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. This was the last Olympic competition where compulsory figures were contested for the men's and ladies' events.
Medal table
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 2213.0 2 Brian Orser 3124.2 3 Viktor Petrenko 6337.8 4 Alexander Fadeev 1948.2 5 Grzegorz Filipowski 74510.8 6 Vladimir Kotin 56813.4 7 Christopher Bowman 85713.8 8 Kurt Browning 117615.4 9 Heiko Fischer 4111016.8 10 Paul Wylie 128919.4 11 Richard Zander 9171123.2 12 Oliver Höner 10101424.0 13 Petr Barna 15151227.0 14 Lars Dresler 14121528.2 15 Axel Médéric 13141730.4 16 Neil Paterson 17131631.4 17 Makoto Kano 19191332.0 18 Paul Robinson 16211836.0 19 Cameron Medhurst 18162037.2 20 Zhang Shubin 22181939.4 21 Alessandro Riccitelli 20202242.0 22 Jung Sung-Il 24242145.0 23 Michael Huth 21252345.6 24 Peter Johansson 23222446.6 Free skate not reached 25 David Liu 2523 26 Boyko Aleksiev 2627 27 Riccardo Olavarrieta 2826 28 Ho Kang 2728
Free skating final standings (top 8) Rank Name Figures SP Fract. Places 1 Brian Boitano 222111112223.0 2 Brian Orser 311222221114.2 3 Viktor Petrenko 633332435337.8 4 Aleksandr Fadeyev 194444343448.2 5 Grzegorz Filipowski 7476588666610.8 6 Vladimir Kotin 5689769548513.4 7 Christopher Bowman 8555875885813.8 8 Kurt Browning 11767697977915.4
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 Katarina Witt became the first woman to repeat as champion since Sonja Henie.
Rank Name Nation CF SP FS TFP 1 Katarina Witt 3124.2 2 Elizabeth Manley 4314.6 3 Debi Thomas 2246.0 4 Jill Trenary 56510.4 5 Midori Ito 104310.6 6 Claudia Leistner 69613.2 7 Kira Ivanova 110913.6 8 Anna Kondrashova 97715.2 9 Simone Koch 148819.6 10 Marina Kielmann 12111021.6 11 Beatrice Gelmini 15171126.8 12 Joanne Conway 8181628.0 13 Charlene Wong 18141329.4 14 Junko Yaginuma 16151429.6 15 Stéfanie Schmid 21161231.0 16 Agnès Gosselin 13211834.2 17 Katrien Pauwels 11202034.6 18 Yvonne Gómez 17191734.8 19 Tamara Téglássy 19221535.2 20 Iveta Voralová 22121937.0 21 Lotta Falkenbäck 25132141.2 22 Željka Čižmešija 20252244.0 23 Gina Fulton 24242347.0 WD Caryn Kadavy 75 Free skate not reached 25 Tracy Brook 2623 26 Jiang Yibing 2328 27 Byun Sung-jin 2730 28 Petya Gavazova 3026 29 Pauline Lee 2929 30 Diana Encinas 2831 31 Kim Song-suk 3127
Free skating final standings (top 8) Rank Name Figures SP Fract. Places 1 Katarina Witt 312233131224.2 2 Elizabeth Manley 431111212114.6 3 Debi Thomas 225454544456.0 4 Jill Trenary 5645454555410.4 5 Midori Ito 10433223233310.6 6 Claudia Leistner 6966686686613.2 7 Kira Ivanova 110715147897111013.6 8 Anna Kondrashova 9787867769915.2
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 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.
Rank Name Nation SP FS TFP 1 Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov 111.4 2 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev 222.8 3 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard 334.2 4 Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov 646.4 5 Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner 456.6 6 Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston 579.0 7 Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König 11610.4 8 Christine Hough / Doug Ladret 8811.2 9 Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler 7911.8 10 Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold 101014.0 11 Brigitte Groh / Holger Maletz 131116.2 12 Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor 121216.8 13 Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley 141318.6 14 Mei Zhibin / Li Wei 151420.0 WD Lenka Knapová / René Novotný 9WD
Free skating final standings (top 8) Rank Name SP Fract. Places 1 Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov11111111111.4 2 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev 22222222222.8 3 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard 34334533334.2 4 Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov 63566344446.4 5 Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner 45748655886.6 6 Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston 57473478579.0 7 Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König 1166977676510.4 8 Christine Hough / Doug Ladret 8981048967911.2
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 Rank Name Nation CD OD FD TFP 1 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin 1112.0 2 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko 2224.0 3 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall 3336.0 4 Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski 4448.0 5 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck 55510.0 6 Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory 66612.0 7 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth 77714.0 8 Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay 88816.0 9 Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer 99918.0 10 Lia Trovati / Roberto Pelizzola 10101020.0 11 Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar 11111122.0 12 Karyn Garossino / Rodney Garossino 12121224.0 13 Sharon Jones / Paul Askham 13131326.0 14 Corinne Paliard / Didier Courtois 15141428.4 15 Viera Řeháková / Ivan Havránek 14151529.6 16 Melanie Cole / Michael Farrington 16161632.0 17 Honorata Górna / Andrzej Dostatni 17171734.0 18 Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki 18181836.0 19 Liu Luyang / Zhao Xiaolei 19191938.0 20 Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke 20202040.0
Free dance final standings (top 8) Rank Name CD OD Fract. Places 1 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin 111111111112.0 2 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko 222322222224.0 3 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall 333233333336.0 4 Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski 444464444448.0 5 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck 5555555565510.0 6 Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory 6668766676712.0 7 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth 7777877787814.0 8 Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay 8810649810510516.0
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 Battle of the Brians Battle of the Carmens
References
External links
Official Olympic Report Results of the Olympic Winter Games 1908-2006 WINTER OLYMPICS : Orser Satisfied to Be Third After Figures; Boitano Second WINTER OLYMPICS : Women's Figure Skating : Thomas Is 2nd, Witt 3rd After Figures