1987 World Figure Skating Championships

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1987 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 10 – 15
Season:1986–87
Location:Cincinnati, USA
Venue:Riverfront Coliseum
Champions
Men's singles:
Canada Brian Orser
Ladies' singles:
East Germany Katarina Witt
Pair skating:
Soviet Union Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov
Ice dance:
Soviet Union Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
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The 1987 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, USA from March 10 to 15. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Medal tables[]

Medalists[]

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Canada Brian Orser United States Brian Boitano Soviet Union Alexander Fadeev
Ladies East Germany Katarina Witt United States Debi Thomas United States Caryn Kadavy
Pairs Soviet Union Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov Soviet Union Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev United States Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard
Ice dancing Soviet Union Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Soviet Union Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko Canada Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall

Medals by country[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)2215
2 Canada (CAN)1012
3 East Germany (GDR)1001
4 United States (USA)0224
Totals (4 nations)44412

Results[]

Men[]

Rank Name Nation TFP CF OP FS
1 Brian Orser  Canada 3.2 3 1 1
2 Brian Boitano  United States 4.0 2 2 2
3 Alexander Fadeev  Soviet Union 4.8 1 3 3
4 Vladimir Kotin  Soviet Union 10.4 4 5 6
5 Grzegorz Filipowski  Poland 11.6 7 6 5
6 Viktor Petrenko  Soviet Union 11.6 5 4 7
7 Christopher Bowman  United States 14.2 11 9 4
8 Petr Barna  Czechoslovakia 17.8 10 7 9
9 Richard Zander  West Germany 20.0 6 11 12
10 Scott Williams  United States 21.6 9 8 13
11 Makoto Kano  Japan 22.2 17 10 8
12 Masaru Ogawa  Japan 22.8 12 14 10
13 Falko Kirsten  East Germany 25.2 13 16 11
14 Oliver Höner   Switzerland 27.6 8 17 16
15 Kurt Browning  Canada 30.0 14 19 14
16 Lars Dresler  Denmark 32.2 20 13 15
17 Paul Robinson  United Kingdom 33.6 18 12 18
18 Philippe Roncoli  France 34.0 15 20 17
19 Alessandro Riccitelli  Italy 36.6 16 15 21
20 Michael Slipchuk  Canada 39.8 19 21 20
21 Peter Johansson  Sweden 41.2 25 18 19
22 Cameron Medhurst  Australia 45.0 23 23 22
23 Oula Jääskeläinen  Finland 45.8 22 24 23
24  West Germany 46.6 21 25 24
Free skating not reached
25 Boyko Aleksiev  Bulgaria 26 22
26 Tomislav Cizmesija  Yugoslavia 24 26
27  Hong Kong 27 27

Ladies[]

Rank Name Nation TFP CF OP FS
1 Katarina Witt  East Germany 4.4 5 1 1
2 Debi Thomas  United States 6.0 2 7 2
3 Caryn Kadavy  United States 7.4 4 5 3
4 Elizabeth Manley  Canada 10.4 6 2 6
5 Kira Ivanova  Soviet Union 12.0 1 6 9
6 Claudia Leistner  West Germany 13.0 3 8 8
7 Jill Trenary  United States 13.2 11 4 5
8 Midori Ito  Japan 13.6 14 3 4
9 Anna Kondrashova  Soviet Union 14.8 7 9 7
10 Joanne Conway  United Kingdom 20.8 10 12 10
11  Canada 20.8 8 10 12
12 Susanne Becher  West Germany 23.6 9 18 11
13 Claudia Villiger   Switzerland 25.8 12 14 13
14 Agnès Gosselin  France 28.2 13 16 14
15 Iveta Voralova  Czechoslovakia 31.0 18 13 15
16 Željka Čižmešija  Yugoslavia 34.2 16 19 17
17 Beatrice Gelmini  Italy 35.2 22 15 16
18 Tracy-Lee Brook  Australia 36.8 20 17 18
19 Elina Hanninen  Finland 39.8 19 21 20
20 Yvonne Pokorny  Austria 40.0 17 22 21
21 Helene Persson  Sweden 40.8 23 20 19
22 Chi Hyun-jung  South Korea 43.8 21 23 22
23  Spain 47.6 25 24 23
WD Tamara Téglássy  Hungary 15 11
Free skating not reached
25 Pauline Lee  Chinese Taipei 24 26
26 Petya Gavazova  Bulgaria 26 25
27  Hong Kong 27 27

Pairs[]

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov  Soviet Union 1.5 1 1
2 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev  Soviet Union 3.0 2 2
3 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard  United States 4.5 3 3
4 Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov  Soviet Union 7.5 7 4
5 Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston  Canada 8.0 6 5
6 Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom  Canada 8.0 4 6
7 Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner  United States 10.5 5 8
8 Christine Hough / Doug Ladret  Canada 11.0 8 7
9 Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor  United Kingdom 13.5 9 9
10 Lenka Knapová / René Novotný  Czechoslovakia 15.0 10 10
11 /  West Germany 17.0 12 11
12 Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr  Australia 17.5 11 12
13 /  Hong Kong 19.5 13 13

Ice dancing[]

Rank Name Nation TFP CD OSP FD
1 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin  Soviet Union 2.4 1 2 1
2 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko  Soviet Union 3.6 2 1 2
3 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall  Canada 6.0 3 3 3
4 Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski  Soviet Union 8.0 4 4 4
5 Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory  United States 10.0 5 5 5
6 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck  Austria 12.0 6 6 6
7 Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer  West Germany 14.0 7 7 7
8 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth  Hungary 16.0 8 8 8
9 Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay  France 18.6 10 9 9
10 Karyn Garossino / Rod Garossino  Canada 20.4 9 10 11
11 Lia Trovati / Roberto Pelizzola  Italy 21.0 11 11 10
12 Susie Wynne / Joseph Druar  United States 24.4 12 13 12
13 Sharon Jones / Paul Askham  United Kingdom 25.6 13 12 13
14 /  Italy 28.0 14 14 14
15 Honorata Górna / Andrzej Dostatni  Poland 31.0 16 16 15
16 Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki  Japan 31.0 15 15 16
17 /  Canada 34.0 17 17 17
18 / Hendryk Schamberger  West Germany 36.0 18 18 18
19 Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke  Australia 38.6 20 19 19
20 Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko  Finland 39.8 19 21 20
21 Hristina Boyanova / Yavor Ivanov  Bulgaria 41.6 21 20 21
22 /  South Korea 44.0 22 22 22

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