Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Pair skating
# Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Pair skating

The pair skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The short program was held on 14 February and the free skating on 15 February 2018. Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot became Olympic champions after finishing fourth in the short program and setting a record with their score in the free program to take the gold by 0.43 points. Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, leading after the short program, made a couple of mistakes in the free program and won silver. Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford were third. This was the second Olympics since 1964 that a Soviet or Russian pair did not win a medal.

Chinese judges Chen Weiguang and Huang Feng were investigated by the ISU and banned for mark manipulation.

## Records

For a complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

The following new best score was set during this competition:

| Component | Skaters | Score | Date | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Free skating | Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot (GER) | 159.31 | 15 February 2018 | |

## Qualification

A total of 22 teams qualified to compete for the event, with each country allowed to only enter a maximum of three. Originally only 20 spots were available, but due to the invitation of the North and South Korean teams, the quota jumped to 22. 16 quotas were handed out during the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships and four 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. The South Korean were given an additional quota as host nation, after they failed to qualify through the World Championships or Nebelhorn Trophy. North Korea, who originally qualified at the Nebelhorn Trophy, did not register its athletes in time. However, after the country agreed to participate in the games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed the pair to compete. All pairs competing must have met the minimum total elements score, which does not include component scores. For the short program this was 20.00 and the free skate 36.00.

## Schedule

All times are (UTC+9).

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 14 February | 10:00 | Short program |
| 15 February | 10:30 | Free skating |

## Results

### Short program

The short program was held on 14 February.

| Pl. | Name | Nation | TSS | TES | PCS | SS | TR | PE | CH | IN | Ded | StN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China | 82.39 | 44.49 | 37.90 | 9.36 | 9.32 | 9.61 | 9.50 | 9.57 | 0.00 | 17 |
| 2 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 81.68 | 43.97 | 37.71 | 9.46 | 9.25 | 9.54 | 9.50 | 9.39 | 0.00 | 22 |
| 3 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada | 76.82 | 41.26 | 35.56 | 8.89 | 8.64 | 8.89 | 9.00 | 9.04 | 0.00 | 19 |
| 4 | Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Germany | 76.59 | 39.16 | 37.43 | 9.29 | 9.18 | 9.32 | 9.46 | 9.54 | 0.00 | 21 |
| 5 | Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao | China | 75.58 | 42.10 | 33.48 | 8.39 | 8.29 | 8.46 | 8.50 | 8.21 | 0.00 | 12 |
| 6 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | France | 75.34 | 40.67 | 34.67 | 8.64 | 8.43 | 8.89 | 8.68 | 8.71 | 0.00 | 15 |
| 7 | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy | 74.50 | 40.36 | 34.14 | 8.32 | 8.29 | 8.68 | 8.68 | 8.71 | 0.00 | 18 |
| 8 | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 74.35 | 40.13 | 34.22 | 8.68 | 8.25 | 8.64 | 8.57 | 8.64 | 0.00 | 20 |
| 9 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy | 74.00 | 40.41 | 33.59 | 8.43 | 8.25 | 8.46 | 8.46 | 8.39 | 0.00 | 16 |
| 10 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 70.52 | 38.93 | 31.59 | 7.89 | 7.71 | 8.00 | 7.96 | 7.93 | 0.00 | 7 |
| 11 | Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik | North Korea | 69.40 | 38.79 | 30.61 | 7.61 | 7.36 | 7.86 | 7.71 | 7.71 | 0.00 | 10 |
| 12 | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | Canada | 67.52 | 35.63 | 31.89 | 7.96 | 7.79 | 8.04 | 8.04 | 8.04 | 0.00 | 14 |
| 13 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada | 65.68 | 34.46 | 31.22 | 7.89 | 7.64 | 7.68 | 7.96 | 7.86 | 0.00 | 11 |
| 14 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | United States | 65.55 | 34.18 | 31.37 | 7.96 | 7.54 | 7.82 | 7.89 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 13 |
| 15 | Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař | Czech Republic | 63.25 | 34.62 | 28.63 | 7.18 | 7.04 | 7.11 | 7.29 | 7.18 | 0.00 | 6 |
| 16 | Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert | Germany | 63.04 | 34.61 | 28.43 | 7.11 | 6.96 | 7.18 | 7.11 | 7.18 | 0.00 | 8 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||||||||
| 17 | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | China | 62.61 | 33.50 | 30.11 | 7.64 | 7.46 | 7.50 | 7.61 | 7.43 | -1.00 | 9 |
| 18 | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | Australia | 61.55 | 34.70 | 26.85 | 7.00 | 6.64 | 6.75 | 6.71 | 6.46 | 0.00 | 2 |
| 19 | Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski | Israel | 60.35 | 34.26 | 26.09 | 6.54 | 6.32 | 6.68 | 6.57 | 6.50 | 0.00 | 4 |
| 20 | Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer | Austria | 58.80 | 31.71 | 28.09 | 7.07 | 6.93 | 6.96 | 7.07 | 7.07 | -1.00 | 5 |
| 21 | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan | 57.74 | 32.89 | 24.85 | 6.39 | 5.96 | 6.29 | 6.25 | 6.18 | 0.00 | 3 |
| 22 | Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam | South Korea | 42.93 | 21.04 | 22.89 | 6.04 | 5.54 | 5.57 | 5.79 | 5.68 | -1.00 | 1 |

