1997 World Figure Skating Championships
Introduction The '''1997 World Figure Skating Championships''' were held at the CIG de Malley in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 16–23.Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing.
Medal tables ===Medalists=== Men  Elvis Stojko  Todd Eldredge  Alexei Yagudin Ladies  Tara Lipinski  Michelle Kwan  Vanessa Gusmeroli Pair skating  Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer  Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov  Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev Ice dancing  Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov  Angelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsiannikov  Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz===Medals by country===
Competition notes At age 14, Tara Lipinski became the youngest skater to win the World title in ladies' singles.
Results ===Men===1994 Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov withdrew with a groin injury.Stojko became the first skater to win a world title with a successful 4T-3T. Rank Name Nation TFP QA QB SP FS '''1''' Elvis Stojko    3.0  2   4  1 '''2''' Todd Eldredge    3.0  1   2  2 '''3''' Alexei Yagudin    5.5  6   5  3 4 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk    7.0  3   6  4 5 Ilia Kulik    7.5   2  3  6 6 Andrejs Vlascenko    10.0  4   10  5 7 Michael Weiss    12.5   4  9  8 8 Igor Pashkevich    13.0  5   12  7 9 Jeffrey Langdon    14.5   5  11  9 10 Takeshi Honda    15.5   7  7  12 11 Steven Cousins    19.5   9  17  11 12 Éric Millot    19.5   3  13  13 13 Laurent Tobel    20.0   6  20  10 14 Cornel Gheorghe    23.0  8   18  14 15 Michael Shmerkin    24.0  11   8  20 16 Szabolcs Vidrai    24.5  7   15  17 17 Konstantin Kostin    25.0   8  14  18 18 Michael Tyllesen    25.5   12  19  16 19 Zhengxin Guo    26.0  12   22  15 20 Roman Skorniakov    27.0   13  16  19 21 Michael Hopfes    31.5   10  21  21 22 Anthony Liu    34.0  9   24  22 23 Ivan Dinev    35.5  13   23  24 24 Patrick Meier    36.0  16   26  23 WD Alexei Urmanov      1  1  Free skating not reached 26 Markus Leminen     14   26  27 Gilberto Viadana      14  27  28 Lee Kyu-hyun      11  28  29 Robert Grzegorczyk      15  29  30 Patrick Schmit     10   30  31 Vakhtang Murvanidze     15   31  Short program not reached 32 Jordi Pedro      16   33 Alexander Murashko     17    33 Margus Hernits      17   35 Karel Nekola     18    35 Daniel Hollander      18   37 Ferdi Skoberla     19    37 Róbert Kažimír      19   39 Youri Litvinov     20    39 David Liu      20   41 Ricardo Olaverrieta     21    41 Florian Tuma      21   43 Yan-Ho Brian Chan     22    43 Matthew van den Broeck      22   WD Armen Asoyan       Referee:* Britta Lindgren 20pxAssistant Referee:* Katsuichiro Hisanaga 20pxJudges:* Marie Reine le Gougne * Agnes Morvai * Sally Rehorick * Sviatoslav Babenko * George Iashvili * Zoya Yordanova * Paula Naughton * Daniela Cavelli * Sissy Krick Substitute judge:* Merja Kosonen ===Ladies=== Rank Name Nation TFP QA QB SP FS '''1''' Tara Lipinski    2.5   1  1  2 '''2''' Michelle Kwan    3.0  1   4  1 '''3''' Vanessa Gusmeroli    5.0  2   2  4 4 Irina Slutskaya    6.0  3   6  3 5 Maria Butyrskaya    6.5   3  3  5 6 Laetitia Hubert    10.5  9   7  7 7 Krisztina Czakó    10.5  4   5  8 8 Julia Lautowa    14.5   5  11  6 9 Julia Lavrenchuk    15.0   4  9  10 10 Eva-Maria Fitze    16.5  8   16  9 11 Joanne Carter    16.5  10   10  12 12 Olga Markova    19.0   7  15  11 13 Nicole Bobek    20.0   2  8  15 14 Zuzanna Szwed    21.5  5   12  14 15 Lucinda Ruh    22.5   6  18  13 16 Lenka Kulovaná    23.5  7   14  18 17 Tatiana Malinina    25.0   12  17  19 18 Fumie Suguri    25.5   10  21  16 19 Alisa Drei    27.0   8  22  17 20 Mojca Kopač    29.5  13   13  22 21 Julia Vorobieva    30.0  6   20  20 22 Helena Grundberg    32.0   13  23  21 23 Hanae Yokoya    32.5   9  19  23 WD Susan Humphreys     12   21  Free skating not reached 25 Chen Lu      11  25  26 Tony Bombardieri     15   26  27 Zuzana Paurova     14   27  28 Marta Andrade     11   28  29 Ivana Jakupcevic      15  29  30 Sofia Penkova      14  30  Short program not reached 31 Valeria Trifancova     16    31 Yankun Du      16   33 Valentina Gazeleridou     17    33 Shirene Human      17   35 Noemi Bedo     18    35 Zoe Jones      18   37 Patricia Ferriot     19    37 Jung Min-ju      19   39 Ja-Lin Weng     20    39 Kaja Hanevold      20   41 Liina-Grete Lilender     21    41 Rita Dolly Auyeung      21   WD Veronika Dytrt       Referee:* Sally-Anne