Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Type: Olympic Games
Venue: Olympic Saddledome
Stampede Corral
Father David Bauer Olympic Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Brian Boitano
Ladies' singles:
East Germany Katarina Witt
Pair skating:
Soviet Union Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov
Ice dancing:
Soviet Union Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
Previous:
1984 Winter Olympics
Next:
1992 Winter Olympics

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.

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union 2 2 1 5
2 United States 1 0 2 3
Canada 0 2 1 3
3 East Germany 1 0 0 1

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation CF SP FS TFP
1 Brian Boitano United States 2213.0
2 Brian Orser Canada 3124.2
3 Viktor Petrenko Soviet Union 6337.8
4 Alexander Fadeev Soviet Union 1948.2
5 Grzegorz Filipowski Poland 74510.8
6 Vladimir Kotin Soviet Union 56813.4
7 Christopher Bowman United States 85713.8
8 Kurt Browning Canada 117615.4
9 Heiko Fischer West Germany 4111016.8
10 Paul Wylie United States 128919.4
11 Richard Zander West Germany 9171123.2
12 Oliver Höner Switzerland 10101424.0
13 Petr Barna Czechoslovakia 15151227.0
14 Lars Dresler Denmark 14121528.2
15 Axel Médéric France 13141730.4
16 Neil Paterson Canada 17131631.4
17 Makoto Kano Japan 19191332.0
18 Paul Robinson Great Britain 16211836.0
19 Cameron Medhurst Australia 18162037.2
20 Zhang Shubin China 22181939.4
21 Alessandro Riccitelli Italy 20202242.0
22 Jung Sung-Il South Korea 24242145.0
23 Michael Huth East Germany 21252345.6
24 Peter Johansson Sweden 23222446.6
Free skate not reached
25 David Liu Chinese Taipei 2523
26 Boyko Aleksiev Bulgaria 2627
27 Walbe Olavarrieta-Navarro Mexico 2826
28 Ho Kang North Korea 2728

Free skating final standings (top 8)

Rank Name Figures SP Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Germany France United States East Germany Sweden Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Canada Fract.
Places
1 United States Brian Boitano 222111112223.0
2 Canada Brian Orser 311222221114.2
3 Soviet Union Viktor Petrenko 633332435337.8
4 Soviet Union Aleksandr Fadeyev 194444343448.2
5 Poland Grzegorz Filipowski 7476588666610.8
6 Soviet Union Vladimir Kotin 5689769548513.4
7 United States Christopher Bowman 8555875885813.8
8 Canada Kurt Browning 11767697977915.4

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Ladies

Katarina Witt became the first lady to repeat as champion since Sonja Henie.

Rank Name Nation CF SP FS TFP
1 Katarina Witt East Germany 3124.2
2 Elizabeth Manley Canada 4314.6
3 Debi Thomas United States 2246.0
4 Jill Trenary United States 56510.4
5 Midori Ito Japan 104310.6
6 Claudia Leistner West Germany 69613.2
7 Kira Ivanova Soviet Union 110913.6
8 Anna Kondrashova Soviet Union 97715.2
9 Simone Koch East Germany 148819.6
10 Marina Kielmann West Germany 12111021.6
11 Beatrice Gelmini Italy 15171126.8
12 Joanne Conway Great Britain 8181628.0
13 Charlene Wong Canada 18141329.4
14 Junko Yaginuma Japan 16151429.6
15 Stéfanie Schmid Switzerland 21161231.0
16 Agnès Gosselin France 12211834.2
17 Katrien Pauwels Belgium 11202034.6
18 Yvonne Gómez Spain 17191734.8
19 Tamara Téglássy Hungary 19221535.2
20 Iveta Voralová Czechoslovakia 22121937.0
21 Lotta Falkenbäck Sweden 25132141.2
22 Željka Čižmešija Yugoslavia 20252244.0
23 Gina Fulton Great Britain 24242347.0
WD Caryn Kadavy United States 75
Free skate not reached
25 Tracy Brook Australia 2623
26 Jiang Yibing China 2328
27 Byun Sung-Jin South Korea 2730
28 Petya Gavazova Bulgaria 3026
29 Pauline Chen Lee Chinese Taipei 2929
30 Diana Encinas-Evans Mexico 2831
31 Kim Song-Suk North Korea 3127

