Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics#Ladies

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{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition

| title = Figure skating at the XV Olympic Winter Games

| comptype = Olympic Games

| startdate =

| enddate =

| venue = Olympic Saddledome (finals)
Stampede Corral (short program)
Father David Bauer Olympic Arena (compulsory figures)

| championmen = {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Boitano

| championladies = {{flagicon|GDR}} Katarina Witt

| championpairs = {{flagicon|URS}} Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov

| championdance = {{flagicon|URS}} Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin

| previouscomp = 1984 Winter Olympics

| nextcomp = 1992 Winter Olympics

}}

File:1988 CPA 5908.jpg

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/games/43/sports/FSK |title=Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics |work=Olympedia |access-date=4 July 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705143532/https://www.olympedia.org/games/43/sports/FSK |url-status=dead }} This was the last Olympic competition where compulsory figures were contested for the men's and ladies' events.

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = FlagIOC

| event = 1988 Winter

| team =

| gold_URS = 2 | silver_URS = 2 | bronze_URS = 1

| gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 2

| gold_GDR = 1 | silver_GDR = 0 | bronze_GDR = 0

| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 2 | bronze_CAN = 1

}}

=Participating NOCs=

Twenty-five nations sent figure skaters to compete in the events at Calgary.

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Results

=Men=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! CF

! SP

! FS

! TFP

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Brian Boitano

{{FlagIOC|USA|1988 Winter}}2213.0
bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Brian Orser

{{FlagIOC|CAN|1988 Winter}}3124.2
bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Viktor Petrenko

{{FlagIOC|URS|1988 Winter}}6337.8
4

| Alexander Fadeev || {{FlagIOC|URS|1988 Winter}} ||1||9||4||8.2

5

| Grzegorz Filipowski || {{FlagIOC|POL|1988 Winter}} ||7||4||5||10.8

6

| Vladimir Kotin || {{FlagIOC|URS|1988 Winter}} ||5||6||8||13.4

7

| Christopher Bowman || {{FlagIOC|USA|1988 Winter}} ||8||5||7||13.8

8

| Kurt Browning || {{FlagIOC|CAN|1988 Winter}} ||11||7||6||15.4

9

| Heiko Fischer || {{FlagIOC|FRG|1988 Winter}} ||4||11||10||16.8

10

| Paul Wylie || {{FlagIOC|USA|1988 Winter}} ||12||8||9||19.4

11

| Richard Zander || {{FlagIOC|FRG|1988 Winter}} ||9||17||11||23.2

12

| Oliver Höner || {{FlagIOC|SUI|1988 Winter}} ||10||10||14||24.0

13

| Petr Barna || {{FlagIOC|TCH|1988 Winter}} ||15||15||12||27.0

14

| Lars Dresler || {{FlagIOC|DEN|1988 Winter}} ||14||12||15||28.2

15

| Axel Médéric || {{FlagIOC|FRA|1988 Winter}} ||13||14||17||30.4

16

| Neil Paterson || {{FlagIOC|CAN|1988 Winter}} ||17||13||16||31.4

17

| Makoto Kano || {{FlagIOC|JPN|1988 Winter}} ||19||19||13||32.0

18

| Paul Robinson || {{FlagIOC|GBR|1988 Winter}} ||16||21||18||36.0

19

| Cameron Medhurst || {{FlagIOC|AUS|1988 Winter}} ||18||16||20||37.2

20

| Zhang Shubin || {{FlagIOC|CHN|1988 Winter}} ||22||18||19||39.4

21

| Alessandro Riccitelli || {{FlagIOC|ITA|1988 Winter}} ||20||20||22||42.0

22

| Jung Sung-Il || {{FlagIOC|KOR|1988 Winter}} ||24||24||21||45.0

23

| Michael Huth || {{FlagIOC|GDR|1988 Winter}} ||21||25||23||45.6

24

| Peter Johansson || {{FlagIOC|SWE|1988 Winter}} ||23||22||24||46.6

colspan=7 | Free skate not reached
25

| David Liu || {{FlagIOC|TPE|1988 Winter}} ||25||23|| ||

26

| Boyko Aleksiev || {{FlagIOC|BUL|1988 Winter}} ||26||27|| ||

27

| Riccardo Olavarrieta || {{FlagIOC|MEX|1988 Winter}} ||28||26|| ||

28

| Ho Kang || {{FlagIOC|PRK|1988 Winter}} ||27||28|| ||

;Free skating final standings (top 8)

class="wikitable"

