1996 World Figure Skating Championships
Introduction The '''1996 World Figure Skating Championships''' were held in Edmonton, Canada on March 17–24.Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
Medal tables ===Medalists=== Men  Todd Eldredge  Ilia Kulik  Rudy Galindo Ladies  Michelle Kwan  Chen Lu  Irina Slutskaya Pair skating  Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov  Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer  Jenni Meno / Todd Sand Ice dancing  Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov  Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov  Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz===Medals by country===
Competition notes The opening ceremonies were composed by Canadian composer Jan Randall and narrated by Kurt Browning.
Results ===Men=== Rank Name Nation TFP QA QB SP FS '''1''' Todd Eldredge    2.0    2  1 '''2''' Ilia Kulik    2.5    1  2 '''3''' Rudy Galindo    6.0  1   4  4 4 Elvis Stojko    6.5    7  3 5 Alexei Urmanov    6.5    3  5 6 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk    10.0    8  6 7 Éric Millot    12.0    6  9 8 Andrejs Vlascenko    13.5   4  11  8 9 Philippe Candeloro    15.0    16  7 10 Daniel Hollander    16.5  2   13  10 11 Michael Shmerkin    17.0  7   12  11 12 Thierry Cerez    19.5   5  15  12 13 Takeshi Honda    20.0   1  14  13 14 Cornel Gheorghe    20.0  5   10  15 15 Steven Cousins    20.5    5  18 16 Dmitri Dmitrenko    23.5  4   9  19 17 Sébastien Britten    24.0   2  20  14 18 Szabolcs Vidrai    25.0   7  18  16 19 Michael Tyllesen    25.5   3  17  17 20 Neil Wilson    31.0  6   22  20 21 Patrick Schmit    32.5   10  23  21 22 Fabrizio Garattoni    32.5   6  21  22 23 Robert Grzegorczyk    35.5  9   19  23 24 Alexander Murashko    36.0  10   24  24 Free skating not reached 25 Patrick Meier     11   25  26 Zhengxin Guo       26  27 Marcus Christensen      8  27  28 Margus Hernits      9  28  29 Youri Litvinov     8   29  WD Florian Tuma      11   Short program not reached 31 Markus Leminen     12    31 Radek Horák      12   33 Ivan Dinev     13    33 Róbert Kažimír      13   35 Lee Kyu-hyun     14    35 Jan Čejvan      14   37 Zoltan Koszegi     15    37 Ricardo Olavarrieta      15   39 Stephen Carr     16    39 Robert Ward      16   41 Jordi Pedro     17    41 Aramayis Grigorian      17  ===Ladies=== Rank Name Nation TFP QA QB SP FS '''1''' Michelle Kwan    1.5    1  1 '''2''' Chen Lu    3.0    2  2 '''3''' Irina Slutskaya    4.5    3  3 4 Maria Butyrskaya    6.0   1  4  4 5 Surya Bonaly    8.5    7  5 6 Tanja Szewczenko    8.5   3  5  6 7 Midori Ito    10.0  1   6  7 8 Tonia Kwiatkowski    12.5   4  9  8 9 Julia Vorobieva    13.0   2  8  9 10 Hanae Yokoya    15.5    11  10 11 Krisztina Czakó    18.0  3   12  12 12 Elena Liashenko    19.0    10  14 13 Tatiana Malinina    21.5  5   13  15 14 Vanessa Gusmeroli    22.0   9  18  13 15 Tara Lipinski    22.5  2   23  11 16 Lenka Kulovaná    24.5   6  17  16 17 Julia Lavrenchuk    25.0   11  16  17 18 Mojca Kopač    25.5   7  15  18 19 Lucinda Ruh    29.0   8  20  19 20 Lu Meijia    29.0  4   14  22 21 Jennifer Robinson    32.0   5  24  20 22 Stephanie Main    32.0  12   22  21 23 Maria Nikitochkina    32.5   12  19  23 24 Silvia Fontana    34.5  7   21  24 Free skating not reached 25 Zuzanna Szwed      10  25  26 Marta Andrade     10   26  27 Helena Grundberg     8   27  28 Sofia Penkova     11   28  29 Ivana Jakupcevic     9   29  30 Denise Jaschek     6   30  Short program not reached 31 Alma Lepina     13    31 Miriam Manzano      13   33 Choi Hyung-kyung     14    33 Véronique Fleury      14   35 Marta Chisu     15    35 Shirene Human      15   37 Ja-Lin Weng      16  ===Pairs=== Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS '''1''' Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov    