World Figure Skating Championships 1997

World Figure Skating Championships 1997
87th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	16.-23. March 1997
Venue:	Patinoire de Malley , Lausanne , Switzerland
Gold medalist
Men's:	Elvis Stojko (3)
Women:	Tara Lipinski
Couples:	Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer
Ice dance:	Oxana Grishchuk & Yevgeny Platov (4)
World figure skating championships
1996 ◄ 1997 ► 1998

The 87th World Figure Skating Championships took place from March 16 to 23, 1997 in the Patinoire de Malley in Lausanne ( Switzerland ).

Tara Lipinski became the youngest figure skating world champion at the age of 14.

Results

• B = rating
• QA = qualification (group A)
• QB = qualification (group B)
• KP = short program
• K = freestyle
• PT = compulsory dance
• OT = original dance

Men's

space	athlete	country	B.	QA	QB	KP	K
1	Elvis Stojko	Canada	3.0	2		4th	1
2	Todd Eldredge	United States	3.0	1		2	2
3	Alexei Yagudin	Russia	5.5	6th		5	3
4th	Vyacheslav Sahorodnyuk	Ukraine	7.0	3		6th	4th
5	Ilya Kulik	Russia	7.5		2	3	6th
6th	Andrejs Vlascenko	Germany	10.0	4th		10	5
7th	Michael Weiss	United States	12.5		4th	9	8th
8th	İqor Paskeviç	Azerbaijan	13.0	5		12	7th
9	Jeffrey Langdon	Canada	14.5		5	11	9
10	Takeshi Honda	Japan	15.5		7th	7th	12
11	Steven cousins	United Kingdom	19.5		9	17th	11
12	Eric Millot	France	19.5		3	13	13
13	Laurent Tobel	France	20.0		6th	20th	10
14th	Cornel Gheorghe	Romania	23.0	8th		18th	14th
15th	Michael Shmerkin	Israel	24.0	11		8th	20th
16	Szabolcs Vidrai	Hungary	24.5	7th		15th	17th
17th	Konstantin Kostin	Latvia	25.0		8th	14th	18th
18th	Michael Tyllesen	Denmark	25.5		12	19th	16
19th	Guo Zhengxin	People's Republic of China	26.0	12		22nd	15th
20th	Roman Skornyakov	Uzbekistan	27.0		13	16	19th
21st	Michael Hopfes	Germany	31.5		10	21st	21st
22nd	Anthony Liu	Australia	34.0	9		24	22nd
23	Ivan Dinew	Bulgaria	35.5	13		23	24
24	Patrick Meier	Switzerland	36.0	16		26th	23
	Alexei Urmanov	Russia			1	1	Z
Freestyle not achieved
26th	Markus Leminen	Finland		14th		26th
27	Gilberto Viadana	Italy			14th	27
28	Lee Kyu-hyun	South Korea			11	28
29	Robert Grzegorczyk	Poland			15th	29
30th	Patrick Schmit	Luxembourg		10		30th
31	Vakhtang Murwanidze	Georgia		15th		31
Short program not reached
32	Jordi Pedro	Spain			16
33	Aljaksandr Murashka	Belarus		17th
33	Margus Hernits	Estonia			17th
35	Karel Nekola	Czech Republic		18th
35	Daniel Hollander	United States			18th
37	Ferdi Skoberla	South Africa		19th
37	Robert Kazimir	Slovakia			19th
39	Yuri Litvinov	Kazakhstan		20th
39	David Liu	Chinese Taipei			20th
41	Richardo Olaverrieta	Mexico		21st
41	Florian Tuma	Austria			21st
43	Yan-Ho Brain Chan	Hong Kong		22nd
43	Matthew van den Broeck	Belgium			22nd
Z	Poor Asoyan	Armenia

• Z = withdrawn

Ladies

space	athlete	country	B.	QA	QB	KP	K
1	Tara Lipinski	United States	1.5		1	1	2
2	Michelle Kwan	United States	3.0	1		4th	1
3	Vanessa Gusmeroli	France	5.5	2		2	4th
4th	Irina Sluzkaya	Russia	5.5	3		6th	3
5	Maria Butyrskaya	Russia	6.0		3	3	5
6th	Laetitia Hubert	France	10.0	9		7th	7th
7th	Krisztina Czakó	Hungary	10.0	4th		5	8th
8th	Julia Lautowa	Austria	14.5		5	11	6th
9	Julia Lavrentchuk	Ukraine	15.0		4th	9	10
10	Eva-Maria Fitze	Germany	16.5	8th		16	9
11	Joanne Carter	Australia	16.5	10		10	12
12	Olga Markova	Russia	19.0		7th	15th	11
13	Nicole Bobek	United States	20.0		2	8th	15th
14th	Zuzanna Szwed	Poland	21.5	5		12	14th
15th	Lucinda Ruh	Switzerland	22.5		6th	18th	13
16	Lenka Kulovaná	Czech Republic	23.5	7th		14th	18th
17th	Tatiana Malinina	Uzbekistan	25.0		12	17th	19th
18th	Fumie Suguri	Japan	25.5		10	24	16
19th	Alisa Three	Finland	27.0		8th	22nd	17th
20th	Mojca Kopač	Slovenia	29.5	13		13	22nd
21st	Yulia Vorobyova	Azerbaijan	30.0	6th		20th	20th
22nd	Helena Grundberg	Sweden	32.0		13	23	21st
23	Hanae Yokoya	Japan	32.5		9	19th	23
Z	Susan Humphreys	Canada		12		24
Freestyle not achieved
25th	Chen Lu	People's Republic of China			11	25th
26th	Tony Bombardieri	Italy		15th		26th
27	Zuzana Paurová	Slovakia		14th		27
28	Marta Andrade	Spain		11		28
29	Ivana Jakupčević	Croatia			15th	29
30th	Sofia Penkova	Bulgaria			14th	30th
Short program not reached
31	Valeria Trifancova	Latvia		16
31	You Yankun	People's Republic of China			16
33	Valentina Gazeleridou	Greece		17th
33	Shirene Human	South Africa			17th
35	Noemi Bedo	Romania		18th
35	Zoe Jones	United Kingdom			18th
37	Patricia Ferriot	Belgium		19th
37	Jung Min-ju	South Korea			19th
39	Weng Ja-Lin	Chinese Taipei		20th
39	Kaja Hanevold	Norway			20th
41	Liina-Grete Lilender	Estonia		21st
41	Rita Dolly Auyeung	Hong Kong			21st
Z	Veronika Dytrt	Germany

