World Figure Skating Championships 1998

World Figure Skating Championships 1998
88th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	March 27 - April 5, 1998
Venue:	Target Center , Minneapolis , USA
Gold medalist
Men's:	Alexei Yagudin
Women:	Michelle Kwan (2)
Couples:	Jelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sicharulidze
Ice dance:	Anselika Krylowa & Oleg Ovsjannikow
World figure skating championships
1997 ◄ 1998 ► 1999

The 1998 World Figure Skating Championships took place from March 27 to April 5, 1998 at the Target Center in Minneapolis ( USA ).

Because of the large number of participants, the starting field in the individual competitions was again divided into groups A and B.

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	Alexei Yagudin	Russia	2.5		2	1	2
2	Todd Eldredge	United States	3.0	1		4th	1
3	Yevgeny Plyushchenko	Russia	5.0		1	2	4th
4th	Vyacheslav Sahorodnyuk	Ukraine	5.5	3		5	3
5	Andrejs Vlascenko	Germany	8.0		7th	6th	5
6th	Michael Weiss	United States	8.5	2		3	7th
7th	Steven cousins	United Kingdom	10.5	7th		7th	6th
8th	Jeffrey Langdon	Canada	12 0	5		8th	8th
9	Yevgeny Pliuta	Ukraine	14.5		5	9	10
10	Szabolcs Vidrai	Hungary	15.0		4th	12	9
11	Takeshi Honda	Japan	16.5		3	11	11
12	Guo Zhengxin	People's Republic of China	19.0		9	14th	12
13	Michael Tyllesen	Denmark	23.0	13		18th	14th
14th	Roman Skornyakov	Uzbekistan	23.5	6th		21st	13
15th	Michael Shmerkin	Israel	24.0	11		10	19th
16	Laurent Tobel	France	25.5		11	19th	16
17th	Anthony Liu	Australia	26.0		12	22nd	15th
18th	Margus Hernits	Estonia	26.5	12		17th	18th
19th	Markus Leminen	Finland	26.5		13	13	20th
20th	Patrick Meier	Switzerland	28.5		6th	23	17th
21st	Ivan Dinew	Bulgaria	28.5	4th		15th	21st
22nd	Robert Grzegorczyk	Poland	31.0	10		16	23
23	Sven Meyer	Germany	34.0		10	24	22nd
24	Gilberto Viadana	Italy	34.0		8th	20th	24
Freestyle not achieved
25th	Patrick Schmit	Luxembourg		14th		25th
26th	Yamato Tamura	Japan		9		26th
27	Sergejs Telenkov	Latvia			15th	27
28	Vakhtang Murwanidze	Georgia		15th		28
29	Emanuel Sandhu	Canada		8th		29
30th	Lee Kyu-hyun	South Korea			14th	30th
Short program not reached
31	Gheorghe Chiper	Romania		16
31	David Liu	Chinese Taipei			16
33	Jurai Sviatko	Slovakia		17th
33	Daniel Peinado	Spain			17th
35	Panagiotis Markouizos	Greece		18th
35	Ricardo Olavarrieta	Mexico			18th

Ladies

space	athlete	country	B.	QA	QB	KP	K
1	Michelle Kwan	United States	1.5	1		1	1
2	Irina Sluzkaya	Russia	4.0	2		4th	2
3	Maria Butyrskaya	Russia	5.5		1	5	3
4th	Laetitia Hubert	France	5.5	8th		3	4th
5	Anna Invoice	Poland	6.0		2	2	5
6th	Tonia Kwiatkowski	United States	10.0	4th		8th	6th
7th	Olena Lyashenko	Ukraine	10.0		3	6th	7th
8th	Elena Sokolova	Russia	14.5	3		13	8th
9	Tanja Szewczenko	Germany	15.0		6th	10	10
10	Diana Poth	Hungary	16.5		8th	15th	9
11	Yulia Vorobyova	Azerbaijan	16.5	5		11	11
12	Julia Lavrentchuk	Ukraine	19.0		4th	12	13
13	Joanne Carter	Australia	20.0	6th		16	12
14th	Tatiana Malinina	Uzbekistan	21.5		5	7th	18th
15th	Lenka Kulovaná	Czech Republic	22.5	10		17th	14th
16	Vanessa Gusmeroli	France	23.5		7th	9	19th
17th	Marie-Pierre Leray	France	25.0	14th		18th	16
18th	Silivia Fontana	Italy	25.5		9	21st	15th
19th	Júlia Sebestyén	Hungary	27.0	9		20th	17th
20th	Angela Derochie	Canada	29.5	11		19th	20th
21st	Zuzana Paurová	Slovakia	30.0		11	14th	23
22nd	Shizuka Arakawa	Japan	32.0	7th		22nd	21st
23	Lucinda Ruh	Switzerland	34.0		10	24	22nd
24	Mojca Kopač	Slovenia	35.5		12	23	24
Freestyle not achieved
25th	Alisa Three	Finland		12		25th
26th	Anna Wenzel	Austria			14th	26th
27	Anna Lundström	Sweden		13		27
28	Marta Andrade	Spain			13	28
29	Choi Hyung-kyung	South Korea		15th		29
30th	You Yankun	People's Republic of China			15th	30th
Short program not reached
31	Ivana Jakupčević	Croatia		16
31	Olga Vassiljeva	Estonia			16
33	Shirene Human	South Africa		17th
33	Valeria Trifoncova	Latvia			17th
35	Lauryna Slavinskaitė	Lithuania		18th
35	Helena Pajović	Yugoslavia			18th
37	Anna Chatziathanassiou	Greece		19th
37	Roxana Luca	Romania			19th
39	Rocia Salas	Mexico			20th
Z	Kaja Hanevold	Norway

