1996 World Figure Skating Championships
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1996 World Figure Skating Championships
| 1996 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | 17 March – 24 March |
| Season: | 1995-1996 |
| Location: |  Edmonton |
| Host: | Canadian Figure Skating Association |
| Venue: | Edmonton Coliseum |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Todd Eldredge |
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| Ladies singles: Michelle Kwan |
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Pair skating: Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov |
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| Ice dancing: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov |
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| Navigation | |
| Previous: | 1995 World Championships |
| Next: | 1997 World Championships |
The 1996 World Figure Skating Championships were the World Figure Skating Championships of the 1995-1996 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from ISU Member Nations competed for the title of World Champion. Skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. They were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The opening ceremonies were composed by Canadian composer Jan Randall and narrated by Kurt Browning.
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Medalists
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's singles[1] | Todd Eldredge |
Ilia Kulik |
Rudy Galindo |
| Ladies singles[2] | Michelle Kwan |
 Chen Lu |
Irina Slutskaya |
| Pair skating[3] | Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov |
 Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer |
Jenni Meno & Todd Sand |
| Ice dance[3] | Oksana Grischuk & Evgeny Platov |
Angelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov |
Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | United States |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Germany |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | China |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Canada |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Results
Men
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | QA | QB | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michelle Kwan | United States |
1.5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Lu Chen | China |
3.0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Irina Slutskaya | Russia |
4.5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Maria Butyrskaya | Russia |
6.0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 5 | Surya Bonaly |  France |
8.5 | 7 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Tanja Szewczenko | Germany |
8.5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | Midori Ito |  Japan |
10.0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 8 | Tonia Kwiatkowski | United States |
12.5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | |
| 9 | Julia Vorobieva |  Azerbaijan |
13.0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |
| 10 | Hanae Yokoya | Japan |
15.5 | 11 | 10 | ||
| 11 | Krisztina Czakó |  Hungary |
18.0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |
| 12 | Elena Liashenko |  Ukraine |
19.0 | 10 | 14 | ||
| 13 | Tatiana Malinina |  Uzbekistan |
21.5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |
| 14 | Vanessa Gusmeroli | France |
22.0 | 9 | 18 | 13 | |
| 15 | Tara Lipinski | United States |
22.5 | 2 | 23 | 11 | |
| 16 | Lenka Kulovaná |  Czech Republic |
24.5 | 6 | 17 | 16 | |
| 17 | Julia Lavrenchuk | Ukraine |
25.0 | 11 | 16 | 17 | |
| 18 | Mojca Kopač |  Slovenia |
25.5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | |
| 19 | Lucinda Ruh |  Switzerland |
29.0 | 8 | 20 | 19 | |
| 20 | Meijia Lu | China |
29.0 | 4 | 14 | 22 | |
| 21 | Jennifer Robinson | Canada |
32.0 | 5 | 24 | 20 | |
| 22 | Stephanie Main |  United Kingdom |
32.0 | 12 | 22 | 21 | |
| 23 | Maria Nikitochkina |  Belarus |
32.5 | 12 | 19 | 23 | |
| 24 | Silvia Fontana |  Italy |
7 | 24 | |||
| Free Skate Not Reached | |||||||
| 25 | Zuzanna Szwed |  Poland |
10 | 25 | |||
| 26 | Marta Andrade |  Spain |
10 | 26 | |||
| 27 | Helena Grundberg |  Sweden |
8 | 27 | |||
| 28 | Sofia Penkova |  Bulgaria |
11 | 28 | |||
| 29 | Ivana Jakupcevic |  Croatia |
9 | 29 | |||
| 30 | Denise Jaschek |  Austria |
6 | 30 | |||
| Short Program Not Reached | |||||||
| 31 | Alma Lepina |  Latvia |
13 | ||||
| 31 | Miriam Manzano |  Australia |
13 | ||||
| 33 | Hyung-Kyung Choi |  South Korea |
14 | ||||
| 33 | Véronique Fleury | France |
14 | ||||
| 35 | Marta Chisu |  Romania |
15 | ||||
| 35 | Shirene Human |  South Africa |
15 | ||||
| 37 | Ja-Lin Weng |  Chinese Taipei |
16 | ||||
Pairs
Ice dancing
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD |
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| 1 | Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov | Russia |
2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Russia |
4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz | Canada |
6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | France |
8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko | Ukraine |
10.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh | Russia |
12.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow | United States |
14.2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas |  Lithuania |
16.2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček | Czech Republic |
17.6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio | Italy |
20.4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kowlasinski | Poland |
22.0 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga |  Kazakhstan |
23.6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Kati Winkler / René Lohse | Germany |
26.0 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Renée Roca / Gorsha Sur | United States |
28.0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet | Canada |
30.6 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Nakako Tsuzuki / Juris Razgulajevs | Japan |
33.2 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| 17 | Marika Humphreys / Phillip Askew | United Kingdom |
33.6 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 |
| 18 | Allison MacLean / Konrad Schaub | Australia |
34.6 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| 19 | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Ukraine |
39.0 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
| 20 | Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton | France |
39.0 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | Agnes Jacquemard / Alexis Gayet | France |
42.0 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| 22 | Sarka Vondrkova / Luka Kral | Czech Republic |
45.2 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 |
| 23 | Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky |  Israel |
46.2 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 22 |
| 24 | Enikő Berkes / Endre Szentirmai | Hungary |
47.2 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 24 |
| Free Dance Not Reached | |||||||
| 25 | Cornelia Diener / Alexei Pospelov | Switzerland |
25 | 22 | 25 | ||
| 26 | Barbara Lynn Hanley / Vassil Serkov |  Estonia |
29 | 27 | 26 | ||
| 27 | Yuh-Shen Lai / Wei-Wen Lai | Chinese Taipei |
27 | 29 | 27 | ||
| 28 | Kaho Koinuma / Tigran Arakelian |  Armenia |
26 | 26 | 29 | ||
| 29 | Chantal Loyer / Justin Bell | Australia |
28 | 28 | 28 | ||
| 30 | Katri Kuusnuemi / Jamie Walker |  Finland |
30 | 30 | 30 | ||
| Original Dance Not Reached | |||||||
| 31 | Maikki Uotila / Toni Mattila | Finland |
31 | 31 | |||
| 32 | Anna Mosenkova / Dmitri Kurakin | Estonia |
32 | 32 | |||
| 33 | Hee-Jin Kim / Hyun-Chul Kim | South Korea |
33 | 33 | |||
References
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/22/sports/figure-skating-eldredge-wins-championship-galindo-is-3d.html?scp=2&sq=figure+skating&st=nyt
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/24/sports/figure-skating-grace-and-improvisation-kwan-wins-world-title.html?scp=3&sq=kwan
- ^ a b http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/29/sports/from-atlanta-to-wembley-winners-all.html?scp=3&sq=Marina%20Eltsova&st=nyt
- World Figure Skating Championships Results: MenPDF (9.95 KB)
- World Figure Skating Championships Results: LadiesPDF (14.2 KB)
- World Figure Skating Championships Results: PairsPDF (19.4 KB)
- World Figure Skating Championships Results: DancePDF (15.5 KB)
- 1996 worlds results
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