! Rank

! Name

! Figures

! SP

! {{Flagicon|YUG}}

! {{Flagicon|GER}}

! {{Flagicon|FRA}}

! {{Flagicon|USA}}

! {{Flagicon|GDR}}

! {{Flagicon|SWE}}

! {{Flagicon|URS}}

! {{Flagicon|TCH}}

! {{Flagicon|CAN}}

! Fract.
Places

align=center | 1

| align=left | {{Flagicon|USA}} Brian Boitano

222111112223.0
align=center | 2

| align=left | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Brian Orser

311222221114.2
align=center | 3

| align=left | {{Flagicon|URS}} Viktor Petrenko

633332435337.8
align=center | 4

| align=left | {{Flagicon|URS}} Aleksandr Fadeyev

194444343448.2
align=center | 5

| align=left | {{Flagicon|POL}} Grzegorz Filipowski

7476588666610.8
align=center | 6

| align=left | {{Flagicon|URS}} Vladimir Kotin

5689769548513.4
align=center | 7

| align=left | {{Flagicon|USA}} Christopher Bowman

8555875885813.8
align=center | 8

| align=left | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Kurt Browning

11767697977915.4

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

=Ladies=

Katarina Witt became the first woman to repeat as champion since Sonja Henie.

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! CF

! SP

! FS

! TFP

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Katarina Witt

{{FlagIOC|GDR|1988 Winter}}3124.2
bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Elizabeth Manley

{{FlagIOC|CAN|1988 Winter}}4314.6
bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Debi Thomas

