Figure skating at the 1998 Goodwill Games

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1998 Goodwill Games
Date:July 29 – August 1, 1998
Season:1998–99
Location: Uniondale, USA
Venue: Nassau Coliseum
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of the United States.svg Todd Eldredge
Ladies' singles:
Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Kwan
Pair skating:
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze
Ice dance:
Flag of Russia.svg Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov
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The figure skating competition at the 1998 Goodwill Games took place from July 29 to August 1, 1998 at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, USA. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. [1]

Contents

Schedule

Results

Men

RankNameNationFact. places
1 Todd Eldredge Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1.50
2 Alexei Urmanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3.00
3 Evgeni Plushenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4.50
4 Michael Weiss Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.50
5 Timothy Goebel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8.00
6 Takeshi Honda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 9.00
7 Evgeni Pliuta Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 9.50
8 Yunfei Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 12.50
9 Steven Cousins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 12.50

Ladies

On July 24, 1998 Nicole Bobek withdrew from the games. [2]

RankNameNationFact. places
1 Michelle Kwan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1.50
2 Maria Butyrskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3.00
3 Viktoria Volchkova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5.50
4 Angela Nikodinov Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.00
5 Irina Slutskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7.50
6 Laëtitia Hubert Flag of France.svg  France 8.00
7 Elena Sokolova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 11.00
8 Anna Rechnio Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 11.50

Pairs

RankNameNationFact. places
1 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1.50
2 Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3.00
3 Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5.00
4 Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5.50
5 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8.00
6 Sarah Abitbol / Stephane Bernadis Flag of France.svg  France 8.50
7 Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10.50

Ice dancing

RankNameNationFact. places
1 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2.00
2 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4.00
3 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6.00
4 Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8.00

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References

  1. "Goodwill Games 1998". GoodwillGames.com. Archived from the original on July 8, 2008. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  2. "Bobek Out". Sports Illustrated / CNN. July 24, 1998.