Your top 10 figure skating performances ever! (in order)

[dorispulaski]

This was very difficult to do quickly. I've watched skating since 1981 and these are my eleven favorite programs of all time. They are not in any certain order either.

1. Torvill and Dean '84 Olympics FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc-0BCSyWtc

2. Elaine Zayak '84 Worlds FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xrb3k2y6Q0

3. Peter and Kitty Carruthers '84 Olympics FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jer97vmp2ZY

4. Midori Ito '89 Worlds FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKGasODrAcU

5. Paul Wylie '92 Olympics FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nLhA7CVIok

6. Elaine Zayak '94 Nationals FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4zFIashnc8

7. Lu Chen '96 Worlds FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbCO_t-Oep4

8. Gordeeva & Grinkov '94 Olympics FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkIK-JTI7Ls

9. Ilia Kulik '98 Olympics FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUS1FUzQj5M

10. Michelle Kwan 2001 Worlds FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsQbrwqNE0A

11. Mao Asada 2014 Olympics FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH9AA39jPJY


These programs weren't all about winning the gold medals. They were about skating with heart. Glad I can share this. If you haven't watched these yet, please do because they conjur such great emotion. ��

I added links so that people can enjoy these!

 

[Ross74]

Janet Lynn, Blue Danube, Landover Pro champs, 1982
Janet Lynn, 1971 Worlds
John Misha Petkevich, 1970 Worlds
John Curry, 1976 Olympics
Tai and Randy, 1979 Worlds
Charlie Tickner, 1980 Worlds, LP
Torvill and Dean, 1983 Worlds, Barnum
Paul Wylie, 1992 Olympics, LP
Jason Brown, 2014 US Champonships, Riverdance
Sui/Han, 2019 Worlds, Rain in Your Black Eyes

 

[doublequad]

1. Yuzuru Hanyu 2017 Worlds FS
2. Yuna Kim 2014 OLY SP
3. Yuna Kim 2014 OLY FS
4. Nathan Chen 2019 Worlds FS
5. Carolina Kostner 2018 Worlds SP
6. Javier Fernandez 2019 Euros FS
7. Yuzuru Hanyu 2018 GP Helsinki SP
8. Patrick Chan 2013 TEB FS
9. Evgenia Medvedeva 2017 Worlds FS
10. Jason Brown 2019 Worlds SP

 

[Sabrina]

My memory is not at all helping me. I recognize I needed to review what was possible on you tube. So I know I miss a lot of precious skaters.
It is very difficult and close to impossible to list FS programs. I prefer singles to pairs and dance. As for dance only I love all skaters and their programs, so I'll try to do 2 lists for singles and couples.
Here I go:

1. Julia Lipniskaya 2014 Euro LP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkZSzpKK2MI&frags=pl,wn
2. Sasha Cohen 2006 Olympics Sp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELFerA2QZX8
3. Yuzury Hanyu SP 2014 Sochi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk6qrBrqAqo
5. Philipe Candeloro 1994 Olympics te Godfather Sp and FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LElbwFd5X0w&frags=pl,wn
6. jason Brown 2014 Nationals LP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J61k2XjRryM&frags=pl,wn
7. Denis Bielman 1980 Olympics LP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMr_wxB5iBA&frags=pl,wn
8. Kaetlyn Osmond 2018 Worlds LP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Vs7989yE4&frags=pl,wn
9. Julia Lipniskaya 2016 Sp Nationals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r--JA601wpY&frags=pl,wn
10. Alina Zagitova 2017 Nationals FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJe-DCSqxDk&frags=pl,wn

 

[Sabrina]

A few Pairs and Dance teams

Duchesnay & Duchesnay (FRA) - 1988 Worlds, Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bO1mBvQP-o&frags=pl,wn

Tessa VIRTUE Scott/ MOIR Free Dance 'Moulin Rouge' Canadian Skating Nationals 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBWYliSOd0U&frags=pl,wn

Natalia Mishkutenok/Artur Dmitriev - 1992 Albertville Olympic - Free Skating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGlG3Hus-KQ&frags=pl,wn

