Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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:
Brian Boitano
Ladies' singles:
Katarina Witt
Pairs:
Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov
Ice dance:
Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin

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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

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union| 2| 2| 1| 5
2|  United States| 1| 0| 2| 3
3|  East Germany| 1| 0| 0| 1
4|  Canada| 0| 2| 1| 3
Totals (4 entries)| 4| 4| 4| 12

### Participating NOCs

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

* Australia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* China
* Czechoslovakia
* Chinese Taipei
* East Germany
* France
* Great Britain
* Hungary
* Italy
* Japan
* Mexico
* North Korea
* Poland
* South Korea
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United States
* West Germany
* Yugoslavia

## Results

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### Men

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Rank  | Name  | Nation  | CF  | SP  | FS  | TFP

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1 | Brian Boitano |  United States | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.0
2 | Brian Orser |  Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4.2
3 | Viktor Petrenko |  Soviet Union | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7.8
4  | Alexander Fadeev |  Soviet Union | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8.2
5  | Grzegorz Filipowski |  Poland | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10.8
6  | Vladimir Kotin |  Soviet Union | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13.4
7  | Christopher Bowman |  United States | 8 | 5 | 7 | 13.8
8  | Kurt Browning |  Canada | 11 | 7 | 6 | 15.4
9  | Heiko Fischer |  West Germany | 4 | 11 | 10 | 16.8
10  | Paul Wylie |  United States | 12 | 8 | 9 | 19.4
11  | Richard Zander |  West Germany | 9 | 17 | 11 | 23.2
12  | Oliver Höner |  Switzerland | 10 | 10 | 14 | 24.0
13  | Petr Barna |  Czechoslovakia | 15 | 15 | 12 | 27.0
14  | Lars Dresler |  Denmark | 14 | 12 | 15 | 28.2
15  | Axel Médéric |  France | 13 | 14 | 17 | 30.4
16  | Neil Paterson |  Canada | 17 | 13 | 16 | 31.4
17  | Makoto Kano |  Japan | 19 | 19 | 13 | 32.0
18  | Paul Robinson |  Great Britain | 16 | 21 | 18 | 36.0
19  | Cameron Medhurst |  Australia | 18 | 16 | 20 | 37.2
20  | Zhang Shubin |  China | 22 | 18 | 19 | 39.4
21  | Alessandro Riccitelli |  Italy | 20 | 20 | 22 | 42.0
22  | Jung Sung-Il |  South Korea | 24 | 24 | 21 | 45.0
23  | Michael Huth |  East Germany | 21 | 25 | 23 | 45.6
24  | Peter Johansson |  Sweden | 23 | 22 | 24 | 46.6
Free skate not reached
25  | David Liu |  Chinese Taipei | 25 | 23 |  |
26  | Boyko Aleksiev |  Bulgaria | 26 | 27 |  |
27  | Riccardo Olavarrieta |  Mexico | 28 | 26 |  |
28  | Ho Kang |  North Korea | 27 | 28 |  |

Free skating final standings (top 8)
Rank  | Name  | Figures  | SP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Fract.
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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:

* Sonia Bianchetti

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

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

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | CF  | SP  | FS  | TFP

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1 | Katarina Witt |  East Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4.2
2 | Elizabeth Manley |  Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4.6
3 | Debi Thomas |  United States | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6.0
4  | Jill Trenary |  United States | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10.4
5  | Midori Ito |  Japan | 10 | 4 | 3 | 10.6
6  | Claudia Leistner |  West Germany | 6 | 9 | 6 | 13.2
7  | Kira Ivanova |  Soviet Union | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13.6
8  | Anna Kondrashova |  Soviet Union | 9 | 7 | 7 | 15.2
9  | Simone Koch |  East Germany | 14 | 8 | 8 | 19.6
10  | Marina Kielmann |  West Germany | 12 | 11 | 10 | 21.6
11  | Beatrice Gelmini |  Italy | 15 | 17 | 11 | 26.8
12  | Joanne Conway |  Great Britain | 8 | 18 | 16 | 28.0
13  | Charlene Wong |  Canada | 18 | 14 | 13 | 29.4
14  | Junko Yaginuma |  Japan | 16 | 15 | 14 | 29.6
15  | Stéfanie Schmid |  Switzerland | 21 | 16 | 12 | 31.0
16  | Agnès Gosselin |  France | 13 | 21 | 18 | 34.2
17  | Katrien Pauwels |  Belgium | 11 | 20 | 20 | 34.6
18  | Yvonne Gómez |  Spain | 17 | 19 | 17 | 34.8
19  | Tamara Téglássy |  Hungary | 19 | 22 | 15 | 35.2
20  | Iveta Voralová |  Czechoslovakia | 22 | 12 | 19 | 37.0
21  | Lotta Falkenbäck |  Sweden | 25 | 13 | 21 | 41.2
22  | Željka Čižmešija |  Yugoslavia | 20 | 25 | 22 | 44.0
23  | Gina Fulton |  Great Britain | 24 | 24 | 23 | 47.0
WD  | Caryn Kadavy |  United States | 7 | 5 |  |
Free skate not reached
25  | Tracy Brook |  Australia | 26 | 23 |  |
26  | Jiang Yibing |  China | 23 | 28 |  |
27  | Byun Sung-jin |  South Korea | 27 | 30 |  |
28  | Petya Gavazova |  Bulgaria | 30 | 26 |  |
29  | Pauline Lee |  Chinese Taipei | 29 | 29 |  |
30  | Diana Encinas |  Mexico | 28 | 31 |  |
31  | Kim Song-suk |  North Korea | 31 | 27 |  |

