The pair skating competition in

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at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 18 February (short program) and 19 February (free skating), at the

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. Sui Wenjing /

Han Cong Han Cong (pronounced "Han Tsong") (; born 6 August 1992) is a Chinese pair skater. With partner Sui Wenjing, he is the 2022 Olympic gold medalist, 2018 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time world champion (2017, 2019), a three-time world sil ...

of China, the 2018 silver medalists, won the event.

Evgenia Tarasova Evgenia Maksimovna Tarasova (russian: Евгения Максимовна Тарасова; born 17 December 1994) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Vladimir Morozov, she is the 2022 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World medalist (20 ...

/ Vladimir Morozov, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won silver, and

Anastasia Mishina Anastasia Viktorovna Mishina (russian: Анастасия Викторовна Мишина, born 24 April 2001) is a Russian pair skater. With her skating partner, Aleksandr Galliamov, she is the 2022 Olympic champion in the team event and 20 ...

Aleksandr Galliamov Aleksandr Romanovich Galliamov (russian: Александр Романович Галлямов, Tatar: Александр Романович Галләмов, born 28 August 1999) is a Russian pair skater. With his skating partner, Anastasia Mi ...

, also of ROC, bronze.

Summary

The 2018 champions,

Aljona Savchenko Aljona Savchenko ( uk, Олена Валентинівна Савченко, ''Olena Valentynivna Savchenko''; German Romanization: ''Aljona Sawtschenko'', sometimes ''Aliona Savchenko''; born 19 January 1984) is a Ukrainian-born German pai ...

Bruno Massot Bruno Massot (born 28 January 1989) is a French-German pair skating coach and former competitor. Competing with Aljona Savchenko for Germany, he is the 2018 Olympic Champion, the 2018 World Champion, a two-time European silver medalist, and t ...

of Germany, retired from competition. The bronze medalist

Meagan Duhamel Meagan Duhamel (born December 8, 1985) is a Canadian pair skater. With partner Eric Radford, she is a two-time world champion (2015, 2016), a 2018 Olympic gold medallist in the team event, a 2014 Olympic silver medallist in the team event, a 2 ...

retired as well, whereas her partner

Eric Radford Eric Radford (born January 27, 1985) is a Canadian pair skater. With former partner Meagan Duhamel, he is a two-time world champion ( 2015, 2016), a 2018 Olympic gold medallist in the team event, a 2014 Olympic silver medallist in the team even ...

, together with his new partner

Vanessa James Vanessa James (born 27 September 1987) is a Canadian retired pair skater. Representing France with her former skating partner, Morgan Ciprès, she is the 2019 European Champion, the 2018 World bronze medallist, the 2017 European bronze meda ...

, qualified for the Olympics. The silver medalists, Sui Wenjing /

, qualified for the Olympics and had the fourth highest score in the 2021–22 season before the Olympics behind three Russian pairs:

/ Vladimir Morozov, and

Aleksandra Boikova Aleksandra Igorevna Boikova (russian: Александра Игоревна Бойкова, born 20 January 2002) is a Russian pair skater. With her skating partner, Dmitrii Kozlovskii, she is the 2020 European champion, the 2021 World bronze m ...

Dmitrii Kozlovskii Dmitrii Eduardovich Kozlovskii (formerly Nekhviadovich; russian: Дмитрий Эдуардович Козловский (Нехвядович), born 23 December 1999) is a Russian pair skater. With his skating partner, Aleksandra Boikova, he i ...

. At the

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, 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.

Laura Barquero Laura Barquero Jiménez (born 12 October 2001) is a Spanish pair skater. With her skating partner, Marco Zandron, she is the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist and the 2021 Spanish national champion. With her former skating partner, Tòn ...

of Spain failed the doping test, as announced after the closing of the Olympics.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing ISU best scores were: The following new best scores were set during this competition:

Qualification

Schedule

Results

Short program

The short program was held on 18 February.

Free skating

The free skating was held on 19 February. * 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.

References

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