Figure skating
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
at the
1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts ...
took place at the
Stampede Corral
The Stampede Corral was a multi-purpose venue (ice hockey, professional wrestling, rodeo, tennis) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Located on the grounds of Stampede Park, the arena was completed in 1950 at a cost of C$1.25 million ($ million tod ...
, the
Olympic Saddledome
Scotiabank Saddledome is a multi-use indoor arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Located in Stampede Park in the southeast end of downtown Calgary, the Saddledome was built in 1983 to replace the Stampede Corral as the home of the Calgary Flam ...
and the
Father David Bauer Olympic Arena
The Father David Bauer Olympic Arena is an ice hockey arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It seats about 1,750 for hockey with a standing room capacity of over 2,000. It is named after David Bauer (ice hockey), Father David Bauer.
Canada's defunct ...
in
Calgary, Alberta
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Canadian Prairies, Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,30 ...
, Canada.
Medal table
Participating NOCs
Twenty-five nations sent figure skaters to compete in the events at Calgary.
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Results
Men
;Free skating final standings (top 8)
Referee:
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Sonia Bianchetti
Assistant Referee:
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Benjamin T. Wright
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Judges:
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Elfriede Beyer
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Janet G. Allen
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Linda Petersen
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Alexander Vedenin
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Jacqueline Itschner
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Junko Hiramatsu
is a Japanese former competitive figure skater who is now a coach and International Skating Union (ISU) official. She is a five-time Japanese national champion and represented Japan twice at the Winter Olympics, in 1960 and 1964. She was the ...
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Günter Teichmann
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Jean Matthews
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Gerhardt Bubník
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Maria Zuchowicz
Maria Zuchowicz (born in Poznań, in 1930 – 24 November 2020) was a Polish lawyer and figure skating official. She was Chairperson of Appeal Commission of the International Skating Union and Vice-President of the Polish Figure Skating Associa ...
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Ladies
Katarina Witt became the first woman to repeat as champion since
Sonja Henie
Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a Norway, Norwegian figure skating, figure skater and film star. She was a three-time List of Olympic medalists in figure skating, Olympic champion (Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics, ...
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;Free skating final standings (top 8)
Referee:
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Donald H. Gilchrist
Assistant Referee:
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Jürg Wilhelm
Judges:
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Peter Moser
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People
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Lucy C. Brennan
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Sally-Anne Stapleford
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Kazuo Ohashi
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Persons with the given name
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Willi Wernz
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Sergei Kononykhin
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Dennis McFarlane
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Vera Spurná
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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.
;Free skating final standings (top 8)
Referee:
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Elemér Terták
Elemér Terták (born 2 November 1918 in Budapest, Hungary; died 8 July 1999 in Budapest) was a Hungarian figure skater who competed in men's singles. He won the bronze medal at the 1934 European Figure Skating Championships, the 1937 European C ...
Assistant Referee:
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Walburga Grimm
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Judges:
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Mikhail Drei
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Elfriede Beyer
Elfriede, also known as Elfreda, Elfrida, Alfrida, Elfrieda, Elftrude, Elftraut among other variants, is a female given name, derived from ''Ælfþryð'' (Aelfthryth) meaning "elf-strength". The name fell out of fashion in the Middle Ages and was ...
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Claire W. Ferguson
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Sally-Anne Stapleford
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Suzanne Francis
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Shirley Taylor
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Gerhardt Bubník
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Günter Teichmann
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Maria Zuchowicz
Maria Zuchowicz (born in Poznań, in 1930 – 24 November 2020) was a Polish lawyer and figure skating official. She was Chairperson of Appeal Commission of the International Skating Union and Vice-President of the Polish Figure Skating Associa ...
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Junko Hiramatsu
is a Japanese former competitive figure skater who is now a coach and International Skating Union (ISU) official. She is a five-time Japanese national champion and represented Japan twice at the Winter Olympics, in 1960 and 1964. She was the ...
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Ice dance
;Free dance final standings (top 8)
Referee:
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Hans Kutschera
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Assistant Referee:
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Alexander Gorshkov
Judges:
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Irina Absaliamova
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Ann Shaw
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Nancy Meiss
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Places France
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Willi Wernz
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Cia Bordogna
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Heide Maritczak
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Roy Mason
Roy Mason, Baron Mason of Barnsley, (18 April 1924 – 19 April 2015), was a British Labour Party politician and Cabinet minister who was Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the 1970s.
Early life
He w ...
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István Sugár
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Daniel de Paix de Coeur
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Maria Miller
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See also
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Battle of the Brians
The Battle of the Brians was an informal name given by the press to the figure skating rivalry between Canada, Canadian Brian Orser and United States, American Brian Boitano at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Calgary. This competiti ...
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Battle of the Carmens
The Battle of the Carmens is an informal name given to a figure skating rivalry between East German Katarina Witt and American Debi Thomas during the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. The competition is so named because both Witt and Thomas independ ...
References
External links
Official Olympic Report* The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics by
David Wallechinsky
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WINTER OLYMPICS : Orser Satisfied to Be Third After Figures; Boitano SecondWINTER OLYMPICS : Women's Figure Skating : Thomas Is 2nd, Witt 3rd After Figures
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1988 Winter Olympics events
1988
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1988 in figure skating
International figure skating competitions hosted by Canada