1988 Winter Olympics / Figure Skating

Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Calgary
Competition venue	Olympic Saddledome , Stampede Corral , Father David Bauer Olympic Arena
Nations	26th
Athletes	129 (62 , 66 )
date	14.-27. February 1988
decisions	4th
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At the XV. During the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics , four figure skating competitions were held. The venues were the Olympic Saddledome , the Stampede Corral and the Father David Bauer Olympic Arena .

Outstanding was Katarina Witt's expressive gold freestyle to the music of Georges Bizet's " Carmen ". The duel between the American Brian Boitano and the Canadian Brian Orser , which Boitano won surprisingly , also caused a stir .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Soviet Union	2	2	1	5
2	United States	1	-	2	3
3	GDR	1	-	-	1
4th	Canada	-	2	1	3

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Men's	Brian Boitano	Brian Orser	Viktor Petrenko
Ladies	Katarina Witt	Elizabeth Manley	Debi Thomas
Couples	Ekaterina Gordejewa / Sergei Grinkow	Jelena Walowa / Oleg Wassiljew	Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard
Ice dance	Natalja Bestemjanowa / Andrei Bukin	Marina Klimowa / Sergei Ponomarenko	Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall

Results

• Assessment = Evaluation
• K = freestyle
• KP = short program
• OT = original dance
• P = compulsory
• PT = compulsory dance

Men's

space	country	athlete	P	KP	K	Assessment
1	United States	Brian Boitano	02	02	01	03.0
2	CAN	Brian Orser	03	01	02	04.2
3	URS	Viktor Petrenko	06th	03	03	07.8
4th	URS	Alexander Fadeev	01	09	05	08.2
5	POLE	Grzegorz Filipowski	07th	04th	05	10.8
6th	URS	Vladimir Kotin	05	06th	08th	13.4
7th	United States	Christopher Bowman	08th	05	07th	13.8
8th	CAN	Kurt Browning	11	07th	06th	15.4
9	FRG	Heiko Fischer	04th	11	10	16.8
10	United States	Paul Wylie	12	08th	09	19.4
11	FRG	Richard Zander	09	17th	11	23.2
12	SUI	Oliver Höner	10	10	14th	24.0
13	TCH	Petr Barna	15th	15th	12	27.0
14th	THE	Lars Dresler	14th	12	15th	28.2
15th	FRA	Axel Médéric	13	14th	17th	30.4
16	CAN	Neil Paterson	17th	13	16	31.4
17th	JPN	Makoto Kano	19th	19th	19th	38.0
18th	GBR	Paul Robinson	16	21st	18th	36.0
19th	OUT	Cameron Medhurst	18th	16	20th	37.2
20th	CHN	Zhang Shubin	22nd	18th	19th	39.4
21st	ITA	Alessandro Riccitelli	20th	20th	22nd	42.0
22nd	COR	Jung Sung-il	24	24	21st	45.0
23	GDR	Michael Huth	21st	25th	23	45.6
24	SWE	Peter Johansson	23	22nd	24	46.6
Freestyle not achieved
25th	TPE	David Liu	23	23	-
26th	BUL	Boyko Alexiev	26th	27	-
27	MEX	Riccardo Olavarrieta	28	26th	-
28	PRK	Kang Ho	27	28	-

Compulsory: February 17, 8:00 a.m.
Short program: February 18, 6:30 p.m.
Freestyle: February 20, 5:15 p.m.

28 figure skaters from 21 countries took part in this competition; 24 were qualified for the freestyle. After the compulsory and the short program, Boitano led in front of Orser, Fadejew and Petrenko. The first five of the freestyle were identical to the final ranking.

Ladies

space	country	sportswoman	P	KP	K	Assessment
1	GDR	Katarina Witt	03	01	02	04.2
2	CAN	Elizabeth Manley	04th	03	01	04.6
3	United States	Debi Thomas	02	02	04th	06.0
4th	United States	Jill Trenary	05	06th	05	10.4
5	JPN	Midori Itō	10	04th	03	10.6
6th	FRG	Claudia Leistner	06th	09	06th	13.2
7th	URS	Kira Ivanova	01	10	09	13.6
8th	URS	Anna Kondrashova	09	07th	07th	15.2
9	GDR	Simone Koch	14th	08th	08th	19.6
10	FRG	Marina Kielmann	12	11	10	19.6
11	ITA	Beatrice Gelmini	15th	17th	11	26.8
12	GBR	Joanne Conway	08th	18th	16	28.0
13	CAN	Charlene Wong	18th	14th	13	29.4
14th	JPN	Junko Yaginuma	16	15th	14th	29.6
15th	SUI	Stephanie Schmid	21st	16	12	31.0
16	FRA	Agnes Gosselin	12	21st	18th	34.2
17th	BEL	Katrien Pauwels	11	20th	20th	34.6
18th	ESP	Yvonne Gomez	17th	19th	17th	34.8
19th	HUN	Tamara Téglássy	19th	22nd	15th	35.2
20th	TCH	Iveta Voralová	22nd	12	19th	37.0
21st	SWE	Lotta Falkenback	25th	13	21st	41.2
22nd	YUG	Željka Čižmešija	20th	25th	22nd	44.0
23	GBR	Gina Fulton	24	24	23	47.0
Freestyle not achieved
24	OUT	Tracy Brook	26th	23	-
25th	CHN	Jiang Yibing	23	28	-
26th	COR	Byun Sung-jun	27	30th	-
27	BUL	Petya Gawasova	30th	26th	-
28	TPE	Pauline Chen Lee	29	29	-
29	MEX	Diana Encinas	28	31	-
30th	PRK	Kim Song-suk	31	27	-
	United States	Caryn Kadavy	07th	05	retreat

Katarina Witt becomes Olympic champion for the GDR with Carmen

Compulsory: February 24, 8:00 a.m.
Short program: February 25, 6:30 p.m.
Freestyle: February 27, 5:30 p.m.

