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1987 Blue Swords

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

Men

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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

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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

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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

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