Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics

1988 Winter Olympics
Ice Hockey
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
Dates February 13–28, 1988
Teams 12
Venue(s) Olympic Saddledome
Stampede Corral
Father David Bauer Olympic Arena (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Soviet Union (7th title)
Runner-up   Finland
Third place   Sweden
Fourth place  Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played 42
Goals scored 316 (7.52 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Soviet Union Vladimir Krutov 15 points

The men's ice hockey tournament (women's was added in 1998) at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, was the 16th Olympic Championship. The Soviet Union – in their last Winter Olympics as a unified nation – won its seventh gold medal, surpassing Canada for most in Olympic ice hockey at that point (Canada won its ninth in 2014). The silver medal was won by Finland, marking its first ever Olympic ice hockey medal. Sweden won the bronze medal. Games were held in the Olympic Saddledome, the Stampede Corral, and Father David Bauer Olympic Arena.

The IIHF did not run a championship in Olympic years at this time. Nations that did not participate in the Calgary Olympics were invited to compete in the final Thayer Tutt Trophy.

Medalists

Source:

Qualification

The top eleven nations from the 1987 World Championships (eight from pool A, top three from pool B) qualified directly, while the twelfth ranked nation had to play off against the winner of that year's pool C. France beat Japan 8 goals to 6.[1]

First round

Group A

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Finland 53112287
 Sweden 520323107
 Canada 531117127
  Switzerland 532019106
 Poland 50419131
 France 514010470

* The Polish team was stripped of its victory after Jarosław Morawiecki tested positive for testosterone. France was recorded as having a 2-nil win, but received no points in the standings.

Group B

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union 55003210 10
 West Germany 54101912 8
 Czechoslovakia 53202314 6
 United States 52302727 4
 Austria 50411229 1
 Norway 50411132 1

Final round

The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over, excluding teams who failed to make the medal round. First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union 54102578
 Finland 531118107
 Sweden 521215166
 Canada 522117145
 West Germany 51408262
 Czechoslovakia 514012222

11th place game

9th place game

7th place game

Leading scorers

Rk GP G A Pts PIM
1 Soviet Union Vladimir Krutov 869150
2 Soviet Union Igor Larionov 849134
3 Soviet Union Vyacheslav Fetisov 849136
4 United States Corey Millen 865114
5 Czechoslovakia Dusan Pasek 865118
6 Soviet Union Sergei Makarov 8381110
7 Finland Erkki Lehtonen 846102
8 Sweden Anders Eldebrink 846104
9 Czech Republic Igor Liba 846108
10 West Germany Gerd Truntschka 8371010

Final ranking

  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Finland
  3.  Sweden
  4.  Canada
  5.  West Germany
  6.  Czechoslovakia
  7.  United States
  8.   Switzerland
  9.  Austria
  10.  Poland
  11.  France
  12.  Norway

See also

References

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