Not so long ago, a judging system existed where talented young jumpers with as much musical sense as gymnasts didn't receive 9.25's for Interpretation of the Music at the Olympic Games. It wasn't a perfect system by any means, as was evidenced in numerous judging fiascos. Who could forget the Austrian 'calculation office' in the fifties, the Soviet judging ban in the seventies, the 'tap-dancing' judges in the nineties and the Salt Lake City scandal of 2002? That said, the 6.0 judging system managed to accomplish something its successor still hasn't quite figured out - deliver scores that are memorable. Mnemonists, let alone die-hard fans, would struggle to rattle off their favourite skater's TES and PCS scores from the last Olympics. They would certainly remember a shorter and sweeter number that for decades was the benchmark of perfection - a perfect six. Today's blog highlights the skaters who have achieved perfect marks on Olympic ice and at Senior ISU Championships!
PERFECT MARKS GIVEN AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES (INCOMPLETE)
|
Year |
Skater |
Phase Of Competition |
Number Of 6.0's |
Notes |
|
1908 |
Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger* |
Free Skate |
7 |
AUT, GRB (Contents Of The Programme), GER, AUT, ARG, GRB, RUS (Manner Of Performance) |
|
1908 |
Phyllis and James Henry Johnson |
Free Skate |
1 |
AUT (Contents Of The Programme) |
|
1908 |
Madge and Edgar Syers |
Free Skate |
2 |
AUT, ARG (Manner Of Performance) |
|
1932 |
Emília Rotter and László Szollás |
Free Skate |
2 |
HUN (Contents Of The Programme), HUN (Manner Of Performance) |
|
1948 |
Dick Button |
Free Skate |
1 |
USA (Contents Of The Programme) |
|
1960 |
David Jenkins |
Free Skate |
1 |
CZE (Manner Of Performance) |
|
1968 |
Emmerich Danzer |
Free Skate |
1 |
ITA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1972 |
Janet Lynn |
Free Skate |
1 |
SWE (Artistic Impression) |
|
1976 |
Dorothy Hamill |
Short Program |
1 |
ITA (Presentation) |
|
1976 |
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev |
Short Program |
1 |
CZE (Required Elements) |
|
1976 |
Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
1 |
SOV (Composition) |
|
1976 |
Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov |
Free Dance |
1 |
SOV (Artistic Impression) |
|
1980 |
Robin Cousins |
Short Program |
1 |
CAN (Presentation) |
|
1984 |
Rosalynn Sumners |
Free Skate |
1 |
ITA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1984 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Compulsory Dance #3 |
3 |
HUN, GRB, JPN (Combined Score) |
|
1984 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
4 |
HUN (Composition), HUN, ITA, CAN (Presentation) |
|
1984 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Free Dance |
12 |
HUN, GRB, JPN (Technical Merit), HUN, SOV, FRG, GRB, JPN, CZE, ITA, CAN, USA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1988 |
Brian Orser |
Free Skate |
1 |
CZE (Artistic Impression) |
|
1988 |
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
1 |
FRA (Presentation) |
|
1988 |
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin |
Free Dance |
3 |
SOV, ITA, FRA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1994 |
Viktor Petrenko |
Free Skate |
1 |
ROM (Presentation) |
|
1994 |
Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov |
Free Skate |
1 |
RUS (Artistic Impression) |
|
1994 |
Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov |
Free Dance |
1 |
RUS (Artistic Impression) |
|
1994 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Original Dance |
2 |
UKR, GRB (Presentation) |
|
1994 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Free Dance |
1 |
GRB (Artistic Impression) |
|
1998 |
Elvis Stojko |
Short Program |
1 |
CAN (Presentation) |
|
1998 |
Philippe Candeloro |
Free Skate |
1 |
FRA (Presentation) |
|
1998 |
Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev |
Free Skate |
1 |
CZE (Presentation) |
|
1998 |
Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov |
Free Dance |
2 |
ITA, FRA (Presentation) |
|
2002 |
Alexei Yagudin |
Free Skate |
3 |
