1997 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 16 – 23
Season:1996–97
Location:Lausanne, Switzerland
Venue:CIG de Malley
Champions
Men's singles:
Canada Elvis Stojko
Ladies' singles:
United States Tara Lipinski
Pairs:
Germany Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer
Ice dance:
Russia Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov
Previous:
1996 World Championships
Next:
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

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

Medals by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)1225
2 United States (USA)1203
3 Canada (CAN)1012
4 Germany (GER)1001
5 France (FRA)0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Competition notes

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

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 Canada3.0241
2 Todd Eldredge United States3.0122
3 Alexei Yagudin Russia5.5653
4 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk Ukraine7.0364
5 Ilia Kulik Russia7.5236
6 Andrejs Vlascenko Germany10.04105
7 Michael Weiss United States12.5498
8 Igor Pashkevich Azerbaijan13.05127
9 Jeffrey Langdon Canada14.55119
10 Takeshi Honda Japan15.57712
11 Steven Cousins United Kingdom19.591711
12 Éric Millot France19.531313
13 Laurent Tobel France20.062010
14 Cornel Gheorghe Romania23.081814
15 Michael Shmerkin Israel24.011820
16 Szabolcs Vidrai Hungary24.571517
17 Konstantin Kostin Latvia25.081418
18 Michael Tyllesen Denmark25.5121916
19 Zhengxin Guo China26.0122215
20 Roman Skorniakov Uzbekistan27.0131619
21 Michael Hopfes Germany31.5102121
22 Anthony Liu Australia34.092422
23 Ivan Dinev Bulgaria35.5132324
24 Patrick Meier  Switzerland36.0162623
WD Alexei Urmanov Russia11
Free skating not reached
26 Markus Leminen Finland1426
27 Gilberto Viadana Italy1427
28 Lee Kyu-hyun South Korea1128
29 Robert Grzegorczyk Poland1529
30 Patrick Schmit Luxembourg1030
31 Vakhtang Murvanidze Georgia1531
Short program not reached
32 Jordi Pedro Spain16
33 Alexander Murashko Belarus17
33 Margus Hernits Estonia17
35 Karel Nekola Czech Republic18
35 Daniel Hollander United States18
37 Ferdi Skoberla South Africa19
37 Róbert Kažimír Slovakia19
39 Youri Litvinov Kazakhstan20
39 David Liu Chinese Taipei20
41 Ricardo Olaverrieta Mexico21
41 Florian Tuma Austria21
43 Yan-Ho Brian Chan Hong Kong22
43 Matthew van den Broeck Belgium22
WD Armen Asoyan Armenia

Referee:

  • Britta Lindgren

Assistant Referee:

  • Katsuichiro Hisanaga

Judges:

Substitute judge:

Ladies

Rank Name Nation TFP QA QB SP FS
1 Tara Lipinski United States2.5112
2 Michelle Kwan United States3.0141
3 Vanessa Gusmeroli France5.0224
4 Irina Slutskaya Russia6.0363
5 Maria Butyrskaya Russia6.5335
6 Laetitia Hubert France10.5977
7 Krisztina Czakó Hungary10.5458
8 Julia Lautowa Austria14.55116
9 Julia Lavrenchuk Ukraine15.04910
10 Eva-Maria Fitze Germany16.58169
11 Joanne Carter Australia16.5101012
12 Olga Markova Russia19.071511
13 Nicole Bobek United States20.02815
14 Zuzanna Szwed Poland21.551214
15 Lucinda Ruh  Switzerland22.561813
16 Lenka Kulovaná Czech Republic23.571418
17 Tatiana Malinina Uzbekistan25.0121719
18 Fumie Suguri Japan25.5102116
19 Alisa Drei Finland27.082217
20 Mojca Kopač Slovenia29.5131322
21 Julia Vorobieva Azerbaijan30.062020
22 Helena Grundberg Sweden32.0132321
23 Hanae Yokoya Japan32.591923
WD Susan Humphreys Canada1221
Free skating not reached
25 Chen Lu China1125
26 Tony Bombardieri Italy1526
27 Zuzana Paurova Slovakia1427
28 Marta Andrade Spain1128
29 Ivana Jakupcevic Croatia1529
30 Sofia Penkova Bulgaria1430
Short program not reached
31 Valeria Trifancova Latvia16
31 Yankun Du China16
33 Valentina Gazeleridou Greece17
33 Shirene Human South Africa17
35 Noemi Bedo Romania18
35 Zoe Jones United Kingdom18
37 Patricia Ferriot Belgium19
37 Jung Min-ju South Korea19
39 Ja-Lin Weng Chinese Taipei20
39 Kaja Hanevold Norway20
41 Liina-Grete Lilender Estonia21
41 Rita Dolly Auyeung Hong Kong21
WD Veronika Dytrt Germany

