Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

The figure skating events in 1998 Winter Olympics were held at the White Ring in Nagano. There were no changes in the format or scoring systems from 1994. Professionals were again allowed to compete, although they had to declare that intention and compete in ISU-approved events to do so. Previously, the ISU had been accused of rejecting Western professionals, while allowing Eastern Bloc state-sponsored "amateurs" to compete.[1][2] Most of the top competitors by 1998 were now openly professional.

Figure skating at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Type:Olympic Games
Venue:White Ring
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Ilia Kulik
Ladies' singles:
United States Tara Lipinski
Pair skating:
Russia Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev
Ice dance:
Russia Oksana Grishuk / Evgeny Platov
Previous:
1994 Winter Olympics
Next:
2002 Winter Olympics

The competitions took place on the following days:

  • Pairs: 8–10 February 1998
  • Men's singles: 12–14 February 1998
  • Ice dance: 13–16 February 1998
  • Ladies' singles: 18–20 February 1998[3]
  • Exhibition gala: 21 February 1998

Medal summary

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
Ilia Kulik
 Russia
Elvis Stojko
 Canada
Philippe Candeloro
 France
Ladies' singles
Tara Lipinski
 United States
Michelle Kwan
 United States
Chen Lu
 China
Pair skating
 Oksana Kazakova
and Artur Dmitriev (RUS)
 Elena Berezhnaya
and Anton Sikharulidze (RUS)
 Mandy Wötzel
and Ingo Steuer (GER)
Ice dance
 Oksana Grishuk
and Evgeny Platov (RUS)
 Anjelika Krylova
and Oleg Ovsyannikov (RUS)
 Marina Anissina
and Gwendal Peizerat (FRA)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia3205
2 United States1102
3 Canada0101
4 France0022
5 China0011
 Germany0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Participating NOCs

Thirty-five nations competed in the figure skating events at Nagano.

Results

Men

The favourites and top two after the short program were Ilia Kulik and Elvis Stojko, who would skate first and last, respectively. Medal contenders Alexei Yagudin, Todd Eldredge and Philippe Candeloro went in between. Steven Cousins was the other skater in the final draw, but he was not considered to have a realistic chance of making the podium.

Kulik skated a flawless program which included a quad toe loop to open the last session. Yagudin, who was one of several athletes suffering from the flu during these games, fell on his quad attempt and his triple Axel, which took him out of medal contention. Eldredge was skating cleanly until he popped what was to be his second triple Axel, and then he fell again when he tried to complete the jump again in the closing seconds. Candeloro, with the exception of a step out on his triple Axel, skated his program flawlessly to end up second in the free skating. Stojko, who skated last, originally intended to perform a quad toe loop/triple toe loop combination. However, a partial groin tear and the flu prevented him from attempting the combo, so he downgraded his quad to a triple. Despite his injury, he skated a clean program but finished the free skating third, placing second overall behind Kulik.

The countries represented by the podium finishers were the same as in the men's competition at the Lillehammer 1994 games, with Stojko and Candeloro getting their second consecutive silver and bronze medals, respectively. In a noteworthy instance, Stojko had to limp to the podium on sneakers at the medal presentation. He also did not skate at the figure skating gala, although he did take the ice briefly to announce that he would skip the World Championships next month.

Rank Name Nation SP FS TFP
1 Ilia Kulik Russia111.5
2 Elvis Stojko Canada234.0
3 Philippe Candeloro France524.5
4 Todd Eldredge United States345.5
5 Alexei Yagudin Russia457.0
6 Steven Cousins Great Britain6710.0
7 Michael Weiss United States11611.5
8 Guo Zhengxin China10914.0
9 Michael Tyllesen Denmark91115.5
10 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk Ukraine16816.0
11 Ivan Dinev Bulgaria71417.5
12 Jeff Langdon Canada171018.5
13 Szabolcs Vidrai Hungary121619.0
14 Dmitri Dmitrenko Ukraine81620.0
15 Takeshi Honda Japan181221.0
16 Igor Pashkevich Azerbaijan131521.5
17 Yamato Tamura Japan151724.5
18 Michael Shmerkin Israel141825.0
19 Roman Skorniakov Uzbekistan201929.0
20 Margus Hernits Estonia192029.5
21 Cornel Gheorghe Romania212131.5
22 Patrick Meier Switzerland222233.0
23 Gilberto Viadana Italy242335.0
24 Lee Kyu-hyun South Korea232435.5
Free skating not reached
25 Anthony Liu Australia25
26 Róbert Kažimír Slovakia26
27 David Liu Chinese Taipei27
28 Yuri Litvinov Kazakhstan28
29 Patrick Schmit Luxembourg29

