OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XV {1988 CALGARY OLYMPICS} {1988/02/16}, PART 1 (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, introducing various highlights and events.
McKay covers a segment featuring interviews with pairs figure skaters Peter and Kitty Carruthers (USA) in which they comment on their silver medal-winning performance at 1984 Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo.
Sports commentators Al Michaels and Ken Dryden provide analysis on the heavily-favored Canadian men's ice hockey team, currently in first place in their division.
Sports commentators Sam Posey and Jeff Tucker cover the first round of the women's luge event. Ute Oberhoffner (East Germany) achieves a score of 45.906, Steffi Walter (East Germany) achieves a score of 45.828, Bonny Warner (USA) achieves a score of 46.409, and Cerstin Schmidt (East Germany) achieves a score of 46.078.
McKay and sports commentator Tim McCarver cover a segment examining the life and training of pairs figure skaters Natalie and Wayne Seybold (USA) and their support from hometown of Marion, Indiana.
Sports commentators Dick Button and Peggy Fleming cover pairs figure skating, featuring performances by Peggy Schwarz and Alexander Koenig (East Germany) and Natalie and Wayne Seybold (USA).
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 16, 1988
- RUNNING TIME: 01:01:32
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:15926
- 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; Luge, singles women
- SERIES RUN: N/A
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CREDITS
- Jim McKay … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Dick Button … Sports Commentator
- Peggy Fleming … Sports Commentator
- Al Michaels … Sports Commentator
- Ken Dryden … Sports Commentator
- Sam Posey … Sports Commentator
- Jeff Tucker … Sports Commentator
- Tim McCarver … Sports Commentator
- Peter Carruthers … Athlete
- Kitty Carruthers … Athlete
- Ute Oberhoffner … Athlete
- Steffi Walter … Athlete
- Bonny Warner … Athlete
- Cerstin Schmidt … Athlete
- Natalie Seybold … Athlete
- Wayne Seybold … Athlete
- Peggy Schwarz … Athlete
- Alexander Koenig … Athlete