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

  • Hely Abbondati

Judges:

Substitute judge:

Pairs

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer Germany1.511
2 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov Russia3.022
3 Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev Russia6.063
4 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen United States6.554
5 Jenni Meno / Todd Sand United States7.045
6 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz Canada10.086
7 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis France10.577
8 Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek Poland13.5118
9 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze Russia13.5312
10 Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller Germany14.5910
11 Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao China16.0149
12 Marina Khalturina / Andrei Kriukov Kazakhstan16.01011
13 Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex Germany19.01213
14 Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet Canada21.51514
15 Stephanie Stiegler / John Zimmerman United States21.51315
16 Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr Australia24.01616
17 Elaine Asanakis / Joel McKeever Greece26.01817
18 Olena Bilousivska / Stanislav Morozov Ukraine26.51718
19 Svetlana Plachonina / Dmitri Kaplun Belarus28.51919
20 Elena Sirokhvatova / Oleg Shliakhov Latvia30.02020
21 Inga Rodionova / Alexander Anichenko Azerbaijan32.02221
22 Jekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals Estonia34.02422
23 Maria Krasiltseva / Alexander Chestnikh Armenia34.52323
WD Lesley Rogers / Michael Aldred United Kingdom21
Free skating not reached
25 Elena Ershova / Evgeni Sviridov Uzbekistan25

Referee:

  • Walburga Grimm

Assistant Referee:

  • Markus German

Judges:

Substitute judge:

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation TFP CD1 CD2 OD FD
1 Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov Russia2.01111
2 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov Russia4.02222
3 Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz Canada5.82333
4 Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy France8.24544
5 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat France8.85455
6 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow United States12.06666
7 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh Russia14.07777
8 Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko Ukraine16.08888
9 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio Italy18.8910109
10 Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas Lithuania19.2109910
11 Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasinski Poland22.412121111
12 Kati Winkler / René Lohse Germany25.213141312
13 Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček Czech Republic25.611111214
14 Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov Belarus26.814131413
15 Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga Kazakhstan30.015151515
16 Marika Humphreys / Philip Askew United Kingdom32.016161616
17 Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates United States34.818171817
18 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky Israel35.217181718
19 Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviyski Bulgaria38.220191919
20 Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet Canada38.819202020
21 Angelika Füring / Bruno Ellinger Austria43.222232221
22 Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka Japan44.021212123
23 Šárka Vondrková / Lukáš Král Czech Republic45.223242322
24 Jenny Dahlen / Juris Razgulajevs Latvia47.624222424
Free dance not reached
25 Chantal Loyer / Justin Bell Australia252525
26 Kristina Kalesnik / Alexander Terentjev Estonia262726
27 Bianca Szijgyarto / Szilárd Tóth Hungary272627
28 Olga Slobodova / Dmitri Beljk Uzbekistan282928
29 Kornelia Barany / Andre Rosnik Hungary292929
30 Lucine Chakmakjian / Corey Lapaige Belgium292829

Referee:

  • Wolfgang Kunz

Assistant Referee:

  • Roland Wehinger

Judges:

Substitute judge:

References

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