World Figure Skating Championships 2008

World Figure Skating Championships 2008
98th edition
Scandinavium
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	16.-23. March 2008
Venue:	Scandinavium , Gothenburg , Sweden
Gold medalist
Men's:	Jeffrey Buttle
Women:	Mao Asada
Couples:	Aljona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy
Ice dance:	Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder
World figure skating championships
2007 ◄ 2008 ► 2009

The 98th World Figure Skating Championships took place from March 16 to 23 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg ( Sweden ).

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Canada	1	1	1	3
2	France	1	1	-	2
3	Germany	1	-	-	1
	Japan	1	-	-	1
5	Italy	-	1	-	1
	People's Republic of China	-	1	-	1
7th	Russia	-	-	1	1
	South Korea	-	-	1	1
	United States	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Men's	Jeffrey Buttle	Brian Joubert	Johnny Weir
Ladies	Mao Asada	Carolina Kostner	Kim Yu-na
Couples	Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison
Ice dance	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Jana Chochlowa / Sergei Nowizki

Results

• Pts = points
• KP = short program
• K = freestyle
• PT = compulsory dance
• OT = original dance

Men's

Podium of the gentlemen; from left: Johnny Weir, Jeffrey Buttle, Brian Joubert

space	athlete	country	Pt.	KP	K
1	Jeffrey Buttle	Canada	245.17	1	1
2	Brian Joubert	France	231.22	6th	2
3	Johnny Weir	United States	221.84	2	5
4th	Daisuke Takahashi	Japan	220.11	3	6th
5	Stéphane Lambiel	Switzerland	217.88	5	7th
6th	Kevin van der Perren	Belgium	216.02	9	3
7th	Sergei Voronov	Russia	209.93	15th	4th
8th	Takahiko Kozuka	Japan	205.15	8th	8th
9	Patrick Chan	Canada	203.55	7th	11
10	Stephen Carriere	United States	201.69	11	9
11	Jeremy Abbott	United States	197.26	14th	10
12	Sergei Davydov	Belarus	196.79	12	12
13	Adrian Schultheiss	Sweden	194.39	13	13
14th	Kristoffer Berntsson	Sweden	193.72	10	15th
15th	Tomáš Verner	Czech Republic	191.94	4th	20th
16	Karel Zelenka	Italy	187.65	17th	16
17th	Gregor Urbas	Slovenia	187.48	18th	14th
18th	Yannick Ponsero	France	182.06	16	18th
19th	Yasuharu Nanri	Japan	179.88	20th	17th
20th	Anton Kovalevskyi	Ukraine	178.13	21st	19th
21st	Igor Macypura	Slovakia	169.93	19th	21st
22nd	Jamal Othman	Switzerland	164.02	22nd	22nd
23	Li Chengjiang	People's Republic of China	155.75	23	23
24	Absal Raqymghaliev	Kazakhstan	149.92	24	24
Freestyle not achieved
25th	Alexandr Kazakov	Belarus	51.00	25th
26th	Michael Chrolenko	Norway	50.50	26th
27	Pavel Kaška	Czech Republic	49.98	27
28	Boris Martinec	Croatia	48.91	28
29	Elliot Hilton	United Kingdom	48.10	29
30th	Javier Fernández López	Spain	47.87	30th
31	Mikko Minkkinen	Finland	47.15	31
32	Peter Liebers	Germany	46.96	32
33	Zoltán Kelemen	Romania	45.58	33
34	Maxim Shipov	Israel	44.32	34
35	Sean Carlow	Australia	43.98	35
36	Luis Hernández	Mexico	42.74	36
37	Manuel Koll	Austria	42.47	37
38	Justin Pietersen	South Africa	38.67	38
39	Naiden Borichev	Bulgaria	38.36	39
40	Konstantin Tupikov	Poland	37.47	40
41	Tristan Thode	New Zealand	35.29	41
42	Kutay Eryoldas	Turkey	35.04	42
43	Danil Privalov	Azerbaijan	34.73	43
44	Tigran Vardanjan	Hungary	32.37	44
45	Saulius Ambrulevičius	Lithuania	28.63	45
Z	Alban Préaubert	France

