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.

1996 Cup of Russia
Type:Champions Series
Date:December 12 – 15
Season:1996–97
Location:Saint Petersburg
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Alexei Urmanov
Ladies' singles:
Russia Irina Slutskaya
Pairs:
Germany Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer
Ice dance:
Russia Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsiannikov
Navigation
Previous:
Next:
1997 Cup of Russia
Previous GP:
1996 NHK Trophy
Next GP:
1996–97 Champions Series Final

Results

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Alexei Urmanov   Russia 1.5 1 1
2 Alexei Yagudin   Russia 3.0 2 2
3 Michael Weiss   United States 4.5 3 3
4 Evgeni Plushenko   Russia 7.5 7 4
5 Naoki Shigematsu   Japan 8.0 4 6
6 Jeffrey Langdon   Canada 10.0 10 5
7 Daniel Hollander   United States 10.0 6 7
8 Steven Cousins   United Kingdom 10.5 5 8
9 Andrejs Vlascenko   Germany 13.0 8 9
10 Thierry Cerez   France 15.5 9 11
11 Szabolcs Vidrai   Hungary 16.0 12 10
WD Michael Tyllesen   Denmark 11

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Irina Slutskaya   Russia 1.5 3 1
2 Julia Lautowa   Austria 4.0 2 3
3 Olga Markova   Russia 4.5 1 4
4 Elena Sokolova   Russia 5.0 6 2
5 Szusanna Szwed   Poland 8.5 7 5
6 Krisztina Czakó   Hungary 8.5 5 6
7 Fumie Suguri   Japan 11.0 4 9
8 Jennifer Robinson   Canada 11.5 9 7
9 Julia Lavrenchuk   Ukraine 13.5 10 8
WD Sydne Vogel   United States 8

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer   Germany 2.0 2 1
2 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov   Russia 2.5 1 2
3 Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev   Russia 4.5 3 3
4 Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells   United States 6.0 4 4
5 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze   Russia 7.5 5 5
6 Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek   Poland 10.0 8 6
7 Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr   Australia 10.0 6 7
8 Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko   Ukraine 11.5 7 8
9 Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell   United States 14.0 10 9
WD Jodeyne Higgins / Sean Rice   Canada 9

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation TFP CD OD FD
1 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsiannikov   Russia 2.0 1 1 1
2 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh   Russia 4.0 2 2 2
3 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow   United States 6.0 3 3 3
4 Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński   Poland 8.0 4 4 4
5 Ekaterina Davydova / Roman Kostomarov   Russia 10.0 5 5 5
6 Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov   Belarus 12.0 6 6 6
7 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky   Israel 14.0 7 7 7
8 Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates   United States 16.0 8 8 8
9 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov   Ukraine 18.0 9 9 9
10 Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe   Canada 20.0 10 10 10
11 Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton   France 22.0 11 11 11
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