2008 World Figure Skating Championships
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2008 World Figure Skating Championships
| 2008 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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 Scandinavium arena during the championship |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 17 – March 23 |
| Season: | 2007–2008 |
| Location: |  Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Venue: | Scandinavium |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Jeffrey Buttle |
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Ladies singles: Mao Asada |
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Pair skating: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy |
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Ice dancing: Isabel Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder |
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| Previous: | 2007 World Figure Skating Championships |
| Next: | 2009 World Figure Skating Championships |
The 2008 World Figure Skating Championships was the World Figure Skating Championships of the 2007–2008 figure skating season. The World Championships are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The event was open to figure skaters from ISU member nations. Skaters competed in the discplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
The 2008 Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden at the Scandinavium arena from March 17 to 23, 2008.
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Medal summary
Medals Table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Canada |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | France |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Germany |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Japan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  China |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Italy |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Russia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 |  South Korea |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 |  United States |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Pairs | Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy |
Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao |
Jessica Dubé & Bryce Davison |
| Ladies | Mao Asada |
Carolina Kostner |
Kim Yu-Na |
| Ice Dancing | Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder |
Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir |
Jana Khokhlova & Sergei Novitski |
| Men | Jeffrey Buttle |
Brian Joubert |
Johnny Weir |
Qualifying
Figure skaters are entered into the championships by country. Each International Skating Union Member (national association) may enter one skater or team in each event. Some countries are permitted to enter 2 or 3 participants if their skaters performed well at the previous championship. See below section.
Because of the large number of entries at the World Championships, only the top 24 single skaters and top 20 pairs advanced to the free skate after the short program. In ice dance, the top 30 couples in the compulsory dance advanced to the original dance, and the top 24 couples after the original dance advanced to the free dance.
To compete, skaters must have reached the age of 15 by July 1 of the previous year. The 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was the corresponding competition for junior-age-eligible skaters.
Competition notes
- The compulsory dance was the Argentine Tango.
- Dan Zhang & Hao Zhang from China set a new world record of 74.36 points under the ISU Judging System for pairs' short program.
- European Champion ice dancers Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin (RUS) withdrew before the event due to an injury to his knee. They were replaced by Jekaterina Bobrova & Dmitrij Soloviev.
- Four Continents and Grand Prix Final bronze medalist Evan Lysacek withdrew before the event due to injury.[1] He was replaced by US pewter medalist Jeremy Abbott.
Results
Men
Jeffrey Buttle was the fourth Canadian man to win the world title. He set off a controversy because he did not attempt a quadruple jump. Brian Joubert the silver medalist criticized the system for producing a winner who did not do or try a quadruple jump. This set off the first of many debates on the value of the quads and what men's figure skating should be about that would culminate in the 2010 Olympic Quadruple jump controversy. [2]
Ladies
Pairs
Ice Dancing
Multiple spots for 2009 Worlds
The following countries have earned more than one entry to the 2009 World Championships based on performance at the 2008 World Championships.[3]
| Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance |
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| 3 | Canada Japan United States |
Japan |
Canada China Germany Russia |
France United States |
| 2 |  Belgium France Russia Sweden Switzerland |
Canada Finland Italy South Korea Switzerland United States |
 Ukraine United States |
Canada United Kingdom Israel Italy Russia |
References
- Competitors list
- Definite Allotment of ISU Championships 2008PDF (74.8 KiB)
- ISU Constitution & General Regulations 2006 PDF (793 KiB)
- ISU Special Regulations and Technical Rules: Single and Pair Skating and Ice Dancing 2006PDF (1.03 MiB)
- ISU Communication No. 1469: Entries ISU Championships 2008PDF
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