{{FlagIOC|USA|1988 Winter}}2246.0
4

| Jill Trenary || {{FlagIOC|USA|1988 Winter}} ||5||6||5||10.4

5

| Midori Ito || {{FlagIOC|JPN|1988 Winter}} ||10||4||3||10.6

6

| Claudia Leistner || {{FlagIOC|FRG|1988 Winter}} ||6||9||6||13.2

7

| Kira Ivanova || {{FlagIOC|URS|1988 Winter}} ||1||10||9||13.6

8

| Anna Kondrashova || {{FlagIOC|URS|1988 Winter}} ||9||7||7||15.2

9

| Simone Koch || {{FlagIOC|GDR|1988 Winter}} ||14||8||8||19.6

10

| Marina Kielmann || {{FlagIOC|FRG|1988 Winter}} ||12||11||10||21.6

11

| Beatrice Gelmini || {{FlagIOC|ITA|1988 Winter}} ||15||17||11||26.8

12

| Joanne Conway || {{FlagIOC|GBR|1988 Winter}} ||8||18||16||28.0

13

| Charlene Wong || {{FlagIOC|CAN|1988 Winter}} ||18||14||13||29.4

14

| Junko Yaginuma || {{FlagIOC|JPN|1988 Winter}} ||16||15||14||29.6

15

| Stéfanie Schmid || {{FlagIOC|SUI|1988 Winter}} ||21||16||12||31.0

16

| Agnès Gosselin || {{FlagIOC|FRA|1988 Winter}} ||13||21||18||34.2

17

| Katrien Pauwels || {{FlagIOC|BEL|1988 Winter}} ||11||20||20||34.6

18

| Yvonne Gómez || {{FlagIOC|ESP|1988 Winter}} ||17||19||17||34.8

19

| Tamara Téglássy || {{FlagIOC|HUN|1988 Winter}} ||19||22||15||35.2

20

| Iveta Voralová || {{FlagIOC|TCH|1988 Winter}} ||22||12||19||37.0

21

| Lotta Falkenbäck || {{FlagIOC|SWE|1988 Winter}} ||25||13||21||41.2

22

| Željka Čižmešija || {{FlagIOC|YUG|1988 Winter}} ||20||25||22||44.0

23

| Gina Fulton || {{FlagIOC|GBR|1988 Winter}} ||24||24||23||47.0

WD

| Caryn Kadavy || {{FlagIOC|USA|1988 Winter}} ||7||5|| ||

colspan=7 | Free skate not reached
25

| Tracy Brook || {{FlagIOC|AUS|1988 Winter}} ||26||23|| ||

26

| Jiang Yibing || {{FlagIOC|CHN|1988 Winter}} ||23||28|| ||

27

| Byun Sung-jin || {{FlagIOC|KOR|1988 Winter}} ||27||30|| ||

28

| Petya Gavazova || {{FlagIOC|BUL|1988 Winter}} ||30||26|| ||

29

| Pauline Lee || {{FlagIOC|TPE|1988 Winter}} ||29||29|| ||

30

| Diana Encinas || {{FlagIOC|MEX|1988 Winter}} ||28||31|| ||

31

| Kim Song-suk || {{FlagIOC|PRK|1988 Winter}} ||31||27|| ||

;Free skating final standings (top 8)

class="wikitable"

! Rank

! Name

! Figures

! SP

! {{Flagicon|CHE}}

! {{Flagicon|USA}}

! {{Flagicon|UK}}

! {{Flagicon|JPN}}

! {{Flagicon|GDR}}

! {{Flagicon|GER}}

! {{Flagicon|URS}}

! {{Flagicon|CAN}}

! {{Flagicon|TCH}}

! Fract.
Places

align=center | 1

| align=left | {{Flagicon|GDR}} Katarina Witt

312233131224.2
align=center | 2

| align=left | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Elizabeth Manley

431111212114.6
align=center | 3

| align=left | {{Flagicon|USA}} Debi Thomas

225454544456.0
align=center | 4

| align=left | {{Flagicon|USA}} Jill Trenary

5645454555410.4
align=center | 5

| align=left | {{Flagicon|JPN}} Midori Ito

10433223233310.6
align=center | 6

| align=left | {{Flagicon|GER}} Claudia Leistner

6966686686613.2
align=center | 7

| align=left | {{Flagicon|URS}} Kira Ivanova

110715147897111013.6
align=center | 8

| align=left | {{Flagicon|URS}} Anna Kondrashova

9787867769915.2

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

=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.{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/17/sports/soviet-skaters-prevail-in-pairs.html?pagewanted=all |title= Soviet Skaters Prevail in Pairs |first= Michael |last= Janofsky |work= The New York Times |date= 17 February 1988 |access-date= 21 March 2012}}

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! SP

! FS

! TFP

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov

{{FlagIOC|URS|1988 Winter}}111.4
bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev

{{FlagIOC|URS|1988 Winter}}222.8
bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard

{{FlagIOC|USA|1988 Winter}}334.2
4

| Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov || {{FlagIOC|URS|1988 Winter}} ||6||4||6.4

5

| Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner || {{FlagIOC|USA|1988 Winter}} ||4||5||6.6

6

| Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston || {{FlagIOC|CAN|1988 Winter}} ||5||7||9.0

7

| Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König || {{FlagIOC|GDR|1988 Winter}} ||11||6||10.4

8

| Christine Hough / Doug Ladret || {{FlagIOC|CAN|1988 Winter}} ||8||8||11.2

9

| Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler || {{FlagIOC|CAN|1988 Winter}} ||7||9||11.8

10

| Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold || {{FlagIOC|USA|1988 Winter}} ||10||10||14.0

11

| Brigitte Groh / Holger Maletz || {{FlagIOC|FRG|1988 Winter}} ||13||11||16.2

12

| Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor || {{FlagIOC|GBR|1988 Winter}} ||12||12||16.8

13

| Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley || {{FlagIOC|GBR|1988 Winter}} ||14||13||18.6

14

| Mei Zhibin / Li Wei || {{FlagIOC|CHN|1988 Winter}} ||15||14||20.0

WD

| Lenka Knapová / René Novotný || {{FlagIOC|TCH|1988 Winter}} ||9||WD||

;Free skating final standings (top 8)

class="wikitable"

! Rank

! Name

! SP

! {{Flagicon|URS}}

! {{Flagicon|GER}}

! {{Flagicon|USA}}

! {{Flagicon|GBR}}

! {{Flagicon|CAN}}

! {{Flagicon|AUS}}

! {{Flagicon|TCH}}

! {{Flagicon|GDR}}

! {{Flagicon|POL}}

! Fract.
Places

align=center | 1

| align=left | {{Flagicon|URS}} Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov

|1

1111111111.4
align=center | 2

| align=left | {{Flagicon|URS}} Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev

