Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics explained

Figure skating at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Comptype:Olympic Games
Venue:Olympic Saddledome (finals)
Stampede Corral (short program)
Father David Bauer Olympic Arena (compulsory figures)
Championmen: Brian Boitano
Championladies: Katarina Witt
Championpairs: Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov
Championdance: Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
Previouscomp:1984 Winter Olympics
Nextcomp:1992 Winter Olympics

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

Participating NOCs

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

Results

Men

RankNameNationCFSPFSTFP
12213.0
23124.2
36337.8
41948.2
574510.8
656813.4
785713.8
8117615.4
94111016.8
10128919.4
119171123.2
1210101424.0
1315151227.0
1414121528.2
1513141730.4
1617131631.4
1719191332.0
1816211836.0
1918162037.2
2022181939.4
2120202242.0
2224242145.0
2321252345.6
2423222446.6
Free skate not reached
252523
262627
272826
282728
Free skating final standings (top 8)
RankNameFiguresSPFract.
Places
align=center 1align=left 222111112223.0
align=center 2align=left 311222221114.2
align=center 3align=left 633332435337.8
align=center 4align=left 194444343448.2
align=center 5align=left 7476588666610.8
align=center 6align=left 5689769548513.4
align=center 7align=left 8555875885813.8
align=center 8align=left 11767697977915.4

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Ladies

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

RankNameNationCFSPFSTFP
13124.2
24314.6
32246.0
456510.4
5104310.6
669613.2
7110913.6
897715.2
9148819.6
1012111021.6
1115171126.8
128181628.0
1318141329.4
1416151429.6
1521161231.0
1613211834.2
1711202034.6
1817191734.8
1919221535.2
2022121937.0
2125132141.2
2220252244.0
2324242347.0
WD75
Free skate not reached
252623
262328
272730
283026
292929
302831
313127
Free skating final standings (top 8)
RankNameFiguresSPFract.
Places
align=center 1align=left 312233131224.2
align=center 2align=left 431111212114.6
align=center 3align=left 225454544456.0
align=center 4align=left 5645454555410.4
align=center 5align=left 10433223233310.6
align=center 6align=left 6966686686613.2
align=center 7align=left 110715147897111013.6
align=center 8align=left 9787867769915.2

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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]

RankNameNationSPFSTFP
1111.4
2222.8
3334.2
4646.4
5456.6
6579.0
711610.4
88811.2
97911.8
10101014.0
11131116.2
12121216.8
13141318.6
14151420.0
WD9WD
Free skating final standings (top 8)
RankNameSPFract.
Places
align=center 1align=left Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov11111111111.4
align=center 2align=left 22222222222.8
align=center 3align=left 34334533334.2
align=center 4align=left 63566344446.4
align=center 5align=left 45748655886.6
align=center 6align=left 57473478579.0
align=center 7align=left 1166977676510.4
align=center 8align=left 8981048967911.2

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Ice dance

RankNameNationCDODFDTFP
11112.0
22224.0
33336.0
44448.0
555510.0
666612.0
777714.0
888816.0
999918.0
1010101020.0
1111111122.0
1212121224.0
1313131326.0
1415141428.4
1514151529.6
1616161632.0
1717171734.0
1818181836.0
1919191938.0
2020202040.0
Free dance final standings (top 8)
RankNameCDODFract.
Places
align=center 1align=left 111111111112.0
align=center 2align=left 222322222224.0
align=center 3align=left 333233333336.0
align=center 4align=left 444464444448.0
align=center 5align=left 5555555565510.0
align=center 6align=left 6668766676712.0
align=center 7align=left 7777877787814.0
align=center 8align=left 8810649810510516.0

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See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics . Olympedia . 4 July 2020 . 5 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200705143532/https://www.olympedia.org/games/43/sports/FSK . dead .
  2. News: Soviet Skaters Prevail in Pairs . Michael . Janofsky . . 17 February 1988 . 21 March 2012.