1988 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1988 1988 World Figure Skating Championships 270px Hungarian stamp sheet dedicated to the 1988 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship March 22 27 1987–88 Budapest, Hungary Budapest Sportcsarnok USA Brian Boitano GDR Katarina Witt URS Elena Valova / Oleg Vassiliev URS Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin 1987 World Championships 1989 World Championships The 1988 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from March 22 to 27. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Medal tables Medalists Men USA Brian Boitano CAN Brian Orser URS Viktor Petrenko Ladies GDR Katarina Witt CAN Elizabeth Manley USA Debi Thomas Pairs URS Elena Valova / Oleg Vassiliev URS Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov URS Larissa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov Ice dancing URS Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin URS Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko CAN Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall Medals by country 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 Results Men Kurt Browning of Canada landed the first ratified quadruple jump (a toe loop) in his free skating. 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. Rank Name Nation TFP CF OP FS OP+FS 1 Brian Boitano 4.2 3 1 2 2 2 Brian Orser 4.8 5 2 1 1 3 Viktor Petrenko 9.8 6 3 5 4 4 Grzegorz Filipowski 9.8 2 4 7 6 5 Christopher Bowman 11.8 7 9 4 5 6 Kurt Browning 13.0 12 7 3 3 7 Heiko Fischer 13.8 4 6 9 9 8 Petr Barna 16.6 11 5 8 8 9 Paul Wylie 17.0 13 8 6 7 10 Vladimir Petrenko 19.2 8 11 10 10 11 Cameron Medhurst 23.4 14 10 11 11 12 Oliver Höner 25.6 9 13 15 15 13 Neil Paterson 27.6 18 12 12 12 14 Lars Dresler 29.2 17 15 13 13 15 Paul Robinson 31.0 19 14 14 14 16 Ralph Burghart 36.0 10 25 20 21 17 Ronny Winkler 36.6 23 17 16 16 18 Peter Johansson 38.4 25 16 17 17 19 Daniel Weiss 39.8 16 18 23 22 20 András Száraz 40.0 22 22 18 18 21 Alessandro Riccitelli 41.2 21 19 21 20 22 Oula Jääskeläinen 43.6 27 21 19 19 23 Frédéric Lipka 44.4 20 26 22 23 WD Makoto Kano 15 20 Free skating not reached 25 Tomislav Cizmesija 24 28 26 David Liu 28 24 27 Joaquin Guerrero 30 23 28 Alexandre Geers 29 29 WD Alexander Fadeev 1 Ladies Rank Name Nation TFP CF OP FS OP+FS 1 Katarina Witt 2.4 1 2 1 1 2 Elizabeth Manley 4.8 2 4 2 2 3 Debi Thomas 6.2 3 1 4 4 4 Claudia Leistner 11.0 5 5 6 5 5 Jill Trenary 11.8 4 11 5 6 6 Midori Ito 12.6 14 3 3 3 7 Caryn Kadavy 13.8 6 8 7 7 8 Simone Koch 16.4 10 6 8 8 9 Natalia Lebedeva 18.6 8 7 11 10 10 Joanne Conway 20.2 7 10 12 12 11 Tamara Téglássy 21.6 15 9 9 9 12 Marina Kielmann 25.2 16 14 10 11 13 Yvonne Gómez 26.0 11 16 13 13 14 Natalia Gorbenko 27.2 9 17 15 14 15 Beatrice Gelmini 29.2 12 15 16 15 16 Lotta Falkenbäck 35.4 19 25 14 16 17 Charlene Wong 36.0 17 12 21 19 18 Yvonne Pokorny 38.4 22 13 20 18 19 Claude Péri 38.6 24 18 17 17 20 Stefanie Schmid 39.0 21 21 18 20 21 Junko Yaginuma 40.2 18 26 19 21 22 Željka Čižmešija 40.4 13 24 23 24 23 Mirela Gawłowska 43.2 20 23 22 22 24 Gina Fulton 44.8 23 20 23 23 Free skating not reached 25 Tracy Brook 26 19 26 Anisette Torp-Lind 28 22 27 Jana Petruskova 25 28 28 Elina Hanninen 27 30 29 Chi Hyun-jung 30 27 30 Diana Marcos 29 31 31 Asia Aleksieva Bulgaria 1971 31 29 Pairs Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev 1.8 2 1 2 Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov 2.4 1 2 3 Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov 4.2 3 3 4 Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner 6.0 5 4 5 Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston 7.4 6 5 6 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard 8.6 4 7 7 Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler 8.8 7 6 8 Mandy Wötzel / Axel Rauschenbach 11.2 8 8 9 Christine Hough / Doug Ladret 12.6 9 9 10 Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold 14.0 10 10 11 Lenka Knapová / René Novotný 15.4 11 11 12 Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor 16.8 12 12 13 Anuschka Gläser / Stefan Pfrengle 18.2 13 13 14 Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley 19.6 14 14 15 Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr 21.0 15 15 16 Akiko Nogami / Yoichi Yamazaki 22.4 16 16 Ice dancing Rank Name Nation TFP CD OSP FD 1 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin 2.0 1 1 1 2 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko 4.0 2 2 2 3 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall 6.0 3 3 3 4 Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski 8.0 4 4 4 5 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck 11.0 5 5 6 6 Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay 11.6 7 6 5 7 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth 13.8 6 8 7 8 Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer 15.6 8 7 8 9 Susie Wynne / Joseph Druar 18.0 9 9 9 10 Lia Trovati / Roberto Pelizzola 20.0 10 10 10 11 Karyn Garossino / Rod Garossino 22.0 11 11 11 12 Sharon Jones / Paul Askham 24.0 12 12 12 13 April Sargent / Russ Witherby 26.0 13 13 13 14 Viera Řeháková / Ivan Havránek 28.0 14 14 14 15 Melanie Cole / Michael Farrington 30.0 15 15 15 16 Dominique Yvon / Frédéric Palluel 32.0 16 16 16 17 Honorata Górna / Andrzej Dostatni 34.0 17 17 17 18 Andrea Weppelmann / Hendryk Schamberger 36.4 18 19 18 19 Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki 37.6 19 18 19 20 Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko 40.0 20 20 20 21 Krisztina Kerekes / Csaba Szentpéteri 42.0 21 21 21 22 Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke 44.0 22 22 22 23 Desiree Schlegel / Patrik Brecht 46.0 23 23 23 24 Birgit Pleninger / Michael Steiner 48.0 24 24 24 Free dance not reached 25 Yucca Liu / Jim Sun 25 25 References Associated Press A Quadruple Jump on Ice https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/26/sports/a-quadruple-jump-on-ice.html?pagewanted=print The New York Times 1988-03-26 2007-10-14 http://www.cbssports.com/u/wire/stories/0,1169,1675967_10946,00.html The quad: Skating's evolution is for more revolution CBS Sports December 2, 1999 October 31, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20001031031500/http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/wire/stories/0%2C1169%2C1675967_10946%2C00.html October 31, 2000 External links results sportsillustrated.cnn.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110603230816/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-148236-165452-56215-0-file%2C00.pdf Los Angeles Times Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Hungary Category:March 1988 sports events in Europe Category:International sports competitions in Budapest Category:1980s in Budapest