Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Contents

1 Figure Skating 1.1 Top-8 finishes table 1.2 Men's 1.2.1 Free Skate final standings (top 8) 1.3 Women's 1.3.1 Free Skate final standings (top 8) 1.4 Pairs 1.4.1 Free Skate final standings (top 8) 1.5 Ice Dance 1.5.1 Free Skate final standings (top 8) 2 Speed Skating 2.1 Top-8 finishes table 2.2 Men's 500 m 2.2.1 Top 8 times 2.3 Men's 1000 m 2.3.1 Top 8 times 2.4 Men's 1500 m 2.4.1 Top 8 times 2.5 Men's 5000 m 2.5.1 Top 8 times 2.6 Men's 10000 m 2.6.1 Top 8 times 2.7 Women's 500 m 2.7.1 Top 8 times 2.8 Women's 1000 m 2.8.1 Top 8 times 2.9 Women's 1500 m 2.9.1 Top 8 times 2.10 Women's 3000 m 2.10.1 Top 8 times 2.11 Women's 5000m

Figure Skating

Top-8 finishes table

Nation	Final Placing								Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Soviet Union	2	2	1	3	0	1	1	1	11
United States	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	7
East Germany	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Canada	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	6
Poland	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Japan	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Austria	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
West Germany	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Men's

Pos	Athlete
Gold	Brian Boitano, United States
Silver	Brian Orser, Canada
Bronze	Viktor Petrenko, Soviet Union

Free Skate final standings (top 8)

Rk		Comp. Fig.	Short Prog.										Fract. Places
1	Brian Boitano, United States	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3.0
2	Brian Orser, Canada	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	4.2
3	Viktor Petrenko, Soviet Union	6	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	5	3	3	7.8
4	Aleksandr Fadeyev , Soviet Union	1	9	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	8.2
5	Grzegorz Filipowski , Poland	7	4	7	6	5	8	8	6	6	6	6	10.8
6	Vladimir Kotin , Soviet Union	5	6	8	9	7	6	9	5	4	8	5	13.4
7	Christopher Bowman , United States	8	5	5	5	8	7	5	8	8	5	8	13.8
8	Kurt Browning, Canada	11	7	6	7	6	9	7	9	7	7	9	15.4

Women's

Pos	Athlete
Gold	Katarina Witt, East Germany
Silver	Elizabeth Manley, Canada
Bronze	Debra Thomas , United States

Free Skate final standings (top 8)

Rk		Comp. Fig.	Short Prog.										Fract. Places
1	Katarina Witt, East Germany	3	1	2	2	3	3	1	3	1	2	2	4.2
2	Elizabeth Manley, Canada	4	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	4.6
3	Debra Thomas , United States	2	2	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	6.0
4	Jill Trenary , United States	5	6	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	10.4
5	Midori Ito, Japan	10	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	10.6
6	Claudia Leistner , West Germany	6	9	6	6	6	8	6	6	8	6	6	13.2
7	Kira Ivanova , Soviet Union	1	10	7	15	14	7	8	9	7	11	10	13.6
8	Anna Kondrashova , Soviet Union	9	7	8	7	8	6	7	7	6	9	9	15.2

Pairs

Pos	Athlete
Gold	Yekaterina Gordeyeva and Sergei Grinkov, Soviet Union
Silver	Yelena Valova and Oleg Vasilyev , Soviet Union
Bronze	Jill Watson and Peter Oppegard , United States

Free Skate final standings (top 8)

Rk		Short Prog.										Fract. Places
1	Yekaterina Gordeyeva and Sergei Grinkov, Soviet Union	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.4
2	Yelena Valova and Oleg Vasilyev , Soviet Union	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2.8
3	Jill Watson and Peter Oppegard , United States	3	4	3	3	4	5	3	3	3	3	4.2
4	Larissa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov , Soviet Union	6	3	5	6	6	3	4	4	4	4	6.4
5	Gillian Wachsman and Todd Waggoner , United States	4	5	7	4	8	6	5	5	8	8	6.6
6	Denise Benning and Lyndon Johnston , Canada	5	7	4	7	3	4	7	8	5	7	9.0
7	Peggy Schwarz and Alexander König , East Germany	11	6	6	9	7	7	6	7	6	5	10.4
8	Christine Hough and Doug Ladret , Canada	8	9	8	10	4	8	9	6	7	9	11.2

