World Figure Skating Championships 1999

World Figure Skating Championships 1999
89th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	20.-28. March 1999
Venue:	Hartwall Arena , Helsinki , Finland
Gold medalist
Men's:	Alexei Jagudin (2)
Women:	Maria Butyrskaya
Couples:	Jelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sicharulidze (2)
Ice dance:	Anselika Krylowa & Oleg Ovsjannikow (2)
World figure skating championships
1998 ◄ 1999 ► 2000

The 1999 World Figure Skating Championships took place from March 20 to 28, 1999 at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki ( Finland ).

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

Results

Hartwall Arena

• 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	2.6		1	2	1
2	Yevgeny Plyushchenko	Russia	3.0	1		1	2
3	Michael Weiss	United States	6.2	2		4th	3
4th	Elvis Stojko	Canada	8.0	3		3	5
5	Alexei Urmanov	Russia	9.8		2	5	6th
6th	Takeshi Honda	Japan	10.0		3	8th	4th
7th	Guo Zhengxin	People's Republic of China	14.4	7th		6th	8th
8th	Laurent Tobel	France	15.4		6th	10	7th
9	Andrejs Vlascenko	Germany	15.8		4th	7th	10
10	Anthony Liu	Australia	20.2	4th		16	9
11	Dmytro Dmytrenko	Ukraine	20.6	6th		12	11
12	Timothy Goebel	United States	21.8		5	13	12
13	Stefan Lindemann	Germany	22.2		7th	9	14th
14th	Ivan Dinew	Bulgaria	22.8	8th		11	13
15th	Yevgeny Pliuta	Ukraine	27.0		9	14th	15th
16	Trifun Zivanovic	United States	27.0	5		15th	16
17th	Vakhtang Murwanidze	Georgia	31.8	9		17th	18th
18th	Emanuel Sandhu	Canada	33.4		11	20th	17th
19th	Margus Hernits	Estonia	34.6		12	18th	19th
20th	Szabolcs Vidrai	Hungary	36.4	10		19th	21st
21st	Roman Skornyakov	Uzbekistan	37.0	11		21st	20th
22nd	Patrick Meier	Switzerland	38.4		8th	22nd	22nd
23	Robert Grzegorczyk	Poland	41.8		10	23	24
24	Markus Leminen	Finland	42.8	12		25th	23
Freestyle not achieved
25th	Sergei Rylov	Azerbaijan			15th	24
26th	Lee Kyu-hyun	South Korea			14th	26th
27	Robert Kazimir	Slovakia		13		27
28	Cornel Gheorghe	Romania		14th		28
29	Michael Tyllesen	Denmark			13	30th
30th	Alexander Chestnikh	Armenia		15th		29
Short program not reached
31	Clive Shorten	United Kingdom		16
31	Vitaly Danilchenko	Ukraine			16
33	Neil Wilson	United Kingdom			17th
33	Yuri Litvinov	Kazakhstan		17th
35	Lukáš Rakowski	Czech Republic			18th
35	Konstantin Beliaev	Belarus		18th
37	Yon Garcia	Spain		19th
37	Jan Cejvan	Slovenia			19th
39	David Del Pozo	Mexico		20th
39	Sergei Telenkov	Latvia			20th
41	Panagiotis Markouizos	Greece		21st
41	Angelo Dolfini	Italy			21st

Ladies

space	athlete	country	B.	QA	QB	KP	K
1	Maria Butyrskaya	Russia	2.0		1	1	1
2	Michelle Kwan	United States	4.8	1		4th	2
3	Yulia Soldatova	Russia	6.4		3	2	4th
4th	Tatiana Malinina	Uzbekistan	6.8		2	5	3
5	Vanessa Gusmeroli	France	7.6	2		3	5
6th	Anna Invoice	Poland	12.6	5		6th	7th
7th	Sarah Hughes	United States	13.6	4th		10	6th
8th	Olena Lyashenko	Ukraine	13.8		4th	7th	8th
9	Julia Lavrentchuk	Ukraine	18.6	8th		9	10
10	Viktoria Volchkova	Russia	21.8	3		11	14th
11	Diana Poth	Hungary	22.2	6th		8th	15th
12	Angela Nikodinov	United States	22.8		9	17th	9
13	Lucinda Ruh	Switzerland	22.8	9		12	12
14th	Alisa Three	Finland	25.6		12	13	13
15th	Julia Lautowa	Austria	28.2		10	22nd	11
16	Silvia Fontana	Italy	28.8		5	18th	16
17th	Yulia Vorobyova	Azerbaijan	29.8		7th	15th	18th
18th	Jennifer Robinson	Canada	31.6		8th	14th	20th
19th	Júlia Sebestyén	Hungary	32.2	14th		16	17th
20th	Fumie Suguri	Japan	35.4		6th	20th	21st
21st	Eva-Maria Fitze	Germany	36.2	7th		19th	22nd
22nd	Sabina Wojtala	Poland	37.2		11	23	19th
23	Valeria Trifancova	Latvia	41.0	11		21st	24
24	Caroline Gülke	Germany	42.6		13	24	23
Freestyle not achieved
25th	Idora Hegel	Croatia		12		25th
26th	Marta Andrade	Spain		10		27
27	Veronika Dytrtov á	Czech Republic			14th	26th
28	Zuzana Paurová	Slovakia			15th	28
29	Olga Vassiljeva	Estonia		13		30th
30th	Lu Meijia	People's Republic of China		15th		29
Short program not reached
31	Ingrida Snieskiene	Lithuania			16
31	Jung Min-ju	South Korea		16
33	Marion Krijgsman	Netherlands			17th
33	Anna Dimowa	Bulgaria		17th
33	Klara Bramfeldt	Sweden			17th
36	Kaja Hanevold	Norway		18th
37	Rocio Salas Visuet	Mexico		19th
37	Shirene Human	South Africa			19th
39	Dow-Jane Chi	Chinese Taipei			20th
39	Anna Chatziathanassiou	Greece		20th
41	Helena Pajović	Yugoslavia			21st

