Figure skating at the 1998 Goodwill Games


1998 Goodwill Games
Date:July 29 – August 1, 1998
Season:1998–99
Location:Uniondale, USA
Venue:Nassau Coliseum
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Todd Eldredge
Ladies' singles:
United States Michelle Kwan
Pairs:
Russia Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze
Ice dance:
Russia Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov
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The figure skating competition at the 1998 Goodwill Games took place from July 29 to August 1, 1998 at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, USA. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.[1]

Schedule

  • July 29, 1998 - Men's short program, ice dance compulsory dance, pairs short program
  • July 30, 1998 - Ice dance original dance, ladies' short program
  • July 31, 1998 - Men's free skating, pair's free skating
  • August 1, 1998 - Ladies' free skating, ice dance free dance

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation Fact. places
1 Todd Eldredge  United States 1.50
2 Alexei Urmanov  Russia 3.00
3 Evgeni Plushenko  Russia 4.50
4 Michael Weiss  United States 6.50
5 Timothy Goebel  United States 8.00
6 Takeshi Honda  Japan 9.00
7 Evgeni Pliuta  Ukraine 9.50
8 Yunfei Li  China 12.50
9 Steven Cousins  United Kingdom 12.50

Ladies

On July 24, 1998 Nicole Bobek withdrew from the games.[2]

Rank Name Nation Fact. places
1 Michelle Kwan  United States 1.50
2 Maria Butyrskaya  Russia 3.00
3 Viktoria Volchkova  Russia 5.50
4 Angela Nikodinov  United States 6.00
5 Irina Slutskaya  Russia 7.50
6 Laëtitia Hubert  France 8.00
7 Elena Sokolova  Russia 11.00
8 Anna Rechnio  Poland 11.50

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Fact. places
1 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze  Russia 1.50
2 Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev  Russia 3.00
3 Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek  Poland 5.00
4 Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao  China 5.50
5 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz  Canada 8.00
6 Sarah Abitbol / Stephane Bernadis  France 8.50
7 Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler  United States 10.50

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation Fact. places
1 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov  Russia 2.00
2 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh  Russia 4.00
3 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov  Ukraine 6.00
4 Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler  United States 8.00

References

  1. ^ "Goodwill Games 1998". GoodwillGames.com. Archived from the original on July 8, 2008. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  2. ^ "Bobek Out". Sports Illustrated / CNN. July 24, 1998. Archived from the original on May 4, 2001.