1988 Prize of Moscow News

1988 Prize of Moscow News
1988 Prize of Moscow News
Date:	November 2 – 6
Season:	1988-89
Location:	Leningrad
Champions
	Men's singles: ; File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Petrenko (URS)
	Ladies' singles: ; File:Flag of the United States.svg Tonya Harding (USA)
	Pairs: ; File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev (URS)
	Ice dance: ; File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko (URS)
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The 1988 Prize of Moscow News was the 23rd edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Leningrad, Soviet Union. It was held November 2–6, 1988. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. Soviet skaters swept the men's podium, led by Vladimir Petrenko. American Tonya Harding won the ladies' title ahead of Natalia Lebedeva from the Soviet Union. Soviets Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev, who would medal at the European Championships later in the season, took the pairs' title ahead of their compatriots, Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov, who would end their season with the world bronze medal. Olympic silver medalists Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko won the ice dancing title for the third consecutive year.

Men

Rank	Name^[1]	Nation
1	Vladimir Petrenko	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
2	Yuriy Tsymbalyuk	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
3	Alexandre Fadeev	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
4	Doug Mattis	File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
5	Dmitri Gromov	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
6	Andrei Torosian	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
7	Éric Millot	File:Flag of France.svg France
8	Viktor Baryshevtsev	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
9	Michael Shmerkin	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
10
11	Brent Frank	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada

Rank	Name^[1]	Nation
1	Tonya Harding	File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
2	Natalia Lebedeva	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
3	Natalia Gorbenko	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
4	Anna Kondrashova	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
5	Simone Koch	File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
6	Natalia Skrabnevskaya	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
7	Marina Tveritinova	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
8	Elena Taranenko	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
9	Suda Atsuko	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
10	Paola Tosi	Italy
..
15	Angie Folk	Canada
..

Rank	Name^[1]	Nation
1	Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
2	Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
3	Marina Eltsova / Sergei Zaitsev	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
4	Elena Kvitchenko / Rashid Kadyrkaev	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
5	Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
6	Lyudmila Koblova / Andrei Kalitin	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
7	Evgenia Chernyshova / Dmitri Sukhanov	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
8	Michelle Menzies / Kevin Wheeler	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
9	Ines Müller / Ingo Steuer	File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
...

Rank	Name^[1]	Nation
1	Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
2	Larisa Fedorinova / Evgeni Platov	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
3	Ilona Melnichenko / Gennadi Kaskov	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
4	Oksana Grischuk / Alexander Chichkov	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
5	Penny Mann / Richard Perkins	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
6	Jacqueline Petr / Mark Janoschak	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
7	Irina Stavroskaia / Valentin Kadzevich	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
8	Tracey Sniadich / Leif Erickson	File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
...