Goofs

The clock in the room behind Martin Maddox never changes throughout the story. It's stuck at 8:00.

After Derrick Smith attacks Nancy Kerrigan a noticeable amount of snow can be seen falling outside the arena. When he starts to run to Shane Stant's car after escaping there is no snowfall.

Between shots, the rink at the 1986 Skate America event in Portland, Maine, changes from having Olympic torch and snowflake graphics on the boards to correctly having sponsor logos.

When Shawn and Jeff are having a discussion in The Golden Buddha restaurant, Jeff's hand that he uses to point at Shawn switches from right to left, depending on whose viewpoint we're seeing.

At the diner, when Tonya talks with LaVona, LaVona smokes a cigarette. She puts the lighter on the packet of her cigarettes. After some time, the lighter is suddenly next to the packet and at the end of the scene, again on the packet.

When Tonya Harding competed, song lyrics were not allowed in competition the way they are today. Although she included "Sleeping Bag" by ZZ Top in the third section of her 1991-1992 program, it was the music only.

When Tonya is competing in the 1994 Olympics, during the broken lace incident, she is wearing almost new, pristine skates. Skaters wear the same skates used in their intense practices, where the skates get banged up and scuffed. If they switched to new skates for the competition, they wouldn't be properly broken in. Historic photos showing Tonya's skates during the lace examination, show the wear, partially explaining the broken laces.

At sanctioned figure skating events, flash photography is not permitted at any time the competitors are on the ice, including the warm up. It's a distraction and a potential hazard to the skaters.

At the 1991 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, judge number nine, Roger A. Glenn of Appleton, Wisconsin, awarded Tonya a perfect 6.0 for technical merit in the free skate. In the film, a 5.9 is indicated on the board.

The Olympic flag has a white background, with five interlaced rings in the centre: blue, yellow, black, green and red. A different ring orientation is used in the film, likely to avoid trademark infringement.

In the pivotal scene at the 1991 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tonya's back crossovers and glide into the historic triple Axel uses recycled footage of the setup for the opening triple Lutz.

In Martin Maddox's scene, the clock in the background always reads 8:00.

Skater costumes in the late 1980s and early 1990s completely covered the buttocks. The costumes in the film are all thong-style.

When Diane Rawlinson approaches Tonya at the back of the diner, the electric meter behind Tonya is a "smart meter", more recent than the movie setting.

When at the 1986 Portland Skate America, there are Cat 5 Ethernet jacks visible on the wall in the dressing room. Computer connections were over coaxial cables at the time. The modern Cat 5 Ethernet cable would not be invented until 1991.

The Maxwell House coffee logo shown during a skating competition taking place in 1986 is from the 1990s or later.

Some post-2000 cars drive around in the background of numerous scenes.

During the performance at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, the close-ups of the skater's feet clearly show that she is wearing Edea Ice Fly boots. Although their distinctive silver heel has been painted brown, the characteristic detailing on the side of the boot is still visible. This boot was not available in 1992.

When Tonya and Jeff are leaving Diane's house, a few policemen with police cars securing the set in the background can be seen.

When Tonya and Jeff are kissing in their car, at the moment when Jeff stops and says "I'm sorry," the camera and some equipment can be seen reflected in the mirror.

In the dressing room at the Olympics the electrical sockets are the rectangular North American 110V type. As the Olympics were in Norway they should have been the round pin 220V European type.

Behind Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, tall pine trees and parking lot are shown. JLA and Cobo Center back up almost directly to the Detroit River. A shot filmed there would show the river and the skyline of Windsor, Canada.

At events and press conferences supposedly all over the country, a microphone for the same local channel -- WKHO 6 -- is seen.

When Diane Rawlins tries to convince Tonya to try out for the 1994 Winter Olympics, she says, "The Olympic committee announced today the next Olympics are going to be in 2 years instead of 4." The decision to hold the games in 1994 was actually announced in 1986, and Lillehammer was chosen as the host city in 1988.

Tonya helps Jeff with the truck while wearing her fur coat. She tells him that he needs to tighten the bolts and then she proceeds to turn the ratchet in the direction that would be loosening them.

When Tonya leaves her house and the press is waiting for her, she doesn't close her front door thus making the cinematographer able to leave the house as well.