Figure skating at the Goodwill Games

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Figure skating at the Goodwill Games was a senior international figure skating competition. It was held in July, August, or September. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

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Medalists

Men

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeDetails
1990 Seattle Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kurt Browning Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Petrenko Flag of the United States.svg Todd Eldredge [1]
1994 Saint Petersburg Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Urmanov Flag of the United States.svg Todd Eldredge Flag of France.svg Philippe Candeloro [2]
1998 Uniondale Flag of the United States.svg Todd Eldredge Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Urmanov Flag of Russia.svg Evgeni Plushenko [3]
2001 Brisbane Flag of Russia.svg Evgeni Plushenko Flag of the United States.svg Michael Weiss Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Yagudin [4] [5]

Ladies

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeDetails
1990 Seattle Flag of the United States.svg Kristi Yamaguchi Flag of the United States.svg Jill Trenary Flag of France.svg Surya Bonaly [1]
1994 Saint Petersburg Flag of France.svg Surya Bonaly Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Kwan Flag of Russia.svg Maria Butyrskaya [2]
1998 Uniondale Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Kwan Flag of Russia.svg Maria Butyrskaya Flag of Russia.svg Viktoria Volchkova [3]
2001 Brisbane Flag of Russia.svg Irina Slutskaya Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Kwan Flag of Japan.svg Fumie Suguri [4] [5]

Pairs

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeDetails
1990 Seattle Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov [1]
1994 Saint Petersburg Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev Flag of Russia.svg Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov Flag of Russia.svg Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov [2]
1998 Uniondale Flag of Russia.svg Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze Flag of Russia.svg Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev Flag of Poland.svg Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek [3]
2001 Brisbane Flag of Russia.svg Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze Flag of Poland.svg Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek Flag of Russia.svg Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov [4] [5]

Ice dancing

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeDetails
1990 Seattle Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin Flag of the United States.svg Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar [1]
1994 Saint Petersburg Flag of Ukraine.svg Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko Flag of Russia.svg Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Svirina / Sergei Sakhnovski [2]
1998 Uniondale Flag of Russia.svg Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov Flag of Russia.svg Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh Flag of Ukraine.svg Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov [3]
2001 Brisbane Flag of Russia.svg Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh Flag of Israel.svg Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov [4] [5]

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