Pairs, Mixed
| Date | 11 – 13 February 2006 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Palavela, Torino | |
| Participants | 40 from 12 countries | |
| Format | Total of points from short program and free skating. | |
| Judge #1 | Adriana Domanská |  SVK |
| Judge #2 | Zoia Yordanova |  BUL |
| Judge #3 | Marina Sanaya |  RUS |
| Judge #4 | Reinhard Mirmseker |  GER |
| Judge #5 | Ihor Fedchenko |  UKR |
| Judge #6 | Pierre De Lacroix |  FRA |
| Judge #7 | Yevgeny Rokhin |  UZB |
| Judge #8 | Anna Sierocka |  POL |
| Judge #9 | Kristina Houwing |  SWE |
| Judge #10 | William Smith |  USA |
| Judge #11 | William Thompson |  CAN |
| Judge #12 | Wang Yumin |  CHN |
The favorites were the Russians Tatyana Totmyanina and Maksim Marinin. They had won the last five European titles and were World Champions in 2004-05. But they would be challenged by a new power in ice skating, the Chinese. Since 2002, three different Chinese pairs had been on the podium at the Worlds, led by Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, who won the title in 2002-03. The other Chinese pairs were Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao, third at the 2005 Worlds; and Pang Qing and Tong Jian, third at the 2004 Worlds. The short program went to Totmyanina and Marinin, with a narrow lead, 68.64 to 64.72, over Zhang/Zhang. They finished in the same order in the free skate, giving the gold to the Russians and silver to Zhang and Zhang. Zhang Dan had a horrific fall in the free skate, while attempting a quad Salchow, and would mount the victory podium with her leg bandaged and an ice pack on her knee. The other two Chinese pairs, moved up to third and fourth in the free skate, placing third and fourth overall, with Shen and Zhao winning the bronze medal.
| Pos | Nr | Skater | NOC | Points | Short Program | Free Skating | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Tatyana Totmyanina / Maksim Marinin | RUS | 204.48 | 68.64 (1) | 135.84 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | CHN | 189.73 | 64.72 (2) | 125.01 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | CHN | 186.91 | 62.32 (5) | 124.59 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | CHN | 186.67 | 63.19 (4) | 123.48 (4) | |||
| 5 | – | Mariya Petrova / Aleksey Tikhonov | RUS | 181.69 | 64.27 (3) | 117.42 (6) | |||
| 6 | – | Aljona Sawtchenko / Robin Szolkowy | GER | 180.15 | 60.96 (7) | 119.19 (5) | |||
| 7 | – | Rena Inoue / John Baldwin | USA | 175.01 | 61.27 (6) | 113.74 (7) | |||
| 8 | – | Yuliya Obertas / Sergey Slavnov | RUS | 166.54 | 60.25 (8) | 106.29 (9) | |||
| 9 | – | Dorota Zagórska-Siudek / Mariusz Siudek | POL | 165.95 | 56.10 (9) | 109.85 (8) | |||
| 10 | – | Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison | CAN | 159.71 | 55.48 (11) | 104.23 (10) | |||
| 11 | – | Valérie Marcoux / Craig Buntin | CAN | 158.21 | 55.62 (10) | 102.59 (11) | |||
| 12 | – | Tetiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov | UKR | 148.38 | 50.14 (12) | 98.24 (12) | |||
| 13 | – | Marcy Hinzmann / Aaron Parchem | USA | 147.05 | 49.58 (13) | 97.47 (13) | |||
| 14 | – | Marylin Pla / Yannick Bonheur | FRA | 132.84 | 44.24 (14) | 88.60 (14) | |||
| 15 | – | Eva-Maria Fitze / Rico Rex | GER | 120.23 | 43.86 (16) | 76.37 (16) | |||
| 16 | – | Marina Aganina / Artyom Knyazev | UZB | 119.55 | 44.02 (15) | 75.53 (17) | |||
| 17 | – | Diana Rennik / Aleksei Saks |  EST | 118.13 | 39.72 (18) | 78.41 (15) | |||
| 18 | – | Yuliya Bilohlazova / Andriy Bekh | UKR | 115.62 | 43.85 (17) | 71.77 (19) | |||
| 19 | – | Rumyana Spasova / Stanimir Todorov | BUL | 111.25 | 37.27 (19) | 73.98 (18) | |||
| – | Phyo Yong-Myong / Jong Yong-Hyok |  PRK | – | 33.63 (20) | – |