Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
| Figure skating at the XV Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Type: | Olympic Games |
| Venue: | Olympic Saddledome (finals) Stampede Corral (short program) Father David Bauer Olympic Arena (compulsory figures) |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Brian Boitano | |
Ladies' singles:  Katarina Witt | |
Pairs:  Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | |
| Ice dance: Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | |
| Previous: 1984 Winter Olympics | |
| Next: 1992 Winter Olympics | |
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Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place at the Stampede Corral, the Olympic Saddledome and the Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.[1] This was the last Olympic competition where compulsory figures were contested for the men's and ladies' events.
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  United States | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 |  East Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Canada | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Participating NOCs
[edit]Twenty-five nations sent figure skaters to compete in the events at Calgary.
Results
[edit]Men
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- Free skating final standings (top 8)
| Rank | Name | Figures | SP | 
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Fract. Places |
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| 1 | Brian Boitano |
2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 2 | Brian Orser |
3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.2 |
| 3 | Viktor Petrenko |
6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7.8 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Fadeyev |
1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8.2 |
| 5 |  Grzegorz Filipowski |
7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10.8 |
| 6 | Vladimir Kotin |
5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 13.4 |
| 7 | Christopher Bowman |
8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 13.8 |
| 8 | Kurt Browning |
11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 15.4 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
Elfriede Beyer
Janet G. Allen
Linda Petersen
Alexander Vedenin
Jacqueline Itschner
Junko Hiramatsu
Günter Teichmann
Jean Matthews
Gerhardt Bubník
Maria Zuchowicz (substitute)
Ladies
[edit]Katarina Witt became the first woman to repeat as champion since Sonja Henie.
- Free skating final standings (top 8)
| Rank | Name | Figures | SP | 
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| 1 | Katarina Witt |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.2 |
| 2 | Elizabeth Manley |
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.6 |
| 3 | Debi Thomas |
2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6.0 |
| 4 | Jill Trenary |
5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10.4 |
| 5 | Midori Ito |
10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10.6 |
| 6 | Claudia Leistner |
6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 13.2 |
| 7 | Kira Ivanova |
1 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 13.6 |
| 8 | Anna Kondrashova |
9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 15.2 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Peter Moser
- Lucy C. Brennan
Sally-Anne Stapleford- Kazuo Ohashi
- Reinhard Mirmseker
- Willi Wernz
- Sergei Kononykhin
- Dennis McFarlane
- Vera Spurná
Monique Georgelin (substitute)
Pairs
[edit]During Watson and Oppegard's free skating, a photographer dropped his camera bag onto the ice and an usher walked onto the ice to pick it up while the pair was performing a death spiral on the other side of the rink.[2]
| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FS | TFP |
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| 1 | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | Soviet Union |
1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 2 | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev | Soviet Union |
2 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 3 | Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard | United States |
3 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 4 | Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov | Soviet Union |
6 | 4 | 6.4 |
| 5 | Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner | United States |
4 | 5 | 6.6 |
| 6 | Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston | Canada |
5 | 7 | 9.0 |
| 7 | Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König | East Germany |
11 | 6 | 10.4 |
| 8 | Christine Hough / Doug Ladret | Canada |
8 | 8 | 11.2 |
| 9 | Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler | Canada |
7 | 9 | 11.8 |
| 10 | Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold | United States |
10 | 10 | 14.0 |
| 11 | Brigitte Groh / Holger Maletz |  West Germany |
13 | 11 | 16.2 |
| 12 | Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor |  Great Britain |
12 | 12 | 16.8 |
| 13 | Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley | Great Britain |
14 | 13 | 18.6 |
| 14 | Mei Zhibin / Li Wei |  China |
15 | 14 | 20.0 |
| WD | Lenka Knapová / René Novotný |  Czechoslovakia |
9 | WD |
- Free skating final standings (top 8)
| Rank | Name | SP |
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| 1 | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 2 | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 3 | Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard |
3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 4 | Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov |
6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6.4 |
| 5 | Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner |
4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6.6 |
| 6 | Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston |
5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9.0 |
| 7 | Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König |
11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10.4 |
| 8 | Christine Hough / Doug Ladret |
8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11.2 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Mikhail Drei
- Elfriede Beyer
- Claire W. Ferguson
- Sally-Anne Stapleford
- Suzanne Francis
Shirley Taylor- Gerhardt Bubník
- Günter Teichmann
- Maria Zuchowicz
- Junko Hiramatsu (substitute)
Ice dance
[edit]- Free dance final standings (top 8)
| Rank | Name | CD | OD |
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Fract. Places |
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| 1 | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 2 | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko |
2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 3 | Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall |
3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6.0 |
| 4 | Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski |
4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10.0 |
| 6 | Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory |
6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12.0 |
| 7 | Klára Engi / Attila Tóth |
7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 14.0 |
| 8 | Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay |
8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 16.0 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Irina Absaliamova
- Ann Shaw
- Nancy Meiss
- Willi Wernz
Cia Bordogna
Heide Maritczak- Roy Mason
István Sugár- Daniel de Paix de Coeur
- Maria Miller (substitute)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ Janofsky, Michael (17 February 1988). "Soviet Skaters Prevail in Pairs". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
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