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
Previous:
1994 Goodwill Games
Next:
2001 Goodwill Games

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 States1.50
2 Alexei Urmanov Russia3.00
3 Evgeni Plushenko Russia4.50
4 Michael Weiss United States6.50
5 Timothy Goebel United States8.00
6 Takeshi Honda Japan9.00
7 Evgeni Pliuta Ukraine9.50
8 Yunfei Li China12.50
9 Steven Cousins United Kingdom12.50

Ladies

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

Rank Name Nation Fact. places
1 Michelle Kwan United States1.50
2 Maria Butyrskaya Russia3.00
3 Viktoria Volchkova Russia5.50
4 Angela Nikodinov United States6.00
5 Irina Slutskaya Russia7.50
6 Laëtitia Hubert France8.00
7 Elena Sokolova Russia11.00
8 Anna Rechnio Poland11.50

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Fact. places
1 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze Russia1.50
2 Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev Russia3.00
3 Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek Poland5.00
4 Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao China5.50
5 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz Canada8.00
6 Sarah Abitbol / Stephane Bernadis France8.50
7 Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler United States10.50

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation Fact. places
1 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov Russia2.00
2 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh Russia4.00
3 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov Ukraine6.00
4 Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler United States8.00

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.
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