2001–02 Grand Prix Final
Type:Grand Prix
Date:December 13 – 16, 2001
Season:2001–02
Location:Kitchener, Canada
Venue:The Aud
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Alexei Yagudin
Ladies' singles:
Russia Irina Slutskaya
Pairs:
Canada Jamie Salé / David Pelletier
Ice dance:
Canada Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz
Previous:
2000–01 Grand Prix Final
Next:
2002–03 Grand Prix Final
Previous GP:
2001 NHK Trophy

The 2001–02 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was an elite figure skating competition held from December 13 to 16, 2001 at The Aud in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Unlike most competitions that season, the compulsory dance was not part of the ice dance competition at the Grand Prix Final.

The Grand Prix Final was the culminating event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, which at the time consisted of Skate America, Skate Canada International, Sparkassen Cup on Ice, Trophée Lalique, Cup of Russia, and NHK Trophy competitions. The top six skaters from each discipline competed in the final.

In the 2001–02 season, competitors at the Grand Prix Final performed a short program, followed by two free skating or free dance programs. This was implemented because of television coverage. Ottavio Cinquanta envisioned that the skaters would perform two new free skating programs for the season at the final and this would appeal to and help attract viewers. Instead, most skaters went back to an old free skating program for one of the free skatings. Due to the failure of this plan, the second free skating/dance was eventually removed from the Grand Prix Final.

All the medalists from the men's, ladies, and pairs' events would go on to medal at the 2002 Olympics. Moreover, the men's podium was exactly the same at the final as it was at the Olympics.

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS1 FS2
1 Alexei Yagudin Russia3.0221
2 Evgeni Plushenko Russia3.0112
3 Timothy Goebel United States6.0333
4 Todd Eldredge United States8.4544
5 Takeshi Honda Japan9.6455
6 Ivan Dinev Bulgaria12.0666

Ladies

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS1 FS2
1 Irina Slutskaya Russia2.0111
2 Michelle Kwan United States4.4322
3 Sarah Hughes United States6.4433
4 Maria Butyrskaya Russia7.2244
5 Yoshie Onda Japan11.0665
6 Tatiana Malinina Uzbekistan11.0556

Pairs

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS1 FS2
1 Jamie Salé / David Pelletier Canada2.6121
2 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze Russia3.4212
3 Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo China6.0333
4 Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman United States8.8644
5 Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov Russia10.0555
6 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis France11.2466

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation TFP OD FD1 FD2
1 Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz Canada3.0221
2 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat France3.0112
3 Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas Lithuania6.4433
4 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio Italy7.6344
5 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski Israel10.0555
6 Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon Canada12.0666

References

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