1987 World Figure Skating Championships

1987 World Figure Skating Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Date: March 10 – March 15
Season: 1986-1987
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Venue: Riverfront Coliseum
Champions
Men's singles:
Brian Orser
Ladies singles:
Katarina Witt
Pair skating:
Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov
Ice dancing:
Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin
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The 1987 World Figure Skating Championships took place in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

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Medalists

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Brian Orser Brian Boitano Alexander Fadeev
Ladies' singles Katarina Witt Debi Thomas Caryn Kadavy
Pairs Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev Jill Watson & Peter Oppegard
Ice dance Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko Tracy Wilson & Robert McCall

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 2 2 1 5
2  Canada 1 0 1 2
3  East Germany 1 0 0 1
4  United States 0 2 2 4

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation
1 Brian Orser  Canada
2 Brian Boitano  United States
3 Alexander Fadeev  Soviet Union
4 Vladimir Kotin  Soviet Union
5 Grzegorz Filipowski  Poland
6 Viktor Petrenko  Soviet Union
7 Christopher Bowman  United States
8 Petr Barna  Czechoslovakia
9 Richard Zander  West Germany
10 Scott Williams  United States
11 Makoto Kano  Japan
12 Masaru Ogawa  Japan
13 Falko Kirsten  East Germany
14 Oliver Höner  Switzerland
15 Kurt Browning  Canada
16 Lars Dresler  Denmark
17 Paul Robinson  United Kingdom
18 Philippe Roncoli  France
19 Alessandro Riccitelli  Italy
20 Michael Slipchuk  Canada
21 Peter Johansson  Sweden
22 Cameron Medhurst  Australia
23 Oula Jääskeläinen  Finland
24 Oliver Dechert  West Germany
Free Skating Not Reached
25 Boiko Alexiev  Bulgaria
26 Tomislav Cizmesija  Yugoslavia
27 Chi-Man Wong  Hong Kong

Ladies

Rank Name Nation TFP CF OP FS
1 Katarina Witt  East Germany 5 1 1
2 Debi Thomas  United States 2 7 2
3 Caryn Kadavy  United States 4 5 3
4 Elizabeth Manley  Canada 2
5 Kira Ivanova  Soviet Union 1 6
6 Claudia Leistner  West Germany 7
7 Jill Trenary  United States 11 4 5
8 Midori Ito  Japan 14 3
9 Anna Kondrashova  Soviet Union 7 9 7
10 Joanne Conway  United Kingdom
11 Patricia Schmidt  Canada
12 Susanne Becher  West Germany
13 Claudia Villiger  Switzerland
14 Agnès Gosselin  France
15 Iveta Voralova  Czechoslovakia
16 Željka Čižmešija  Yugoslavia
17 Beatrice Gelmini  Italy
18 Tracy Brook  Australia
19 Elina Hanninen  Finland
20 Yvonne Pokorny  Austria
21 Helene Persson  Sweden
22 Hyun-Jun Ji  South Korea
23 Sandra Escoda  Spain
WD Tamara Téglássy  Hungary
Free Skating Not Reached
25 Pauline Lee  Chinese Taipei
26 Petia Gavazova  Bulgaria

Pairs

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov  Soviet Union 1.5 1 1
2 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev  Soviet Union 3.0 2 2
3 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard  United States 4.5 3 3
4 Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov  Soviet Union 7.5 7 4
5 Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston  Canada 8.0 6 5
6 Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom  Canada 8.0 4 6
7 Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner  United States 10.5 5 8
8 Christine Hough / Doug Ladret  Canada 11.0 8 7
9 Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor  United Kingdom 13.5 9 9
10 Lenka Knapova / René Novotný  Czechoslovakia 15.0 10 10
11 Sonja Adalbert / Daniele Caprano  West Germany 17.0 12 11
12 Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr  Australia 17.5 11 12
13 Shuk-Ching Ngai / Cheuk-Fai Lai  Hong Kong 19.5 13 13

Ice Dancing

Rank Name Nation
1 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin  Soviet Union
2 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko  Soviet Union
3 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall  Canada
4 Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski  Soviet Union
5 Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory  United States
6 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck  Austria
7 Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer  West Germany
8 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth  Hungary
9 Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay  France
10 Karyn Garossino / Rod Garossino  Canada
11 Lia Trovati / Robert Pelizzola  Italy
12 Susie Wynne / Joseph Druar  United States
13 Sharon Jones / Paul Askham  United Kingdom
14 Michela Malingambi / Andrea Gilardi  Italy
15 Honorata Górna / Andrzej Dostatni  Poland
16 Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki  Japan
17 Jo Ann Borlase / Scott Chalmers  Canada
18 Andrea Weppelmann / Hendryk Schamberger  West Germany
19 Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke  Australia
20 Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko  Finland
21 Hristina Boyanova / Javor Ivanov  Bulgaria
22 Kyung Sook Park / Seung Jong Han  South Korea

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