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.[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 Free skating final standings (top 8) Referee:
Sonia BianchettiAssistant Referee:
Benjamin T. WrightJudges:
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) Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Jürg WilhelmJudges:
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]
Free skating final standings (top 8) Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Walburga GrimmJudges:
Ice dance Free dance final standings (top 8) Referee:
Hans KutscheraAssistant 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 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics .
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