# Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Pair skating

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.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing ISU best scores were:
| Component | Skaters | Score | Date | Event |
| Short program | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo (CHN) | 75.36 | 3 December 2009 | 2009–10 Grand Prix Final |
| Free skating | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov (RUS) | 139.23 | 20 January 2010 | 2010 European Championships |
| Total score | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo (CHN) | 214.25 | 5 December 2009 | 2009–10 Grand Prix Final |
The following ISU best scores were set during the competition:
| Component | Skaters | Score | Date |
| Short program | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo (CHN) | 76.66 | 14 February 2010 |
| Free skating | Pang Qing / Tong Jian (CHN) | 141.81 | 15 February 2010 |
| Total score | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo (CHN) | 216.57 | 15 February 2010 |

## 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):
* Wang Yumin
* Irina Medvedeva
* Karen Archer
* Andrea Derby
* Alexander Kogan
* Taffy Holliday
* Heinz-Ulrich Walther
* Markus Germann
* Florence Vuylsteker
Judges (FS):
* Anna Sierocka
* Nikolai Salnikov
* Franco Benini
* Albert Zaydman
* Heinz-Ulrich Walther
* Irina Medvedeva
* Andrea Derby
* Taffy Holliday
* Wang Yumin
* Markus Germann