1987 Skate Canada International
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The 1987
Skate Canada International The Skate Canada International is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating competition organized by Skate Canada. It is the second competition of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating season. The location changes yearly. Meda ...
was held in Calgary,
Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
on October 29–31. It was the test event for the 1988 Winter Olympics. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and
ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...
.


Results


Men

Five of seven judges preferred Orser in the free skate. Boitano took the silver medal and bronze went to
Viktor Petrenko Viktor Vasyliovych Petrenko ( uk, Віктор Васильович Петренко; born 27 June 1969) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Ukraine during his career. He is the ...
, who fell three times.


Ladies

The judges were divided in the free skate; four of seven voted in favour of Thomas.


Pairs


Ice dancing


References

{{Skate Canada International Figure skating Skate Canada International, 1987 Skate Canada International 1987 in Canadian sports 1987 in sports in Alberta