain | 66.93 | 35.07 | 31.86 | 8.00 | 7.57 | 8.18 | 7.86 | 8.21 | 0.00 | 7 |
| 13 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 66.47 | 34.15 | 32.32 | 8.04 | 7.79 | 8.21 | 8.07 | 8.29 | 0.00 | 5 |
| 14 | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev | Poland | 66.06 | 34.65 | 31.41 | 7.79 | 7.61 | 8.04 | 7.86 | 7.96 | 0.00 | 13 |
| 15 | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Japan | 63.41 | 32.87 | 30.54 | 7.61 | 7.46 | 7.71 | 7.68 | 7.71 | 0.00 | 14 |
| 16 | Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin | South Korea | 61.22 | 32.94 | 28.28 | 6.96 | 6.82 | 7.21 | 7.18 | 7.18 | 0.00 | 12 |
| 17 | Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis | Germany | 59.99 | 31.39 | 28.60 | 7.21 | 6.86 | 7.25 | 7.21 | 7.21 | 0.00 | 3 |
| 18 | Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac | France | 59.97 | 31.18 | 28.79 | 7.39 | 7.00 | 7.29 | 7.14 | 7.18 | 0.00 | 6 |
| 19 | Lucie Myslivečková / Lukáš Csölley | Slovakia | 59.75 | 31.40 | 28.35 | 7.11 | 6.79 | 7.25 | 7.11 | 7.18 | 0.00 | 11 |
| 20 | Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar | Turkey | 59.42 | 29.64 | 29.78 | 7.46 | 7.32 | 7.54 | 7.61 | 7.29 | 0.00 | 8 |
| did not advance to free dance |||||||||||||
| 21 | Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin | Ukraine | 57.97 | 27.26 | 30.71 | 7.64 | 7.46 | 7.75 | 7.79 | 7.75 | 0.00 | 2 |
| 22 | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | China | 57.81 | 29.28 | 29.53 | 7.39 | 7.25 | 7.43 | 7.43 | 7.43 | -1.00 | 10 |
| 23 | Cortney Mansourová / Michal Češka | Czech Republic | 53.53 | 29.11 | 24.42 | 6.29 | 5.93 | 6.14 | 6.25 | 5.93 | 0.00 | 1 |
| 24 | Adel Tankova / Ronald Zilberberg | Israel | 46.66 | 23.85 | 22.81 | 5.75 | 5.61 | 5.75 | 5.86 | 5.54 | 0.00 | 4 |

* Notes:
* WR - World record
* TSS - Total Segment Score; TES - Technical Element Score; PCS - Program Component Score
* SS - Skating Skills; TR - Transitions; PE - Performance/Execution
* CH - Choreography; IN - Interpretation; Ded - Deduction; StN - Starting Number

### Free dance

The free dance was held on 20 February.