USA, ROM, AZE (Presentation) |
PERFECT MARKS GIVEN AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (INCOMPLETE)
|
Year |
Skater |
Phase Of Competition |
Number Of 6.0's |
Notes |
|
1930 |
Karl Schäfer* |
Compulsory Figures** |
11 |
AUT (One Perfect Score For Each Figure) |
|
1949 |
Dick Button |
Free Skate |
1 |
USA (Manner Of Performance) |
|
1952 |
Jacqueline du Bief |
Free Skate |
1 |
GER (Manner Of Performance) |
|
1955 |
Ronnie Robertson |
Free Skate |
1 |
|
|
1958 |
David Jenkins |
Free Skate |
1 |
Manner Of Performance |
|
1958 |
Carol Heiss |
Free Skate |
3 |
|
|
1958 |
June Markham and Courtney Jones |
Free Dance |
2 |
The report in "Skating World" magazine noted "The programme and performance of Courtney Jones and June Markham was outstanding - and some judges produced 6's." |
|
1959 |
David Jenkins |
Free Skate |
1 |
FRA (Manner Of Performance) |
|
1962 |
Donald Jackson |
Free Skate |
7 |
CAN, FRG, HUN (Contents Of The Programme), CAN, CZE, GRB, SOV (Manner Of Performance) |
|
1964 |
Tommy Litz |
Free Skate |
1 |
SOV (Manner Of Performance) |
|
1966 |
Emmerich Danzer |
Free Skate |
2 |
FRG, HUN (Artistic Impression) |
|
1966 |
Peggy Fleming |
Free Skate |
1 |
USA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1966 |
Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov |
Free Skate |
1 |
SUI (Artistic Impression) |
|
1966 |
Tatiana Zhuk and Aleksandr Gorelik |
Free Skate |
1 |
FRG (Technical Merit) |
|
1967 |
Emmerich Danzer |
Free Skate |
1 |
AUT (Artistic Impression) |
|
1968 |
Peggy Fleming |
Free Skate |
2 |
CZE, GRB (Artistic Impression) |
|
1968 |
Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov |
Free Skate |
2 |
FRG, GDR |
|
1968 |
Diane Towler and Bernard Ford |
Free Dance |
3 |
Artistic Impression |
|
1969 |
Tim Wood |
Free Skate |
3 |
USA, FRG, GDR (Artistic Impression) |
|
1970 |
Tim Wood |
Free Skate |
3 |
2 For Technical Merit, 1 For Artistic Impression |
|
1970 |
Gaby Seyfert |
Free Skate |
1 |
GDR (Artistic Impression) |
|
1971 |
Janet Lynn |
Free Skate |
2 |
SUI, ITA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1971 |
Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov |
Free Skate |
1 |
SOV (Artistic Impression) |
|
1972 |
Sergei Chetverukhin |
Free Skate |
2 |
FRA, SOV (Artistic Impression) |
|
1972 |
Toller Cranston |
Free Skate |
1 |
AUT (Artistic Impression) |
|
1972 |
Janet Lynn |
Free Skate |
2 |
HUN, FRG (Artistic Impression) |
|
1972 |
Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov*** |
Short Program |
2 |
SOV (Technical Merit), FRG (Artistic Impression) |
|
1973 |
Toller Cranston |
Short Program |
1 |
ROM (Artistic Impression) |
|
1973 |
Sergei Chetverukhin |
Short Program |
1 |
ROM (Artistic Impression) |
|
1973 |
Ondrej Nepela |
Free Skate |
1 |
ROM (Artistic Impression) |
|
1973 |
Sergei Chetverukhin |
Free Skate |
1 |
SOV (Artistic Impression) |
|
1973 |
Janet Lynn |
Free Skate |
2 |
GDR, AUT (Artistic Impression) |
|
1973 |
Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov |
Free Dance |
6 |
One For Technical Merit, Five For Artistic Impression |
|
1974 |
Toller Cranston |
Short Program |
2 |
Artistic Impression, one from CAN |
|
1974 |
Toller Cranston |
Free Skate |
2 |
CAN, FRA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1974 |
Dorothy Hamill |
Free Skate |
1 |
GRB (Artistic Impression) |
|
1974 |
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev |
Free Skate |
1 |
SOV (Artistic Impression) |
|
1974 |
Irina Vorobieva and Aleksandr Vlasov |
Free Skate |
1 |
SOV |
|
1974 |
Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov**** |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
1 |
FRG (Presentation) |
|
1974 |
Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov |
Free Dance |
8 |
SOV (Technical Merit), SUI, POL, USA, HUN, FRG, SOV, CAN (Artistic Impression) |
|
1975 |
John Curry |
Short Program |
1 |
GRB (Artistic Impression) |
|
1975 |
Yuri Ovchinnikov |
Short Program |
1 |
SOV (Artistic Impression) |
|
1975 |
Toller Cranston |
Free Skate |
1 |
HUN (Artistic Impression) |
|
1975 |
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev |
