Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Pair skating

The pair skating competition in figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 18 February (short program) and 19 February (free skating), at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Haidian District of Beijing.[1] Sui Wenjing / Han Cong of China, the 2018 silver medalists, won the event. Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won silver, and Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov, also of ROC, bronze.

Figure skating pair skating
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueCapital Indoor Stadium
Beijing
Date18, 19 February
Competitors19 from 13 nations
Winning score239.88 points
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Sui Wenjing
and Han Cong
 China
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Evgenia Tarasova
and Vladimir Morozov
 ROC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Anastasia Mishina
and Aleksandr Galliamov
 ROC
← 2018
2026 →

Summary

The 2018 champions, Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot of Germany, retired from competition. The bronze medalist Meagan Duhamel retired as well, whereas her partner Eric Radford, together with his new partner Vanessa James, qualified for the Olympics. The silver medalists, Sui Wenjing / Han Cong, qualified for the Olympics and had the fourth highest score in the 2021–22 season before the Olympics behind three Russian pairs: Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov, Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov, and Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii. At the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, first Tarasova/Morozov, and then Mishina/Galliamov broke the world record scores. Mishina/Galliamov were the 2021 World champions. The Russians and home favorites Sui/Han were considered the most likely gold medal contenders.[2]

Laura Barquero of Spain failed the doping test, as announced after the closing of the Olympics.[3]

Records

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

ComponentSkaterScoreDateEventRef
Short program  Sui Wenjing / Han Cong (CHN)82.834 February 20222022 Winter Olympics (team)[4]
Free skating  Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov (RUS)157.4613 January 20222022 Europeans[5]
Total score239.82[6]

The following new best scores were set during this competition:

ComponentSkaterScoreDateRef
Short program  Sui Wenjing / Han Cong (CHN)84.4118 February 2022[7]
Total score239.8819 February 2022[8]

Qualification

Schedule

DateTimeRound
18 February18:30Short program
19 February19:00Free skating

Results

Short program

The short program was held on 18 February.

Pl.NameNationTSSTESPCSSSTRPECOINDedStN
1Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China84.4145.9638.459.549.439.799.649.680.0017
2Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  ROC84.2546.0438.219.619.399.579.579.610.0018
3Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov  ROC82.7644.9537.819.259.329.579.549.570.0016
4Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  ROC78.5942.1736.429.048.939.189.149.250.0019
5Peng Cheng / Jin Yang  China76.1040.8735.238.798.688.938.828.820.0014
6Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier  United States74.2340.6433.598.398.218.438.508.460.002
7Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc  United States74.1339.9134.228.468.398.578.648.710.0013
8Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan70.8536.3934.468.718.548.578.718.540.004
9Karina Safina / Luka Berulava  Georgia66.1136.7429.377.397.297.367.397.290.001
10Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy63.5833.1631.427.937.687.758.047.891.0010
11Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron  Spain63.3434.6328.717.147.047.187.327.210.006
12Vanessa James / Eric Radford  Canada63.0330.3732.668.218.118.048.218.250.003
13Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada62.5131.9432.578.258.187.828.328.142.0012
14Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert  Germany62.3732.4530.927.797.717.577.827.751.0011
15Hailey Kops / Evgeni Krasnopolski  Israel55.9930.5925.406.256.256.436.466.360.009
16Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy55.8328.3829.457.397.187.327.507.432.0015
Did not advance to free skating
17Jelizaveta Žuková / Martin Bidař  Czech Republic54.6429.5627.086.896.756.547.006.682.008
18Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria51.9624.5327.437.006.896.617.006.790.005
WDIoulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar  Hungarywithdrew from competition7
  • Notes:
  • TSS – Total Segment Score; TES – Technical Element Score; PCS – Program Component Score
  • SS – Skating Skills; TR – Transitions; PE – Performance/Execution
  • CO – Composition; IN – Interpretation; Ded – Deduction; StN – Starting Number

Free skating

The free skating was held on 19 February.

Pl.NameNationTSSTESPCSSSTRPECOINDedStN
1Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China155.4778.6176.869.719.619.509.719.500.0016
2Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  ROC155.0078.0176.999.549.549.689.689.680.0015
3Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov  ROC154.9579.7175.249.329.299.579.579.390.0014
4Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  ROC141.9170.7571.169.008.868.798.968.860.0013
5Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan141.0469.9571.098.968.689.048.898.860.009
6Peng Cheng / Jin Yang  China138.7469.0369.718.718.548.758.758.820.0012
7Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier  United States138.4568.9769.488.648.578.798.758.680.0011
8Karina Safina / Luka Berulava  Georgia126.3363.8862.457.827.618.007.897.710.008
9Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc  United States123.9259.7466.188.298.298.008.508.292.0010
10Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada118.8653.8365.038.048.008.078.258.290.004
11Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron  Spain118.0257.9060.127.617.397.467.617.500.006
12Vanessa James / Eric Radford  Canada117.9653.9864.988.117.968.118.298.141.005
13Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy116.2954.0562.247.867.617.757.897.790.007
14Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy109.6054.8254.786.896.646.896.966.860.001
15Hailey Kops / Evgeni Krasnopolski  Israel97.8347.2050.636.436.116.396.466.250.002
16Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert  Germany87.3236.6751.656.896.435.936.576.461.003
  • Notes:
  • TSS – Total Segment Score; TES – Technical Element Score; PCS – Program Component Score
  • SS – Skating Skills; TR – Transitions; PE – Performance/Execution
  • CO – Composition; IN – Interpretation; Ded – Deduction; StN – Starting Number

Overall

The skaters are ranked according to their overall score.

RankNameNationTotalSPFS
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China239.88184.411155.47
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  ROC239.25284.252155.00
Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov  ROC237.71382.763154.95
4Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  ROC220.50478.594141.91
5Peng Cheng / Jin Yang  China214.84576.106138.74
6Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier  United States212.68674.237138.45
7Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan211.89870.855141.04
8Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc  United States198.05774.139123.92
9Karina Safina / Luka Berulava  Georgia192.44966.118126.33
10Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada181.371362.5110118.86
11Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron  Spain181.361163.3411118.02
12Vanessa James / Eric Radford  Canada180.991263.0312117.96
13Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy179.871063.5813116.29
14Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy165.431655.8314109.60
15Hailey Kops / Evgeni Krasnopolski  Israel153.821555.991597.83
16Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert  Germany149.691462.371687.32
17Jelizaveta Žuková / Martin Bidař  Czech Republic1754.64
18Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria1851.96
WDIoulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar  Hungarywithdrew from competition

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