1997 Karl Schäfer Memorial
Introduction The '''1997 Karl Schäfer Memorial''' (also known as the '''Vienna Cup''') took place from 15 to 18 October 1997.Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing.It was used as a qualifying event for the upcoming 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Results ===Men=== Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS '''1''' Daniel Hollander    2.0  2  1 '''2''' Anthony Liu    3.5  1  3 '''3''' Ivan Dinev    5.5  7  2 4 Ruslan Novoseltsev    5.5  3  4 5 Jayson Dénommée    7.0  4  5 6 Patrick Meier    10.0  6  7 7 Gilberto Viadana    11.0  10  6 8 Róbert Kažimír    13.0  8  9 9 Yuri Litvinov    13.5  5  11 10 Patrick Schmit    15.5  15  8 11 Robert Grzegorczyk    16.5  9  12 12 Sven Meyer    17.0  14  10 13 Markus Leminen    19.5  13  13 14 David Liu    21.5  11  15 15 Lee Kyu-hyun    22.0  16  14 16 Alexei Kozlov    23.0  12  17 17 Jan Čejvan    25.0  18  16 18 Radek Horák    26.5  17  18 19 Jordi Pedro    29.0  20  19 20 Fredi Skoberla    29.5  19  20 WD Vakhtang Murvanidze      WD Zoltan Koszegi     ===Ladies===Chen Lu qualified China for the 1998 Olympics in the ladies' competition after losing China's spot with her poor 1997 World Figure skating championship performance. Chen performed 4 triple jumps including the triple loop. Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS '''1''' Chen Lu    2.5  3  1 '''2''' Tonia Kwiatkowski    2.5  1  2 '''3''' Yulia Vorobieva    6.0  6  3 4 Miriam Manzano    7.5  5  5 5 Tatiana Pliusheva    8.0  4  6 6 Zoe Jones    8.0  2  7 7 Silvia Fontana    8.5  9  4 8 Eva-Maria Fitze    11.5  7  8 9 Sabina Wojtala    14.0  8  10 10 Diána Póth    15.5  13  9 11 Helena Grundberg    17.0  10  12 12 Marta Andrade    18.5  17  11 13 Zuzana Paurová    19.5  11  14 14 Ivana Jakupčević    21.0  16  13 15 Shirene Human    22.0  14  15 16 Anna Wenzel    23.0  12  17 17 Sofia Penkova    25.0  18  16 18 Susan Humphreys    25.5  15  18 19 Choi Hyung-kyung    27.5  19  19 20 Ekatarina Golovatenko    30.5  21  20 21 Helena Pajović    32.0  22  21 22 Ja-Lin Weng    33.0  20  23 23 Marta Chisu    33.5  23  22===Pairs=== Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS '''1''' Olena Bilousivska / Stanislav Morozov    2.0  2  1 '''2''' Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell    5.0  6  2 '''3''' Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola    5.0  4  3 4 Lesley Rogers / Michael Aldred    5.5  3  4 5 Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin    5.5  1  5 6 Samantha Marchant / Chad Hawse    9.5  7  6 7 Inga Rodionova / Alexander Anichenko    9.5  5  7 8 Elaine Asanakis / Joel McKeever    12.0  8  8 9 Maria Krasiltseva / Alexander Chestnikh    14.5  11  9 10 Oľga Beständigová / Jozef Beständig    15.0  10  10 11 Svetlana Plachonina / Dmitri Kaplun    15.5  9  11===Ice dancing=== Rank Name Nation TFP CD1 CD2 OD FD '''1''' Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov    2.0  1  1  1  1 '''2''' Ekaterina Davydova / Roman Kostomarov    4.0  2  2  2  2 '''3''' Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovski    7.4  4  4  3  3 4 Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviyski    8.6  5  3  5  4 5 Marika Humphreys / Philip Askew    9.0  3  5  4  5 6 Ksenia Smetanenko / Samvel Gezalyan    12.2  7  6  6  6 7 Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga    13.8  6  7  7  7 8 Zuzana Merzova / Tomas Morbacher    16.4  9  9  8  8 9 Angelika Führing / Bruno Ellinger    18.6  8  8  9  10 10 Christine Fuller / Steve Kavanagh    19.8  12  12  10  9 11 Kornelia Barany / Andre Rosnik    22.2  10  10  12  11 12 Šárka Vondrková / Lukáš Král    23.4  11  13  11  12 13 Eliane Hugentobler / Daniel Hugentobler    27.2  16  16  13  13 14 Kristina Kalesnik / Alexander Terentjev    28.8  17  15  14  14 15 Jolanta Bury / Lukasz Zalewski    29.4  13  14  15  15 16 Sophie Simon / Steven Francois    32.0  15  17  16  16 WD Debbie Koegel / Oleg Fediukov     14  11
References
External links *  1997 Karl Schäfer Memorial