Couples

space	athlete	country	B.	KP	K
1	Jelena Berezhnaya / Anton Sicharulidze	Russia	1.5	1	1
2	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	People's Republic of China	3.0	2	2
3	Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek	Poland	4.5	3	3
4th	Marija Petrowa / Alexei Tichonow	Russia	6.5	5	4th
5	Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis	France	8.0	6th	5
6th	Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz	Canada	8.0	4th	6th
7th	Tatjana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin	Russia	10.5	7th	7th
8th	Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller	Germany	12.5	9	8th
9	Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman	United States	13.0	8th	9
10	Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell	United States	16.5	13	10
11	Julija Obertas / Dmitry Palamarchuk	Ukraine	16.5	11	11
12	Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola	Czech Republic	18.0	12	12
13	Valerie Saurette / Jean-Sebastien Fecteau	Canada	18.0	10	13
14th	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	People's Republic of China	21.5	15th	14th
15th	Inga Rodionowa / Aleksandr Aniçenko	Azerbaijan	23.0	16	15th
16	Mariana Kautz / Norman Jeschke	Germany	25.5	19th	16
17th	Olga Haltigova / Josef Haltig	Slovakia	26.0	18th	17th
18th	Ekaterina Danko / Gennadi Emeljenenko	Belarus	26.5	17th	18th
19th	Maria Krasiltseva / Artyom Snachkov	Armenia	29.0	20th	19th
Z	Laura Handy / Paul Binnebose	United States		14th
Freestyle not achieved
21st	Natalia Ponomareva / Evgeniy Sviridov	Uzbekistan		21st

• Z = withdrawn

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	B.	PT1	PT2	OT	K
1	Anselika Krylowa / Oleg Ovsjannikow	Russia	2.6	1	1	2	1
2	Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat	France	3.6	3	2	1	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	10.2	6th	5	5	5
6th	Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas	Lithuania	11.8	5	6th	6th	6th
7th	Kati Winkler / René Lohse	Germany	14.0	7th	7th	7th	7th
8th	Elena Hruschyna / Ruslan Honcharov	Ukraine	16.0	8th	8th	8th	8th
9	Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński	Poland	18.0	9	9	9	9
10	Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev	United States	20.0	10	10	10	10
11	Albena Denkowa / Maxim Stawiski	Bulgaria	22.0	11	11	11	11
12	Tatiana Nawka / Roman Kostomarow	Russia	24.0	12	12	12	12
13	Galit Chait / Sergei Sachnowski	Israel	26.0	13	13	13	13
14th	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	France	28.6	14th	14th	15th	14th
15th	Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet	Canada	29.4	15th	15th	14th	15th
16	Charlotte Clements / Gary Shortland	United Kingdom	32.4	16	18th	16	16
17th	Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates	United States	33.8	17th	16	17th	17th
18th	Eliane Hugentobler / Daniel Hugentobler	Switzerland	35.8	18th	17th	18th	18th
19th	Stephanie Rauer / Thomas Rauer	Germany	38.4	21st	19th	19th	19th
20th	Nakako Tsuzuki / Rinat Farkhoutdinov	Japan	40.6	22nd	21st	20th	20th
21st	Francesca Fermi / Diego Rinaldi	Italy	42.0	19th	20th	22nd	21st
22nd	Zhang Weina / Cao Xianming	People's Republic of China	43.4	20th	24	21st	22nd
23	Gabriela Hrazska / Jiri Prochazka	Czech Republic	46.2	25th	22nd	23	23
24	Angelika Führing / Bruno Ellinger	Austria	47.8	24	23	24	24
25th	Pia-Maria Gustafsson / Antti Grönlund	Finland	56.0	31	31	31	25th
Freestyle not achieved
26th	Tatiana Kurkudym / Yury Kocherzhenko	Ukraine		26th	25th	25th
27	Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Mark Fitzgerald	Kazakhstan		23	27	26th
28	Kornélia Bárány / András Rosnik	Hungary		28	26th	28
29	Kristina Kalesnik / Aleksander Terentjev	Estonia		29	29	27
30th	Jenny Dahlen / Igor Lukanin	Azerbaijan		27	28	29
31	Yang Tae-hwa / Lee Chuen-gun	South Korea		30th	30th	30th
Original dance not achieved
32	Danielle Rigg-Smith / Trent Nelson-Bond	Australia		32	32

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Russia	4th	1	1	6th
2	United States	-	1	1	2
3	France	-	1	-	1
	People's Republic of China	-	1	-	1
5	Canada	-	-	1	1
	Poland	-	-	1	1

Web links

• 1999 World Figure Skating Championships ( Memento from June 19, 2000 in the Internet Archive )