1997 World Figure Skating Championships

1997 World Figure Skating Championships
Comptype	ISU Championship
Startdate	March 16
Enddate	23
Skatingseason	1996–97
Location	Lausanne, Switzerland
Venue	CIG de Malley
Championmen	Elvis Stojko
Championladies	Tara Lipinski
Championpairs	Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer
Championdance	Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov
Previouscomp	1996 World Championships
Nextcomp	1998 World Championships

The 1997 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the CIG de Malley in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 16–23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing.

Medal tables

Medalists

Men^[1]	Elvis Stojko	Todd Eldredge	Alexei Yagudin
Ladies^[2]	Tara Lipinski	Michelle Kwan	Vanessa Gusmeroli
Pair skating^[3]	Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer	Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov	Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev
Ice dancing	Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov	Angelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsiannikov	Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz

Competition notes

At age 14, Tara Lipinski became the youngest skater to win the World title in ladies' singles.

Legendary coach Carlo Fassi suffered a heart attack and died while at the event with his skater Nicole Bobek.

Results

Men

1994 Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov withdrew with a groin injury.

Stojko became the first skater to win a world title with a successful 4T-3T.

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	QA	QB	SP	FS
1	Elvis Stojko		3.0	2		4	1
2	Todd Eldredge		3.0	1		2	2
3	Alexei Yagudin		5.5	6		5	3
4	Viacheslav Zagorodniuk		7.0	3		6	4
5	Ilia Kulik		7.5		2	3	6
6	Andrejs Vlascenko		10.0	4		10	5
7	Michael Weiss		12.5		4	9	8
8	Igor Pashkevich		13.0	5		12	7
9	Jeffrey Langdon		14.5		5	11	9
10	Takeshi Honda		15.5		7	7	12
11	Steven Cousins		19.5		9	17	11
12	Éric Millot		19.5		3	13	13
13	Laurent Tobel		20.0		6	20	10
14	Cornel Gheorghe		23.0	8		18	14
15	Michael Shmerkin		24.0	11		8	20
16	Szabolcs Vidrai		24.5	7		15	17
17	Konstantin Kostin		25.0		8	14	18
18	Michael Tyllesen		25.5		12	19	16
19	Zhengxin Guo		26.0	12		22	15
20	Roman Skorniakov		27.0		13	16	19
21	Michael Hopfes		31.5		10	21	21
22	Anthony Liu		34.0	9		24	22
23	Ivan Dinev		35.5	13		23	24
24	Patrick Meier		36.0	16		26	23
WD	Alexei Urmanov				1	1
Free skating not reached
26	Markus Leminen			14		26
27	Gilberto Viadana				14	27
28	Lee Kyu-hyun				11	28
29	Robert Grzegorczyk				15	29
30	Patrick Schmit			10		30
31	Vakhtang Murvanidze	Georgia		15		31
Short program not reached
32	Jordi Pedro				16
33	Alexander Murashko			17
33	Margus Hernits				17
35	Karel Nekola			18
35	Daniel Hollander				18
37	Ferdi Skoberla			19
37	Róbert Kažimír				19
39	Youri Litvinov			20
39	David Liu				20
41	Ricardo Olaverrieta			21
41	Florian Tuma				21
43	Yan-Ho Brian Chan			22
43	Matthew van den Broeck				22
WD	Armen Asoyan

Referee:

Britta Lindgren

Assistant Referee:

Katsuichiro Hisanaga

Judges:

Substitute judge:

Merja Kosonen

Ladies

Rank	Name	TFP	QA	QB	SP	FS
1	Tara Lipinski	2.5		1	1	2
2	Michelle Kwan	3.0	1		4	1
3	Vanessa Gusmeroli	5.0	2		2	4
4	Irina Slutskaya	6.0	3		6	3
5	Maria Butyrskaya	6.5		3	3	5
6	Laetitia Hubert	10.5	9		7	7
7	Krisztina Czakó	10.5	4		5	8
8	Julia Lautowa	14.5		5	11	6
9	Julia Lavrenchuk	15.0		4	9	10
10	Eva-Maria Fitze	16.5	8		16	9
11	Joanne Carter	16.5	10		10	12
12	Olga Markova	19.0		7	15	11
13	Nicole Bobek	20.0		2	8	15
14	Zuzanna Szwed	21.5	5		12	14
15	Lucinda Ruh	22.5		6	18	13
16	Lenka Kulovaná	23.5	7		14	18
17	Tatiana Malinina	25.0		12	17	19
18	Fumie Suguri	25.5		10	21	16
19	Alisa Drei	27.0		8	22	17
20	Mojca Kopač	29.5	13		13	22
21	Julia Vorobieva	30.0	6		20	20
22	Helena Grundberg	32.0		13	23	21
23	Hanae Yokoya	32.5		9	19	23
WD	Susan Humphreys		12		21
Free skating not reached
25	Chen Lu			11	25
26	Tony Bombardieri		15		26
27	Zuzana Paurova		14		27
28	Marta Andrade		11		28
29	Ivana Jakupcevic			15	29
30	Sofia Penkova			14	30
Short program not reached
31	Valeria Trifancova		16
31	Yankun Du			16
33	Valentina Gazeleridou		17
33	Shirene Human			17
35	Noemi Bedo		18
35	Zoe Jones			18
37	Patricia Ferriot		19
37	Jung Min-ju			19
39	Ja-Lin Weng		20
39	Kaja Hanevold			20
41	Liina-Grete Lilender		21
41	Rita Dolly Auyeung			21
WD	Veronika Dytrt