• Z = withdrawn

Ladies

Ladies' Podium; from left: Carolina Kostner, Mao Asada, Kim Yu-na

space	athlete	country	Pt.	KP	K
1	Mao Asada	Japan	185.56	2	2
2	Carolina Kostner	Italy	184.68	1	3
3	Kim Yu-na	South Korea	183.23	5	1
4th	Yukari Nakano	Japan	177.40	3	4th
5	Joannie Rochette	Canada	174.12	6th	5
6th	Sarah Meier	Switzerland	171.88	7th	6th
7th	Kimmie Meissner	United States	149.74	9	12
8th	Laura Lepistö	Finland	147.26	21st	7th
9	Kiira Korpi	Finland	145.73	4th	17th
10	Beatrisa Liang	United States	145.29	10	13
11	Júlia Sebestyén	Hungary	145.17	19th	8th
12	Annette Dytrt	Germany	144.31	12	11
13	Valentina Marchei	Italy	142.93	17th	9
14th	Mira Leung	Canada	140.59	14th	14th
15th	Jelena Glebova	Estonia	140.10	20th	10
16	Ashley Wagner	United States	137.40	11	15th
17th	Xenija Doronina	Russia	135.25	15th	16
18th	Viktoria Helgesson	Sweden	127.96	16	20th
19th	Kim Na-Young	South Korea	127.32	18th	19th
20th	Elene Gedevanishvili	Georgia	125.99	23	18th
21st	Anastasiya Gʻimazetdinova	Uzbekistan	124.92	13	21st
22nd	Tamar Katz	Israel	116.86	24	22nd
23	Melinda Sherilyn Wang	Chinese Taipei	116.12	22nd	23
Z	Miki Ando	Japan		8th
Freestyle not achieved
25th	Jenna McCorkell	United Kingdom	42.55	25th
26th	Ivana Reitmayerová	Slovakia	41.79	26th
27	Tuğba Karademir	Turkey	38.71	27
28	Mérovée Ephrem	Monaco	38.61	28
29	Victoria Muniz	Puerto Rico	38.41	29
30th	Sonia Lafuente	Spain	38.35	30th
31	Liu Yan	People's Republic of China	38.13	31
32	Nella Simaová	Czech Republic	37.72	32
33	Sonia Radeva	Bulgaria	37.44	33
34	Anna Jurkiewicz	Poland	37.09	34
35	Iryna Movchan	Ukraine	36.17	35
36	Julia Sheremet	Belarus	34.69	36
37	Tina Wang	Australia	34.00	37
38	Candice Didier	France	33.91	38
39	Roxana Luca	Romania	32.07	39
40	Viviane Kaeser	Switzerland	30.37	40
41	Mirna Librić	Croatia	30.20	41
42	Ksenia Jastsenjski	Serbia	29.05	42
43	Barbara Klerk	Belgium	28.38	43
44	Loretta Hamui	Mexico	28.15	44
45	Gracielle Jeanne Tan	Philippines	27.85	45
46	Denise Koegl	Austria	27.36	46
47	Charissa Tansomboon	Thailand	27.28	47
48	Stasia Rage	Latvia	26.45	48
49	Tamami Ono	Hong Kong	26.20	49
50	Maria-Elena Papasotiriou	Greece	25.95	50
51	Lejeanne Marais	South Africa	25.85	51
52	Morgan Figgins	New Zealand	25.16	52
53	Beatričė Rožinskaitė	Lithuania	24.02	53

