Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

In the XV. Four competitions 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary were held in figure skating. Venue was the Olympic Saddledome and Stampede Corral.

Outstanding was Katarina Witt's expressive Goldkür to the music of Georges Bizet's "Carmen". Caused a stir even the duel between the American Brian Boitano and Canadian Brian Orser, which could Boitano surprisingly clear decide for themselves.

Medalist

Gentlemen

Mandatory: February 17, 8:00 Clock Short Program: February 18, 18:30 clock Freestyle: February 20, 17:15 clock

The competition was attended by 28 skaters from 21 countries.

Ladies

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Mandatory: February 24th at 8:00 clock Short Program: February 25, 18:30 clock Freestyle: February 27, 17:30 clock

The competition was attended by 31 skaters from 23 countries.

Witts American challenger Debi Thomas was the freestyle to the same music as Katharina Witt: "Carmen" by Georges Bizet. However, the American slipped up at the beginning of their freestyle, so that the Canadian Elizabeth Manley could slide between the two favorites.

Pair of running

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Short Program: February 14, 18:45 clock Freestyle: February 16, 18:00 clock

It took 15 pairs in part from 8 countries.

Ice Dancing

Mandatory: February 21, 9:00 clock trace Dancing: February 22, 18:00 clock Freestyle: February 23, 17:15 clock

It took some 20 pairs from 14 countries.

East Germany Jill Watson Peter Oppegard Andrei Bukin Tracy Wilson Robert McCall (figure skater) Grzegorz Filipowski Christopher Bowman Kurt Browning Heiko Fischer Paul Wylie Richard Zander Petr Barna France Australia Italy Michael Huth Bulgaria Jill Trenary Claudia Leistner Simone Koch Marina Kielmann People's Republic of Bulgaria Chinese Taipei Caryn Kadavy Lyndon Johnston Peggy Schwarz Isabelle Brasseur Lloyd Eisler Sergei Ponomarenko Isabelle Duchesnay Paul Duchesnay Antonia Becherer Ferdinand Becherer 1988 Winter Olympics medal table Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics Nordic skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics Curling at the 1988 Winter Olympics Short track speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics Disabled skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics Figure skating at the Olympic Games Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics List of Olympic medalists in figure skating

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