Free skating final standings (top 8)
Rank  | Name  | Figures  | SP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Fract.
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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 Stapleford
* Kazuo Ohashi
* Reinhard Mirmseker
* Willi Wernz
* Sergei Kononykhin
* Dennis McFarlane
* Vera Spurná
* Monique Georgelin (substitute)

### Pairs

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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

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1 | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov |  Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 1.4
2 | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev |  Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 2.8
3 | Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard |  United States | 3 | 3 | 4.2
4  | Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov |  Soviet Union | 6 | 4 | 6.4
5  | Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner |  United States | 4 | 5 | 6.6
6  | Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston |  Canada | 5 | 7 | 9.0
7  | Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König |  East Germany | 11 | 6 | 10.4
8  | Christine Hough / Doug Ladret |  Canada | 8 | 8 | 11.2
9  | Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler |  Canada | 7 | 9 | 11.8
10  | Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold |  United States | 10 | 10 | 14.0
11  | Brigitte Groh / Holger Maletz |  West Germany | 13 | 11 | 16.2
12  | Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor |  Great Britain | 12 | 12 | 16.8
13  | Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley |  Great Britain | 14 | 13 | 18.6
14  | Mei Zhibin / Li Wei |  China | 15 | 14 | 20.0
WD  | Lenka Knapová / René Novotný |  Czechoslovakia | 9 | WD |

Free skating final standings (top 8)
Rank  | Name  | SP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Fract.
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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:

* Elemér Terták

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 dance

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Rank  | Name  | Nation  | CD  | OD  | FD  | TFP

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1 | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin |  Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.0
2 | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko |  Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.0
3 | Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall |  Canada | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6.0
4  | Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski |  Soviet Union | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8.0
5  | Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck |  Austria | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10.0
6  | Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory |  United States | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12.0
7  | Klára Engi / Attila Tóth |  Hungary | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14.0
8  | Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay |  France | 8 | 8 | 8 | 16.0
9  | Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer |  West Germany | 9 | 9 | 9 | 18.0
10  | Lia Trovati / Roberto Pelizzola |  Italy | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20.0
11  | Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar |  United States | 11 | 11 | 11 | 22.0
12  | Karyn Garossino / Rodney Garossino |  Canada | 12 | 12 | 12 | 24.0
13  | Sharon Jones / Paul Askham |  Great Britain | 13 | 13 | 13 | 26.0
14  | Corinne Paliard / Didier Courtois |  France | 15 | 14 | 14 | 28.4
15  | Viera Řeháková / Ivan Havránek |  Czechoslovakia | 14 | 15 | 15 | 29.6
16  | Melanie Cole / Michael Farrington |  Canada | 16 | 16 | 16 | 32.0
17  | Honorata Górna / Andrzej Dostatni |  Poland | 17 | 17 | 17 | 34.0
18  | Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki |  Japan | 18 | 18 | 18 | 36.0
19  | Liu Luyang / Zhao Xiaolei |  China | 19 | 19 | 19 | 38.0
20  | Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke |  Australia | 20 | 20 | 20 | 40.0

Free dance final standings (top 8)
Rank  | Name  | CD  | OD  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Fract.
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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:

* Alexander Gorshkov

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

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* Battle of the Brians
* Battle of the Carmens

## References

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1. ^ "Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. 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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