Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Pair skating

Pair skating
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Pair skating; at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
	The medalists on the podium. From left: Pang Qing / Tong Jian (silver), Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo (gold), Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (bronze)
Venue	Pacific Coliseum ; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Dates	February 14 ; February 15
Competitors	40 from 12 nations
Winning score	216.57
Medalists
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The pair skating competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The short program was held on February 14, 2010 and the free skating was held on February 15, 2010.

Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo (CHN) won the gold medal. This was the first time since 1960 that a Russian, Soviet, or Unified Team (CIS) flagged team did not win the gold medal.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing ISU best scores were:

Component	Skaters	Score	Date	Event	Ref
Short program	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo (CHN)	75.36	3 December 2009	2009–10 Grand Prix Final	^[2]
Free skating	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov (RUS)	139.23	20 January 2010	2010 European Championships	^[3]
Total score	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo (CHN)	214.25	5 December 2009	2009–10 Grand Prix Final	^[4]

The following ISU best scores were set during the competition:

Component	Skaters	Score	Date	Ref
Short program	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo (CHN)	76.66	14 February 2010	^[2]
Free skating	Pang Qing / Tong Jian (CHN)	141.81	15 February 2010	^[3]
Total score	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo (CHN)	216.57	15 February 2010	^[4]

Results

Short program

The pairs short program was held on February 14.

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded	StN
1	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	China	76.66	42.42	34.24	8.60	8.30	8.70	8.60	8.60	0.00	1
2	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Germany	75.96	42.24	33.72	8.40	8.25	8.55	8.50	8.45	0.00	20
3	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Russia	74.16	40.92	33.24	8.25	8.10	8.45	8.30	8.45	0.00	16
4	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	China	71.50	39.90	32.60	8.25	7.90	8.25	8.15	8.20	1.00	18
5	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	China	71.28	41.08	30.20	7.70	7.40	7.55	7.65	7.45	0.00	19
6	Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison	Canada	65.36	36.16	30.20	7.60	7.30	7.60	7.65	7.60	1.00	17
7	Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay	Canada	64.20	37.60	26.60	6.70	6.30	6.75	6.80	6.70	0.00	9
8	Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	Russia	63.44	34.24	30.20	7.65	7.40	7.50	7.65	7.55	1.00	14
9	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	Ukraine	62.14	34.62	27.52	7.05	6.70	6.85	7.00	6.80	0.00	15
10	Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig	United States	57.86	33.10	24.76	6.30	5.95	6.35	6.20	6.15	0.00	8
11	Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon	Italy	56.82	31.90	24.92	6.40	6.10	6.15	6.40	6.10	0.00	11
12	Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov	Russia	56.54	31.74	24.80	6.25	5.90	6.30	6.35	6.20	0.00	7
13	Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz	Switzerland	55.34	32.70	22.64	5.85	5.40	5.80	5.75	5.50	0.00	13
14	Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett	United States	53.26	29.86	23.40	6.00	5.60	5.95	5.95	5.75	0.00	4
15	Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur	France	51.16	28.56	22.60	5.75	5.40	5.65	5.80	5.65	0.00	6
16	Stacey Kemp / David King	Great Britain	48.28	27.72	20.56	5.25	4.90	5.25	5.15	5.15	0.00	12
17	Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende	Germany	45.46	23.54	21.92	5.60	5.25	5.35	5.55	5.65	0.00	5
18	Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov	Estonia	42.18	23.70	19.48	5.15	4.60	4.85	5.00	4.75	1.00	2
19	Ekaterina Kostenko / Roman Talan	Ukraine	39.54	21.74	18.80	4.85	4.50	4.65	4.85	4.65	1.00	10
20	Joanna Sulej / Mateusz Chruściński	Poland	39.30	23.26	18.04	4.75	4.25	4.40	4.55	4.60	2.00	3

Free skating

The pairs free skate was held on February 15.

