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Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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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.
Type:Olympic Games
Venue:Olympic Saddledome (finals)
Stampede Corral (short program)
Father David Bauer Olympic Arena (compulsory figures)
Stampede Corral (short program)
Father David Bauer Olympic Arena (compulsory figures)
| Figure skating at the XV Olympic Winter Games | |
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| 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 | |
| Previous: 1984 Winter Olympics | |
| Next: 1992 Winter Olympics | |
Medal table
| 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
Twenty-five nations sent figure skaters to compete in the events at Calgary.
Results
Men
- Free skating final standings (top 8)
| Rank | Name | Figures | SP |  |
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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
Katarina Witt became the first woman to repeat as champion since Sonja Henie.
- Free skating final standings (top 8)
| Rank | Name | Figures | SP |  |
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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:
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.[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 | |
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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:
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
- Free dance final standings (top 8)
| Rank | Name | CD | OD | |
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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:
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)
