thumb|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. 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

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Rank

! Name

! Nation

! CF

! SP

! FS

! TFP

|- bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Brian Boitano || ||2||2||1||3.0

|- bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Brian Orser || ||3||1||2||4.2

|- bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Viktor Petrenko || ||6||3||3||7.8

|-

! 4

| Alexander Fadeev || ||1||9||4||8.2

|-

! 5

| Grzegorz Filipowski || ||7||4||5||10.8

|-

! 6

| Vladimir Kotin || ||5||6||8||13.4

|-

! 7

| Christopher Bowman || ||8||5||7||13.8

|-

! 8

| Kurt Browning || ||11||7||6||15.4

|-

! 9

| Heiko Fischer || ||4||11||10||16.8

|-

! 10

| Paul Wylie || ||12||8||9||19.4

|-

! 11

| Richard Zander || ||9||17||11||23.2

|-

! 12

| Oliver Höner || ||10||10||14||24.0

|-

! 13

| Petr Barna || ||15||15||12||27.0

|-

! 14

| Lars Dresler || ||14||12||15||28.2

|-

! 15

| Axel Médéric || ||13||14||17||30.4

|-

! 16

| Neil Paterson || ||17||13||16||31.4

|-

! 17

| Makoto Kano || ||19||19||13||32.0

|-

! 18

| Paul Robinson || ||16||21||18||36.0

|-

! 19

| Cameron Medhurst || ||18||16||20||37.2

|-

! 20

| Zhang Shubin || ||22||18||19||39.4

|-

! 21

| Alessandro Riccitelli || ||20||20||22||42.0

|-

! 22

| Jung Sung-Il || ||24||24||21||45.0

|-

! 23

| Michael Huth || ||21||25||23||45.6

|-

! 24

| Peter Johansson || ||23||22||24||46.6

|-

! colspan=7 | Free skate not reached

|-

! 25

| David Liu || ||25||23|| ||

|-

! 26

| Boyko Aleksiev || ||26||27|| ||

|-

! 27

| Riccardo Olavarrieta || ||28||26|| ||

|-

! 28

| Ho Kang || ||27||28|| ||

|}

;Free skating final standings (top 8)

{| class="wikitable"

! Rank

! Name

! Figures

! SP

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

! Fract. <br> Places

|-

| align=center | 1

| align=left | Brian Boitano ||2||2||2||1||1||1||1||1||2||2||2||3.0

|-

| align=center | 2

| align=left | Brian Orser ||3||1||1||2||2||2||2||2||1||1||1||4.2

|-

| align=center | 3

| align=left | Viktor Petrenko ||6||3||3||3||3||2||4||3||5||3||3||7.8

|-

| align=center | 4

| align=left | Aleksandr Fadeyev ||1||9||4||4||4||4||3||4||3||4||4||8.2

|-

| align=center | 5

| align=left | Grzegorz Filipowski ||7||4||7||6||5||8||8||6||6||6||6||10.8

|-

| align=center | 6

| align=left | Vladimir Kotin ||5||6||8||9||7||6||9||5||4||8||5||13.4

|-

| align=center | 7

| align=left | Christopher Bowman ||8||5||5||5||8||7||5||8||8||5||8||13.8

|-

| align=center | 8

| align=left | Kurt Browning ||11||7||6||7||6||9||7||9||7||7||9||15.4

|}

Referee:

  • 20px Sonia Bianchetti

Assistant Referee:

  • 20px 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.

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Rank

! Name

! Nation

! CF

! SP

! FS

! TFP

|- bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Katarina Witt || ||3||1||2||4.2

|- bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Elizabeth Manley || ||4||3||1||4.6

|- bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Debi Thomas || ||2||2||4||6.0

