Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Mixed doubles tournament

The mixed doubles curling tournament of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Curling Centre from 8 to 13 February 2018.[1] Eight nations competed in a round robin preliminary round, and the top four nations at the conclusion of the round robin qualified for the medal round.[2] This was the first time mixed doubles was held at the Winter Olympics.

Mixed doubles curling
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Curling Centre, Gangneung, South Korea
Dates8–13 February
Competitors16 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kaitlyn Lawes
John Morris
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jenny Perret
Martin Rios
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kristin Skaslien
Magnus Nedregotten
 Norway
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On 18 February 2018, it was reported that bronze medallist Alexander Krushelnitskiy of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team had failed a drug test and was awaiting a test of the B sample.[3][4] After the testing of the B sample that was also positive, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirmed that they were instituting formal proceedings;[5] three days later, CAS disqualified the Olympic Athletes from Russia team and stripped them of the bronze medal, which was reawarded to the Norwegian team.[6]

Teams

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Teams have one male and one female thrower, with one curler throwing rocks #1 and #5 and the other throwing rocks #2, #3 and #4. Only the Olympic Athletes from Russia team have the female curler throwing the middle three rocks and the male curler throwing first and last. The remainder of the teams have the male curler throwing the middle three rocks and the female curler throwing first and last. Teams can change at any time.

  Canada   China   Finland   Norway
Female: Kaitlyn Lawes
Male: John Morris
Female: Wang Rui
Male: Ba Dexin
Female: Oona Kauste
Male: Tomi Rantamäki
Female: Kristin Skaslien
Male: Magnus Nedregotten
  Olympic Athletes from Russia[7]   South Korea[8]   Switzerland[9]   United States
Female: Anastasia Bryzgalova
Male: Alexander Krushelnitskiy
Female: Jang Hye-ji
Male: Lee Ki-jeong
Female: Jenny Perret
Male: Martin Rios
Female: Rebecca Hamilton
Male: Matt Hamilton

Round-robin standings

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Final round robin standings
Team Athletes Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
  Canada Kaitlyn Lawes / John Morris 7 6 1 52 26 28 20 0 9 80% Playoffs
  Switzerland Jenny Perret / Martin Rios 7 5 2 45 40 29 26 0 10 71%
  Olympic Athletes from Russia Anastasia Bryzgalova / Alexander Krushelnitskiy 7 4 3 36 44 26 27 1 7 67%
  Norway Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten 7 4 3 39 43 26 25 1 8 74% Tiebreaker
  China Wang Rui / Ba Dexin 7 4 3 47 42 27 27 1 6 72%
  South Korea Jang Hye-ji / Lee Ki-jeong 7 2 5 40 40 23 29 1 7 67%
  United States Rebecca Hamilton / Matt Hamilton 7 2 5 37 43 26 25 0 9 74%
  Finland Oona Kauste / Tomi Rantamäki 7 1 6 35 53 23 29 0 6 67%
Source: [citation needed]

Round-robin results

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All draw times are listed in KST (UTC+9).[10]

Summary

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Team                 Record
  Canada 10–4 8–2 6–9 8–2 7–3 7–2 6–4 6–1
  China 4–10 10–5 9–3 5–6 8–7 5–7 6–4 4–3
  Finland 2–8 5–10 6–7 5–7 4–9 6–7 7–5 1–6
  Norway 9–6 3–9 7–6 3–4 8–3 6–5 3–10 4–3
  Olympic Athletes from Russia 2–8 6–5 7–5 4–3 6–5 8–9 3–9 4–3
  South Korea 3–7 7–8 9–4 3–8 5–6 4–6 9–1 2–5
  Switzerland 2–7 7–5 7–6 5–6 9–8 6–4 9–4 5–2
  United States 4–6 4–6 5–7 10–3 9–3 1–9 4–9 2–5

Draw 1

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Thursday, 8 February, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton)   3 0 1 1 2 0 2 X 9
  Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Canada (Lawes / Morris)   1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 6
  Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten) 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  South Korea (Jang / Lee) 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 X 9
  Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki)   0 0 0 1 2 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  China (Wang / Ba)   1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5
  Switzerland (Perret / Rios) 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 7

Draw 2

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Thursday, 8 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki)   0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 6
  Switzerland (Perret / Rios) 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  South Korea (Jang / Lee) 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 7
  China (Wang / Ba)   2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4
  Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)   0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton)   1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
  Canada (Lawes / Morris) 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 6

Draw 3

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Friday, 9 February, 8:35

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  South Korea (Jang / Lee) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
  Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)   1 3 1 0 1 0 2 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton)   1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
  Switzerland (Perret / Rios) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  China (Wang / Ba) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
  Canada (Lawes / Morris)   3 0 4 0 1 0 2 X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy) 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 X 7
  Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki)   2 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 5

Draw 4

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Friday, 9 February, 13:35

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Canada (Lawes / Morris) 1 0 1 1 0 5 X X 8
  Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki)   0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  China (Wang / Ba) 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 5
  Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy)   1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
  South Korea (Jang / Lee)   2 0 2 3 1 1 X X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Perret / Rios) 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 5
  Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)   0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 6

Draw 5

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Saturday, 10 February, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  China (Wang / Ba)   0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 6
  United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten) 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 7
  Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki)   0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Canada (Lawes / Morris)   0 4 0 1 1 1 X X 7
  Switzerland (Perret / Rios) 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  South Korea (Jang / Lee) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
  Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy)   0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 6

