OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XV {1988 CALGARY OLYMPICS} {1988/02/16}, PART 3 (TV)

Summary

This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1988 XV Olympic Winter Games from Calgary. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics:

Anchor sports commentator Jim McKay presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights.

Sports commentators Dick Button and Peggy Fleming cover pairs figure skating, starting with the performance of Christine Hough and Doug Ladret (Canada).

McKay gives personal background on and interviews Gillian Wachsman and Todd Waggoner (USA).

McKay gives retrospective on the top contenders going into long program; taking the lead are Yekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov (USSR), followed by Yelena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev (USSR).

Button provides coverage of Gordeeva and Grinkov's performance, which puts them into the lead.

Button and Fleming provide coverage of Jill Watson and Peter Oppegard's (USA) performance. Sports commentator Dave Santee interviews Watson and Oppegard following their performance.

Button and Fleming provide coverage of Valova and Vasiliev's performance, followed by Wachsman and Waggoner's.

Santee interviews Wachsman and Waggoner following their performance.

McKay covers final standings in pairs figure skating after the long program: in first place are Gordeeva and Grinkov, in second place are Valova and Vasiliev, in third place are Watson and Oppegard, in fourth place are Larisa Seleznyova and Oleg Makorav (USSR), and in fifth place are Wachsman and Waggoner.

Santee interviews third-place skaters Watson and Oppegard about their performances and the experience of winning a medal.

Button and Fleming cover highlights and performances of pairs figure skating.

Sports commentator Al Michaels recaps ice hockey scores: USA beat Austria with a score of 10-6, and Czechoslovakia beat USA with a score of 7-5.

Details

• NETWORK: ABC
• DATE: February 16, 1988
• RUNNING TIME: 01:00:24
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: B:15928
• GENRE: Sports
• SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1988, Winter, Calgary; Olympics; Figure Skating, pairs mixed; Ice Hockey, ice hockey men
• SERIES RUN: N/A
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CREDITS

• Jim McKay … Anchor Sports Commentator
• Peter Jennings … Anchor Sports Commentator
• Peggy Fleming … Sports Commentator
• Al Michaels … Sports Commentator
• David Santee … Sports Commentator
• Dick Button … Sports Commentator
• Gillian Wachsman … Athlete
• Todd Waggoner … Athlete
• Yekaterina Goordeeva … Athlete
• Christine Hough … Athlete
• Doug Ladret … Athlete
• Sergei Grinkov … Athlete
• Elena Valova … Athlete
• Oleg Vasiliev … Athlete
• Jill Watson … Athlete
• Peter Oppegard … Athlete
• Larisa Seleznyova … Athlete
• Oleg Makarov … Athlete