Referee:

  • Britta Lindgren

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

  • United Kingdom Margaret Worsfold
  • Ukraine Vladislav Petukov
  • Canada Sally Rehorick
  • Romania Mariana Silvia Chita
  • Japan Mieko Fujimora
  • Russia Sviatoslav Babenko
  • Azerbaijan Evgenia Bogdanova
  • United States Paula Naughton
  • France Marie-Reine Le Gougne
  • Hungary Zsofia Wagner (substitute)

Ladies

The primary contenders for the gold medal were Americans Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan.[4] Kwan and Lipinski were in first and second place respectively after the short program. In the free skating, both Lipinski and Kwan skated clean. 6 judges placed Lipinski ahead of Kwan, and three placed Kwan ahead of Lipinski, which meant Lipinski won the gold medal, and Kwan took the silver.

The primary competitors for the bronze medal were Maria Butyrskaya and Irina Slutskaya from Russia, and Chen Lu from China. In the free skating, they all skated well, but had mistakes. The final placements were very close. The 3rd–5th place votes were split unevenly between Chen, Butyrskaya, and Slutskaya. Chen beat Butyrskaya by the tally of 5 judges to 4 and beat Slutskaya 6 judges to 3, giving Chen her second straight bronze medal in the Olympic Games.

Tara Lipinski (gold), Michelle Kwan (silver) and Chen Lu (bronze) were the World Champions in 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. Lipinski also became the youngest competitor in Winter Olympics history to earn a gold medal in an individual event.[5]

While not a medal winner, France's injured Surya Bonaly, who placed 10th, completed an (illegal) backflip during her long program, making her the fourth person and only woman to ever land a backflip in competition. She is the only person to land on one foot and to do a split mid-air (now colloquially referred to as a 'Bonaly'). She performed the unorthodox maneuver as a result of a previous fall and poor program due to an injured foot, however given the illegal nature of the move, her backflip was not considered when grading her technical merit. Youtube video

Rank Name Nation SP FS TFP
1 Tara Lipinski United States212.0
2 Michelle Kwan United States122.5
3 Chen Lu China435.0
4 Maria Butyrskaya Russia345.5
5 Irina Slutskaya Russia557.5
6 Vanessa Gusmeroli France8610.0
7 Elena Sokolova Russia10712.0
8 Tatiana Malinina Uzbekistan9812.5
9 Elena Liashenko Ukraine71013.5
10 Surya Bonaly France61114.0
11 Yulia Lavrenchuk Ukraine15916.5
12 Joanne Carter Australia111217.5
13 Shizuka Arakawa Japan141421.0
14 Julia Lautowa Austria211323.5
15 Júlia Sebestyén Hungary191524.5
16 Yulia Vorobieva Azerbaijan181625.0
17 Nicole Bobek United States171725.5
18 Lenka Kulovaná Czech Republic161826.0
19 Anna Rechnio Poland132026.5
20 Laëtitia Hubert France122127.0
21 Alisa Drei Finland201929.0
22 Marta Andrade Spain242234.0
23 Mojca Kopač Slovenia222334.0
24 Shirene Human South Africa232435.5
Free skating not reached
25 Ivana Jakupcevic Croatia25
26 Helena Grundberg Sweden26
27 Tony Bombardieri Italy27
28 Sofia Penkova Bulgaria28
Rank in FS
Rank in FSSkaterJudge (Australia)Judge (Hungary)Judge (Austria)Judge (Germany)Judge (United States)Judge (Russia)Judge (Ukraine)Judge (Poland)Judge (France)Average
1Tara Lipinski1112211211.3
2Michelle Kwan2221122121.7
3Chen Lu3433454443.8
4Maria Butyrskaya5554533334.0
5Irina Slutskaya4345345554.2

