Kurt Browning (CAN) - 1992 Albertville, Men's Original Program

Albertville, FRANCE - 1992 Winter Games, Figure Skating, Men's Original Program - Kurt Browning of Canada placed 4th after a surprising fall on the jump combination.

[@Cards-vt2ly]

Kurt may never have won an Olympic medal but he is undoubtedly one of the best. A true gentleman.

[@jennifer5512]

No one skated well at this Olympics except Paul Wylie.

[@shimmeringfairydust3275]

Paul was robbed. Should have been Olympic champ.

[@valerieteti1755]

Intelligent insightful comments from Christopher Bowman RIP

[@novascotiaskater1868]

Yes I was thinking the same thing! I miss Bowman the Show man! He was super talented but just couldn’t deal with nerves….

[@theresabollman8061]

I'm not Canadian, but we love kurt too. USA.

[@michaeljj43]

no way 4th place after this performance. should have been much lower in the rankings. no way 5.4 for technical. too high.

[@vickenator]

I remember watching this performance live (or as 'live' as it could be with the time delay) back in '92. Wasn't a fan of the program/music/costume at the time and though I can appreciate the artistry now... it's still not a favorite. Great skater, though, always one of my favorites. He handled himself so well with the post-performance interviewers.

[@GaryGarlic]

Finnish and Russian judges only separated Browning and Wylie by .1 in the Technical marks and Browning fell on his axel (with no toe) and 2 footed his lutz. I guess this happens when one skater is a 3 time WC and another is inconsistent. Browning was scored much higher than Bowman and Bowman didn't fall and did a clean 3 flip.

[@Juice_Lover123]

Some of the *worst* judging here. Wow. 0.5 off for the Axel. 0.2 off for the Lutz. They're supposed to be "mandatory deductions". Four judges giving this a 6.1 base value? Three starting it at 6.0 by giving a 5.3. You just can't do that... not with that wobbly flying sit and the fact this is not some program that sets big standards.

[@flightoflightning2505]

Exactly. I know women don’t have the same requirements but Harding practically skated the same elements as him but was scored less.

[@beeharbour]

He should have been deducted a full point at the outset for that costume.

[@valerieteti1755]

Agree It’s probably the worst costume I have ever seen

[@mht4908]

Kurt actually wasn't that far from medal contention after the short, had he skated a good free skate he probably would've gotten bronze or silver

[@user3.1112]

A firefly

[@barkingtree88]

The costume just looked terrible and what the hell is the music???

[@valerieteti1755]

The “music” is so harsh and grating what was he thinking?

[@dashoverton1963]

Great program, terrible costume.

[@Dylvente]

Extremely generous marks, especially for presentation.

[@mjji21]

those are to high technically

[@officeaddict33]

Like Scott said, lack of big name competition and (very) charitable scoring by the judges.

[@smoothALOE]

How did he finish ahead of Urmanov after the Original Program with THAT performance?

[@shimmeringfairydust3275]

Or Elvis?

[@smoothALOE]

@@shimmeringfairydust3275 true, too.

[@lloydculbreath8105]

what is this music?

[@9242Gabry]

I like this program! A shame Kurt fell on the jump combination! Anyway he's a great skater