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded	StN
1	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	China	141.81	70.53	71.28	8.90	8.70	9.00	8.90	9.05	0.00	19
2	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	China	139.91	67.51	72.40	8.95	8.85	9.10	9.10	9.25	0.00	20
3	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Germany	134.64	65.08	70.56	8.85	8.60	8.85	8.85	8.95	1.00	18
4	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	China	123.06	65.42	58.64	7.50	7.15	7.35	7.40	7.25	1.00	14
5	Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	Russia	122.35	61.27	62.08	7.80	7.55	7.80	7.85	7.80	1.00	15
6	Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison	Canada	121.75	60.99	61.76	7.70	7.60	7.70	7.85	7.75	1.00	16
7	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Russia	120.61	57.13	64.48	8.05	7.85	8.05	8.10	8.25	1.00	17
8	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	Ukraine	119.64	64.64	56.00	7.15	6.75	7.05	7.05	7.00	1.00	11
9	Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay	Canada	115.77	60.45	56.32	7.10	6.80	7.05	7.10	7.15	1.00	13
10	Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig	United States	114.06	62.06	52.00	6.45	6.45	6.65	6.45	6.50	0.00	9
11	Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov	Russia	106.96	57.72	50.24	6.40	6.10	6.20	6.40	6.30	1.00	10
12	Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett	United States	105.07	56.27	48.80	6.20	5.85	6.25	6.15	6.05	0.00	8
13	Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon	Italy	104.78	54.34	51.44	6.65	6.30	6.35	6.55	6.30	1.00	12
14	Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur	France	93.94	48.34	45.60	5.90	5.45	5.75	5.75	5.65	0.00	6
15	Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende	Germany	93.28	51.08	43.20	5.50	5.20	5.60	5.35	5.35	1.00	1
16	Stacey Kemp / David King	Great Britain	91.66	49.90	41.76	5.25	5.10	5.30	5.30	5.15	0.00	5
17	Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz	Switzerland	89.08	48.44	42.64	5.40	5.25	5.15	5.45	5.40	2.00	7
18	Joanna Sulej / Mateusz Chruściński	Poland	86.52	49.44	38.08	4.90	4.40	4.75	4.90	4.85	1.00	4
19	Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov	Estonia	82.72	43.92	38.80	5.05	4.65	4.90	4.95	4.70	0.00	3
20	Ekaterina Kostenko / Roman Talan	Ukraine	81.44	45.52	35.92	4.65	4.20	4.65	4.50	4.45	0.00	2

Overall

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	China	216.57	1	2
	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	China	213.31	4	1
	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Germany	210.60	2	3
4	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Russia	194.77	3	7
5	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	China	194.34	5	4
6	Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison	Canada	187.11	6	6
7	Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	Russia	185.79	8	5
8	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	Ukraine	181.78	9	8
9	Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay	Canada	179.97	7	9
10	Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig	United States	171.92	10	10
11	Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov	Russia	163.50	12	11
12	Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon	Italy	161.60	11	13
13	Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett	United States	158.33	14	12
14	Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur	France	145.10	15	14
15	Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz	Switzerland	144.42	13	17
16	Stacey Kemp / David King	Great Britain	139.94	16	16
17	Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende	Germany	138.74	17	15
18	Joanna Sulej / Mateusz Chruściński	Poland	125.82	20	18
19	Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov	Estonia	124.90	18	19
20	Ekaterina Kostenko / Roman Talan	Ukraine	120.98	19	20

Judges and officials

Referee:

Pekka Leskinen

Technical Controller:

Susan Lynch

Technical Specialist:

David Moellenkamp

Assistant Technical Specialist:

Simon Briggs

Judges (SP):

Judges (FS):

References

^ Hersh, Philip (16 February 2010). "Fourth time is their charm". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Short Program Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Free Skating Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Total Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

2010 Winter Olympics at the International Skating Union

External links

2010 Winter Olympics results: Pairs, from https://web.archive.org/web/20100222080013/http://www.vancouver2010.com/ retrieved 2010-02-15.
Vancouver 2010: Figure Skating Archived 2010-09-04 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Hersh, Philip (16 February 2010). "Fourth time is their charm". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 February 2010.

[pairSP-2] "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Short Program Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[pairFS-3] "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Free Skating Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[pairTS-4] "ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Total Score". International Skating Union. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

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