Figure skating at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Type:Olympic Games
Venue:Olympic Saddledome (finals)
Stampede Corral (short program)
Father David Bauer Olympic Arena (compulsory figures)
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Brian Boitano
Ladies' singles:
East Germany Katarina Witt
Pairs:
Soviet Union Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov
Ice dance:
Soviet Union Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
Previous:
1984 Winter Olympics
Next:
1992 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics on a Russian Soviet stamp

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.[1] This was the last Olympic competition where compulsory figures were contested for the men's and ladies' events.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union2215
2 United States1023
3 East Germany1001
4 Canada0213
Totals (4 entries)44412

Participating NOCs

Twenty-five nations sent figure skaters to compete in the events at Calgary.

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation CF SP FS TFP
1 Brian Boitano United States2213.0
2 Brian Orser Canada3124.2
3 Viktor Petrenko Soviet Union6337.8
4 Alexander Fadeev Soviet Union1948.2
5 Grzegorz Filipowski Poland74510.8
6 Vladimir Kotin Soviet Union56813.4
7 Christopher Bowman United States85713.8
8 Kurt Browning Canada117615.4
9 Heiko Fischer West Germany4111016.8
10 Paul Wylie United States128919.4
11 Richard Zander West Germany9171123.2
12 Oliver Höner Switzerland10101424.0
13 Petr Barna Czechoslovakia15151227.0
14 Lars Dresler Denmark14121528.2
15 Axel Médéric France13141730.4
16 Neil Paterson Canada17131631.4
17 Makoto Kano Japan19191332.0
18 Paul Robinson Great Britain16211836.0
19 Cameron Medhurst Australia18162037.2
20 Zhang Shubin China22181939.4
21 Alessandro Riccitelli Italy20202242.0
22 Jung Sung-Il South Korea24242145.0
23 Michael Huth East Germany21252345.6
24 Peter Johansson Sweden23222446.6
Free skate not reached
25 David Liu Chinese Taipei2523
26 Boyko Aleksiev Bulgaria2627
27 Riccardo Olavarrieta Mexico2826
28 Ho Kang North Korea2728
Free skating final standings (top 8)
Rank Name Figures SP Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Germany France United States East Germany Sweden Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Canada Fract.
Places
1 United States Brian Boitano222111112223.0
2 Canada Brian Orser311222221114.2
3 Soviet Union Viktor Petrenko633332435337.8
4 Soviet Union Aleksandr Fadeyev194444343448.2
5 Poland Grzegorz Filipowski7476588666610.8
6 Soviet Union Vladimir Kotin5689769548513.4
7 United States Christopher Bowman8555875885813.8
8 Canada Kurt Browning11767697977915.4

Referee:

  • Sonia Bianchetti

Assistant Referee:

  • Benjamin T. Wright

Judges:

  • West Germany Elfriede Beyer
  • United States Janet G. Allen
  • Denmark Linda Petersen
  • Soviet Union Alexander Vedenin
  • Switzerland Jacqueline Itschner
  • Japan Junko Hiramatsu
  • East Germany Günter Teichmann
  • Canada Jean Matthews
  • Czechoslovakia Gerhardt Bubník
  • Poland Maria Zuchowicz (substitute)

Ladies

Katarina Witt became the first woman to repeat as champion since Sonja Henie.

Rank Name Nation CF SP FS TFP
1 Katarina Witt East Germany3124.2
2 Elizabeth Manley Canada4314.6
3 Debi Thomas United States2246.0
4 Jill Trenary United States56510.4
5 Midori Ito Japan104310.6
6 Claudia Leistner West Germany69613.2
7 Kira Ivanova Soviet Union110913.6
8 Anna Kondrashova Soviet Union97715.2
9 Simone Koch East Germany148819.6
10 Marina Kielmann West Germany12111021.6
11 Beatrice Gelmini Italy15171126.8
12 Joanne Conway Great Britain8181628.0
13 Charlene Wong Canada18141329.4
14 Junko Yaginuma Japan16151429.6
15 Stéfanie Schmid Switzerland21161231.0
16 Agnès Gosselin France13211834.2
17 Katrien Pauwels Belgium11202034.6
18 Yvonne Gómez Spain17191734.8
19 Tamara Téglássy Hungary19221535.2
20 Iveta Voralová Czechoslovakia22121937.0
21 Lotta Falkenbäck Sweden25132141.2
22 Željka Čižmešija Yugoslavia20252244.0
23 Gina Fulton Great Britain24242347.0
WD Caryn Kadavy United States75
Free skate not reached
25 Tracy Brook Australia2623
26 Jiang Yibing China2328
27 Byun Sung-jin South Korea2730
28 Petya Gavazova Bulgaria3026
29 Pauline Lee Chinese Taipei2929
30 Diana Encinas Mexico2831
31 Kim Song-suk North Korea3127
Free skating final standings (top 8)
Rank Name Figures SP Switzerland United States United Kingdom Japan East Germany Germany Soviet Union Canada Czechoslovakia Fract.
Places
1 East Germany Katarina Witt312233131224.2
2 Canada Elizabeth Manley431111212114.6
3 United States Debi Thomas225454544456.0
4 United States Jill Trenary5645454555410.4
5 Japan Midori Ito10433223233310.6
6 Germany Claudia Leistner6966686686613.2
7 Soviet Union Kira Ivanova110715147897111013.6
8 Soviet Union Anna Kondrashova9787867769915.2