22222222222.8
align=center | 3

| align=left | {{Flagicon|USA}} Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard

34334533334.2
align=center | 4

| align=left | {{Flagicon|URS}} Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov

63566344446.4
align=center | 5

| align=left | {{Flagicon|USA}} Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner

45748655886.6
align=center | 6

| align=left | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston

57473478579.0
align=center | 7

| align=left | {{Flagicon|GDR}} Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König

1166977676510.4
align=center | 8

| align=left | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Christine Hough / Doug Ladret

8981048967911.2

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

=Ice dance=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! CD

! OD

! FD

! TFP

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin

{{FlagIOC|URS|1988 Winter}}1112.0
bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko

{{FlagIOC|URS|1988 Winter}}2224.0
bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall

{{FlagIOC|CAN|1988 Winter}}3336.0
4

| Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski || {{FlagIOC|URS|1988 Winter}} ||4||4||4||8.0

5

| Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck || {{FlagIOC|AUT|1988 Winter}} ||5||5||5||10.0

6

| Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory || {{FlagIOC|USA|1988 Winter}} ||6||6||6||12.0

7

| Klára Engi / Attila Tóth || {{FlagIOC|HUN|1988 Winter}} ||7||7||7||14.0

8

| Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay || {{FlagIOC|FRA|1988 Winter}} ||8||8||8||16.0

9

| Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer || {{FlagIOC|FRG|1988 Winter}} ||9||9||9||18.0

10

| Lia Trovati / Roberto Pelizzola || {{FlagIOC|ITA|1988 Winter}} ||10||10||10||20.0

11

| Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar || {{FlagIOC|USA|1988 Winter}} ||11||11||11||22.0

12

| Karyn Garossino / Rodney Garossino || {{FlagIOC|CAN|1988 Winter}} ||12||12||12||24.0

13

| Sharon Jones / Paul Askham || {{FlagIOC|GBR|1988 Winter}} ||13||13||13||26.0

14

| Corinne Paliard / Didier Courtois || {{FlagIOC|FRA|1988 Winter}} ||15||14||14||28.4

15

| Viera Řeháková / Ivan Havránek || {{FlagIOC|TCH|1988 Winter}} ||14||15||15||29.6

16

| Melanie Cole / Michael Farrington || {{FlagIOC|CAN|1988 Winter}} ||16||16||16||32.0

17

| Honorata Górna / Andrzej Dostatni || {{FlagIOC|POL|1988 Winter}} ||17||17||17||34.0

18

| Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki || {{FlagIOC|JPN|1988 Winter}} ||18||18||18||36.0

19

| Liu Luyang / Zhao Xiaolei || {{FlagIOC|CHN|1988 Winter}} ||19||19||19||38.0

20

| Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke || {{FlagIOC|AUS|1988 Winter}} ||20||20||20||40.0

;Free dance final standings (top 8)

class="wikitable"

! Rank

! Name

! CD

! OD

! {{Flagicon|URS}}

! {{Flagicon|CAN}}

! {{Flagicon|USA}}

! {{Flagicon|GER}}

! {{Flagicon|ITA}}

! {{Flagicon|AUT}}

! {{Flagicon|GBR}}

! {{Flagicon|HUN}}

! {{Flagicon|FRA}}

! Fract.
Places

align=center | 1

| align=left | {{Flagicon|URS}} Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin

111111111112.0
align=center | 2

| align=left | {{Flagicon|URS}} Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko

222322222224.0
align=center | 3

| align=left | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall

333233333336.0
align=center | 4

| align=left | {{Flagicon|URS}} Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski

444464444448.0
align=center | 5

| align=left | {{Flagicon|AUT}} Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck

5555555565510.0
align=center | 6

| align=left | {{Flagicon|USA}} Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory

6668766676712.0
align=center | 7

| align=left | {{Flagicon|HUN}} Klára Engi / Attila Tóth

7777877787814.0
align=center | 8

| align=left | {{Flagicon|FRA}} Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay

8810649810510516.0

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

See also

References

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