2.0  2  1 '''2''' Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer    2.5  1  2 '''3''' Jenni Meno / Todd Sand    5.5  5  3 4 Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov    5.5  3  4 5 Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev    7.0  4  5 6 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen    10.0  8  6 7 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz    10.0  6  7 8 Michelle Menzies / Jean-Michel Bombardier    13.0  10  8 9 Olena Bilousivska / Serhiy Potalov    13.5  9  9 10 Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells    15.5  11  10 11 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis    15.5  7  12 12 Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr    17.0  12  11 13 Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek    21.5  15  14 14 Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex    21.5  13  15 15 Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao    22.0  18  13 16 Lesley Rogers / Michael Aldred    24.0  16  16 17 Marina Khalturina / Andrei Kriukov    25.5  17  17 18 Line Haddad / Sylvain Prive    26.0  14  19 19 Elaine Asanakis / Joel McKeever    28.0  20  18 20 Veronika Joukalová / Otto Dlabola    29.5  19  20 21 Anna Kaverzina / Gennadi Emelianenko    31.5  21  21 22 Jekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals    33.5  23  22 23 Olga Bogouslavska / Juri Salmonov    34.0  22  23===Ice dancing=== Rank Name Nation TFP CD1 CD2 OD FD '''1''' Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov    2.0  1  1  1  1 '''2''' Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov    4.0  2  2  2  2 '''3''' Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz    6.0  3  3  3  3 4 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat    8.0  4  4  4  4 5 Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko    10.0  5  5  5  5 6 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh    12.0  6  6  6  6 7 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow    14.2  8  7  7  7 8 Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas    16.2  9  8  8  8 9 Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček    17.6  7  9  9  9 10 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio    20.4  12  10  10  10 11 Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński    22.0  10  12  11  11 12 Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga    23.6  11  11  12  12 13 Kati Winkler / René Lohse    26.0  13  13  13  13 14 Renée Roca / Gorsha Sur    28.0  14  14  14  14 15 Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet    30.6  16  17  15  15 16 Nakako Tsuzuki / Juris Razgulajevs    33.2  17  18  17  16 17 Marika Humphreys / Philip Askew    33.6  15  15  16  18 18 Allison MacLean / Konrad Schaub    34.6  18  16  18  17 19 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov    39.0  20  20  20  19 20 Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton    39.0  19  19  19  20 21 Agnes Jacquemard / Alexis Gayet    42.0  21  21  21  21 22 Šárka Vondrková / Lukáš Král    45.2  22  23  22  23 23 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky    46.2  24  25  24  22 24 Enikő Berkes / Endre Szentirmai    47.2  23  24  23  24 Free dance not reached 25 Cornelia Diener / Alexei Pospelov     25  22  25  26 Barbara Lynn Hanley / Vassil Serkov     29  27  26  27 Yuh-Shen Lai / Wei-Wen Lai     27  29  27  28 Kaho Koinuma / Tigran Arakelian     26  26  29  29 Chantal Loyer / Justin Bell     28  28  28  30 Katri Kuusnuemi / Jamie Walker     30  30  30  Original dance not reached 31 Maikki Uotila / Toni Mattila     31  31   32 Anna Mosenkova / Dmitri Kurakin     32  32   33 Kim Hee-jin / Kim Hyun-chul     33  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References
External links *  1996 worlds results *  *  *  *