1986 Blue Swords

1986 Blue Swords
Date:	November 13 – 15
Season:	1986-87
Location:	Karl-Marx-Stadt
Champions
Men's singles:  Yuri Tsimbaliuk (URS)
Ladies' singles:  Inga Gauter (GDR)
Pair skating:  Mandy Hannebauer / Marno Kreft (GDR)
Previous: 1985 Blue Swords
Next: 1987 Blue Swords

The Blue Swords began as a senior international figure skating competition in East Germany. First time in 1984 the competition was organised only for junior skaters. The 1986 edition was held November 13–15 in Karl-Marx-Stadt. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating.

Men

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Yuri Tsimbaliuk	Soviet Union
2	Rico Krahnert	East Germany
3	Mirko Eichhorn	East Germany
...

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Inga Gauter	East Germany
2	Tanja Krienke	East Germany
3	Alina Pisarenko	Soviet Union
4	Kathleen Fenske	East Germany
5	Evelyn Großmann	East Germany
...

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Mandy Hannebauer / Marno Kreft	East Germany
2	Antje Schramm / Jens Müller	East Germany
3	Irina Saifutinova / Andrei Bardykin	Soviet Union
...

References

German Newspaper "Neues Deutschland" Archiv, 17.11.1986