• Z = withdrawn

Couples

space	athlete	country	B.	KP	K
1	Jelena Berezhnaya / Anton Sicharulidze	Russia	2.0	2	1
2	Jenni Meno / Todd Sand	United States	2.5	1	2
3	Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller	Germany	4.5	3	3
4th	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	People's Republic of China	7.0	6th	4th
5	Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek	Poland	8.0	4th	6th
6th	Marina Jelzowa / Andrei Buschkow	Russia	8.5	7th	5
7th	Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz	Canada	9.5	5	7th
8th	Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis	France	12.0	8th	8th
9	Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet	Canada	15.0	12	9
10	Shelby Lyons / Bryan Wells	United States	15.0	10	10
11	Marina Chalturina / Andrej Krukow	Kazakhstan	15.5	9	11
12	Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko	Ukraine	16.5	11	12
13	Marsha Poluliaschenko / Andrew Seabrook	United Kingdom	20.5	15th	13
14th	Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola	Czech Republic	20.5	13	14th
15th	Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr	Australia	22.0	14th	15th
16	Elaine Asanaki / Alcuin Schulten	Greece	24.0	16	16
17th	Inga Rodionova / Alexander Anichenko	Azerbaijan	26.0	18th	17th
18th	Olga Haltigova / Josef Haltig	Slovakia	26.5	17th	18th
19th	Jelena Sirokhvatova / Juri Salmanov	Latvia	29.0	20th	19th
20th	Ekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals	Estonia	29.5	19th	20th
Z	Oxana Kazakowa / Artur Dmitrijew	Russia

• Z = withdrawn

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	B.	PT1	PT2	OT	K
1	Anselika Krylowa / Oleg Ovsjannikow	Russia	2.0	1	1	1	1
2	Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat	France	4.2	3	2	2	2
3	Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz	Canada	5.8	2	3	3	3
4th	Irina Lobatschowa / Ilja Awerbuch	Russia	8.0	4th	4th	4th	4th
5	Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio	Italy	10.4	6th	6th	5	5
6th	Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow	United States	11.6	5	5	6th	6th
7th	Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko	Ukraine	14.6	9	8th	7th	7th
8th	Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas	Lithuania	15.6	7th	7th	8th	8th
9	Kati Winkler / René Lohse	Germany	17.8	8th	9	9	9
10	Tatjana Navka / Nikolai Morozov	Belarus	20.6	11	12	10	10
11	Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kowlasinski	Poland	21.6	10	10	11	11
12	Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček	Czech Republic	23.8	12	11	12	12
13	Elena Hruschyna / Ruslan Honcharov	Ukraine	26.0	13	13	13	13
14th	Galit Chait / Sergei Sachnowski	Israel	29.2	16	15th	15th	14th
15th	Anna Semenowitsch / Vladimir Fyodorow	Russia	29.4	15th	15th	14th	15th
16	Diane Gerencser / Pasquale Camerlengo	Italy	31.6	14th	16	16	16
17th	Albena Denkowa / Maxim Stawiski	Bulgaria	34.0	17th	17th	17th	17th
18th	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	France	36.4	19th	19th	18th	18th
19th	Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet	Canada	37.6	18th	18th	19th	19th
20th	Zuzana Merzová / Tomáš Morbacher	Slovakia	40.6	20th	20th	21st	20th
21st	Angelika Füring / Bruno Ellinger	Austria	43.2	22nd	23	22nd	21st
22nd	Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga	Kazakhstan	44.2	20th	21st	20th	24
23	Charlotte Clements / Gary Shortland	United Kingdom	45.6	24	25th	23	22nd
24	Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo	France	46.4	23	22nd	24	23
Freestyle not achieved
25th	Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler	United States		26th	24	29
26th	Eliane Hugentobler / Daniel Hugentobler	Switzerland		28	28	26th
27	Ksenia Smetanenko / Samvel Gezalian	Armenia		27	26th	27
28	Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka	Japan		25th	27	28
29	Kornélia Bárány / András Rosnik	Hungary		29	29	29
30th	Margarita Fourer / Timothy Heinecke	Australia		30th	30th	30th

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Russia	3	1	2	6th
2	United States	1	2	-	3
3	France	-	1	-	1
4th	Germany	-	-	1	1
	Canada	-	-	1	1

Web links

• 1998 World Figure Skating Championships ( Memento from May 6, 2006 in the Internet Archive )