1987 Blue Swords

The Blue Swords was an international figure skating competition in East Germany. First time in 1984 the competition was organised only for junior skaters. The 1987 edition with participants from twenty countries was held November 11–14 in East-Berlin. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating.

1987 Blue Swords
Date:November 11 – 14
Season:1987-88
Location:East-Berlin
Champions
Men's singles:
 Ronny Winkler (GDR)
Ladies' singles:
 Karen Preston (CAN)
Pair skating:
 Inna Svetacheva / Vladimir Shapov (URS)
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1986 Blue Swords
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1988 Blue Swords

Men

Rank Name Nation
1 Ronny Winkler East Germany
2 Philippe Candeloro France
3 Elvis Stojko Canada
4 Cornel Gheorghe Romania
5 Mirko Eichhorn East Germany
6 Brent Frank Canada
7 Oleg Tataurov Soviet Union
8 Tomoaki Koyama Japan
9 Jan Kannegieser East Germany
10 Claudio Fico Italy
...

Ladies

Rank Name Nation
1 Karen Preston Canada
2 Atsuko Suda Japan
3 Kathleen Fenske East Germany
4 Tanja Krienke East Germany
5 Yulia Vorobieva Soviet Union
6 Jennie Broström Sweden
7 Surya Bonaly France
8 Maria Fuglsang Denmark
9 Janine Bur  Switzerland
10 Nathalie Crothers Australia
...

Pairs

Rank Name Nation
1 Inna Svetacheva / Vladimir Shapov Soviet Union
2 Mandy Hannebauer / Marno Kreft East Germany
3 Jodi Barnes / Robert Williams Canada
4 Barbora Smolikova / Roman Oberfranz Czechoslovakia
5 Anna Gorecka / Arkadiusz Gorecki Poland
6 Narelle Rolf / Robert Stephen Australia

References

German Newspaper "Neues Deutschland" Archiv, 16.11.1987 / German Figure Skating Magazin "Pirouette" 01/1988

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