| 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 | |
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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. This was the last Olympic competition where compulsory figures were contested for the men's and ladies' events.
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.
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria- Canada
China
Czechoslovakia
Chinese Taipei- East Germany
France
Great Britain
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Mexico
North Korea
Poland
South Korea- Soviet Union
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland- United States
West Germany
Yugoslavia
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:
Assistant Referee:
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:
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 |
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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
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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:
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:
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)
See also
References
- "Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- Janofsky, Michael (17 February 1988). "Soviet Skaters Prevail in Pairs". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
External links
- 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
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