1988 World Figure Skating Championships

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1988 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 22 – 27
Season:1987–88
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Venue: Budapest Sportcsarnok
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Boitano
Ladies' singles:
Flag of East Germany.svg Katarina Witt
Pairs:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Elena Valova / Oleg Vassiliev
Ice dance:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
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The 1988 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from March 22 to 27. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Contents

Medal tables

Medalists

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Men Flag of the United States.svg Brian Boitano Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brian Orser Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Petrenko
Ladies Flag of East Germany.svg Katarina Witt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Elizabeth Manley Flag of the United States.svg Debi Thomas
Pairs Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Elena Valova / Oleg Vassiliev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Larissa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov
Ice dancing Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall

Medals by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)2226
2Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)1012
3Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)1001
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0213
Totals (4 entries)44412

Results

Men

Kurt Browning of Canada landed the first ratified quadruple jump (a toe loop) in his free skating. [1] Jozef Sabovcik of Czechoslovakia had landed a quad toe loop at the 1986 European Championships which was recognized at the event but then ruled invalid three weeks later due to a touchdown with his free foot. [2]

RankNameNationTFPCFOPFSOP+FS
1 Brian Boitano Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4.23122
2 Brian Orser Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4.85211
3 Viktor Petrenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.86354
4 Grzegorz Filipowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 9.82476
5 Christopher Bowman Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 11.87945
6 Kurt Browning Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13.012733
7 Heiko Fischer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 13.84699
8 Petr Barna Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 16.611588
9 Paul Wylie Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 17.013867
10 Vladimir Petrenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 19.28111010
11 Cameron Medhurst Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 23.414101111
12 Oliver Höner Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 25.69131515
13 Neil Paterson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 27.618121212
14 Lars Dresler Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 29.217151313
15 Paul Robinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 31.019141414
16 Ralph Burghart Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 36.010252021
17Ronny WinklerFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 36.623171616
18 Peter Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 38.425161717
19 Daniel Weiss Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 39.816182322
20 András Száraz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 40.022221818
21 Alessandro Riccitelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 41.221192120
22 Oula Jääskeläinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 43.627211919
23 Frédéric Lipka Flag of France.svg  France 44.420262223
WD Makoto Kano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1520
Free skating not reached
25 Tomislav Cizmesija Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 2428
26 David Liu Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2824
27 Joaquin Guerrero Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 3023
28 Alexandre Geers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2929
WD Alexander Fadeev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1

Ladies

RankNameNationTFPCFOPFSOP+FS
1 Katarina Witt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2.41211
2 Elizabeth Manley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4.82422
3 Debi Thomas Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 6.23144
4 Claudia Leistner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 11.05565
5 Jill Trenary Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 11.841156
6 Midori Ito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 12.614333
7 Caryn Kadavy Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 13.86877
8 Simone Koch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 16.410688
9 Natalia Lebedeva Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 18.6871110
10 Joanne Conway Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 20.27101212
11 Tamara Téglássy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 21.615999
12 Marina Kielmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 25.216141011
13 Yvonne Gómez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 26.011161313
14 Natalia Gorbenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 27.29171514
15 Beatrice Gelmini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 29.212151615
16 Lotta Falkenbäck Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 35.419251416
17 Charlene Wong Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 36.017122119
18 Yvonne Pokorny Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 38.422132018
19 Claude Péri Flag of France.svg  France 38.624181717
20 Stefanie Schmid Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 39.021211820
21 Junko Yaginuma Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 40.218261921
22 Željka Čižmešija Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 40.413242324
23 Mirela Gawłowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 43.220232222
24 Gina Fulton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 44.823202323
Free skating not reached
25 Tracy Brook Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2619
26 Anisette Torp-Lind Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2822
27 Jana Petruskova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 2528
28 Elina Hanninen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2730
29 Chi Hyun-jung Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3027
30 Diana Marcos Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2931
31 Asia Aleksieva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 3129

Pairs

RankNameNationTFPSPFS
1 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1.821
2 Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2.412
3 Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4.233
4 Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 6.054
5 Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7.465
6 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 8.647
7 Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8.876
8 Mandy Wötzel / Axel Rauschenbach Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 11.288
9 Christine Hough / Doug Ladret Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12.699
10 Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 14.01010
11 Lenka Knapová / René Novotný Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 15.41111
12 Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 16.81212
13 Anuschka Gläser / Stefan Pfrengle Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 18.21313
14 Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 19.61414
15 Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 21.01515
16 Akiko Nogami / Yoichi Yamazaki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 22.41616

Ice dancing

RankNameNationTFPCDOSPFD
1 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2.0111
2 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4.0222
3 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6.0333
4 Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 8.0444
5 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 11.0556
6 Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay Flag of France.svg  France 11.6765
7 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 13.8687
8 Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 15.6878
9 Susie Wynne / Joseph Druar Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 18.0999
10 Lia Trovati / Roberto Pelizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.0101010
11 Karyn Garossino / Rod Garossino Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22.0111111
12 Sharon Jones / Paul Askham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 24.0121212
13 April Sargent / Russ Witherby Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 26.0131313
14 Viera Řeháková / Ivan Havránek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 28.0141414
15 Melanie Cole / Michael Farrington Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 30.0151515
16 Dominique Yvon / Frédéric Palluel Flag of France.svg  France 32.0161616
17 Honorata Górna / Andrzej Dostatni Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 34.0171717
18 Andrea Weppelmann / Hendryk Schamberger Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 36.4181918
19 Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 37.6191819
20 Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 40.0202020
21 Krisztina Kerekes / Csaba Szentpéteri Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 42.0212121
22 Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 44.0222222
23 Desiree Schlegel / Patrik Brecht Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 46.0232323
24 Birgit Pleninger / Michael Steiner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 48.0242424
Free dance not reached
25 Yucca Liu / Jim Sun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2525

References

  1. ↑ "A Quadruple Jump on Ice". The New York Times. Associated Press. 1988-03-26. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
  2. ↑ "The quad: Skating's evolution is for more revolution". CBS Sports. December 2, 1999. Archived from the original on October 31, 2000. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
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