Draw 6

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Saturday, 10 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy) 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2
  Canada (Lawes / Morris)   3 1 0 2 0 2 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Perret / Rios)   2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6
  South Korea (Jang / Lee) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten) 0 3 0 0 0 0 X X 3
  United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton)   1 0 1 4 1 3 X X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki)   0 3 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
  China (Wang / Ba) 3 0 1 0 4 0 2 X 10

Draw 7

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Sunday, 11 February, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten) 0 1 1 0 1 0 X X 3
  China (Wang / Ba)   1 0 0 3 0 5 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki) 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 7
  United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton)   0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Perret / Rios)   0 2 0 0 2 2 0 3 9
  Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy) 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Canada (Lawes / Morris) 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 X 7
  South Korea (Jang / Lee)   0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3

Tiebreaker

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Sunday, 11 February, 20:05

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  China (Wang / Ba)   2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7
  Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten) 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 1 9
Player percentages
  China   Norway
Wang Rui 64% Kristin Skaslien 77%
Ba Dexin 68% Magnus Nedregotten 88%
Total 67% Total 83%

Playoffs

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Semifinals Gold medal game
      
1   Canada 8
4   Norway 4
1   Canada 10
2   Switzerland 3
2   Switzerland 7
3   Olympic Athletes from Russia 5 Bronze medal game
3   Olympic Athletes from Russia (DSQ1) L
4   Norway W
Notes

1   Olympic Athletes from Russia won the bronze medal match 8–4, but were disqualified due to the doping case mentioned above.

Semifinals

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Monday, 12 February, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Canada (Lawes / Morris)   2 0 0 1 2 0 3 X 8
  Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 X 4
Player percentages
  Canada   Norway
Kaitlyn Lawes 58% Kristin Skaslien 77%
John Morris 82% Magnus Nedregotten 66%
Total 73% Total 70%

Monday, 12 February, 20:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy) 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 5
  Switzerland (Perret / Rios)   2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 7
Player percentages
  Olympic Athletes from Russia   Switzerland
Anastasia Bryzgalova 70% Jenny Perret 77%
Alexander Krushelnitskiy 86% Martin Rios 78%
Total 76% Total 78%

Bronze medal game

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Tuesday, 13 February, 9:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy)   2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 L
  Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 W
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Player percentages
  Norway   Olympic Athletes from Russia
Kristin Skaslien 64% Anastasia Bryzgalova 83%
Magnus Nedregotten 65% Alexander Krushelnitskiy 79%
Total 65% Total 81%

Gold medal game

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Tuesday, 13 February, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Canada (Lawes / Morris)   2 0 4 0 2 2 X X 10
  Switzerland (Perret / Rios) 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X 3
Player percentages
Each shot is marked out of 4
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 %
  Canada 79.3%
Kaitlyn Lawes 2 X 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 4 72.7%
John Morris 4 4 3 4 2 4 2 4 3 4 1 4 4 3 4 2 4 4 83.3%
  Switzerland 66.7%
Jenny Perret 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 0 4 0 75%
Martin Rios 3 2 0 4 4 4 0 1 0 2 2 2 4 2 4 4 4 2 61.1%

Final standings

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The final standings are:[11]

Place Team
    Canada
    Switzerland
    Norway
4   China
5   South Korea
6   United States
7   Finland
DSQ   Olympic Athletes from Russia

Statistics

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Player percentages

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Player percentages during round robin play are as follows:[12]

Female

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# Curler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
1   Kaitlyn Lawes (CAN) 72 70 77 75 77 86 78 76
2   Becca Hamilton (USA) 85 81 69 65 72 54 75 72
2   Wang Rui (CHN) 63 79 59 71 83 70 77 72
4   Anastasia Bryzgalova (OAR) 61 80 72 73 65 60 75 70
4   Kristin Skaslien (NOR) 61 84 63 70 83 56 65 70
6   Jenny Perret (SUI) 76 60 67 81 36 78 66 68
7   Jang Hye-ji (KOR) 71 71 62 63 69 50 52 63
8   Oona Kauste (FIN) 57 52 67 31 75 65 67 60

Male

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# Curler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
1   John Morris (CAN) 80 92 73 85 78 90 80 82
2   Magnus Nedregotten (NOR) 79 88 80 89 68 72 64 78
3   Matt Hamilton (USA) 81 80 88 43 80 76 75 76
4   Martin Rios (SUI) 81 73 66 85 71 74 69 74
5   Ba Dexin (CHN) 81 69 68 69 69 73 78 72
6   Tomi Rantamäki (FIN) 64 74 67 71 70 73 75 71
7   Lee Ki-jeong (KOR) 84 78 82 58 67 67 54 70
8   Alexander Krushelnitskiy (OAR) 55 58 63 73 65 63 65 64

Team total

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# Curler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
1   Canada (CAN) 77 83 74 81 78 89 79 80
2   Norway (NOR) 72 86 74 81 74 66 64 74
2   United States (USA) 82 81 80 52 77 68 75 74
4   China (CHN) 74 73 64 70 74 71 78 72
5   Switzerland (SUI) 81 71 76 68 55 76 68 71
6   Finland (FIN) 61 65 67 55 72 72 72 67
6   South Korea (KOR) 77 72 64 76 71 60 53 67
6   Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) 59 72 68 73 65 61 70 67

References

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  1. ^ "Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  2. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
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  7. ^ Сборная России в дисциплине "смешанные пары" в редакции "МК" (in Russian). Russian Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  8. ^ "S. Korean curlers eye multiple medals at PyeongChang 2018". Yonhap. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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  11. ^ "PyeongChang 2018 Mixed Doubles Results - Olympic curling".
  12. ^ "Shot Success Percentage by Gender" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2018.