Figure Skating 1988/Ladies' singles

The ladies' singles of Figure Skating 1988 during the 1988 Winter Olympics was held on 24-27 February 1988 in the Father David Bauer Olympic Arena and Olympic Saddledome. With 31 athletes competing, the event was won by Katarina Witt from East Germany, with Elizabeth Manley from Canada taking the silver medal and Debra Thomas from United States taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of three separate rounds. All athletes compete in the first round, in which they perform a compulsory routine. The second round allows the competitors to perform a routine of a maximum of 2:15 minutes, after which the athletes with the twenty-four best scores perform another routine of around 4:00 minutes. The scores are based on the individual rankings of the judges, with each position earning one point. In each round, athletes are ranked based on these ordinal points. The athlete with the fewest classification points after three rounds wins the competition.

Preview[]

Thirty-one athletes qualified for the event with defending Olympic champion and reigning world champion Katarina Witt as the favorite for the gold medal. However, former world champion Debra Thomas, defending bronze medalist Kira Ivanova, Caryn Kadavy, and Elizabeth Manley were some of the big medal contenders in the field. Some potential outsiders included Midori Ito, Jill Trenary, Anna Kondrashova, and Claudia Leistner.

Athlete	Nationality
Tracy Brook	Australia
Katrien Pauwels	Belgium
Petya Gavazova	Bulgaria
Elizabeth Manley	Canada
Charlene Wong	Canada
Jiang Yibing	China
Lee Pauline Chen	Chinese Taipei
Iveta Voralova	Czechoslovakia
Simone Koch	East Germany
Katarina Witt	East Germany
Agnes Gosselin	France
Joanne Conway	Great Britain
Gina Fulton	Great Britain
Tamara Teglassy	Hungary
Beatrice Gelmini	Italy
Midori Ito	Japan
Junko Yaginuma	Japan
Diana Encinas Evans	Mexico
Kim Song	North Korea
Byun Sung-jin	South Korea
Kira Ivanova	Soviet Union
Anna Kondracheva	Soviet Union
Yvonne Gomez Munoz	Spain
Lotta Falkenback	Sweden
Stefanie Schmid	Switzerland
Caryn Kadavy	United States
Debra Thomas	United States
Jill Trenary	United States
Marina Kielmann	West Germany
Claudia Leistner	West Germany
Zeljka Cizmesija	Yugoslavia

Summary[]

Compulsory Figures[]

Compulsory Figures Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Score
1		Kira Ivanova	15
2		Debra Thomas	17
3		Katarina Witt	24
4		Elizabeth Manley	47
5		Jill Trenary	49
6		Claudia Leistner	54
7		Caryn Kadavy	58
8		Joanne Conway	67
9		Anna Kondracheva	76
10		Midori Ito	90
11		Katrien Pauwels	103
12		Marina Kielmann	115
13		Agnes Gosselin	124
14		Simone Koch	122
15		Beatrice Gelmini	150
16		Junko Yaginuma	152
17		Yvonne Gomez Munoz	161
18		Charlene Wong	155
19		Tamara Teglassy	168
20		Zeljka Cizmesija	179
21		Stefanie Schmid	187
22		Iveta Voralova	182
23		Jiang Yibing	195
24		Gina Fulton	195
25		Lotta Falkenback	208
26		Tracy Brook	211
27		Byun Sung-jin	249
28		Diana Encinas Evans	255
29		Lee Pauline Chen	269
30		Petya Gavazova	264
31		Kim Song	266

Short Program[]

Short Program Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Score
1		Katarina Witt	14
2		Debra Thomas	23
3		Elizabeth Manley	25
4		Midori Ito	38
5		Caryn Kadavy	39
6		Jill Trenary	48
7		Anna Kondracheva	67
8		Simone Koch	76
9		Claudia Leistner	78
10		Kira Ivanova	85
11		Marina Kielmann	101
12		Iveta Voralova	110
13		Lotta Falkenback	140
14		Charlene Wong	149
15		Junko Yaginuma	140
16		Stefanie Schmid	151
17		Beatrice Gelmini	153
18		Joanne Conway	164
19		Yvonne Gomez Munoz	165
20		Katrien Pauwels	168
21		Agnes Gosselin	160
22		Tamara Teglassy	195
23		Tracy Brook	198
24		Gina Fulton	212
25		Zeljka Cizmesija	230
26		Petya Gavazova	235
27		Kim Song	242
28		Jiang Yibing	253
29		Lee Pauline Chen	263
30		Byun Sung-jin	266
31		Diana Encinas Evans	271

Free Program[]

Free Program Results
Rank	Nat.	Athletes	Score
1		Elizabeth Manley	11
2		Katarina Witt	19
3		Midori Ito	24
4		Debra Thomas	40
5		Jill Trenary	41
6		Claudia Leistner	58
7		Anna Kondracheva	67
8		Simone Koch	82
9		Kira Ivanova	88
10		Marina Kielmann	82
11		Beatrice Gelmini	108
12		Stefanie Schmid	110
13		Charlene Wong	107
14		Junko Yaginuma	128
15		Tamara Teglassy	133
16		Joanne Conway	140
17		Yvonne Gomez Munoz	153
18		Agnes Gosselin	165
19		Iveta Voralova	170
20		Katrien Pauwels	174
21		Iveta Falkenback	177
22		Zeljka Cizmesija	198
23		Gina Fulton	203
24		Caryn Kadavy	DNS

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality	Score
	Katarina Witt	East Germany	4.2
	Elizabeth Manley	Canada	4.6
	Debra Thomas	United States	6.0
4	Jill Trenary	United States	10.4
5	Midori Ito	Japan	10.6
6	Claudia Leistner	West Germany	13.2
7	Kira Ivanova	Soviet Union	13.6
8	Anna Kondracheva	Soviet Union	15.2
9	Simone Koch	East Germany	19.6
10	Marina Kielmann	West Germany	21.6
11	Beatric Gelmini	Italy	26.8
12	Joanne Conway	Great Britain	28.0
13	Charlene Wong	Canada	29.4
14	Junko Yaginuma	Japan	29.6
15	Stefanie Schmid	Switzerland	31.0
16	Agnes Gosselin	France	34.2
17	Katrien Pauwels	Belgium	34.6
18	Yvonne Gomez Munoz	Spain	34.8
19	Tamara Teglassy	Hungary	35.2
20	Iveta Voralova	Czechoslovakia	37.0
21	Lotte Falkenback	Sweden	41.2
22	Zeljka Cizmesija	Yugoslavia	44.0
23	Gina Fulton	Great Britain	47.0
24	Caryn Kadavy	United States	DNF
25	Tracy Brook	Australia	-
26	Jiang Yibing	China	-
27	Byun Sung-jin	South Korea	-
28	Petya Gavazova	Bulgaria	-
29	Lee Pauline Chen	Chinese Taipei	-
30	Diana Encinas Evans	Mexico	-
31	Kim Song	North Korea	-

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