Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
| Figure skating at the XV Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Olympic Games |
| Venue: |
Olympic Saddledome Stampede Corral Father David Bauer Olympic Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Brian Boitano | |
Ladies' singles:  Katarina Witt | |
Pair skating:  Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | |
|
Ice dancing: Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | |
|
Previous: 1984 Winter Olympics | |
|
Next: 1992 Winter Olympics | |
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.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | United States | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Canada | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | East Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Results
Men
.svg.png){kind=small}
.svg.png){kind=small}
Free skating final standings (top 8)
| Rank | Name | Figures | SP |  |
 |
 |
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
Fract. Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Boitano | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 2 | Brian Orser | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.2 |
| 3 | Viktor Petrenko | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7.8 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Fadeyev | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8.2 |
| 5 |  Grzegorz Filipowski | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10.8 |
| 6 | Vladimir Kotin | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 13.4 |
| 7 | Christopher Bowman | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 13.8 |
| 8 | Kurt Browning | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 15.4 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
-
Benjamin T. Wright
Judges:
- Elfriede Beyer
- Janet G. Allen
-
Linda Petersen - Alexander Vedenin
-
Jacqueline Itschner -
Junko Hiramatsu - Günter Teichmann
- Jean Matthews
- Gerhardt Bubník
- Maria Zuchowicz (substitute)
Ladies
Katarina Witt became the first lady to repeat as champion since Sonja Henie.
.svg.png){kind=small}
Free skating final standings (top 8)
| Rank | Name | Figures | SP | |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fract. Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katarina Witt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.2 |
| 2 | Elizabeth Manley | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.6 |
| 3 | Debi Thomas | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6.0 |
| 4 | Jill Trenary | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10.4 |
| 5 | Midori Ito | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10.6 |
| 6 | Claudia Leistner | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 13.2 |
| 7 | Kira Ivanova | 1 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 13.6 |
| 8 | Anna Kondrashova | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 15.2 |
Referee:
- Donald H. Gilchrist
Assistant Referee:
- Jürg Wilhelm
Judges:
- Peter Moser
- Lucy C. Brennan
- Sally-Anne Stapleman
- Kazuo Ohashi
- Reinhard Mirmseker
- Willi Wernz
- Linda Petersen
- Sergei Kononykhin
- Dennis McFarlane
- Vera Spurná
- Monique Georgelin (substitute)
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.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FS | TFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 3 | Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard | United States | 3 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 4 | Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov | Soviet Union | 6 | 4 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner | United States | 4 | 5 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston | Canada | 5 | 7 | 9.5 |
| 7 | Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König | East Germany | 11 | 6 | 11.5 |
| 8 | Christine Hough / Doug Ladret | Canada | 8 | 8 | 12.0 |
| 9 | Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler | Canada | 7 | 9 | 12.5 |
| 10 | Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold | United States | 10 | 10 | 15.0 |
| 11 | Brigitte Groh / Holger Maletz | West Germany | 13 | 11 | 17.5 |
| 12 | Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor | Great Britain | 12 | 12 | 18.0 |
| 13 | Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley | Great Britain | 14 | 13 | 20.0 |
| 14 | Mei Zhibin / Li Wei |  China | 15 | 14 | 24.5 |
| WD | Lenka Knapova / René Novotný | Czechoslovakia | 9 | WD |
Free skating final standings (top 8)
| Rank | Name | SP | |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
Fract. Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 2 | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 3 | Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 4 | Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6.4 |
| 5 | Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6.6 |
| 6 | Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9.0 |
| 7 | Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König | 11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10.4 |
| 8 | Christine Hough / Doug Ladret | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11.2 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
- Walburga Grimm
Judges:
- Mikhail Drei
- Elfriede Beyer
- Claire W. Ferguson
- Sally-Anne Stapleford
- Suzanne Francis
- Shirley Taylor
- Gerhardt Bubník
- Günter Teichmann
- Maria Zuchowicz
- Junko Hiramatsu (substitute)
Ice dancing
Free dance final standings (top 8)
| Rank | Name | CD | OD | |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
Fract. Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 2 | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 3 | Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6.0 |
| 4 | Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10.0 |
| 6 | Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12.0 |
| 7 | Klára Engi / Attila Tóth | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 14.0 |
| 8 | Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 16.0 |
Referee:
- Hans Kutschera
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Irina Absaliamova
- Ann Shaw
- Nancy Meiss
- Willi Wernz
- Cia Bordogna
- Heide Maritczak
- Roy Mason
- István Sugár
- Daniel de Paix de Coeur
- Maria Miller (substitute)
See also
References
- ↑ Janofsky, Michael (February 17, 1988). "Soviet Skaters Prevail in Pairs". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics. |
- Official Olympic Report
- The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics by David Wallechinsky
- WINTER OLYMPICS : Orser Satisfied to Be Third After Figures; Boitano Second
- WINTER OLYMPICS : Women's Figure Skating : Thomas Is 2nd, Witt 3rd After Figures
| ||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, May 02, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.