Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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The Figure skating 1998 Winter Olympics results

1 Medal table
2 Men
3 Women
4 Pairs
5 Ice Dancing
6 External links

[edit] Medal table

Pos.	Country				Total
1	Russia	3	2	0	5
2	United States	1	1	0	2
3	Canada	0	1	0	1
4	France	0	0	2	2
5	China	0	0	1	1
5	Germany	0	0	1	1

[edit] Men

Medal	Athlete
Gold	Ilia Kulik (RUS)
Silver	Elvis Stojko (CAN)
Bronze	Philippe Candeloro (FRA)

Ilia Kulik (

Russia)

Age	20		Location			Nagano, Japan									Date		February 1998
Final Rank	1st (Gold)				Coach		Tatiana Tarasova						Choreographer			?
Routine	Short Program									Free Skate									Gala Exhibition
Music	?									?									?
Runtime	?									4 min. 40 sec.									?
Jumps	?									4 Toeloop, 3 Axel + 3 Toeloop, 3 Loop, 3 Axel, 3 Lutz, 3 Flip, 3 Salchow, 3 Toeloop									?
Judges	GBR	UKR	CAN	ROM	JPN	RUS	AZE	USA	FRA	GBR	UKR	CAN	ROM	JPN	RUS	AZE	USA	FRA	/
Required Elements or Technical Merit	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	5.7	5.9	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	/
Presentation	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	/
Ordinal	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	/
Rank	1st									1st									/

Elvis Stojko (

Canada)

Age	25		Location			Nagano, Japan									Date		February 1998
Final Rank	2nd (Silver)				Coach		?						Choreographer			?
Routine	Short Program									Free Skate									Gala Exhibition
Music	?									?									?
Runtime	?									4 min. 50 sec.									?
Jumps	?									3 Lutz, 3 Toeloop, 3 Loop, 3 Axel + 3 Toeloop, 3 Axel, 3 Flip, 3 Salchow									?
Judges	GBR	UKR	CAN	ROM	JPN	RUS	AZE	USA	FRA	GBR	UKR	CAN	ROM	JPN	RUS	AZE	USA	FRA	/
Required Elements or Technical Merit	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	/
Presentation	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	/
Ordinal	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	/
Rank	2nd									3rd									/

Philippe Candeloro (

France)

Age	25		Location			Nagano, Japan									Date		February 1998
Final Rank	3rd (Bronze)				Coach		?						Choreographer			?
Routine	Short Program									Free Skate									Gala Exhibition
Music	?									D'Artagnan									?
Runtime	?									4 min. 50 sec.									?
Jumps	?									3 Axel + 3 Toeloop, 3 Flip, 3 Toeloop, 3 Lutz, 3 Loop, 3 Axel, 3 Salchow									?
Judges	GBR	UKR	CAN	ROM	JPN	RUS	AZE	USA	FRA	GBR	UKR	CAN	ROM	JPN	RUS	AZE	USA	FRA	/
Required Elements or Technical Merit	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	/
Presentation	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	/
Ordinal	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	/
Rank	5th									2nd									/

[edit] Women

1998 Olympics Ladies' Singles Medal Ceremony. Left: Michelle Kwan (Silver). Middle: Tara Lipinski (Gold). Right: Chen Lu (Bronze).

Medal	Athlete
Gold	Tara Lipinski (USA)
Silver	Michelle Kwan (USA)
Bronze	Chen Lu (CHN)

The competitors for the gold medal were Americans Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan. Kwan and Lipinski were in first and second places after the short program, respectively. In the free skate, both Lipinski and Kwan skated excellent programs. 6 judges placed Lipinski ahead of Kwan; three placed Kwan ahead of Lipinski. So Lipinski won the gold medal, and Kwan took the silver.

The competitors for the bronze medal were Chen Lu from China, Maria Butyrskaya and Irina Slutskaya from Russia. In the free skate, they all skated well, but had mistakes. The final placements were very close and far from unanimous. 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. Finally Chen won her second straight bronze medal in the Olympic Games.

Interestingly, Tara Lipinski (Gold), Michelle Kwan (Silver) and Chen Lu (Bronze) were the World Champions in 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively.

Rank in FS

Rank in FS	Skater	Judge (AUS)	Judge (HUN)	Judge (AUT)	Judge (GER)	Judge (USA)	Judge (RUS)	Judge (UKR)	Judge (POL)	Judge (FRA)	Average
1	Tara Lipinski	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1.3
2	Michelle Kwan	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	1.7
3	Chen Lu	3	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	3.8
4	Maria Butyrskaya	5	5	5	4	5	3	3	3	3	4.0
5	Irina Slutskaya	4	3	4	5	3	4	5	5	5	4.2

"FS"="Free Skate".

Final Rank

Final Rank	Skater	Rank in SP	Rank in FS	Total Score
1	Tara Lipinski	2	1	2.0 ( 2 * 0.5 + 1 = 2.0 )
2	Michelle Kwan	1	2	2.5 ( 1 * 0.5 + 2 = 2.5 )
3	Chen Lu	4	3	5.0 ( 4 * 0.5 + 3 = 5.0 )
4	Maria Butyrskaya	3	4	5.5 ( 3 * 0.5 + 4 = 5.5 )
5	Irina Slutskaya	5	5	7.5 ( 5 * 0.5 + 5 = 7.5 )

"SP"="Short Program", "FS"="Free Skate".

