1988 World Figure Skating Championships
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1988 World Figure Skating Championships
| 1988 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 22 – March 27 |
| Season: | 1987-1988 |
| Location: |  Budapest |
| Venue: | Budapest Sportcsarnok |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Brian Boitano |
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Ladies singles: Katarina Witt |
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Pair skating: Elena Valova & Oleg Vassiliev |
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| Ice dancing: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin |
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| Navigation | |
| Previous: | 1987 World Championships |
| Next: | 1989 World Championships |
The 1988 World Figure Skating Championships took place in Budapest, Hungary.
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Medalists
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's singles | Brian Boitano |
 Brian Orser |
Viktor Petrenko |
| Ladies' singles | Katarina Witt |
Elizabeth Manley |
Debi Thomas |
| Pairs | Elena Valova & Oleg Vassiliev |
Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov |
Larissa Selezneva & Oleg Makarov |
| 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Boitano | United States |
| 2 | Brian Orser | Canada |
| 3 | Viktor Petrenko | Soviet Union |
| 4 | Grzegorz Filipowski |  Poland |
| 5 | Christopher Bowman | United States |
| 6 | Kurt Browning | Canada |
| 7 | Heiko Fischer |  West Germany |
| 8 | Petr Barna |  Czechoslovakia |
| 9 | Paul Wylie | United States |
| 10 | Vladimir Petrenko | Soviet Union |
| 11 | Cameron Medhurst |  Australia |
| 12 | Oliver Höner |  Switzerland |
| 13 | Neil Paterson | Canada |
| 14 | Lars Dresler |  Denmark |
| 15 | Paul Robinson |  United Kingdom |
| 16 | Ralph Burghart |  Austria |
| 17 | Ronny Winkler | East Germany |
| 18 | Peter Johansson |  Sweden |
| 19 | Daniel Weiss | West Germany |
| 20 | András Száraz | Hungary |
| 21 | Alessandro Riccitelli |  Italy |
| 22 | Oula Jääskeläinen |  Finland |
| 23 | Frédéric Lipka |  France |
| Free Skating Not Reached | ||
| 24 | Tomislav Cizmesija |  Yugoslavia |
| 25 | David Liu |  Chinese Taipei |
| 26 | Joaquin Guerrero |  Mexico |
| 27 | Alexandre Geers |  Belgium |
| WD | Alexander Fadeev | Soviet Union |
| WD | Makoto Kano |  Japan |
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CF | OP | FS |
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| 1 | Katarina Witt | East Germany |
1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2 | Elizabeth Manley | Canada |
2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Debi Thomas | United States |
3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 4 | Claudia Leistner | West Germany |
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| 5 | Jill Trenary | United States |
4 | 11 | 4 | |
| 6 | Midori Ito | Japan |
14 | 3 | 3 | |
| 7 | Caryn Kadavy | United States |
6 | 8 | ||
| 8 | Simone Koch | East Germany |
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| 9 | Natalia Lebedeva | Soviet Union |
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| 10 | Joanne Conway | United Kingdom |
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| 11 | Tamara Téglássy | Hungary |
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| 12 | Marina Kielmann | West Germany |
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| 13 | Yvonne Gómez |  Spain |
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| 14 | Natalia Gorbenko | Soviet Union |
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| 15 | Beatrice Gelmini | Italy |
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| 16 | Lotte Falkenback | Sweden |
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| 17 | Charlene Wong | Canada |
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| 18 | Yvonne Pokorny | Austria |
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| 19 | Claude Péri | France |
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| 20 | Stefanie Schmid | Switzerland |
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| 21 | Junko Yaginuma | Japan |
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| 22 | Željka Čižmešija | Yugoslavia |
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| 23 | Mirella Gawłowska | Poland |
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| 24 | Gina Fulton | United Kingdom |
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| Short Program Not Reached | ||||||
| 25 | Tracy Brook | Australia |
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| 26 | Anisette Torp-Lind | Denmark |
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| 27 | Jana Petruskova | Czechoslovakia |
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| 28 | Elina Hanninen | Finland |
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| 29 | Hyun-Jung Ji |  South Korea |
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| 30 | Diana Marcos | Mexico |
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| 31 | Asia Alexieva |  Bulgaria |
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Pairs
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
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| 1 | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev | Soviet Union |
2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | Soviet Union |
2.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov | Soviet Union |
4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner | United States |
6.5 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston | Canada |
8.0 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard | United States |
9.0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler | Canada |
9.5 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Mandy Wötzel / Axel Rauschenbach | East Germany |
12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Christine Hough / Doug Ladret | Canada |
13.5 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold | United States |
15.0 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Lenka Knapova / René Novotný | Czechoslovakia |
16.5 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor | United Kingdom |
18.0 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Anuschka Gläser / Stefan Pfrengle | West Germany |
19.5 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley | United Kingdom |
21.0 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr | Australia |
22.5 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Akiko Nogami / Yoichi Yamazaki | Japan |
24.0 | 16 | 16 |
Ice Dancing
References
- ^ "A Quadruple Jump on Ice". The New York Times. Associated Press. 1988-03-26. http://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/26/sports/a-quadruple-jump-on-ice.html?pagewanted=print. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
- ^ "The quad: Skating's evolution is for more revolution". CBS Sports. December 2, 1999. http://www.cbssports.com/u/wire/stories/0,1169,1675967_10946,00.html. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- results
- http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067164/index.htm
- http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148236-165452-56215-0-file,00.pdf
- http://articles.latimes.com/1988-03-26/sports/sp-201_1_world-figure-skating-championships
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