Free Skate |
1 |
GDR (Artistic Impression) |
|
1975 |
Colleen O'Connor and Jim Millns |
Free Dance |
1 |
USA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1976 |
John Curry |
Free Skate |
1 |
GRB (Artistic Impression) |
|
1976 |
Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
2 |
|
|
1976 |
Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov |
Free Dance |
10 |
CZE, SOV, CAN (Technical Merit), ITA, CZE, FRG, AUS, SOV, CAN, AUT (Artistic Impression) |
|
1977 |
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev |
Free Skate |
1 |
JPN (Artistic Impression) |
|
1979 |
Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner |
Free Skate |
1 |
FRG (Artistic Impression) |
|
1979 |
Krisztina Regőczy and András Sallay |
Free Dance |
1 |
HUN (Artistic Impression) |
|
1980 |
Robin Cousins |
Free Skate |
3 |
SOV (Technical Merit), SWE, SOV (Artistic Impression) |
|
1982 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
1 |
|
|
1982 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Free Dance |
5 |
SUI, USA, ITA, JPN, POL (Artistic Impression) |
|
1983 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
7 |
SUI (Composition), ITA, SUI, JPN, USA, CAN, HUN (Presentation) |
|
1983 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Free Dance |
9 |
ITA, SUI, JPN, USA, CAN, AUT, SOV, HUN, GRB (Artistic Impression) |
|
1984 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Compulsory Dance #2 |
3 |
HUN, GRB, SUI (Combined Score) |
|
1984 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Compulsory Dance #3 |
4 |
HUN, GRB, JPN, SUI (Combined Score) |
|
1984 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
9 |
AUT, SOV, HUN, ITA, USA, GRB, JPN, CAN, SUI (Presentation) |
|
1984 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Free Dance |
13 |
HUN, ITA, GRB, JPN (Technical Merit), AUT, SOV, HUN, ITA, USA, GRB, JPN, CAN, SUI (Artistic Impression) |
|
1985 |
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin |
Free Dance |
2 |
CAN, FRA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1986 |
Katarina Witt |
Free Skate |
2 |
FRG, GDR (Artistic Impression) |
|
1986 |
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
1 |
|
|
1986 |
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin |
Free Dance |
3 |
HUN, SOV, FRA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1986 |
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko |
Free Dance |
1 |
SUI (Artistic Impression) |
|
1987 |
Katarina Witt |
Free Skate |
1 |
GDR (Artistic Impression) |
|
1987 |
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin |
Free Dance |
6 |
AUT, ITA, HUN, POL, FRA, SOV (Artistic Impression) |
|
1987 |
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko |
Free Dance |
1 |
FRA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1988 |
Brian Orser |
Free Skate |
3 |
SWE, CAN, SOV (Artistic Impression) |
|
1988 |
Katarina Witt |
Short Program |
1 |
GDR (Presentation) |
|
1988 |
Katarina Witt |
Free Skate |
1 |
BUL (Artistic Impression) |
|
1988 |
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
1 |
FRA (Presentation) |
|
1988 |
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin |
Free Dance |
2 |
SOV, FRA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1989 |
Midori Ito |
Original Program |
2 |
ITA, HUN (Technical Merit) |
|
1989 |
Midori Ito |
Free Skate |
5 |
BUL, SWE, ITA, HUN, BEL (Technical Merit) |
|
1989 |
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko |
Compulsory Dance #2 |
1 |
SUI (Combined Score) |
|
1989 |
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
2 |
SOV, CZE (Presentation) |
|
1989 |
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko |
Free Dance |
6 |
AUT (Technical Merit), USA, SOV, JPN, FRA, ITA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1990 |
Kurt Browning |
Original Program |
1 |
HUN (Presentation) |
|
1990 |
Viktor Petrenko |
Original Program |
2 |
AUS, AUT (Presentation) |
|
1990 |
Midori Ito |
Free Skate |
3 |
HUN, SUI, ITA (Technical Merit) |
|
1990 |
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
1 |
JPN (Presentation) |