Tara Lipinski (

United States)

Age	15		Location			Nagano, Japan									Date		February 1998
Final Rank	1st (Gold)				Coach		Richard Callaghan						Choreographer			Sandra Bezic
Routine	Short Program									Free Skate									Gala Exhibition
Music	Anastasia									Rainbow/Scenes of Summer									?
Runtime	2 min. 41 sec.									4 min. 11 sec.									1st: 2 min. 39 sec. 2nd: 2 min. 09 sec.
Jumps	Triple Lutz + Double Loop, Triple Flip, Double Axel									Double Axel, Triple Flip, Triple Lutz + Double Toeloop, Triple Loop + Triple Loop, Triple Lutz, Triple Toeloop + Half Loop + Triple Salchow + SEQ									1st: Triple Toeloop, Triple Flip, Triple Salchow. 2nd: Triple Loop, Triple Flip
Judges	AUS	HUN	AUT	GER	USA	RUS	UKR	POL	FRA	AUS	HUN	AUT	GER	USA	RUS	UKR	POL	FRA	/
Required Elements or Technical Merit	5.8	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.6	5.7	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.9	/
Presentation	5.8	5.6	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.9	/
Ordinal	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	/
Rank	2nd									1st									/

Michelle Kwan (

United States)

Age	17		Location			Nagano, Japan									Date		February 1998
Final Rank	2nd (Silver)				Coach		Frank Carroll						Choreographer			Lori Nichol
Routine	Short Program									Free Skate									Gala Exhibition
Music	Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3									Lyra Angelica									On My Own
Runtime	2 min. 41 sec.									4 min. 09 sec.									3 min. 53 sec.
Jumps	Triple Lutz + Double Toeloop, Double Axel, Triple Toeloop									Triple Lutz + Double Toeloop, Triple Loop, Double Toeloop, Triple Flip, Double Axel, Triple Loop, Triple Salchow, Triple Lutz, Triple Toeloop									Triple Salchow, Triple Lutz, Triple Toeloop, Double Axel (fell)
Judges	AUS	HUN	AUT	GER	USA	RUS	UKR	POL	FRA	AUS	HUN	AUT	GER	USA	RUS	UKR	POL	FRA	/
Required Elements or Technical Merit	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.8	/
Presentation	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	/
Ordinal	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	/
Rank	1st									2nd									/

Chen Lu (

China)

Age	21		Location			Nagano, Japan									Date		February 1998
Final Rank	3rd (Bronze)				Coach		Hongyun Liu						Choreographer			Sandra Bezic
Routine	Short Program									Free Skate									Gala Exhibition
Music	Adios Nonino									Butterfly Lovers									Butterfly
Runtime	2 min. 35 sec.									4 min. 08 sec.									3 min. 35 sec.
Jumps	Triple Lutz + Double Toeloop, Triple Toeloop, Double Axel									Triple Lutz + Double Toeloop, Triple Flip, Double Axel, Triple Lutz, Triple Loop, Triple Salchow, Triple Toeloop + Triple Toeloop									Triple Toeloop, Double Loop, Double Axel
Judges	AUS	HUN	AUT	GER	USA	RUS	UKR	POL	FRA	AUS	HUN	AUT	GER	USA	RUS	UKR	POL	FRA	/
Required Elements or Technical Merit	4.9	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.7	5.5	5.5	/
Presentation	5.3	5.3	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.8	/
Ordinal	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	3	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	/
Rank	4th									3rd									/

Maria Butyrskaya (

Russia)

Age	25		Location			Nagano, Japan									Date		February 1998
Final Rank	4th				Coach		?						Choreographer			?
Routine	Short Program									Free Skate									Gala Exhibition
Music	?									?									?
Runtime	2 min. 39 sec.									4 min. 07 sec.									?
Jumps	Triple Lutz + Double Loop, Triple Loop, Double Axel									Triple Lutz, Triple Flip, Triple Salchow, Triple Toeloop, Triple Loop, Double Toeloop, Double Axel, Double Toeloop									?
Judges	AUS	HUN	AUT	GER	USA	RUS	UKR	POL	FRA	AUS	HUN	AUT	GER	USA	RUS	UKR	POL	FRA	/
Required Elements or Technical Merit	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.6	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.6	5.7	/
Presentation	5.6	5.5	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.5	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	/
Ordinal	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	5	5	5	4	5	3	3	3	3	/
Rank	3rd									4th									/

Irina Slutskaya (

Russia)

Age	19		Location			Nagano, Japan									Date		February 1998
Final Rank	5th				Coach		Zhanna Gromova						Choreographer			?
Routine	Short Program									Free Skate									Gala Exhibition
Music	?									Ah Nastasia									?
Runtime	?									4 min. 09 sec.									?
Jumps	?									Triple Lutz + Double Toeloop, Triple Salchow + Double Loop, Triple Flip, Triple Toeloop + Triple Toeloop, Double Axel, Triple Loop									?
Judges	AUS	HUN	AUT	GER	USA	RUS	UKR	POL	FRA	AUS	HUN	AUT	GER	USA	RUS	UKR	POL	FRA	/
Required Elements or Technical Merit	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	/
Presentation	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.6	5.6	/
Ordinal	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	4	3	4	5	3	4	5	5	5	/
Rank	5th									5th									/

[edit] Pairs

Medal	Athletes
Gold	Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev (RUS)
Silver	Yelena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze (RUS)
Bronze	Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer (GER)

[edit] Ice Dancing

Medal	Athletes
Gold	Oksana Grishuk / Evgeny Platov (RUS)
Silver	Anjelica Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov (RUS)
Bronze	Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat (FRA)

[edit] External links

Care to Ice Dance? - Scandals at the 1998 Olympics

Events at the 1998 Winter Olympics (Nagano)
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