Ice Dance

Pos	Athlete
Gold	Natalya Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin , Soviet Union
Silver	Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko , Soviet Union
Bronze	Tracy Wilson and Robert McCall , Canada

Free Skate final standings (top 8)

Rk		Comp. Dance	Orig. Dance										Fract. Places
1	Natalya Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin , Soviet Union	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2.0
2	Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko , Soviet Union	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4.0
3	Tracy Wilson and Robert McCall , Canada	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6.0
4	Natalya Annenko and Genrich Sretensky , Soviet Union	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	8.0
5	Kethrin Beck and Christoff Beck , Austria	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	10.0
6	Suzanne Semanick and Scott Gregory , United States	6	6	6	8	7	6	6	6	7	6	7	12.0
7	Klára Engi and Attila Tóth , Hungary	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	14.0
8	Isabelle Duchesnay and Paul Duchesnay , France	8	8	10	6	4	9	8	10	5	10	5	16.0

Speed Skating

Top-8 finishes table

Nation	Final Placing								Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
East Germany	3	6	4	3	0	1	2	4	23
Netherlands	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	8
Sweden	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
United States	1	1	1	4	0	1	1	2	11
Soviet Union	1	0	1	3	2	4	1	1	13
Austria	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	4
Japan	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8
Canada	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	4
Poland	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
South Korea	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
West Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

Men's 500 m

Pos	Athlete
Gold	Uwe-Jens Mey, East Germany
Silver	Jan Ykema , Netherlands
Bronze	Akira Kuroiwa , Japan

Top 8 times

1. Uwe-Jens Mey, East Germany 36.45 WR
2. Jan Ykema , Netherlands 36.76
3. Akira Kuroiwa , Japan 36.77
4. Sergei Fokichev , Soviet Union 36.82
5. Bae Ki-tae , South Korea 36.90
6. Igor Zhelezovsky , Soviet Union 36.94
7. Guy Thibault , Canada 36.96
8. K. Nick Thometz , United States 37.16

Men's 1000 m

Pos	Athlete
Gold	Nikolai Gulyaev , Soviet Union
Silver	Uwe-Jens Mey, East Germany
Bronze	Igor Zhelezovsky , Soviet Union

Top 8 times

1. Nikolai Gulyaev , Soviet Union 1:13.03 OR
2. Uwe-Jens Mey, East Germany 1:13.11
3. Igor Zhelezovsky , Soviet Union 1:13.19
4. Eric Flaim , United States 1:13.53
5. Gaétan Boucher, Canada 1:13.77
6. Michael Hadschieff , Austria 1:13.84
7. Guy Thibault , Canada 1:14.16
8. Peter Adelberg , East Germany 1:14.19

Men's 1500 m

Pos	Athlete
Gold	André Hoffman , East Germany
Silver	Eric Flaim , United States
Bronze	Michael Hadschieff , Austria

Top 8 times

1. André Hoffman , East Germany 1:52.06 WR
2. Eric Flaim , United States 1:52.12
3. Michael Hadschieff , Austria 1:52.31
4. Igor Zhelezovsky , Soviet Union 1:52.63
5. Toru Aoyanagi , Japan 1:52.85
6. Aleksandr Klimov , Soviet Union 1:52.97
7. Nikolai Gulyaev , Soviet Union 1:53.04
8. Peter Adeberg , East Germany 1:53.57

Men's 5000 m

Pos	Athlete
Gold	S. Tomas Gustafson , Sweden
Silver	Leo Visser , Netherlands
Bronze	Gerard Kemkers , Netherlands

Top 8 times

1. S. Tomas Gustafson , Sweden 6:44.63 OR
2. Leo Visser , Netherlands 6:44.98
3. Gerard Kemkers , Netherlands 6:45.92
4. Eric Flaim , United States 6:47.09
5. Michael Hadschieff , Austria 6:48.72
6. David Silk , United States 6:49.95
7. Geir Karlstad , Norway 6:50.88
8. Roland Freier , East Germany 6:51.42

