Brian Orser (CAN) - 1984 Sarajevo, Men's Long Program

Sarajevo, YUGOSLAVIA - 1984 Winter Games, Figure Skating, Men's Long Program - First, a clip of the quadruple toe-loop attempt by Aleksandr Fadeev of the Soviet Union, followed by Brian Orser of Canada, who won the Long Program, to move up from 5th to win the Silver Medal.

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• 1984
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• skating

[victoriaindigo]

Damn those Compulsory Figures

And yet Orser came back just as strong in 88! '

And I have no clue if CF were still around in 88

[3Axel1996]

@victoriaindigo They were still around in 1988. The last year CF were competed at an ISU event was the 1989-1990 season. After 1984, many skaters who were experts in performing CFs retired (such as Scott and Jean-Claude Simond), so Orser, Boitano and Sabovcik were able to move up the ranks significantly next season.

[gshassan]

How did Scott Hamilton win the Gold??

[3Axel1996]

@gshassan Scott was 1st in Compulsory Figures (then worth 30% of the overall score), while Brian was 7th. Scott was 2nd in the Short Program (worth 20% of the overall score), Brian was 1st. Scott was 2nd in the Long Program (worth 50% of the overall score), Brian was 1st. The deficit Brian had after the figures were too great to overcome.

[schulz1]

Everybody talks about how Orser should or should not have won the Olympics in 88. But the real question is, whether he should have actually won here. His free and short programmes were so good in 84, clearly above anybody else. Others should have beaten Hamilton in the free to allow Brian to win. Brian should have won here, despite the compulsory figures.

[gutierrezskating]

@gshassan I'm asking the same question for years!!!!!!!

[mlc2005]

I agree with another poster who commented that Orser was the Janet Lynn of these games, and Hamilton was the Trixie Schuba. I'm actually surprised, looking back, that there was even an audience for figure skating during this era, when mediocre free skates kept getting gold medals over incredible, mind blowing performances. Where was the outrage, and why did it take so long for things to change?

[victoriaindigo]

@3Axel1996 Thanks for the info, I had no idea when CF were stopped.

[RaymondHng]

@gshassan Hamilton's factored placement was 3.4 and Orser's factored placement was 5.6. Orser would have won gold if he were to have placed 3rd or 2nd in Compulsory Figures.

[nivbri]

@nivbri LOL I could post the exact same thing on Hamilton''s page! LOL.

[nivbri]

Figures were too important - it is performances like this that would lead them to be abolished.

[TheSienna29]

@3Axel1996 Do you think Scott was overscored in the long program?