The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition

Figure skating competition

-International:* International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union. These competitions are held using ISU rules; skaters are entered by their respective national skating federations....

 organzied by the United States Figure Skating Association

United States Figure Skating Association

U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating on ice in the United States. It is recognized as such by the United States Olympic Committee "USOC" under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act and is the United States member of the International Skating...

. In addition to determining the national champions, the event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

 and the Winter Olympic Games

Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...

. Skaters competed in three levels: Senior, Junior, and Novice. Medals were awarded in four disciplines: Ladies singles

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, Men's singles

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, Pairs

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

, and Ice dance

Ice dancing

Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

. Medals were given out in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth).

The 1988 Championships took place between January 4 and 10, 1988 in Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

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Men

Rank	Name
1	Brian Boitano Brian Boitano Brian Anthony Boitano is an American figure skater from Sunnyvale, California. He is the 1988 Olympic champion, the 1986 and 1988 World Champion, and the 1985-1988 U.S. National Champion. He turned professional following the 1988 season...
2	Paul Wylie Paul Wylie Paul Stanton Wylie is an American figure skater and 1992 Olympic silver medalist.-Biography:Born in Dallas, Texas, Wylie began skating at the age of three. At age eleven, his family moved to Denver, Colorado, where he began to train with Carlo Fassi...
3	Christopher Bowman Christopher Bowman Christopher Nicol' Bowman was an American figure skater. He was a two-time U.S. national champion and two-time World medalist. He won the 1983 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and competed in two Olympic Winter Games, placing 7th in 1988 and 4th in 1992.-Biography:Bowman was born in...
4	Daniel Doran
5	Angelo D'Agostino
6	Scott Williams
7	Jim Cygan
8	Todd J. Eldredge
9	Doug Mattis
10	Rudi Galindo
11	Scott R. Kurtila
12	Erik Larson
13	Mark Mitchell
14	Craig Heath
15	John Filbig
16	Patrick Brault
17	Brian Grant
18	Jon Robinson
19	Tom Zakrajsek Tom Zakrajsek Tom Zakrajsek is an American figure skating coach and former competitive skater. As a skater, he competed as a senior on the national level....
20	R. Todd Reynolds

Ladies

Rank	Name	CF	SP	FS
1	Debi Thomas Debi Thomas Debra Janine "Debi" Thomas M.D. is an American figure skater and physician. She is the 1986 World champion and 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, having taken part in the Battle of the Carmens at those games.-Personal life:...	1	1	1
2	Jill Trenary Jill Trenary Jill Ann Trenary is an American figure skater. She was a 3-time U.S. champion and won the World Figure Skating Championships in 1990....	3	3	2
3	Caryn Kadavy Caryn Kadavy Caryn Kadavy , is an American figure skater known for her classical style in singles skating.-Career:...	2	2	3
4	Jeri Campbell	4	4	5
5	Tonya Harding Tonya Harding Tonya Maxine Harding is an American figure skating champion. In 1991 she won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed second in the World Championships. She was the second woman, and the first American woman, to complete a triple axel jump in competition...	8	9	4
6	Holly Cook Holly Cook Holly Cook-Tanner is an American figure skater. She is the 1990 World and U.S. bronze medalist. She was coached by Chris Sherard. She now coaches at the South Davis Recreation Center in Bountiful, Utah. Cook is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...	7	6	6
7	Cindy Bortz Cindy Bortz Cindy Bortz is a former American figure skater. She is the 1987 World Junior champion.She is now married...	6	5	7
8	Tracey Damigella	5	8	13
9	Kelly Ann Szmurlo	9	12	10
10	Kristi Yamaguchi Kristi Yamaguchi Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi-Hedican is an American figure skater. She is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies' singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two...	13	13	8
11	Tonia Kwiatkowski Tonia Kwiatkowski Tonia Kwiatkowski is an American figure skater and coach. She is the 1996 United States silver medalist and a three-time World team member, twice finishing in the top ten at the World Championships. She competed in 13 U.S. National Championships. Carol Heiss Jenkins and Glyn Watts were her longtime...	14	7	11
12	Nancy Kerrigan Nancy Kerrigan Nancy Ann Kerrigan is a two-time American Olympic figure skating medalist and 1993 U.S. champion.-Early life and skating career:...	18	10	12
13	Lisa Cornelius	11	14	12
14	Julie Wasserman	10	17	14
15	Rory Flack-Burghart	19	11	15
16	Kathaleen Kelly	12	18	18
17	Tracie Brown	15	19	16
18	Elisa Scheuermann	16	16	17
19	Jodi Friedman	17	15	19
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Pairs