Stapleford 20pxAssistant Referee:* Hely Abbondati 20pxJudges:* Josette Betsch * Alexander Pentchev * Maria Zuchowicz * Christa Gunsam * Judit Fürst-Tombor * Jan Hoffmann * Gloria Morandi * Hisashi Yoshikawa * Adriana Domanska Substitute judge:* Bettina Meier ===Pairs=== Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS '''1''' Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer    1.5  1  1 '''2''' Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov    3.0  2  2 '''3''' Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev    6.0  6  3 4 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen    6.5  5  4 5 Jenni Meno / Todd Sand    7.0  4  5 6 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz    10.0  8  6 7 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis    10.5  7  7 8 Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek    13.5  11  8 9 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze    13.5  3  12 10 Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller    14.5  9  10 11 Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao    16.0  14  9 12 Marina Khalturina / Andrei Kriukov    16.0  10  11 13 Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex    19.0  12  13 14 Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet    21.5  15  14 15 Stephanie Stiegler / John Zimmerman    21.5  13  15 16 Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr    24.0  16  16 17 Elaine Asanakis / Joel McKeever    26.0  18  17 18 Olena Bilousivska / Stanislav Morozov    26.5  17  18 19 Svetlana Plachonina / Dmitri Kaplun    28.5  19  19 20 Elena Sirokhvatova / Oleg Shliakhov    30.0  20  20 21 Inga Rodionova / Alexander Anichenko    32.0  22  21 22 Jekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals    34.0  24  22 23 Maria Krasiltseva / Alexander Chestnikh    34.5  23  23 WD Lesley Rogers / Michael Aldred     21  Free skating not reached 25 Elena Ershova / Evgeni Sviridov     25 Referee:* Walburga Grimm 20pxAssistant Referee:* Markus German 20pxJudges:* Frank Parsons * Ulf Denzer * Debbie Islam * Alexei Shirshov * Marina Sanaya * Anna Sierocka * Ubavka Novakovic-Kytinoy * Laura McNair * Lucy J. Brennan Substitute judge:* Evgenia Bogdanova ===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    5.8  2  3  3  3 4 Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy    8.2  4  5  4  4 5 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat    8.8  5  4  5  5 6 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow    12.0  6  6  6  6 7 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh    14.0  7  7  7  7 8 Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko    16.0  8  8  8  8 9 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio    18.8  9  10  10  9 10 Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas    19.2  10  9  9  10 11 Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasinski    22.4  12  12  11  11 12 Kati Winkler / René Lohse    25.2  13  14  13  12 13 Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček    25.6  11  11  12  14 14 Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov    26.8  14  13  14  13 15 Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga    30.0  15  15  15  15 16 Marika Humphreys / Philip Askew    32.0  16  16  16  16 17 Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates    34.8  18  17  18  17 18 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky    35.2  17  18  17  18 19 Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviyski    38.2  20  19  19  19 20 Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet    38.8  19  20  20  20 21 Angelika Füring / Bruno Ellinger    43.2  22  23  22  21 22 Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka    44.0  21  21  21  23 23 Šárka Vondrková / Lukáš Král    45.2  23  24  23  22 24 Jenny Dahlen / Juris Razgulajevs    47.6  24  22  24  24 Free dance not reached 25 Chantal Loyer / Justin Bell     25  25  25  26 Kristina Kalesnik / Alexander Terentjev     26  27  26  27 Bianca Szijgyarto / Szilárd Tóth     27  26  27  28 Olga Slobodova / Dmitri Beljk     28  29  28  29 Kornelia Barany / Andre Rosnik     29  29  29  30 Lucine Chakmakjian / Corey Lapaige     29  28  29 Referee:* Wolfgang Kunz 20pxAssistant Referee:* Roland Wehinger 20pxJudges:* Robert Horen * Gilles Van Den Broeck * Halina Gordon-Poltorak * John Greenwood * Irina Absaliamova * Isabella Micheli * Evgenia Karnolska * Mary Parry * Heide Maritczak Substitute judge:* Sumiko Kobayashi
References
External links *  1997 Worlds results