1996 Cup of Russia
Introduction The '''1996 Cup of Russia''' was the sixth event of six in the 1996–97 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Saint Petersburg on December 12–15.Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 1996–97 Champions Series Final.
Results ===Men=== Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS '''1''' Alexei Urmanov    1.5  1  1 '''2''' Alexei Yagudin    3.0  2  2 '''3''' Michael Weiss    4.5  3  3 4 Evgeni Plushenko    7.5  7  4 5 Naoki Shigematsu    8.0  4  6 6 Jeffrey Langdon    10.0  10  5 7 Daniel Hollander    10.0  6  7 8 Steven Cousins    10.5  5  8 9 Andrejs Vlascenko    13.0  8  9 10 Thierry Cerez    15.5  9  11 11 Szabolcs Vidrai    16.0  12  10 WD Michael Tyllesen     11 ===Ladies=== Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS '''1''' Irina Slutskaya    1.5  3  1 '''2''' Julia Lautowa    4.0  2  3 '''3''' Olga Markova    4.5  1  4 4 Elena Sokolova    5.0  6  2 5 Szusanna Szwed    8.5  7  5 6 Krisztina Czakó    8.5  5  6 7 Fumie Suguri    11.0  4  9 8 Jennifer Robinson    11.5  9  7 9 Julia Lavrenchuk    13.5  10  8 WD Sydne Vogel     8 ===Pairs=== Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS '''1''' Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer    2.0  2  1 '''2''' Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov    2.5  1  2 '''3''' Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev    4.5  3  3 4 Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells    6.0  4  4 5 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze    7.5  5  5 6 Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek    10.0  8  6 7 Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr    10.0  6  7 8 Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko    11.5  7  8 9 Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell    14.0  10  9 WD Jodeyne Higgins / Sean Rice     9 ===Ice dancing=== Rank Name Nation TFP CD OD FD '''1''' Anjelika Krylova  / Oleg Ovsiannikov    2.0  1  1  1 '''2''' Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh     4.0  2  2  2 '''3''' Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow    6.0  3  3  3 4 Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński    8.0  4  4  4 5 Ekaterina Davydova / Roman Kostomarov    10.0  5  5  5 6 Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov    12.0  6  6  6 7 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky    14.0  7  7  7 8 Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates    16.0  8  8  8 9 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov    18.0  9  9  9 10 Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe    20.0  10  10  10 11 Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton    22.0  11  11  11
External links *  1996 Cup of Russia