Klimova/Ovsiannikov (RUS) - 1998 Nagano, Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgXUkYCbAgk&frags=pl,wn

Kazakova/Dmitriev - 1998 Nagano Long Program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og0XsHBmXWs&frags=pl,wn

Elena Berezhnaya/Anton Sikharulidze 2002 Olympics SP "Lady Caliph"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqOd-Lx-xhQ

Marina Anissina/Gwendal Peizerat 2002 Olympics Original Dance - Flamenco, Tango
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUBSjJLfzbU&frags=pl,wn

Marina Anissina/Gwendal Peizerat 2002 Olympics Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlgTnsd5Dqo&frags=pl,wn

Bourne & Kraatz (CAN) - 1998 Nagano, Free Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6im9EhEI2I&frags=pl,wn

 

[rain]

I cannot do only 10. Maybe 10 per discipline, lol. And I'm not including pro or pro-am programs, just amateur competitive.

Ladies:

1. Kaetlyn Osmond SP Edith Piaf Olympics 2018
2. Michelle Kwan Lyra Angelica U.S. nationals 1998
3. Carolina Kostner Ave Maria SP Olympics 2014
4. Angela Nikodinov SP worlds 2001 (she was robbed)
5. Kaetlyn Osmond LP Black Swan Olympics 2018
6. Lu Chen SP spring breeze
7. Sasha Cohen Malaguena SP Olympics 2006
8. Lu Chen LP 1996 worlds
9. Joannie Rochette Firebird LP Canadian Nationals 2005
10. Liz Manley LP 1998
Honourable mention to Yuka Sato LP worlds 1994 and Michelle Kwan Aranjuez worlds 2003.

Mens:

1. Patrick Chan LP 2012 Canadian Nationals Aranjuez
2. Kurt Browning Casablanca LP Worlds 1993
3. Alexei Yagudin Winter SP Olympics 2002
4. Patrick Chan LP 2011 Canadian Nationals (I had the privilege of watching this live, and the electricity and perfection of it made up for the ugh, Phantom, music)
5. Jeff Buttle LP 2005 Canadian Nationals Nagoygatsi
6. Patrick Chan LP 2013 La Boheme
7. Jeff Buttle LP 2008 Worlds Ararat
8. Stephane Lambiel 2006 LP worlds
9. Daisuke Takahashi 2008 SP cyberswan
10. Stanick Jeannette 2002 SP worlds

Pairs:

1. Mishkutenok/Dmitriev LP 2001 worlds
2. Sui/Han LP 2019 worlds
3. Sui/Han SP Blues for Klook 2017 Worlds
4. Sui/Han SP Spanish Romance 2016 worlds
5. Sale/Pelletier LP Olympics 2002
6. Sale/Pelletier SP Olympics 2002
7. Duhamel/Radford LP 2016 worlds
8. Underhill/Martini 1984 LP Worlds
9. Kazakova/Dmitriev 1998 SP Olympics (I know people thought the music choice was weird, but I thought it was out of the box and I liked it.)
10. Peng/Jin 2019 SP worlds

Dance:

1. Virtue/Moir 2010 Olympics FD Mahler
2. Virtue/Moir 2018 Olympics FD Moulin Rouge
3. Torvill/Dean 1994 Rhumba OD
4. Hubbell/Donahue 2018 worlds FD
5. Virtue/Moir 2017 worlds SD Prince
6. Virtue/Moir 2007 worlds Valse Triste
7. Weaver/Poje 2011 Grand Prix Final FD Four Seasons
8. Gilles/Poirier 2018 Skate Canada FD Vincent
9. Gilles/Poirier 2014 Worlds FD Hitchcock
10. Davis/White 2010 OD Bollywood

***EDITED because of HUGE omission: How could I forget the Duchesnay's Missing FD from 1990 Worlds?

I realized I really do appreciate modern ice dance. Honourable mentions to Davis/White Die Fledermaus and Papadakis/Cizeron, pretty much everything, Shibutanis 2016 Fix You. Oh, and Bourne/Kraatz Riverdance.