31 figure skaters from 23 countries took part in this competition.

In duty, Debi Thomas failed on the first figure and was only fourth, but she ran the last two figures the cleanest. The entire program lasted more than nine hours.

Katharina Witt ran the freestyle to the same music as her competitor Debi Thomas : “ Carmen ” by Georges Bizet . Elizabeth Manley inflicted the first loss in the freestyle since 1983 on Witt. It stood four different triples: Toeloop , Salchow , Rittberger and Lutz . The grade was 5.7 to 5.9. Midori Itō showed seven flawless triples (Lutz, Rittberger, Salchow, Toeloop, Flip ), received seven times 5.9 for the technical value. But Thomas couldn't use her chance, because after 30 seconds she messed up the combination with two triple toe loops, because after the second jump she landed on both feet. She made two more crucial mistakes with the triple Rittberger and the second triple Salchow (hand on the ice). So she only got 5.5 to 5.7. Witt was the first to defend his title since Sonja Henie (from 1928 to 1936).

Couples

space	country	Pair	KP	K	Assessment
1	URS	Ekaterina Gordejewa / Sergei Grinkow	01	01	01.5
2	URS	Jelena Walowa / Oleg Wassiljew	02	02	03.0
3	United States	Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard	03	03	04.5
4th	URS	Larissa Selesnjowa / Oleg Makarow	06th	04th	06.0
5	United States	Gillian Wachsman / Todd Wagoner	04th	05	07.0
6th	CAN	Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston	05	07th	09.0
7th	GDR	Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König	11	06th	11.5
8th	CAN	Christine Hough / Doug Ladret	08th	08th	12.0
9	CAN	Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler	07th	09	12.5
10	United States	Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold	10	10	15.0
11	FRG	Brigitte Groh / Holger Maletz	13	11	17.5
12	GBR	Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor	12	12	18.0
13	GBR	Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley	14th	13	20.0
14th	CHN	Mei Zhibin / Li Wei	15th	14th	24.5
	TCH	Lenka Knapová / René Novotný	09	retreat

Berlin postage stamp (1988)

Short program: February 14, 6:45 p.m.
Freestyle: February 16, 6 p.m.

Ice dance

space	country	Pair	PT	OT	K	Assessment
1	URS	Natalja Bestemjanowa / Andrei Bukin	01	01	01	02.0
2	URS	Marina Klimowa / Sergei Ponomarenko	02	02	02	04.0
3	CAN	Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall	03	03	03	06.0
4th	URS	Natalja Annenko / Genrich Sretensky	04th	04th	04th	08.0
5	AUT	Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck	05	05	05	10.0
6th	United States	Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory	06th	06th	06th	12.0
7th	HUN	Klára Engi / Attila Tóth	07th	07th	07th	14.0
8th	FRA	Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay	08th	08th	08th	16.0
9	FRG	Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer	09	09	09	18.0
10	ITA	Lia Trovati / Roberto Pelizzola	10	10	10	20.0
11	United States	Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar	11	11	11	22.0
12	CAN	Karyn Garossino / Rodney Garossino	12	12	12	24.0
13	GBR	Sharon Jones / Paul Askham	13	13	13	26.0
14th	FRA	Corinne Paliard / Didier Courtois	15th	14th	14th	28.4
15th	TCH	Viera Řeháková / Ivan Havránek	14th	15th	15th	29.6
16	CAN	Melanie Cole / Michael Farrington	16	16	16	32.0
17th	POLE	Honorata Górna / Andrzej Dostatni	17th	17th	17th	34.0
18th	JPN	Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki	18th	18th	18th	36.0
19th	CHN	Liu Luyang / Zhao Xiaolei	19th	19th	19th	38.0
20th	OUT	Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke	20th	20th	20th	40.0

Obligatory: February 21, 9:00 a.m.
Trace-drawing dance: February 22, 6:00 p.m.
Freestyle: February 23, 5:15 p.m.

20 couples from 14 countries took part. There were no post-duty changes among the top ten. The winners Bestemjanowa and Bukin received three times the grade 6.0 for the artistic impression. The French bronze medal winners of the European Championships in Prague, Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay, caused some confusion, but they were less lucky with their unconventional presentation with the judges than four years earlier Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean . The Austrian couple Beck achieved the goal of their wishes and were able to make the European Championship disappointment (5th place) forget.

Web links

• Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Olympia Total", Sport Zürich, No. 22 of February 22, 1988, page 15.
2. ↑ "OLYMPIA TOTAL", Sport Zürich No. 24, of February 26, 1988, page 15
3. ↑ Ivanova in front of Thomas in the front . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 26, 1988, p. 30 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
4. ↑ On small leaps to gold . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 29, 1988, p. 18 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
5. ^ "Witt: The Most Successful Female Runner of Modern Times", Sport Zürich, No. 25 of February 29, 1988, page 18.
6. ↑ Jungle dance also with judges . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 25, 1988, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
7. ^ "After duty: Iwanowa before Thomas", subtitle: "Eistanz-Hierachie", Sport Zürich, No. 24 of February 26, 1988, page 20.
8. ↑ Kathrin-Christoff Blissfully Fifth . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 25, 1988, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).