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

  • Jürg Wilhelm

Judges:

  • Switzerland Peter Moser
  • United States Lucy C. Brennan
  • United Kingdom Sally-Anne Stapleford
  • Japan Kazuo Ohashi
  • East Germany Reinhard Mirmseker
  • West Germany Willi Wernz
  • Soviet Union Sergei Kononykhin
  • Canada Dennis McFarlane
  • Czechoslovakia Vera Spurná
  • France 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.[2]

Rank Name Nation SP FS TFP
1 Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov Soviet Union111.4
2 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev Soviet Union222.8
3 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard United States334.2
4 Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov Soviet Union646.4
5 Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner United States456.6
6 Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston Canada579.0
7 Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König East Germany11610.4
8 Christine Hough / Doug Ladret Canada8811.2
9 Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler Canada7911.8
10 Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold United States101014.0
11 Brigitte Groh / Holger Maletz West Germany131116.2
12 Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor Great Britain121216.8
13 Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley Great Britain141318.6
14 Mei Zhibin / Li Wei China151420.0
WD Lenka Knapová / René Novotný Czechoslovakia9WD
Free skating final standings (top 8)
Rank Name SP Soviet Union Germany United States United Kingdom Canada Australia Czechoslovakia East Germany Poland Fract.
Places
1 Soviet Union Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov 11111111111.4
2 Soviet Union Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev22222222222.8
3 United States Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard34334533334.2
4 Soviet Union Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov63566344446.4
5 United States Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner45748655886.6
6 Canada Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston57473478579.0
7 East Germany Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König1166977676510.4
8 Canada Christine Hough / Doug Ladret8981048967911.2

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

  • Walburga Grimm

Judges:

Ice dance

Rank Name Nation CD OD FD TFP
1 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Soviet Union1112.0
2 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko Soviet Union2224.0
3 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall Canada3336.0
4 Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski Soviet Union4448.0
5 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck Austria55510.0
6 Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory United States66612.0
7 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth Hungary77714.0
8 Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay France88816.0
9 Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer West Germany99918.0
10 Lia Trovati / Roberto Pelizzola Italy10101020.0
11 Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar United States11111122.0
12 Karyn Garossino / Rodney Garossino Canada12121224.0
13 Sharon Jones / Paul Askham Great Britain13131326.0
14 Corinne Paliard / Didier Courtois France15141428.4
15 Viera Řeháková / Ivan Havránek Czechoslovakia14151529.6
16 Melanie Cole / Michael Farrington Canada16161632.0
17 Honorata Górna / Andrzej Dostatni Poland17171734.0
18 Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki Japan18181836.0
19 Liu Luyang / Zhao Xiaolei China19191938.0
20 Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke Australia20202040.0
Free dance final standings (top 8)
Rank Name CD OD Soviet Union Canada United States Germany Italy Austria United Kingdom Hungary France Fract.
Places
1 Soviet Union Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin111111111112.0
2 Soviet Union Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko222322222224.0
3 Canada Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall333233333336.0
4 Soviet Union Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski444464444448.0
5 Austria Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck5555555565510.0
6 United States Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory6668766676712.0
7 Hungary Klára Engi / Attila Tóth7777877787814.0
8 France Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay8810649810510516.0

Referee:

  • Hans Kutschera

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

  • Soviet Union Irina Absaliamova
  • Canada Ann Shaw
  • United States Nancy Meiss
  • West Germany Willi Wernz
  • Italy Cia Bordogna
  • Austria Heide Maritczak
  • United Kingdom Roy Mason
  • Hungary István Sugár
  • France Daniel de Paix de Coeur
  • Poland Maria Miller (substitute)

See also

References

  1. "Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. Janofsky, Michael (17 February 1988). "Soviet Skaters Prevail in Pairs". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
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