Rank	Name	TFP	SP	FS
1	Jill Watson Jill Watson Jill Watson is an American retired pair skater and coach. With her partner Peter Oppegard, she won three U.S. championships and a bronze medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics....  / Peter Oppegard Peter Oppegard Peter Oppegard is an American retired pair skater and coach. With his partner Jill Watson, he won three U.S. championships and a bronze medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics....	1.5	1	1
2	Gillian Wachsman Gillian Wachsman Gillian Margaret Wachsman was an American pair skater. After competing with partner Robert Daw for several years, she teamed with Todd Waggoner. She and Waggoner won the gold medal at the 1986 United States Figure Skating Championships...  / Todd Waggoner Todd Waggoner Todd Eric Waggoner was an American pair skater who competed with partner Gillian Wachsman. The couple won the gold medal at the 1986 United States Figure Skating Championships...	3.0	2	2
3	Natalie Seybold Natalie Seybold Natalie Seybold-Catron was an American figure skater. She competed in pairs with her brother Wayne Seybold. The duo captured a pair of silver medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics....  / Wayne Seybold Wayne Seybold Wayne Seybold was an American pair skater. He competed with his sister Natalie Seybold. The duo captured a pair of silver medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics...	4.5	3	3
4	Katy Keely / Joseph Mero	6.0	4	4
5	Kristi Yamaguchi Kristi Yamaguchi Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi-Hedican is an American figure skater. She is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies' singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two...  / Rudy Galindo Rudy Galindo Val Joe "Rudy" Galindo is an American figure skater who competed in both single skating and pair skating. As a single skater, he is the 1996 U.S. national champion and 1987 World Junior Champion. As a pairs skater, he competed with Kristi Yamaguchi and was the 1988 World Junior Champion and the...	7.5	5	5
6	Calla Urbanski Calla Urbanski Calla V. Urbanski-Petka is an American pair skater. With partner Rocky Marval, she is the 1992-1993 U.S. National Champion. They finished 10th at the 1992 Winter Olympics. They were dubbed "The Waitress and the Truck Driver" by the media because of their former occupations. They split up in the...  / Michael Blicharski	10.5	9	6
7	Sharon Carz / Doug Williams	11.0	8	7
8	Lori Blasko / Todd Sand Todd Sand Todd Sand is an American pairs skater. He currently skates professionally with wife Jenni Meno.-Life and career:Sand was born in Burbank, California. He has dual American and Danish citizenship and early in his career, he represented Denmark as a single skater...	11.5	7	8
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Ice dancing

Rank	Name
1	Suzanne Semanick Suzanne Semanick Suzanne "Suzy" Semanick was an American figure skater. She competed in ice dance at the 1988 Winter Olympics with Scott Gregory. The pair won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice. She later paired with Ron Kravette and won 2 bronze medals at the United States Figure Skating...  / Scott Gregory Scott Gregory Scott Gregory was an American ice dancer. He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics with Elisa Spitz. He then paired with Suzanne Semanick, with whom he won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice and competed at the Olympics in 1988...
2	Susan Wynne Susan Wynne Susan "Susie" Wynne is a former American ice dancer and current figure skating analyst and commentator. She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics with Joseph Druar. The duo won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice. She later competed with Russ Witherby...  / Joseph Druar Joseph Druar Joseph Druar was an American ice dancer. He competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics with Susie Wynne. The duo won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice.-Results:-Navigation:...
3	April Sargent April Sargent April Sargent is an American ice dancer. Skating with Russ Witherby, she won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992 and competed in the Winter Olympics that year. She currently coaches at the Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society....  / Russ Witherby Russ Witherby Russ Witherby is an American coach and former competitive figure skater. He competed in ice dance with several partners. He and April Sargent Thomas competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics...
4	Renée Roca Renee Roca Renée Roca is an American ice dancer and choreographer. She is a three-time U.S. national champion with different partners. Competing with partner Donald Adair, she is the 1986 U.S. national champion. She later teamed up with Russian skater Gorsha Sur, with whom she is the 1993 and 1995 U.S...  / James Yorke
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Men

Rank	Name
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2	Aren Nielsen Aren Nielsen Aren Nielsen is an American former competitive figure skater. He is currently the Skating Director at the Atlanta IceForum, in Duluth, GA.-Competitive highlights:-Other competitive highlights:-External links:...
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