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Sixes Across The Board

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean reacting to a scoreboard full of 6.0's

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!

Robin Cousins' short program from the 1980 Winter Olympic Games

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)


*In figure skating's early days, the Closed Marking System was used. Records from the first five Olympics recorded judge's totals and ordinals for singles events, not their marks in each category. However, published results from the pairs events in 1908, 1924 and 1932 recorded each judge's individual scores. At the pairs event at the 1908 Summer Games in London, all three pairs received at least one perfect mark of 6.0. Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger received a total of seven 6.0's – including unanimous perfect marks for Manner Of Performance.

Toller Cranston's short program and free skate at the 1974 World Championships. Video courtesy Frazer Ormondroyd.

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.


Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay's free dance at the 1990 European Championships

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.


Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao's free skate from the 2003 Four Continents 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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