Figure Skating at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games:

Women's Singles

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Host City: Calgary, Canada
Venue(s): Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary; Olympic Saddledome, Calgary; Stampede Corral, Calgary
Date Started: February 24, 1988
Date Finished: February 27, 1988
Format: Skaters were ranked on Ordinal Placement, based on judges' points, with final placement for each section determined by Majority Placements. The tiebreaker for the Short Program was the Required Elements score, while the tiebreaker for the Free Skating was the Artistic Impression score. Thus, if a skater was ranked first by a majority of the judges, that skater was placed first overall for that section. Ties were broken by a Subsequent Majority rule, i.e., if the skaters were ranked for the same position by the same number of judges, Majority Placement for the next higher position for each skater determined who was ranked higher. Final placement was determined by factored placements. The tiebreakers were then 1) Number of Majority Placements, 2) Total Ordinals of Majority, 3) Total Ordinals. The placement for the Compulsory Figures was factored by 0.6 (30%), the placement for the short program was factored by 0.4 (20%), and the placement for Free Skating was factored by 1.0 (50%). The sums of the factored placements were then used to determine final placement, with the Free Skating being the tiebreaker.

Gold:	Katarina Witt
Silver:	Elizabeth Manley
Bronze:	Debi Thomas