|
1990 |
Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
2 |
POL, FRA (Presentation) |
|
1990 |
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko |
Free Dance |
1 |
CZE (Artistic Impression) |
|
1990 |
Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay |
Free Dance |
5 |
POL, FRA, USA, CZE, BUL (Artistic Impression) |
|
1991 |
Viktor Petrenko |
Free Skate |
1 |
USA (Artistic Impression)) |
|
1991 |
Petr Barna |
Short Program |
1 |
HUN (Presentation) |
|
1991 |
Kristi Yamaguchi |
Free Skate |
1 |
ITA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1991 |
Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay |
Free Dance |
1 |
SUI (Artistic Impression) |
|
1991 |
Maya Usova and Alexandr Zhulin |
Compulsory Dance #2 |
1 |
SOV (Combined Score) |
|
1991 |
Maya Usova and Alexandr Zhulin |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
1 |
AUT (Presentation) |
|
1992 |
Petr Barna |
Short Program |
1 |
GER (Presentation) |
|
1992 |
Viktor Petrenko |
Free Skate |
2 |
ROM, AUS (Artistic Impression) |
|
1992 |
Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev |
Free Skate |
4 |
POL, FRA, CZE, CIS (Artistic Impression) |
|
1993 |
Mark Mitchell |
Short Program |
1 |
RUS (Artistic Impression) |
|
1993 |
Kurt Browning |
Free Skate |
1 |
FRA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1994 |
Elvis Stojko |
Free Skate |
1 |
USA (Technical Merit) |
|
1995 |
Elvis Stojko |
Free Skate |
1 |
FRA (Technical Merit) |
|
1996 |
Michelle Kwan |
Free Skate |
2 |
BUL, JPN (Presentation) |
|
1996 |
Lu Chen |
Free Skate |
2 |
FRA, HUN (Presentation) |
|
1997 |
Elvis Stojko |
Free Skate |
1 |
ITA (Technical Merit) |
|
1997 |
Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov |
Original Dance |
1 |
FRA (Presentation) |
|
1997 |
Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov |
Free Dance |
2 |
ITA, GRB (Presentation) |
|
1998 |
Michelle Kwan |
Short Program |
1 |
CAN (Presentation) |
|
1999 |
Alexei Yagudin |
Free Skate |
1 |
POL (Presentation) |
|
1999 |
Angelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsiannikov |
Free Dance |
1 |
RUS (Presentation) |
|
2000 |
Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat |
Free Dance |
4 |
FRA, ISR, USA, POL (Presentation) |
|
2002 |
Alexei Yagudin |
Short Program |
6 |
ISU (Technical Merit), ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
|
2002 |
Alexei Yagudin |
Free Skate |
2 |
ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
|
2002 |
Irina Slutskaya |
Short Program |
2 |
ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
|
2003 |
Evgeni Plushenko |
Qualifying Group A |
1 |
ISU (Presentation) |
|
2003 |
Michelle Kwan |
Short Program |
1 |
ISU (Presentation) |
|
2003 |
Michelle Kwan |
Free Skate |
2 |
ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
|
2003 |
Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao |
Free Skate |
4 |
ISU, ISU (Technical Merit), ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
|
2003 |
Irina Lobatcheva and Ilya Averbukh |
Free Dance |
1 |
ISU (Presentation) |
|
2004 |
Evgeni Plushenko |
Free Skate |
4 |
ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
|
2004 |
Sasha Cohen |
Short Program |
4 |
ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
|
2004 |
Michelle Kwan |
Free Skate |
6 |
ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
|
2004 |
Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin |
Short Program |
1 |
ISU (Presentation) |
|
2004 |
Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao |
Free Skate |
12 |
ISU, ISU (Technical Merit), ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU (Artistic Impression) |
|
2004 |
Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin |
Free Skate |
1 |
ISU (Presentation) |
|
2004 |
Qing Pang and Jian Tong |
Free Skate |
1 |
ISU (Presentation) |
|
2004 |
Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov |
Original Dance |
1 |
ISU (Presentation) |
|
2004 |
Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov |
Free Dance |
9 |
ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
|
2004 |
Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski |
Free Dance |
2 |
ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
|
2004 |
Kati Winkler and Rene |
Free Dance |
1 |
ISU (Presentation) |
*In 1930, Karl Schäfer was awarded perfect 6.0's for eleven of the twelve compulsory figures by Austrian judge Julius Edhoffer. The editors of "Skating" magazine noted: "Mr. Edhoffer was quite upset when he learned that we criticised him somewhat for giving Schäfer eleven sixes on school figures, and we had a very interesting conversation with him and the Brunets on that subject. He stated that in Germany, Austria and the Scandinavian countries the judges use six to show the best performance on any particular figure and he was much surprised when we told him we felt that our judges considered six perfection and practically never used it. The Brunets said that although six had been used to their knowledge in France, it was not customary and they thought the English regarded it as perfection as we do."
**In 1969, two-time Olympian Per Cock-Clausen noted, "Prior to and just after World War II, good figure skaters seldom received marks below 5.0 in any figure, and sometimes such skaters as Sonja Henie and Karl Schaefer even received a 6.0. But very few skaters ever earned a 5.5 in the free... With the exception of a few post-war skaters such as Jeannette Altwegg, Tenley Albright and Carol Heiss, figure standards decreased.... particularly in the areas of style, circles and clean turns, during recent years judges have rarely come up to a 5.0 in any figure. On the other hand, very few top free skaters ever receive marks below 5.3. Often marks of 5.8 and 5.9 are awarded. Even if free-skating standards have risen and figure standards have declined, the results have been over-emphasized through the marking of most judges." One of the highest marks given in figures at an ISU Championship after the fifties was a 5.2, received by Olympic Gold Medallist Trixi Schuba.
***Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov made history as the first duo to receive a pair of 6.0's in the pairs short program at the World Championships in 1972.
****Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Zaitsev's 6.0-winning OSP in 1974 later became a compulsory dance – the Tango Romantica.
PERFECT MARKS GIVEN AT THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (INCOMPLETE)
|
Year |
Skater |
Phase Of Competition |
Number Of 6.0's |
Notes |
|
1936 |
Karl Schäfer |
Free Skate |
4 |
AUT, CZE (Contents Of The Programme), AUT, CZE (Manner Of Performance) |
|
1936 |
Felix Kaspar |
Free Skate |
2 |
GER, FIN (Contents Of The Programme) |
|
1961 |
Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler |
Free Skate |
1 |
Sporting Merit |
|
1965 |
Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov |
Free Skate |
1 |
FIN (Artistic Impression) |
|
1966 |
Emmerich Danzer |
Free Skate |
2 |
Artistic Impression |
|
1966 |
Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov |
Free Skate |
2 |
Artistic Impression |
|
1967 |
Diane Towler and Bernard Ford |
Free Dance |
2 |
FRA, HOL (Artistic Impression) |
|
1969 |
Gaby Seyfert |
Free Skate |
4 |
AUT, GDR, HUN, ITA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1969 |
Diane Towler and Bernard Ford |
Free Dance |
1 |
|
|
1970 |
Gaby Seyfert |
Free Skate |
3 |
Artistic Impression |
|
1970 |
Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov |
Free Dance |
2 |
|
|
1972 |
Sonja Morgenstern |
Free Skate |
1 |
ITA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1972 |
Angelika and Erich Buck |
Free Dance |
1 |
FRG (Artistic Impression) |
|
1973 |
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev |
Short Program |
3 |
1 for Technical Merit, 2 for Presentation |
|
1973 |
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev |
Free Skate |
12 |
4 for Technical Merit, 8 for Artistic Impression |
|
1973 |
Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov |
Free Dance |
1 |
Artistic Impression |
|
1974 |
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev |
Short Program |
3 |
|
|
1974 |
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev |
Free Skate |
11 |
7 for Technical Merit, 4 for Artistic Impression |
|
1974 |
Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov |
Free Dance |
10 |
2 for Technical Merit, 8 for Artistic Impression |
|
1975 |
Vladimir Kovalev |
Free Skate |
1 |
FRG (Technical Merit) |
|
1975 |
John Curry |
Free Skate |
1 |
FRA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1975 |
Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov |
Short Program |
3 |
Presentation |
|
1975 |
Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov |
Free Dance |
3 |
|
|
1976 |
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev |
Short Program |
6 |
1 for Technical Merit, 5 for Presentation |
|
1976 |
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev |
Free Skate |
1 |
SUI |
|
1976 |
Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov |
Free Dance |
3 |
Artistic Impression |
|
1976 |
Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov |
Free Dance |
1 |
Artistic Impression |
|
1977 |
Robin Cousins |
Short Program |
1 |
Artistic Impression |
|
1977 |
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev |
Free Skate |
1 |
Artistic Impression |
|
1977 |
Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov |
Free Dance |
2 |
Artistic Impression |
|
1978 |
Robin Cousins |
Short Program |
1 |
AUT (Artistic Impression) |
|
1978 |
Robin Cousins |
Free Skate |
1 |
FRA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1978 |
Denise Biellmann |
Free Skate |
1 |
GRB (Technical Merit) |
|
1978 |
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev |
Short Program |
1 |
|
|
1978 |
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev |
Free Skate |
1 |
Artistic Impression |
|
1979 |
Robin Cousins |
Short Program |
1 |
FRG (Presentation) |
|
1979 |
Robin Cousins |
Free Skate |
2 |
Artistic Impression |
|
1980 |
Robin Cousins |
Free Skate |
3 |
SOV, YUG, POL (Artistic Impression) |
|
1980 |
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev |
Free Skate |
1 |
POL (Technical Merit) |
|
1982 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
3 |
GRB, FRA, AUT (Presentation) |
|
1982 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Free Dance |
11 |
3 for Technical Merit, 8 for Artistic Impression |
|
1984 |
Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev |
Free Skate |
2 |
Artistic Impression |
|
1984 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean* |
Compulsory Dance (Rhumba) |
1 |
|
|
1984 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
6 |
Presentation |
|
1984 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Free Dance |
11 |
3 for Technical Merit, 8 for Artistic Impression |
|
1985 |
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin |
Free Dance |
8 |
SUI (Technical Merit), AUT, SOV, SUI, FRG, CZE, ITA, FRA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1986 |
Jozef Sabovčík |
Free Skate |
1 |
SOV (Technical Merit) |
|
1986 |
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin |
Free Dance |
4 |
BUL, SOV, ITA, FRA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1987 |
Alexandr Fadeev |
Free Skate |
3 |
1 for Technical Merit, 2 for Artistic Impression |
|
1987 |
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin |
Free Dance |
5 |
Artistic Impression |
|
1988 |
Katarina Witt |
Short Program |
5 |
YUG (Technical Merit), YUG, POL, HUN, GDR (Presentation) |
|
1988 |
Katarina Witt |
Free Skate |
2 |
HUN, GDR (Artistic Impression) |
|
1988 |
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
3 |
HUN, ITA, SOV (Presentation) |
|
1988 |
Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin |
Free Dance |
7 |
HUN, SUI, ITA, CZE, SOV, AUT, FRG (Artistic Impression) |
|
1989 |
Alexandr Fadeev |
Free Skate |
4 |
BUL, YUG, FRA, HUN (Artistic Impression) |
|
1989 |
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko |
Free Dance |
2 |
SOV, ITA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1989 |
Maya Usova and Alexandr Zhulin |
Free Dance |
1 |
SOV (Artistic Impression) |
|
1990 |
Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov |
Free Skate |
