| 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) |
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Figure skating at the1988 Winter Olympics took place at theStampede Corral, theOlympic Saddledome and theFather David Bauer Olympic Arena inCalgary, Alberta, Canada.[1] This was the last Olympic competition where compulsory figures were contested for the men's and ladies' events.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Twenty-five nations sent figure skaters to compete in the events at Calgary.
| Rank | Name | Nation | CF | SP | FS | TFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Boitano | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.0 | |
| 2 | Brian Orser | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4.2 | |
| 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 | |
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| 25 | David Liu | 25 | 23 | |||
| 26 | Boyko Aleksiev | 26 | 27 | |||
| 27 | Riccardo Olavarrieta | 28 | 26 | |||
| 28 | Ho Kang | 27 | 28 | |||
| Rank | Name | Figures | SP | Fract. Places | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.0 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.2 | |
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7.8 | |
| 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8.2 | |
| 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10.8 | |
| 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 13.4 | |
| 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 13.8 | |
| 8 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 15.4 |
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Katarina Witt became the first woman to repeat as champion sinceSonja Henie.
| Rank | Name | Figures | SP | Fract. Places | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.2 | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6.0 | |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10.4 | |
| 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10.6 | |
| 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 13.2 | |
| 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 13.6 | |
| 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 15.2 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ekaterina Gordeeva /Sergei Grinkov | 1 | 1 | 1.4 | |
| 2 | Elena Valova /Oleg Vasiliev | 2 | 2 | 2.8 | |
| 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 |
| Rank | Name | SP | Fract. Places | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.4 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.8 | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.2 | |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6.4 | |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6.6 | |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9.0 | |
| 7 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10.4 | |
| 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11.2 |
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| Rank | Name | CD | OD | Fract. Places | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.0 | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6.0 | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8.0 | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10.0 | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12.0 | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 14.0 | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 16.0 |
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