• Z = withdrawn

Couples

space	athlete	country	B.	KP	K
1	Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer	Germany	1.5	1	1
2	Marina Jelzowa / Andrei Buschkow	Russia	3.0	2	2
3	Oxana Kazakowa / Artur Dmitrijew	Russia	6.0	6th	3
4th	Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen	United States	7.0	5	4th
5	Jenni Meno / Todd Sand	United States	7.0	4th	5
6th	Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz	Canada	10.0	8th	6th
7th	Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis	France	10.5	7th	7th
8th	Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek	Poland	13.5	11	8th
9	Jelena Berezhnaya / Anton Sicharulidze	Russia	13.5	3	12
10	Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller	Germany	14.5	9	10
11	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	People's Republic of China	16.0	14th	9
12	Marina Chalturina / Andrej Krukow	Kazakhstan	16.0	10	11
13	Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex	Germany	19.0	12	13
14th	Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet	Canada	21.5	15th	14th
15th	Stephanie Stiegler / John Zimmerman	United States	21.5	13	15th
16	Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr	Australia	24.0	16	16
17th	Elaine Asanakis / Joel McKeever	Greece	26.0	18th	17th
18th	Elena Belousovskaya / Stanislaw Morosow	Ukraine	26.5	17th	18th
19th	Svetlana Plachonina / Dmitri Kaplun	Belarus	28.5	19th	19th
20th	Elena Sirokhvatova / Oleg Shliakhov	Latvia	30.0	20th	20th
21st	Inga Rodionova / Alexander Anichenko	Azerbaijan	32.0	22nd	21st
22nd	Ekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals	Estonia	34.0	24	22nd
23	Maria Krasiltseva / Alexander Chestnikh	Armenia	34.5	23	23
Z	Lesley Rogers / Michael Aldred	United Kingdom		21st
Freestyle not achieved
25th	Elena Ershova / Evgeni Sviridov	Uzbekistan		25th

• Z = withdrawn

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	B.	PT1	PT2	OT	K
1	Oxana Grishchuk / Yevgeny Platov	Russia	2.0	1	1	1	1
2	Anselika Krylowa / Oleg Ovsjannikow	Russia	4.0	2	2	2	2
3	Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz	Canada	5.8	2	3	3	3
4th	Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy	France	8.2	4th	5	4th	4th
5	Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat	France	8.8	5	4th	5	5
6th	Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow	United States	12.0	6th	6th	6th	6th
7th	Irina Lobatschowa / Ilja Awerbuch	Russia	14.0	7th	7th	7th	7th
8th	Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko	Ukraine	16.0	8th	8th	8th	8th
9	Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio	Italy	18.8	9	10	10	9
10	Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas	Lithuania	19.2	10	9	9	10
11	Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński	Poland	22.4	12	12	11	11
12	Kati Winkler / René Lohse	Germany	25.2	13	14th	13	12
13	Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček	Czech Republic	25.6	11	11	12	14th
14th	Tatjana Navka / Nikolai Morozov	Belarus	26.8	14th	13	14th	13
15th	Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga	Kazakhstan	30.0	15th	15th	15th	15th
16	Marika Humphreys / Phillip Askew	United Kingdom	32.0	16	16	16	16
17th	Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates	United States	34.8	18th	17th	18th	17th
18th	Galit Chait / Sergei Sachnowski	Israel	35.2	17th	18th	17th	18th
19th	Albena Denkowa / Maxim Stawiski	Bulgaria	38.2	20th	19th	19th	19th
20th	Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet	Canada	38.8	19th	20th	20th	20th
21st	Angelika Füring / Bruno Ellinger	Austria	43.2	22nd	23	22nd	21st
22nd	Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka	Japan	44.0	21st	21st	21st	23
23	Šárka Vondrková / Lukáš Král	Czech Republic	45.2	23	24	23	22nd
24	Jenny Dahlen / Juris Razgulajevs	Latvia	47.6	24	22nd	24	24
Freestyle not achieved
25th	Chantal Loyer / Justin Bell	Australia		25th	25th	25th
26th	Kristina Kalesnik / Alexander Terentjev	Estonia		26th	27	26th
27	Bianca Szijgyarto / Szilárd Tóth	Hungary		27	26th	27
28	Olga Slobodova / Dmitri Beljk	Uzbekistan		28	29	28
29	Kornélia Bárány / András Rosnik	Hungary		29	29	29
30th	Lucine Chakmakjian / Corey Papaige	Belgium		29	28	29

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Russia	1	2	2	5
2	United States	1	2	-	3
3	Canada	1	-	1	2
4th	Germany	1	-	-	1
5	France	-	-	1	1

Web links

• World figure skating championships 1990–1999 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on July 16, 2011 ; accessed on May 29, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1990–1999 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on July 16, 2011 ; accessed on May 29, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1990–1999 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on February 13, 2012 ; accessed on May 29, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1990–1999 (dance). Skatabase, archived from the original on July 16, 2011 ; accessed on May 29, 2018 (English).