1 |
YUG (Artistic Impression) |
|
1990 |
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko |
Original Set Pattern Dance |
1 |
BUL (Artistic Impression) |
|
1990 |
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko |
Free Dance |
2 |
HUN, FRA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1990 |
Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay |
Free Dance |
1 |
FRA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1991 |
Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay |
Free Dance |
1 |
FRA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1992 |
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko |
Free Dance |
4 |
AUT, ITA, FIN, CZE (Artistic Impression) |
|
1993 |
Maya Usova and Alexandr Zhulin |
Free Dance |
2 |
UKR, FRA (Artistic Impression) |
|
1994 |
Viktor Petrenko |
Technical Program |
2 |
POL, SVK (Technical Merit) |
|
1994 |
Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov |
Free Skate |
4 |
CZE, RUS, SUI, BLS (Artistic Impression) |
|
1994 |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean |
Original Dance |
2 |
GRB, CZE (Presentation) |
|
1994 |
Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov |
Free Dance |
3 |
POL, GRB, GER (Artistic Impression) |
|
1995 |
Alexei Urmanov |
Free Skate |
1 |
GEO (Presentation) |
|
1997 |
Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov |
Free Dance |
6 |
EST, POL, ITA, HUN, AUT, FIN (Presentation) |
|
1997 |
Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov |
Free Dance |
6 |
EST, POL, ITA, HUN, FIN, GER (Presentation) |
|
1998 |
Philippe Candeloro |
Free Skate |
1 |
BEL (Presentation) |
|
1998 |
Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze |
Short Program |
1 |
POL (Presentation) |
|
1998 |
Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov |
Free Dance |
4 |
AUT, LIT, ITA, RUS (Presentation) |
|
1999 |
Angelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsiannikov |
Original Dance |
1 |
HUN (Presentation) |
|
2000 |
Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat |
Free Dance |
2 |
FRA, ITA (Presentation) |
|
2001 |
Evgeni Plushenko |
Free Skate |
3 |
ISU (Technical Merit), ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
|
2001 |
Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze |
Free Skate |
1 |
ISU (Presentation) |
|
2001 |
Barbara Fusar-Poli and Maurizio Margaglio |
Original Dance |
1 |
ISU (Presentation) |
|
2002 |
Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat |
Original Dance |
1 |
ISU (Presentation) |
|
2002 |
Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat |
Free Dance |
1 |
ISU (Presentation) |
|
2003 |
Evgeni Plushenko |
Free Skate |
2 |
ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
|
2003 |
Irina Lobatcheva and Ilya Averbukh |
Original Dance |
1 |
ISU (Presentation) |
|
2003 |
Irina Lobatcheva and Ilya Averbukh |
Free Dance |
2 |
ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
|
2004 |
Evgeni Plushenko |
Short Program |
1 |
ISU (Presentation) |
*Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's 6.0 for the Rhumba in 1984 was the first perfect mark for a compulsory dance at the European Championships.
PERFECT MARKS GIVEN AT THE FOUR CONTINENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS
|
Year |
Skater |
Phase Of Competition |
Number Of 6.0's |
Notes |
|
2000 |
Jamie Salé and David Pelletier |
Free Skate |
1 |
FRA (Presentation) |
|
2001 |
Jamie Salé and David Pelletier |
Free Skate |
1 |
ISU (Presentation) |
|
2003 |
Takeshi Honda |
Free Skate |
5 |
ISU, ISU (Technical Merit), ISU, ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
|
2003 |
Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao |
Free Skate |
3 |
ISU, ISU (Technical Merit), ISU (Presentation) |
|
2003 |
Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz |
Original Dance |
2 |
ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
|
2003 |
Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz |
Free Dance |
5 |
ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU, ISU (Presentation) |
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