Referee:

Sally-Anne Stapleford

Assistant Referee:

Hely Abbondati

Judges:

Substitute judge:

Bettina Meier

Pairs

Rank	Name	TFP	SP	FS
1	Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer	1.5	1	1
2	Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov	3.0	2	2
3	Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev	6.0	6	3
4	Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen	6.5	5	4
5	Jenni Meno / Todd Sand	7.0	4	5
6	Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz	10.0	8	6
7	Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis	10.5	7	7
8	Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek	13.5	11	8
9	Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze	13.5	3	12
10	Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller	14.5	9	10
11	Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao	16.0	14	9
12	Marina Khalturina / Andrei Kriukov	16.0	10	11
13	Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex	19.0	12	13
14	Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet	21.5	15	14
15	Stephanie Stiegler / John Zimmerman	21.5	13	15
16	Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr	24.0	16	16
17	Elaine Asanakis / Joel McKeever	26.0	18	17
18	Olena Bilousivska / Stanislav Morozov	26.5	17	18
19	Svetlana Plachonina / Dmitri Kaplun	28.5	19	19
20	Elena Sirokhvatova / Oleg Shliakhov	30.0	20	20
21	Inga Rodionova / Alexander Anichenko	32.0	22	21
22	Jekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals	34.0	24	22
23	Maria Krasiltseva / Alexander Chestnikh	34.5	23	23
WD	Lesley Rogers / Michael Aldred		21
Free skating not reached
25	Elena Ershova / Evgeni Sviridov		25

Referee:

Walburga Grimm

Assistant Referee:

Markus German

Judges:

Substitute judge:

Evgenia Bogdanova

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	TFP	CD1	CD2	OD	FD
1	Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov	2.0	1	1	1	1
2	Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov	4.0	2	2	2	2
3	Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz	5.8	2	3	3	3
4	Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy	8.2	4	5	4	4
5	Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat	8.8	5	4	5	5
6	Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow	12.0	6	6	6	6
7	Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh	14.0	7	7	7	7
8	Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko	16.0	8	8	8	8
9	Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio	18.8	9	10	10	9
10	Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas	19.2	10	9	9	10
11	Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasinski	22.4	12	12	11	11
12	Kati Winkler / René Lohse	25.2	13	14	13	12
13	Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček	25.6	11	11	12	14
14	Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov	26.8	14	13	14	13
15	Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga	30.0	15	15	15	15
16	Marika Humphreys / Philip Askew	32.0	16	16	16	16
17	Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates	34.8	18	17	18	17
18	Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky	35.2	17	18	17	18
19	Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviyski	38.2	20	19	19	19
20	Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet	38.8	19	20	20	20
21	Angelika Füring / Bruno Ellinger	43.2	22	23	22	21
22	Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka	44.0	21	21	21	23
23	Šárka Vondrková / Lukáš Král	45.2	23	24	23	22
24	Jenny Dahlen / Juris Razgulajevs	47.6	24	22	24	24
Free dance not reached
25	Chantal Loyer / Justin Bell		25	25	25
26	Kristina Kalesnik / Alexander Terentjev		26	27	26
27	Bianca Szijgyarto / Szilárd Tóth		27	26	27
28	Olga Slobodova / Dmitri Beljk		28	29	28
29	Kornelia Barany / Andre Rosnik		29	29	29
30	Lucine Chakmakjian / Corey Lapaige		29	28	29

Referee:

Wolfgang Kunz

Assistant Referee:

Roland Wehinger

Judges:

Substitute judge:

Sumiko Kobayashi

References

^ JERE LONGMAN (1997-03-21). "Stojko Leaps to Another Championship - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
^ JERE LONGMAN (1997-03-23). "Lipinski, 14, Is Youngest World Champion - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
^ "German Pair Win World Title - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. 1997-03-20. Retrieved 2018-09-20.

External links

1997 Worlds results Archived 2016-03-13 at the Wayback Machine

1997 World Figure Skating Championships

Medal tables

Medalists

Competition notes

Results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

References

External links

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