| Pl. | Name | Nation | TSS | TES | PCS | SS | TR | PE | CH | IN | Ded | StN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France | 123.35 WR | 63.98 | 59.37 | 9.79 | 9.75 | 10.00 | 9.93 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 18 |
| 2 | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Canada | 122.40 | 63.35 | 59.05 | 9.71 | 9.61 | 9.96 | 9.93 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 20 |
| 3 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States | 114.86 | 59.37 | 55.49 | 9.32 | 9.07 | 9.36 | 9.21 | 9.29 | 0.00 | 17 |
| 4 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 111.45 | 56.25 | 55.20 | 9.14 | 8.89 | 9.29 | 9.32 | 9.36 | 0.00 | 15 |
| 5 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States | 109.04 | 54.94 | 56.00 | 9.29 | 9.21 | 9.25 | 9.46 | 9.46 | -1.00 | 19 |
| 6 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy | 108.34 | 55.27 | 54.07 | 8.93 | 8.71 | 9.14 | 9.07 | 9.21 | -1.00 | 16 |
| 7 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada | 107.65 | 53.48 | 54.17 | 8.96 | 8.75 | 9.18 | 9.04 | 9.21 | 0.00 | 13 |
| 8 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada | 107.31 | 55.14 | 52.17 | 8.68 | 8.29 | 8.86 | 8.68 | 8.96 | 0.00 | 11 |
| 9 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 105.31 | 53.82 | 51.49 | 8.57 | 8.50 | 8.57 | 8.57 | 8.71 | 0.00 | 6 |
| 10 | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | Great Britain | 101.96 | 51.66 | 50.30 | 8.32 | 8.21 | 8.39 | 8.57 | 8.43 | 0.00 | 12 |
| 11 | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin | Spain | 101.40 | 51.68 | 49.72 | 8.14 | 8.04 | 8.43 | 8.36 | 8.46 | 0.00 | 10 |
| 12 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States | 100.13 | 49.04 | 53.09 | 8.64 | 8.71 | 8.71 | 9.14 | 9.04 | -2.00 | 14 |
| 13 | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Japan | 97.22 | 50.75 | 46.47 | 7.64 | 7.54 | 7.86 | 7.75 | 7.93 | 0.00 | 8 |
| 14 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 95.77 | 46.73 | 49.04 | 8.14 | 8.00 | 8.29 | 8.14 | 8.29 | 0.00 | 9 |
| 15 | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev | Poland | 95.29 | 48.45 | 46.84 | 7.64 | 7.68 | 7.89 | 7.82 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 7 |
| 16 | Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis | Germany | 90.50 | 46.78 | 43.72 | 7.29 | 6.96 | 7.43 | 7.32 | 7.43 | 0.00 | 3 |
| 17 | Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac | France | 89.62 | 47.04 | 42.58 | 7.25 | 6.82 | 7.14 | 7.21 | 7.07 | 0.00 | 1 |
| 18 | Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar | Turkey | 87.76 | 44.01 | 43.75 | 7.25 | 7.11 | 7.21 | 7.50 | 7.39 | 0.00 | 5 |
| 19 | Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin | South Korea | 86.52 | 44.61 | 41.91 | 6.89 | 6.68 | 7.14 | 6.96 | 7.25 | 0.00 | 4 |
| 20 | Lucie Myslivečková / Lukáš Csölley | Slovakia | 82.82 | 41.65 | 41.17 | 6.82 | 6.61 | 6.82 | 7.00 | 7.07 | 0.00 | 2 |

* Notes:
* WR - World record
* TSS - Total Segment Score; TES - Technical Element Score; PCS - Program Component Score
* SS - Skating Skills; TR - Transitions; PE - Performance/Execution
* CH - Choreography; IN - Interpretation; Ded - Deduction; StN - Starting Number

### Overall

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

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Canada | 206.07 WR | 83.67 | 1 | 122.40 | 2 |
| | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France | 205.28 | 81.93 | 2 | 123.35 | 1 |
| | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States | 192.59 | 77.73 | 4 | 114.86 | 3 |
| 4 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States | 187.69 | 77.75 | 3 | 109.94 | 5 |
| 5 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 186.92 | 75.47 | 6 | 111.45 | 4 |
| 6 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy | 184.91 | 76.57 | 5 | 108.34 | 6 |
| 7 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada | 181.98 | 74.33 | 8 | 107.65 | 7 |
| 8 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada | 176.91 | 69.60 | 9 | 107.31 | 8 |
| 9 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States | 175.58 | 75.45 | 7 | 100.13 | 12 |
| 10 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 173.47 | 68.16 | 11 | 105.31 | 9 |
| 11 | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | Great Britain | 170.32 | 68.36 | 10 | 101.96 | 10 |
| 12 | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin | Spain | 168.33 | 66.93 | 12 | 101.40 | 11 |
| 13 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 162.24 | 66.47 | 13 | 95.77 | 14 |
| 14 | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev | Poland | 161.35 | 66.06 | 14 | 95.29 | 15 |
| 15 | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Japan | 160.63 | 63.41 | 15 | 97.22 | 13 |
| 16 | Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis | Germany | 150.49 | 59.99 | 17 | 90.50 | 16 |
| 17 | Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac | France | 149.59 | 59.97 | 18 | 89.62 | 17 |
| 18 | Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin | South Korea | 147.74 | 61.22 | 16 | 86.52 | 19 |
| 19 | Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar | Turkey | 147.18 | 59.42 | 20 | 87.76 | 18 |
| 20 | Lucie Myslivečková / Lukáš Csölley | Slovakia | 142.57 | 59.75 | 19 | 82.82 | 20 |
| did not advance to free dance ||||||||
| 21 | Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin | Ukraine | — | 57.97 | 21 | — | — |
| 22 | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | China | — | 57.81 | 22 | — | — |
| 23 | Cortney Mansourová / Michal Češka | Czech Republic | — | 53.53 | 23 | — | — |
| 24 | Adel Tankova / Ronald Zilberberg | Israel | — | 46.66 | 24 | — | — |

SD - Short dance; FD - Free dance

