# 1987 World Figure Skating Championships

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 | Brian Orser | Brian Boitano | Alexander Fadeev |
| Ladies | Katarina Witt | Debi Thomas | Caryn Kadavy |
| Pairs | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev | Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard |
| Ice dancing | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall |

### Medals by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## 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 | Oliver Dechert | West Germany | 46.6 | 21 | 25 | 24 |
| Free skating not reached |||||||
| 25 | Boyko Aleksiev | Bulgaria | | 26 | 22 | |
| 26 | Tomislav Cizmesija | Yugoslavia | | 24 | 26 | |
| 27 | Chi-Man Wong | 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 | Patricia Schmidt | 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 | Sandra Escoda | 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 | Edith Poon | Hong Kong | | 27 | 27 | |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | Soviet Union | 1.4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev | Soviet Union | 2.8 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard | United States | 4.2 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov | Soviet Union | 6.8 | 7 | 4 |
| 5 | Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston | Canada | 7.4 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom | Canada | 7.6 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner | United States | 10.0 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Christine Hough / Doug Ladret | Canada | 11.2 | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor | United Kingdom | 12.6 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Lenka Knapová / René Novotný | Czechoslovakia | 14.0 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Sonja Adalbert / Daniel Caprano | West Germany | 14.8 | 12 | 11 |
| 12 | Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr | Australia | 16.4 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | Shuk-Ching Ngai / Cheuk-Fai Lai | Hong Kong | 18.2 | 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 | Michela Malingambi / Andrea Gilardi | 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 | Jo Ann Borlase / Scott Chalmers | Canada | 34.0 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | Andrea Weppelmann / 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 | Park Kyung-sook / Han Seung-jong | South Korea | 44.0 | 22 | 22 | 22 |