|-

! 4

| Jill Trenary || ||5||6||5||10.4

|-

! 5

| Midori Ito || ||10||4||3||10.6

|-

! 6

| Claudia Leistner || ||6||9||6||13.2

|-

! 7

| Kira Ivanova || ||1||10||9||13.6

|-

! 8

| Anna Kondrashova || ||9||7||7||15.2

|-

! 9

| Simone Koch || ||14||8||8||19.6

|-

! 10

| Marina Kielmann || ||12||11||10||21.6

|-

! 11

| Beatrice Gelmini || ||15||17||11||26.8

|-

! 12

| Joanne Conway || ||8||18||16||28.0

|-

! 13

| Charlene Wong || ||18||14||13||29.4

|-

! 14

| Junko Yaginuma || ||16||15||14||29.6

|-

! 15

| Stéfanie Schmid || ||21||16||12||31.0

|-

! 16

| Agnès Gosselin || ||13||21||18||34.2

|-

! 17

| Katrien Pauwels || ||11||20||20||34.6

|-

! 18

| Yvonne Gómez || ||17||19||17||34.8

|-

! 19

| Tamara Téglássy || ||19||22||15||35.2

|-

! 20

| Iveta Voralová || ||22||12||19||37.0

|-

! 21

| Lotta Falkenbäck || ||25||13||21||41.2

|-

! 22

| Željka Čižmešija || ||20||25||22||44.0

|-

! 23

| Gina Fulton || ||24||24||23||47.0

|-

! WD

| Caryn Kadavy || ||7||5|| ||

|-

! colspan=7 | Free skate not reached

|-

! 25

| Tracy Brook || ||26||23|| ||

|-

! 26

| Jiang Yibing || ||23||28|| ||

|-

! 27

| Byun Sung-jin || ||27||30|| ||

|-

! 28

| Petya Gavazova || ||30||26|| ||

|-

! 29

| Pauline Lee || ||29||29|| ||

|-

! 30

| Diana Encinas || ||28||31|| ||

|-

! 31

| Kim Song-suk || ||31||27|| ||

|}

;Free skating final standings (top 8)

{| class="wikitable"

! Rank

! Name

! Figures

! SP

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

! Fract. <br> Places

|-

| align=center | 1

| align=left | Katarina Witt ||3||1||2||2||3||3||1||3||1||2||2||4.2

|-

| align=center | 2

| align=left | Elizabeth Manley ||4||3||1||1||1||1||2||1||2||1||1||4.6

|-

| align=center | 3

| align=left | Debi Thomas ||2||2||5||4||5||4||5||4||4||4||5||6.0

|-

| align=center | 4

| align=left | Jill Trenary ||5||6||4||5||4||5||4||5||5||5||4||10.4

|-

| align=center | 5

| align=left | Midori Ito ||10||4||3||3||2||2||3||2||3||3||3||10.6

|-

| align=center | 6

| align=left | Claudia Leistner ||6||9||6||6||6||8||6||6||8||6||6||13.2

|-

| align=center | 7

| align=left | Kira Ivanova ||1||10||7||15||14||7||8||9||7||11||10||13.6

|-

| align=center | 8

| align=left | Anna Kondrashova ||9||7||8||7||8||6||7||7||6||9||9||15.2

|}

Referee:

  • 20px Donald H. Gilchrist

Assistant Referee:

  • 20px 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.

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Rank

! Name

! Nation

! SP

! FS

! TFP

|- bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov || ||1||1||1.4

|- bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev || ||2||2||2.8

|- bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard || ||3||3||4.2

|-

! 4

| Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov || ||6||4||6.4

|-

! 5

| Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner || ||4||5||6.6

|-

! 6

| Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston || ||5||7||9.0

|-

! 7

| Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König || ||11||6||10.4

|-

! 8

| Christine Hough / Doug Ladret || ||8||8||11.2

|-

! 9

| Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler || ||7||9||11.8

|-

! 10

| Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold || ||10||10||14.0

|-

! 11

| Brigitte Groh / Holger Maletz || ||13||11||16.2

|-

! 12

| Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor || ||12||12||16.8

|-

! 13

| Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley || ||14||13||18.6

|-

! 14

| Mei Zhibin / Li Wei || ||15||14||20.0

|-

! WD

| Lenka Knapová / René Novotný || ||9||WD||

|}

;Free skating final standings (top 8)

{| class="wikitable"