* 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 skating

The free skating was held on 15 February.

| Pl. | Name | Nation | TSS | TES | PCS | SS | TR | PE | CH | IN | Ded | StN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Germany | 159.31 WR | 82.07 | 77.24 | 9.57 | 9.46 | 9.82 | 9.64 | 9.79 | 0.00 | 13 |
| 2 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada | 153.33 | 79.86 | 73.47 | 9.21 | 9.04 | 9.32 | 9.21 | 9.14 | 0.00 | 14 |
| 3 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China | 153.08 | 76.29 | 76.79 | 9.57 | 9.46 | 9.54 | 9.71 | 9.71 | 0.00 | 15 |
| 4 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 143.25 | 70.08 | 74.17 | 9.54 | 9.18 | 9.14 | 9.32 | 9.18 | -1.00 | 16 |
| 5 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | France | 143.19 | 71.59 | 71.60 | 8.96 | 8.82 | 8.93 | 9.04 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 11 |
| 6 | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy | 142.09 | 73.94 | 68.15 | 8.39 | 8.32 | 8.64 | 8.57 | 8.68 | 0.00 | 9 |
| 7 | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 138.53 | 70.36 | 68.17 | 8.54 | 8.25 | 8.57 | 8.61 | 8.64 | 0.00 | 10 |
| 8 | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | Canada | 136.50 | 71.28 | 65.22 | 8.11 | 7.93 | 8.25 | 8.18 | 8.29 | 0.00 | 5 |
| 9 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada | 132.43 | 70.42 | 62.01 | 7.82 | 7.50 | 7.86 | 7.79 | 7.79 | 0.00 | 1 |
| 10 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy | 128.74 | 64.60 | 65.14 | 8.18 | 8.00 | 8.07 | 8.25 | 8.21 | -1.00 | 7 |
| 11 | Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao | China | 128.52 | 62.98 | 67.54 | 8.68 | 8.43 | 8.21 | 8.57 | 8.32 | -2.00 | 12 |
| 12 | Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik | North Korea | 124.23 | 63.65 | 60.58 | 7.68 | 7.29 | 7.71 | 7.61 | 7.57 | 0.00 | 6 |
| 13 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 123.93 | 62.17 | 63.76 | 8.04 | 7.82 | 7.71 | 8.21 | 8.07 | -2.00 | 8 |
| 14 | Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař | Czech Republic | 123.08 | 64.34 | 58.74 | 7.43 | 7.39 | 7.21 | 7.36 | 7.32 | 0.00 | 3 |
| 15 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | United States | 120.27 | 60.57 | 60.70 | 7.68 | 7.54 | 7.43 | 7.75 | 7.54 | -1.00 | 2 |
| 16 | Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert | Germany | 108.94 | 53.79 | 55.15 | 6.93 | 6.82 | 6.79 | 7.00 | 6.93 | 0.00 | 4 |

* Notes:
* 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 are ranked according to their overall score.

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Germany | 235.90 | 76.59 | 4 | 159.31 | 1 |
| | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China | 235.47 | 82.39 | 1 | 153.08 | 3 |
| | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada | 230.15 | 76.82 | 3 | 153.33 | 2 |
| 4 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 224.93 | 81.68 | 2 | 143.25 | 4 |
| 5 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | France | 218.53 | 75.34 | 6 | 143.19 | 5 |
| 6 | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy | 216.59 | 74.50 | 7 | 142.09 | 6 |
| 7 | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 212.88 | 74.35 | 8 | 138.53 | 7 |
| 8 | Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao | China | 204.10 | 75.58 | 5 | 128.52 | 11 |
| 9 | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | Canada | 204.02 | 67.52 | 12 | 136.50 | 8 |
| 10 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy | 202.74 | 74.00 | 9 | 128.74 | 10 |
| 11 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada | 198.11 | 65.68 | 13 | 132.43 | 9 |
| 12 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 194.45 | 70.52 | 10 | 123.93 | 13 |
| 13 | Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik | North Korea | 193.63 | 69.40 | 11 | 124.23 | 12 |
| 14 | Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař | Czech Republic | 186.33 | 63.25 | 15 | 123.08 | 14 |
| 15 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | United States | 185.82 | 65.55 | 14 | 120.27 | 15 |
| 16 | Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert | Germany | 171.98 | 63.04 | 16 | 108.94 | 16 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 17 | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | China | | 62.61 | 17 | | |
| 18 | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | Australia | | 61.55 | 18 | | |
| 19 | Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski | Israel | | 60.35 | 19 | | |
| 20 | Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer | Austria | | 58.80 | 20 | | |
| 21 | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan | | 57.74 | 21 | | |
| 22 | Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam | South Korea | | 42.93 | 22 | | |

TP - Total points; SP - Short program; FS - Free skating