• Z = withdrawn

Couples

Podium of couples; from left: Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao, Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy, Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison

space	athlete	country	Pt.	KP	K
1	Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Germany	202.86	2	1
2	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	People's Republic of China	197.82	1	3
3	Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison	Canada	192.78	4th	2
4th	Juko Kawaguti / Alexander Smirnow	Russia	191.33	3	4th
5	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	People's Republic of China	186.78	5	5
6th	Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin	Canada	169.61	7th	6th
7th	Marija Muchortowa / Maxim Trankow	Russia	166.64	6th	9
8th	Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay	Canada	164.67	9	7th
9	Tatiana Wolossoschar / Stanislaw Morozov	Ukraine	159.95	8th	10
10	Rena Inoue / John Baldwin	United States	157.20	10	8th
11	Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski	United States	146.03	12	11
12	Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming	People's Republic of China	142.83	11	12
13	Laura Magitteri / Ondřej Hotárek	Italy	126.38	14th	13
14th	Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia	France	124.68	16	14th
15th	Stacey Kemp / David King	United Kingdom	123.98	13	15th
16	Dominika Piątkowska / Dmitri Chromin	Poland	111.94	17th	16
17th	Hayley Anne Sacks / Vadim Akolzin	Israel	111.23	15th	17th
18th	Marina Aganina / Dmitri Zobnin	Uzbekistan	97.31	18th	19th
19th	Ariel Fay Gagnon / Chad Tsagris	Greece	95.65	19th	18th
20th	Amy Ireland / Michael Bahoric	Croatia	77.39	20th	20th
Z	Ekaterina Kostenko / Roman Talan	Ukraine

• Z = withdrawn

Ice dance

Podium of ice dancers; from left: Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir, Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder, Jana Chochlowa / Sergei Nowizki

space	athlete	country	Pt.	PT	OT	K
1	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	France	212.94	1	1	2
2	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Canada	208.80	2	3	1
3	Jana Chochlowa / Sergei Nowizki	Russia	203.26	3	2	5
4th	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	United States	203.00	5	4th	3
5	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali	Italy	201.91	4th	5	4th
6th	Meryl Davis / Charlie White	United States	191.19	7th	7th	6th
7th	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat	France	190.51	6th	6th	7th
8th	Sinead Kerr / John Kerr	United Kingdom	186.94	8th	8th	8th
9	Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski	Israel	179.21	9	9	10
10	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Italy	179.03	11	10	9
11	Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin	Azerbaijan	173.95	10	11	11
12	Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre	United States	165.90	12	13	14th
13	Ekaterina Bobrowa / Dmitri Solovyov	Russia	164.72	16	12	13
14th	Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas	Lithuania	164.28	13	14th	12
15th	Ekaterina Rublyova / Ivan Schefer	Russia	160.37	15th	15th	15th
16	Cathy Reed / Chris Reed	Japan	155.15	18th	18th	16
17th	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	Canada	154.84	20th	17th	17th
18th	Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo	Ukraine	153.25	14th	16	21st
19th	Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno	Canada	153.13	17th	19th	18th
20th	Nelli Schiganschina / Alexander Gazsi	Germany	150.82	19th	21st	19th
21st	Barbora Silná / Dmitri Matsjuk	Austria	147.21	21st	20th	20th
22nd	Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen	People's Republic of China	139.20	23	23	23
23	Kamila Hájková / David Vincour	Czech Republic	138.63	22nd	25th	22nd
24	Leonie Krail / Oscar Peter	Switzerland	126.50	25th	22nd	24
Freestyle not achieved
25th	Krisztina Barta / Ádám Tóth	Hungary	64.08	27	24
26th	Joanna Budner / Jan Mościcki	Poland	62.28	24	28
27	Danielle Obrien / Gregory Merriman	Australia	60.12	28	27
28	Ksenia Shmirina / Egor Maistrov	Belarus	59.37	29	26th
29	Yu Sun Hye / Ramil Sarkulov	Uzbekistan	56.93	26th	30th
30th	Ina Demireva / Juri Kurakin	Bulgaria	53.38	30th	29
Original dance not achieved
31	Kristina Kiudmaa / Aleksei Trohlev	Estonia	16.72	31

Web links

• 2008 World Figure Skating Championships