! Rank

! Name

! SP

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

! Fract. <br> Places

|-

| align=center | 1

| align=left | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov

|1||1||1||1||1||1||1||1||1||1||1.4

|-

| align=center | 2

| align=left | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev ||2||2||2||2||2||2||2||2||2||2||2.8

|-

| align=center | 3

| align=left | Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard ||3||4||3||3||4||5||3||3||3||3||4.2

|-

| align=center | 4

| align=left | Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov ||6||3||5||6||6||3||4||4||4||4||6.4

|-

| align=center | 5

| align=left | Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner ||4||5||7||4||8||6||5||5||8||8||6.6

|-

| align=center | 6

| align=left | Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston ||5||7||4||7||3||4||7||8||5||7||9.0

|-

| align=center | 7

| align=left | Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König ||11||6||6||9||7||7||6||7||6||5||10.4

|-

| align=center | 8

| align=left | Christine Hough / Doug Ladret ||8||9||8||10||4||8||9||6||7||9||11.2

|}

Referee:

  • 20px Elemér Terták

Assistant Referee:

  • 20px 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

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Rank

! Name

! Nation

! CD

! OD

! FD

! TFP

|- bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin || ||1||1||1||2.0

|- bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko || ||2||2||2||4.0

|- bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall || ||3||3||3||6.0

|-

! 4

| Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski || ||4||4||4||8.0

|-

! 5

| Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck || ||5||5||5||10.0

|-

! 6

| Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory || ||6||6||6||12.0

|-

! 7

| Klára Engi / Attila Tóth || ||7||7||7||14.0

|-

! 8

| Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay || ||8||8||8||16.0

|-

! 9

| Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer || ||9||9||9||18.0

|-

! 10

| Lia Trovati / Roberto Pelizzola || ||10||10||10||20.0

|-

! 11

| Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar || ||11||11||11||22.0

|-

! 12

| Karyn Garossino / Rodney Garossino || ||12||12||12||24.0

|-

! 13

| Sharon Jones / Paul Askham || ||13||13||13||26.0

|-

! 14

| Corinne Paliard / Didier Courtois || ||15||14||14||28.4

|-

! 15

| Viera Řeháková / Ivan Havránek || ||14||15||15||29.6

|-

! 16

| Melanie Cole / Michael Farrington || ||16||16||16||32.0

|-

! 17

| Honorata Górna / Andrzej Dostatni || ||17||17||17||34.0

|-

! 18

| Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki || ||18||18||18||36.0

|-

! 19

| Liu Luyang / Zhao Xiaolei || ||19||19||19||38.0

|-

! 20

| Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke || ||20||20||20||40.0

|}

;Free dance final standings (top 8)

{| class="wikitable"

! Rank

! Name

! CD

! OD

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

! Fract. <br> Places

|-

| align=center | 1

| align=left | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin ||1||1||1||1||1||1||1||1||1||1||1||2.0

|-

| align=center | 2

| align=left | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko ||2||2||2||3||2||2||2||2||2||2||2||4.0

|-

| align=center | 3

| align=left | Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall ||3||3||3||2||3||3||3||3||3||3||3||6.0

|-

| align=center | 4

| align=left | Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski ||4||4||4||4||6||4||4||4||4||4||4||8.0

|-

| align=center | 5

| align=left | Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck ||5||5||5||5||5||5||5||5||6||5||5||10.0

|-

| align=center | 6

| align=left | Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory ||6||6||6||8||7||6||6||6||7||6||7||12.0

|-

| align=center | 7

| align=left | Klára Engi / Attila Tóth ||7||7||7||7||8||7||7||7||8||7||8||14.0

|-

| align=center | 8

| align=left | Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay ||8||8||10||6||4||9||8||10||5||10||5||16.0

|}

Referee:

  • 20px Hans Kutschera

Assistant Referee:

  • 20px 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

  • Official Olympic Report
  • Results of the Olympic Winter Games 1908-2006
  • The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics by David Wallechinsky
  • WINTER OLYMPICS : Orser Satisfied to Be Third After Figures; Boitano Second
  • WINTER OLYMPICS : Women's Figure Skating : Thomas Is 2nd, Witt 3rd After Figures