Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Type: Olympic Games
Venue: White Ring
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Ilia Kulik
Ladies' singles:
United States Tara Lipinski
Pair skating:
Russia Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev
Ice dancing:
Russia Oksana Grishuk / Evgeny Platov
Previous:
1994 Winter Olympics
Next:
2002 Winter Olympics

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. Most of the top competitors by 1998 were now openly professional.

The competitions took place on the following days:

Medal summary

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Ilia Kulik
 Russia
Elvis Stojko
 Canada
Philippe Candeloro
 France
Ladies' singles Tara Lipinski
 United States
Michelle Kwan
 United States
Chen Lu
 China
Pair skating Oksana Kazakova
/ Artur Dmitriev
 Russia
Elena Berezhnaya
/ Anton Sikharulidze
 Russia
Mandy Wötzel
/ Ingo Steuer
 Germany
Ice dancing Oksana Grishuk
/ Evgeny Platov
 Russia
Anjelika Krylova
/ Oleg Ovsyannikov
 Russia
Marina Anissina
/ Gwendal Peizerat
 France

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Russia 3 2 0 5
2 United States 1 1 0 2
3 Canada 0 1 0 1
4 France 0 0 2 2
5 China 0 0 1 1
Germany 0 0 1 1
Total 4 4 4 12

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 flawlessly in a program which included a Quad Toe Loop to open the last session. Yagudin, who was one of several athletes suffering from the flu in these games, fell on his Quad attempt and his Triple Axel to immediately take himself out of contention. Eldredge was skating cleanly but popped what was to be his second Triple Axel and then fell again while trying to complete the jump again in the closing seconds. Candeloro, with the exception of a step out on his Triple Axel, skated his D'Artagnan program flawlessly to the delight of the crowd to end up second in the free skating. Stojko, who skated last, had the best opportunity to win mainly based on his signature Quad Toe Loop/Triple Toe Loop combination. However, a partial groin tear and the flu prevented him from attempting the combo and he downgraded his Quad to a Triple. Despite the injury, he skated a clean program but finished the free skating third, overall placing second 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.

Full results

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

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Ladies

The primary competitors for the gold medal were Americans Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan.[2] Kwan and Lipinski were in first and second places after the short program, respectively. In the free skating, both Lipinski and Kwan skated excellent programs. 6 judges placed Lipinski ahead of Kwan; three placed Kwan ahead of Lipinski. So Lipinski won the gold medal, and Kwan took the silver.

The primary competitors for the bronze medal were Chen Lu from China, Maria Butyrskaya and Irina Slutskaya from Russia. In the free skating, they all skated well, but had mistakes. The final placements were very close and far from unanimous. 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.

Interestingly, Tara Lipinski (Gold), Michelle Kwan (Silver) and Chen Lu (Bronze) were the World Champions in 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively.

Full results

Rank Name Nation SP FS TFP
1 Tara Lipinski United States 212.0
2 Michelle Kwan United States 122.5
3 Chen Lu China 435.0
4 Maria Butyrskaya Russia 345.5
5 Irina Slutskaya Russia 557.5
6 Vanessa Gusmeroli France 8610.0
7 Elena Sokolova Russia 10712.0
8 Tatiana Malinina Uzbekistan 9812.5
9 Elena Liashenko Ukraine 71013.5
10 Surya Bonaly France 61114.0
11 Yulia Lavrenchuk Ukraine 15916.5
12 Joanne Carter Australia 111217.5
13 Shizuka Arakawa Japan 141421.0
14 Julia Lautowa Austria 211323.5
15 Júlia Sebestyén Hungary 191524.5
16 Yulia Vorobieva Azerbaijan 181625.0
17 Nicole Bobek United States 171725.5
18 Lenka Kulovaná Czech Republic 161826.0
19 Anna Rechnio Poland 132026.5
20 Laëtitia Hubert France 122127.0
21 Alisa Drei Finland 201929.0
22 Marta Andrade Spain 242234.0
23 Mojca Kopač Slovenia 222334.0
24 Shirene Human South Africa 232435.5
Free Skating Not Reached
25 Ivana Jakupcevic Croatia 25
26 Helena Grundberg Sweden 26
27 Tony Bombardieri Italy 27
28 Sofia Penkova Bulgaria 28

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Pairs

This was the second Olympics that Dmitriev won Gold. He previously won in 1992 with a different partner. He is the only man to win the Olympics with different partners. Soviet skater Irina Rodnina won three Olympics with two different partners.

Full results

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

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Ice dancing

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.[3]

The judging was marred by accusations that the Europeans colluded in "bloc voting" (where judges tend to favor skaters from their regions, broken down along Cold War lines), so that the dance teams representing their countries would take the medals, while keeping the Canadians off the podium.[4] After another judging controversy erupted in the 2002 Winter Games, these incidents led the ISU to issue new procedures to review controversial decisions.[5]

Full results

Rank Name Nation CD1 CD2 OD FD TFP
1 Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov Russia 11112.0
2 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov Russia 22224.0
3 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat France 33347.0
4 Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz Canada 54437.2
5 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh Russia 45559.8
6 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio Italy 666612.0
7 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow United States 777714.0
8 Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas Lithuania 898816.2
9 Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko Ukraine 9810918.4
10 Kati Winkler / René Lohse Germany 111191019.8
11 Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy France 1010121122.2
12 Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński Poland 1212111223.4
13 Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček Czech Republic 1313131326.0
14 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski Israel 1714141428.6
15 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov Ukraine 1516151530.2
16 Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov Belarus 1415171632.0
17 Diane Gerencser / Pasquale Camerlengo Italy 1617161733.2
18 Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski Bulgaria 1818181836.0
19 Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet Canada 1919191938.0
20 Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo France 2021212040.8
21 Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler United States 2220202141.4
22 Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga Kazakhstan 2322222244.2
23 Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka Japan 2123232345.6
24 Ksenia Smetanenko / Samuel Gezalian Armenia 2424242448.0

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