FS=Free Skating

Final Rank
Final RankSkaterRank in SPRank in FSTotal Score
1Tara Lipinski212.0 ( 2 * 0.5 + 1 = 2.0 )
2Michelle Kwan122.5 ( 1 * 0.5 + 2 = 2.5 )
3Chen Lu435.0 ( 4 * 0.5 + 3 = 5.0 )
4Maria Butyrskaya345.5 ( 3 * 0.5 + 4 = 5.5 )
5Irina Slutskaya557.5 ( 5 * 0.5 + 5 = 7.5 )

SP=Short Program, FS=Free Skating

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

  • Tjasa Andrée-Prosenc

Judges:

  • Australia Frank A. Parsons
  • Hungary Judit Furst-Tombor
  • Austria Karin Ehrhardt
  • Germany Jan Hoffmann
  • United States Susan A. Johnson
  • Russia Anatoli Bogatyrev
  • Ukraine Alfred Korytek
  • Poland Maria Miller
  • France Anne Hardy Thomas
  • Czech Republic Liliana Strechova (substitute)

Pairs

Artur Dmitriev of Russia won his second Olympic gold here. He had previously won in 1992 with a different partner. He was the first man to win the Olympics more than once with different partners.[6] The first woman to do so was Russian skater Irina Rodnina, who won three Olympics with two different partners.

Full results

Rank Name Nation SP FS TFP
1 Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev Russia111.5
2 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze Russia323.5
3 Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer Germany234.0
4 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen United States446.0
5 Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo China859.0
6 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis France769.5
7 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov Russia579.5
8 Jenni Meno / Todd Sand United States6912.0
9 Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller Germany9812.5
10 Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek Poland101116.0
11 Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko Ukraine131016.5
12 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz Canada111217.5
13 Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr Australia151320.5
14 Marina Khalturina / Andrei Krukov Kazakhstan161422.0
15 Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola Czech Republic141522.0
16 Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet Canada121622.0
17 Sabrina Lefrançois / Nicolas Osseland France171725.5
18 Inga Rodionova / Aleksandr Anichenko Azerbaijan191827.5
19 Maria Krasiltseva / Alexander Chestnikh Armenia181928.0
20 Marie Arai / Shin Amano Japan202030.0

Referee:

  • Walburga Grimm

Assistant Referee:

  • Ronald T. Pfenning

Judges:

Ice dance

Grishuk and Platov became the first pair ever to repeat as champions in Olympic Ice Dance. They won 21 straight events before they won in Nagano.[7]

The judging was marred by accusations that the Europeans colluded in "bloc voting" (where judges tend to favor skaters from their regions), so that the dance teams representing their countries would take the medals, while keeping the Canadians off the podium.[8][9]

Full results

Rank Name Nation CD1 CD2 OD FD TFP
1 Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov Russia11112.0
2 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov Russia22224.0
3 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat France33347.0
4 Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz Canada54437.2
5 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh Russia45559.8
6 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio Italy666612.0
7 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow United States777714.0
8 Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas Lithuania898816.2
9 Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko Ukraine9810918.4
10 Kati Winkler / René Lohse Germany111191019.8
11 Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy France1010121122.2
12 Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński Poland1212111223.4
13 Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček Czech Republic1313131326.0
14 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski Israel1714141428.6
15 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov Ukraine1516151530.2
16 Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov Belarus1415171632.0
17 Diane Gerencser / Pasquale Camerlengo Italy1617161733.2
18 Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski Bulgaria1818181836.0
19 Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet Canada1919191938.0
20 Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo France2021212040.8
21 Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler United States2220202141.4
22 Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga Kazakhstan2322222244.2
23 Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka Japan2123232345.6
24 Ksenia Smetanenko / Samuel Gezalian Armenia2424242448.0

Referee:

  • Wolfgang Kunz

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

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