Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Mixed doubles tournament

Mixed doubles curling
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Mixed doubles curling; at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Gangneung Curling Centre, Gangneung, South Korea
Dates	8–13 February
Competitors	16 from 8 nations
Medalists
	2022 →

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.

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

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

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%	Tiebreaker
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

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

Summary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes

Olympic Athletes from Russia (which won the bronze medal match 8–4) were disqualified after the tournament due to the doping case.

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

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

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

Player percentages

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

Female

#	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

#	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

#	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

^ "Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
^ "Russian curling bronze medallist suspected of failed drugs test at Winter Olympics". The Telegraph. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ Butler, Nick (18 February 2018). "Russian mixed doubles curling Olympic bronze medallist fails drugs test". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ "New case registered by the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in PyeongChang" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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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.

[3] "Russian curling bronze medallist suspected of failed drugs test at Winter Olympics". The Telegraph. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[4] Butler, Nick (18 February 2018). "Russian mixed doubles curling Olympic bronze medallist fails drugs test". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[5] "New case registered by the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in PyeongChang" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[6] "Russian curler stripped of Winter Olympics medal after admitting doping". The Guardian. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

[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.

[9] "Le curling donne le coup d'envoi des sélections olympiques" (in French). Swiss Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[10] "2018 Olympic Winter Games – Schedule of Play". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[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.

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