Men's 10000 m

Pos	Athlete
Gold	S. Tomas Gustafson , Sweden
Silver	Michael Hadschieff , Austria
Bronze	Leo Visser , Netherlands

Top 8 times

1. S. Tomas Gustafson , Sweden 13:48.20 WR
2. Michael Hadschieff , Austria 13:56.11
3. Leo Visser , Netherlands 14:00.55
4. Eric Flaim , United States 14:05.57
5. Gerard Kemkers , Netherlands 14:08.34
6. Yuri Klyuyev , Soviet Union 14:09.68
7. Roberto Sighel , Italy 14:13.60
8. Roland Freier , East Germany 14:19.60

Women's 500 m

Pos	Athlete
Gold	Bonnie Blair, United States
Silver	Christa Rothenburger , East Germany
Bronze	Karin Kania , East Germany

Top 8 times

1. Bonnie Blair, United States 39.10 WR
2. Christa Rothenburger , East Germany 39.12
3. Karin Kania , East Germany 39.24
4. Angela Stahnke , East Germany 39.68
5. Seiko Hashimoto , Japan 39.74
6. Shelley Rhead , Canada 40.36
7. Monika Holzner-Gawenus , West Germany 40.53
8. Shoko Fusano , Japan 40.61

Women's 1000 m

Pos	Athlete
Gold	Christa Rothenburger , East Germany
Silver	Karin Kania , East Germany
Bronze	Bonnie Blair, United States

Top 8 times

1. Christa Rothenburger , East Germany 1:17.65 WR
2. Karin Kania , East Germany 1:17.70
3. Bonnie Blair, United States 1:18.31
4. Andrea Ehrig , East Germany 1:19.32
5. Seiko Hashimoto , Japan 1:19.75
6. Angela Stahnke , East Germany 1:20.05
7. Leslie Bader , United States 1:21.09
8. Katie Class , United States 1:21.10

Women's 1500 m

Pos	Athlete
Gold	Yvonne van Gennip, Netherlands
Silver	Karin Kania , East Germany
Bronze	Andrea Ehrig , East Germany

Top 8 times

1. Yvonne van Gennip, Netherlands 2:00.68 OR
2. Karin Kania , East Germany 2:00.92
3. Andrea Ehrig , East Germany 2:01.49
4. Bonnie Blair, United States 2:04.02
5. Yelena Lapuga , Soviet Union 2:04.24
6. Seiko Hashimoto , Japan 2:04.38
7. Gunda Kleemann , East Germany 2:04.68
8. Erwina Rys-Ferens , Poland 2:04.68

Women's 3000 m

Pos	Athlete
Gold	Yvonne van Gennip, Netherlands
Silver	Andrea Ehrig , East Germany
Bronze	Gabi Zange , East Germany

Top 8 times

1. Yvonne van Gennip, Netherlands 4:11.94 WR
2. Andrea Ehrig , East Germany 4:12.09
3. Gabi Zange , East Germany 4:16.92
4. Karin Kania , East Germany 4:18.80
5. Erwina Rys-Ferens , Poland 4:22.59
6. Svetlana Boyko , Soviet Union 4:22.90
7. Seiko Hashimoto , Japan 4:23.29
8. Yelena Lapuga , Soviet Union 4:23.29

Women's 5000m

Pos	Athlete
Gold	Yvonne van Gennip, Netherlands
Silver	Andrea Ehrig , East Germany
Bronze	Gabi Zange , East Germany

1. Yvonne van Gennip, Netherlands 7:14.13 WR
2. Andrea Ehrig , East Germany 7:17.12
3. Gabi Zange , East Germany 7:21.61
4. Svetlana Boyko , Soviet Union 7:28.39
5. Yelena Lapuga , Soviet Union 7:28.65
6. Seiko Hashimoto , Japan 7:34.43
7. Gunda Kleeman , East Germany 7:34.59
8. Jasmin Krohn , Sweden 7:36.56