1988 World Figure Skating Championships

1988 World Figure Skating Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Date: March 22 – 27
Season: 1987–88
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Venue: Budapest Sportcsarnok
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Brian Boitano
Ladies' singles:
East Germany Katarina Witt
Pair skating:
Soviet Union Elena Valova / Oleg Vassiliev
Ice dancing:
Soviet Union Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
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The 1988 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary in March 1988. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Medal tables

Medalists

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men United States Brian Boitano Canada Brian Orser Soviet Union Viktor Petrenko
Ladies East Germany Katarina Witt Canada Elizabeth Manley United States Debi Thomas
Pairs Soviet Union Elena Valova / Oleg Vassiliev Soviet Union Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov Soviet Union Larissa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov
Ice dancing Soviet Union Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Soviet Union Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko Canada Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall

Medals by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 2 2 2 6
2  United States 1 0 1 2
3  East Germany 1 0 0 1
4  Canada 0 2 1 3

Results

Men

Kurt Browning of Canada landed the first ratified quadruple jump (a toe loop) in his free skate.[1] Jozef Sabovcik of Czechoslovakia had landed a quad toe loop at the 1986 European Championships which was recognized at the event but then ruled invalid three weeks later due to a touchdown with his free foot.[2]

Rank Name Nation TFP CF OP FS OP+FS
1 Brian Boitano  United States4.23122
2 Brian Orser  Canada 4.85211
3 Viktor Petrenko  Soviet Union 9.86354
4 Grzegorz Filipowski  Poland 9.82476
5 Christopher Bowman  United States 11.87945
6 Kurt Browning  Canada 13.012733
7 Heiko Fischer  West Germany 13.84699
8 Petr Barna  Czechoslovakia 16.611588
9 Paul Wylie  United States 17.013867
10 Vladimir Petrenko  Soviet Union 19.28111010
11 Cameron Medhurst  Australia 23.414101111
12 Oliver Höner   Switzerland 25.69131515
13 Neil Paterson  Canada 27.618121212
14 Lars Dresler  Denmark 29.217151313
15 Paul Robinson  United Kingdom 31.019141414
16 Ralph Burghart  Austria 36.010252021
17 Ronny Winkler  East Germany 36.623171616
18 Peter Johansson  Sweden 38.425161717
19 Daniel Weiss  West Germany 39.816182322
20 András Száraz  Hungary 40.022221818
21 Alessandro Riccitelli  Italy 41.221192120
22 Oula Jääskeläinen  Finland 43.627211919
23 Frédéric Lipka  France 44.420262223
WD Makoto Kano  Japan 1520
Free skate not reached
25 Tomislav Cizmesija  Yugoslavia 2428
26 David Liu  Chinese Taipei 2824
27 Joaquin Guerrero  Mexico 3023
28 Alexandre Geers  Belgium 2929
WD Alexander Fadeev  Soviet Union 1

Ladies

Rank Name Nation TFP CF OP FS OP+FS
1 Katarina Witt  East Germany 2.41211
2 Elizabeth Manley  Canada 4.82422
3 Debi Thomas  United States 6.23144
4 Claudia Leistner  West Germany 11.05565
5 Jill Trenary  United States 11.841156
6 Midori Ito  Japan 12.614333
7 Caryn Kadavy  United States 13.86877
8 Simone Koch  East Germany 16.410688
9 Natalia Lebedeva  Soviet Union 18.6871110
10 Joanne Conway  United Kingdom 20.27101212
11 Tamara Téglássy  Hungary 21.615999
12 Marina Kielmann  West Germany 25.216141011
13 Yvonne Gómez  Spain 26.011161313
14 Natalia Gorbenko  Soviet Union 27.29171514
15 Beatrice Gelmini  Italy 29.212151615
16 Lotta Falkenbäck  Sweden 35.419251416
17 Charlene Wong  Canada 36.017122119
18 Yvonne Pokorny  Austria 38.422132018
19 Claude Péri  France 38.624181717
20 Stefanie Schmid   Switzerland 39.021211820
21 Junko Yaginuma  Japan 40.218261921
22 Željka Čižmešija  Yugoslavia 40.413242324
23 Mirella Gawłowska  Poland 43.220232222
24 Gina Fulton  United Kingdom 44.823202323
Free skate not reached
25 Tracy Brook  Australia 2619
26 Anisette Torp-Lind  Denmark 2822
27 Jana Petruskova  Czechoslovakia 2528
28 Elina Hanninen  Finland 2730
29 Hyun-Jung Ji  South Korea 3027
30 Diana Marcos  Mexico 2931
31 Asia Aleksieva  Bulgaria 3129

Pairs

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev  Soviet Union 1.821
2 Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov  Soviet Union 2.412
3 Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov  Soviet Union 4.233
4 Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner  United States 6.054
5 Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston  Canada 7.465
6 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard  United States 8.647
7 Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler  Canada 8.876
8 Mandy Wötzel / Axel Rauschenbach  East Germany 11.288
9 Christine Hough / Doug Ladret  Canada 12.699
10 Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold  United States 14.01010
11 Lenka Knapova / René Novotný  Czechoslovakia 15.41111
12 Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor  United Kingdom 16.81212
13 Anuschka Gläser / Stefan Pfrengle  West Germany 18.21313
14 Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley  United Kingdom 19.61414
15 Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr  Australia 21.01515
16 Akiko Nogami / Yoichi Yamazaki  Japan 22.41616

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation TFP CD OSP FD
1 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin  Soviet Union 2.0111
2 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko  Soviet Union 4.0222
3 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall  Canada 6.0333
4 Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski  Soviet Union 8.0444
5 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck  Austria 11.0556
6 Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay  France 11.6765
7 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth  Hungary 13.8687
8 Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer  West Germany 15.6878
9 Susie Wynne / Joseph Druar  United States 18.0999
10 Lia Trovati / Roberto Pelizzola  Italy 20.0101010
11 Karyn Garossino / Rod Garossino  Canada 22.0111111
12 Sharon Jones / Paul Askham  United Kingdom 24.0121212
13 April Sargent / Russ Witherby  United States 26.0131313
14 Viera Řeháková / Ivan Havránek  Czechoslovakia 28.0141414
15 Melanie Cole / Michael Farrington  Canada 30.0151515
16 Dominique Yvon / Frédéric Palluel  France 32.0161616
17 Honorata Górna / Andrzej Dostatni  Poland 34.0171717
18 Andrea Weppelmann / Hendryk Schamberger  West Germany 36.4181918
19 Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki  Japan 37.6191819
20 Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko  Finland 40.0202020
21 Krisztina Kerekes / Csaba Szentpéteri  Hungary 42.0212121
22 Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke  Australia 44.0222222
23 Desiree Schlegel / Patrik Brecht   Switzerland 46.0232323
24 Birgit Pleninger / Michael Steiner  Austria 48.0242424
Free dance not reached
25 Yucca Liu / Jim Sun  Chinese Taipei 2525

References

  1. "A Quadruple Jump on Ice". The New York Times. Associated Press. 1988-03-26. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
  2. "The quad: Skating's evolution is for more revolution". CBS Sports. December 2, 1999. Retrieved October 31, 2011.