Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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Figure skating at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Figure Skating, Nagano 1998.png
Type:Olympic Games
Venue: White Ring
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of Russia.svg Ilia Kulik
Ladies' singles:
Flag of the United States.svg Tara Lipinski
Pair skating:
Flag of Russia.svg Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev
Ice dance:
Flag of Russia.svg Oksana Grishuk / Evgeny Platov
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The figure skating events in 1998 Winter Olympics were held at the White Ring in Nagano. There were no changes in the format or scoring systems from 1994. Professionals were again allowed to compete, although they had to declare that intention and compete in ISU-approved events to do so. Previously, the ISU had been accused of rejecting Western professionals, while allowing Eastern Bloc state-sponsored "amateurs" to compete. [1] [2] Most of the top competitors by 1998 were now openly professional.

Contents

The competitions took place on the following days:

Medal summary

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles
details
Ilia Kulik
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Elvis Stojko
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Philippe Candeloro
Flag of France.svg  France
Ladies' singles
details
Tara Lipinski
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Michelle Kwan
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Chen Lu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Pair skating
details
Flag of Russia.svg  Oksana Kazakova
and Artur Dmitriev  (RUS)
Flag of Russia.svg  Elena Berezhnaya
and Anton Sikharulidze  (RUS)
Flag of Germany.svg  Mandy Wötzel
and Ingo Steuer  (GER)
Ice dance
details
Flag of Russia.svg  Oksana Grishuk
and Evgeny Platov  (RUS)
Flag of Russia.svg  Anjelika Krylova
and Oleg Ovsyannikov  (RUS)
Flag of France.svg  Marina Anissina
and Gwendal Peizerat  (FRA)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3205
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1102
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0101
4Flag of France.svg  France 0022
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0011
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Participating NOCs

Thirty-five nations competed in the figure skating events at Nagano.

Results

Men

The favourites and top two after the short program were Ilia Kulik and Elvis Stojko, who would skate first and last, respectively. Medal contenders Alexei Yagudin, Todd Eldredge and Philippe Candeloro went in between. Steven Cousins was the other skater in the final draw, but he was not considered to have a realistic chance of making the podium.

Kulik skated a flawless program which included a quad toe loop to open the last session. Yagudin, who was one of several athletes suffering from the flu during these games, fell on his quad attempt and his triple Axel, which took him out of medal contention. Eldredge was skating cleanly until he popped what was to be his second triple Axel, and then he fell again when he tried to complete the jump again in the closing seconds. Candeloro, with the exception of a step out on his triple Axel, skated his program flawlessly to end up second in the free skating. Stojko, who skated last, originally intended to perform a quad toe loop/triple toe loop combination. However, a partial groin tear and the flu prevented him from attempting the combo, so he downgraded his quad to a triple. Despite his injury, he skated a clean program but finished the free skating third, placing second overall behind Kulik.

The countries represented by the podium finishers were the same as in the men's competition at the Lillehammer 1994 games, with Stojko and Candeloro getting their second consecutive silver and bronze medals, respectively. In a noteworthy instance, Stojko had to limp to the podium on sneakers at the medal presentation. He also did not skate at the figure skating gala, although he did take the ice briefly to announce that he would skip the World Championships next month.

RankNameNationSPFSTFP
1 Ilia Kulik Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 111.5
2 Elvis Stojko Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 234.0
3 Philippe Candeloro Flag of France.svg  France 524.5
4 Todd Eldredge Flag of the United States.svg  United States 345.5
5 Alexei Yagudin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 457.0
6 Steven Cousins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6710.0
7 Michael Weiss Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11611.5
8 Guo Zhengxin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 10914.0
9 Michael Tyllesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 91115.5
10 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 16816.0
11 Ivan Dinev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 71417.5
12 Jeff Langdon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 171018.5
13 Szabolcs Vidrai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 121619.0
14 Dmitri Dmitrenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 81620.0
15 Takeshi Honda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 181221.0
16 Igor Pashkevich Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 131521.5
17 Yamato Tamura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 151724.5
18 Michael Shmerkin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 141825.0
19 Roman Skorniakov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 201929.0
20 Margus Hernits Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 192029.5
21 Cornel Gheorghe Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 212131.5
22 Patrick Meier Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 222233.0
23 Gilberto Viadana Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 242335.0
24 Lee Kyu-hyun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 232435.5
Free skating not reached
25 Anthony Liu Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25
26 Róbert Kažimír Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 26
27 David Liu Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 27
28 Yuri Litvinov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 28
29 Patrick Schmit Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 29

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Ladies

The primary contenders for the gold medal were Americans Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan. [4] Kwan and Lipinski were in first and second place respectively after the short program. In the free skating, both Lipinski and Kwan skated clean. 6 judges placed Lipinski ahead of Kwan, and three placed Kwan ahead of Lipinski, which meant Lipinski won the gold medal, and Kwan took the silver.

The primary competitors for the bronze medal were Maria Butyrskaya and Irina Slutskaya from Russia, and Chen Lu from China. In the free skating, they all skated well, but had mistakes. The final placements were very close. The 3rd–5th place votes were split unevenly between Chen, Butyrskaya, and Slutskaya. Chen beat Butyrskaya by the tally of 5 judges to 4 and beat Slutskaya 6 judges to 3, giving Chen her second straight bronze medal in the Olympic Games.