Free skating final standings (top 8)

Rank Name Figures SP Switzerland United States United Kingdom Japan East Germany Germany Soviet Union Canada Czechoslovakia Fract.
Places
1 East Germany Katarina Witt 312233131224.2
2 Canada Elizabeth Manley 431111212114.6
3 United States Debi Thomas 225454544456.0
4 United States Jill Trenary 5645454555410.4
5 Japan Midori Ito 10433223233310.6
6 Germany Claudia Leistner 6966686686613.2
7 Soviet Union Kira Ivanova 110715147897111013.6
8 Soviet Union Anna Kondrashova 9787867769915.2

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Pairs

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.[1]

Rank Name Nation SP FS TFP
1 Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov Soviet Union 111.5
2 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev Soviet Union 223.0
3 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard United States 334.5
4 Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov Soviet Union 647.0
5 Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner United States 457.0
6 Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston Canada 579.5
7 Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König East Germany 11611.5
8 Christine Hough / Doug Ladret Canada 8812.0
9 Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler Canada 7912.5
10 Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold United States 101015.0
11 Brigitte Groh / Holger Maletz West Germany 131117.5
12 Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor Great Britain 121218.0
13 Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley Great Britain 141320.0
14 Mei Zhibin / Li Wei China 151424.5
WD Lenka Knapova / René Novotný Czechoslovakia 9WD

Free skating final standings (top 8)

Rank Name SP Soviet Union Germany United States United Kingdom Canada Australia Czechoslovakia East Germany Poland Fract.
Places
1 Soviet Union Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov 11111111111.4
2 Soviet Union Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev 22222222222.8
3 United States Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard 34334533334.2
4 Soviet Union Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov 63566344446.4
5 United States Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner 45748655886.6
6 Canada Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston 57473478579.0
7 East Germany Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König 1166977676510.4
8 Canada Christine Hough / Doug Ladret 8981048967911.2

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Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation CD OD FD TFP
1 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Soviet Union 1112.0
2 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko Soviet Union 2224.0
3 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall Canada 3336.0
4 Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski Soviet Union 4448.0
5 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck Austria 55510.0
6 Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory United States 66612.0
7 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth Hungary 77714.0
8 Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay France 88816.0
9 Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer West Germany 99918.0
10 Lia Trovati / Roberto Pelizzola Italy 10101020.0
11 Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar United States 11111122.0
12 Karyn Garossino / Rodney Garossino Canada 12121224.0
13 Sharon Jones / Paul Askham Great Britain 13131326.0
14 Corinne Paliard / Didier Courtois France 15141428.4
15 Viera Řeháková / Ivan Havránek Czechoslovakia 14151529.6
16 Melanie Cole / Michael Farrington Canada 16161632.0
17 Honorata Górna / Andrzej Dostatni Poland 17171734.0
18 Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki Japan 18181836.0
19 Liu Luyang / Zhao Xiaolei China 19191938.0
20 Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke Australia 20202040.0

Free dance final standings (top 8)

Rank Name CD OD Soviet Union Canada United States Germany Italy Austria United Kingdom Hungary France Fract.
Places
1 Soviet Union Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin 111111111112.0
2 Soviet Union Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko 222322222224.0
3 Canada Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall 333233333336.0
4 Soviet Union Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski 444464444448.0
5 Austria Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck 5555555565510.0
6 United States Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory 6668766676712.0
7 Hungary Klára Engi / Attila Tóth 7777877787814.0
8 France Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay 8810649810510516.0

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See also

References

  1. Janofsky, Michael (February 17, 1988). "Soviet Skaters Prevail in Pairs". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
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