Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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Figure skating at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Type:Olympic Games
Venue: Olympic Saddledome (finals)
Stampede Corral (short program)
Father David Bauer Olympic Arena (compulsory figures)
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 Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov
Ice dance:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
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Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics on a Russian Soviet stamp

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.

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Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2215
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1023
3Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1001
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0213
Totals (4 entries)44412

Participating NOCs

Twenty-five nations sent figure skaters to compete in the events at Calgary.

Results

Men

RankNameNationCFSPFSTFP
1 Brian Boitano Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2213.0
2 Brian Orser Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3124.2
3 Viktor Petrenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6337.8
4 Alexander Fadeev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1948.2
5 Grzegorz Filipowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 74510.8
6 Vladimir Kotin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 56813.4
7 Christopher Bowman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 85713.8
8 Kurt Browning Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 117615.4
9 Heiko Fischer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4111016.8
10 Paul Wylie Flag of the United States.svg  United States 128919.4
11 Richard Zander Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9171123.2
12 Oliver Höner Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 10101424.0
13 Petr Barna Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 15151227.0
14 Lars Dresler Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 14121528.2
15 Axel Médéric Flag of France.svg  France 13141730.4
16 Neil Paterson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 17131631.4
17 Makoto Kano Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 19191332.0
18 Paul Robinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 16211836.0
19 Cameron Medhurst Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 18162037.2
20 Zhang Shubin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 22181939.4
21 Alessandro Riccitelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20202242.0
22 Jung Sung-Il Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 24242145.0
23 Michael Huth Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 21252345.6
24 Peter Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 23222446.6
Free skate not reached
25 David Liu Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2523
26 Boyko Aleksiev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 2627
27 Riccardo Olavarrieta Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2826
28 Ho Kang Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 2728
Free skating final standings (top 8)
RankNameFiguresSP Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of East Germany.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Fract.
Places
1 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Boitano 222111112223.0
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brian Orser 311222221114.2
3 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Petrenko 633332435337.8
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Fadeyev 194444343448.2
5 Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Filipowski 7476588666610.8
6 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Kotin 5689769548513.4
7 Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Bowman 8555875885813.8
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kurt Browning 11767697977915.4

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Ladies

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

RankNameNationCFSPFSTFP
1 Katarina Witt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3124.2
2 Elizabeth Manley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4314.6
3 Debi Thomas Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2246.0
4 Jill Trenary Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56510.4
5 Midori Ito Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 104310.6
6 Claudia Leistner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 69613.2
7 Kira Ivanova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 110913.6
8 Anna Kondrashova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 97715.2
9 Simone Koch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 148819.6
10 Marina Kielmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 12111021.6
11 Beatrice Gelmini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15171126.8
12 Joanne Conway Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8181628.0
13 Charlene Wong Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 18141329.4
14 Junko Yaginuma Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 16151429.6
15 Stéfanie Schmid Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 21161231.0
16 Agnès Gosselin Flag of France.svg  France 13211834.2
17 Katrien Pauwels Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 11202034.6
18 Yvonne Gómez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17191734.8
19 Tamara Téglássy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 19221535.2
20 Iveta Voralová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 22121937.0
21 Lotta Falkenbäck Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25132141.2
22 Željka Čižmešija Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 20252244.0
23 Gina Fulton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24242347.0
WD Caryn Kadavy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 75
Free skate not reached
25 Tracy Brook Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2623
26 Jiang Yibing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2328
27 Byun Sung-jin Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 2730
28 Petya Gavazova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 3026
29 Pauline Lee Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2929
30 Diana Encinas Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2831
31 Kim Song-suk Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 3127
Free skating final standings (top 8)
RankNameFiguresSP Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of East Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Fract.
Places
1 Flag of East Germany.svg Katarina Witt 312233131224.2
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Elizabeth Manley 431111212114.6
3 Flag of the United States.svg Debi Thomas 225454544456.0
4 Flag of the United States.svg Jill Trenary 5645454555410.4
5 Flag of Japan.svg Midori Ito 10433223233310.6
6 Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Leistner 6966686686613.2
7 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Kira Ivanova 110715147897111013.6
8 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 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. [2]

RankNameNationSPFSTFP
1 Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 111.4
2 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 222.8
3 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard Flag of the United States.svg  United States 334.2
4 Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 646.4
5 Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 456.6
6 Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 579.0
7 Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 11610.4
8 Christine Hough / Doug Ladret Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8811.2
9 Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7911.8
10 Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold Flag of the United States.svg  United States 101014.0
11 Brigitte Groh / Holger Maletz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 131116.2
12 Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 121216.8
13 Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 141318.6
14 Mei Zhibin / Li Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 151420.0
WD Lenka Knapová / René Novotný Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9WD
Free skating final standings (top 8)
RankNameSP Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of East Germany.svg Flag of Poland.svg Fract.
Places
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov 11111111111.4
2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev 22222222222.8
3 Flag of the United States.svg Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard 34334533334.2
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov 63566344446.4
5 Flag of the United States.svg Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner 45748655886.6
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston 57473478579.0
7 Flag of East Germany.svg Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König 1166977676510.4
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christine Hough / Doug Ladret 8981048967911.2

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Ice dance

RankNameNationCDODFDTFP
1 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1112.0
2 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2224.0
3 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3336.0
4 Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4448.0
5 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 55510.0
6 Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory Flag of the United States.svg  United States 66612.0
7 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 77714.0
8 Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay Flag of France.svg  France 88816.0
9 Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 99918.0
10 Lia Trovati / Roberto Pelizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10101020.0
11 Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11111122.0
12 Karyn Garossino / Rodney Garossino Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12121224.0
13 Sharon Jones / Paul Askham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13131326.0
14 Corinne Paliard / Didier Courtois Flag of France.svg  France 15141428.4
15 Viera Řeháková / Ivan Havránek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 14151529.6
16 Melanie Cole / Michael Farrington Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 16161632.0
17 Honorata Górna / Andrzej Dostatni Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 17171734.0
18 Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 18181836.0
19 Liu Luyang / Zhao Xiaolei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 19191938.0
20 Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 20202040.0
Free dance final standings (top 8)
RankNameCDOD Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of France.svg Fract.
Places
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin 111111111112.0
2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko 222322222224.0
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall 333233333336.0
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski 444464444448.0
5 Flag of Austria.svg Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck 5555555565510.0
6 Flag of the United States.svg Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory 6668766676712.0
7 Flag of Hungary.svg Klára Engi / Attila Tóth 7777877787814.0
8 Flag of France.svg Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay 8810649810510516.0

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See also

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References

  1. "Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. Janofsky, Michael (17 February 1988). "Soviet Skaters Prevail in Pairs". The New York Times . Retrieved 21 March 2012.