Tara Lipinski (gold), Michelle Kwan (silver) and Chen Lu (bronze) were the World Champions in 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. Lipinski also became the youngest competitor in Winter Olympics history to earn a gold medal in an individual event. [5]

While not a medal winner, France's injured Surya Bonaly, who placed 10th, completed an (illegal) backflip during her long program, making her the fourth person and only woman to ever land a backflip in competition. She is the only person to land on one foot and to do a split mid-air (now colloquially referred to as a 'Bonaly'). She performed the unorthodox maneuver as a result of a previous fall and poor program due to an injured foot, however given the illegal nature of the move, her backflip was not considered when grading her technical merit. Youtube video

RankNameNationSPFSTFP
1 Tara Lipinski Flag of the United States.svg  United States 212.0
2 Michelle Kwan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 122.5
3 Chen Lu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 435.0
4 Maria Butyrskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 345.5
5 Irina Slutskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 557.5
6 Vanessa Gusmeroli Flag of France.svg  France 8610.0
7 Elena Sokolova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 10712.0
8 Tatiana Malinina Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 9812.5
9 Elena Liashenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 71013.5
10 Surya Bonaly Flag of France.svg  France 61114.0
11 Yulia Lavrenchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15916.5
12 Joanne Carter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 111217.5
13 Shizuka Arakawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 141421.0
14 Julia Lautowa Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 211323.5
15 Júlia Sebestyén Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 191524.5
16 Yulia Vorobieva Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 181625.0
17 Nicole Bobek Flag of the United States.svg  United States 171725.5
18 Lenka Kulovaná Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 161826.0
19 Anna Rechnio Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 132026.5
20 Laëtitia Hubert Flag of France.svg  France 122127.0
21 Alisa Drei Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 201929.0
22 Marta Andrade Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 242234.0
23 Mojca Kopač Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 222334.0
24 Shirene Human Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 232435.5
Free skating not reached
25 Ivana Jakupcevic Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 25
26 Helena Grundberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26
27 Tony Bombardieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 27
28 Sofia Penkova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 28
Rank in FS
Rank in FSSkaterJudge (Australia)Judge (Hungary)Judge (Austria)Judge (Germany)Judge (United States)Judge (Russia)Judge (Ukraine)Judge (Poland)Judge (France)Average
1Tara Lipinski1112211211.3
2Michelle Kwan2221122121.7
3Chen Lu3433454443.8
4Maria Butyrskaya5554533334.0
5Irina Slutskaya4345345554.2

FS=Free Skating

Final Rank
Final RankSkaterRank in SPRank in FSTotal Score
1Tara Lipinski212.0 ( 2 * 0.5 + 1 = 2.0 )
2Michelle Kwan122.5 ( 1 * 0.5 + 2 = 2.5 )
3Chen Lu435.0 ( 4 * 0.5 + 3 = 5.0 )
4Maria Butyrskaya345.5 ( 3 * 0.5 + 4 = 5.5 )
5Irina Slutskaya557.5 ( 5 * 0.5 + 5 = 7.5 )

SP=Short Program, FS=Free Skating

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Pairs

Artur Dmitriev of Russia won his second Olympic gold here. He had previously won in 1992 with a different partner. He was the first man to win the Olympics more than once with different partners. [6] The first woman to do so was Russian skater Irina Rodnina, who won three Olympics with two different partners.

Full results

RankNameNationSPFSTFP
1 Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 111.5
2 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 323.5
3 Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 234.0
4 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 446.0
5 Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 859.0
6 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis Flag of France.svg  France 769.5
7 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 579.5
8 Jenni Meno / Todd Sand Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6912.0
9 Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9812.5
10 Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 101116.0
11 Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 131016.5
12 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 111217.5
13 Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 151320.5
14 Marina Khalturina / Andrei Krukov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 161422.0
15 Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 141522.0
16 Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 121622.0
17 Sabrina Lefrançois / Nicolas Osseland Flag of France.svg  France 171725.5
18 Inga Rodionova / Aleksandr Anichenko Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 191827.5
19 Maria Krasiltseva / Alexander Chestnikh Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 181928.0
20 Marie Arai / Shin Amano Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 202030.0

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Ice dance

Grishuk and Platov became the first pair ever to repeat as champions in Olympic Ice Dance. They won 21 straight events before they won in Nagano. [7]

The judging was marred by accusations that the Europeans colluded in "bloc voting" (where judges tend to favor skaters from their regions), so that the dance teams representing their countries would take the medals, while keeping the Canadians off the podium. [8] [9]

Full results

RankNameNationCD1CD2ODFDTFP
1 Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 11112.0
2 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22224.0
3 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat Flag of France.svg  France 33347.0
4 Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 54437.2
5 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 45559.8
6 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 666612.0
7 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow Flag of the United States.svg  United States 777714.0
8 Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 898816.2
9 Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 9810918.4
10 Kati Winkler / René Lohse Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 111191019.8
11 Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy Flag of France.svg  France 1010121122.2
12 Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1212111223.4
13 Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1313131326.0
14 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1714141428.6
15 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1516151530.2
16 Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1415171632.0
17 Diane Gerencser / Pasquale Camerlengo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1617161733.2
18 Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1818181836.0
19 Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1919191938.0
20 Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo Flag of France.svg  France 2021212040.8
21 Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2220202141.4
22 Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2322222244.2
23 Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2123232345.6
24 Ksenia Smetanenko / Samuel Gezalian Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 2424242448.0

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