1996 World Figure Skating Championships

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.

1996 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 17 – 24
Season:1995–96
Location:Edmonton, Canada
Host:Canadian Figure Skating Association
Venue:Edmonton Coliseum
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Todd Eldredge
Ladies' singles:
United States Michelle Kwan
Pairs:
Russia Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov
Ice dance:
Russia Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov
Navigation
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1995 World Championships
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1997 World Championships

Medal tables

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Medalists

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men[1]   Todd Eldredge   Ilia Kulik   Rudy Galindo
Ladies[2]   Michelle Kwan   Chen Lu   Irina Slutskaya
Pair skating[3]   Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov   Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer   Jenni Meno / Todd Sand
Ice dancing[3]   Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov   Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov   Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz

Medals by country

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)2215
2  United States (USA)2024
3  China (CHN)0101
  Germany (GER)0101
5  Canada (CAN)0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Competition notes

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The opening ceremonies were composed by Canadian composer Jan Randall and narrated by Kurt Browning.

Results

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Rank Name Nation TFP QA QB SP FS
1 Todd Eldredge   United States 2.0 2 1
2 Ilia Kulik   Russia 2.5 1 2
3 Rudy Galindo   United States 6.0 1 4 4
4 Elvis Stojko   Canada 6.5 7 3
5 Alexei Urmanov   Russia 6.5 3 5
6 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk   Ukraine 10.0 8 6
7 Éric Millot   France 12.0 6 9
8 Andrejs Vlascenko   Germany 13.5 4 11 8
9 Philippe Candeloro   France 15.0 16 7
10 Daniel Hollander   United States 16.5 2 13 10
11 Michael Shmerkin   Israel 17.0 7 12 11
12 Thierry Cerez   France 19.5 5 15 12
13 Takeshi Honda   Japan 20.0 1 14 13
14 Cornel Gheorghe   Romania 20.0 5 10 15
15 Steven Cousins   United Kingdom 20.5 5 18
16 Dmitri Dmitrenko   Ukraine 23.5 4 9 19
17 Sébastien Britten   Canada 24.0 2 20 14
18 Szabolcs Vidrai   Hungary 25.0 7 18 16
19 Michael Tyllesen   Denmark 25.5 3 17 17
20 Neil Wilson   United Kingdom 31.0 6 22 20
21 Patrick Schmit   Luxembourg 32.5 10 23 21
22 Fabrizio Garattoni   Italy 32.5 6 21 22
23 Robert Grzegorczyk   Poland 35.5 9 19 23
24 Alexander Murashko   Belarus 36.0 10 24 24
Free skating not reached
25 Patrick Meier   Switzerland 11 25
26 Zhengxin Guo   China 26
27 Marcus Christensen   Canada 8 27
28 Margus Hernits   Estonia 9 28
29 Youri Litvinov   Kazakhstan 8 29
WD Florian Tuma   Austria 11
Short program not reached
31 Markus Leminen   Finland 12
31 Radek Horák   Czech Republic 12
33 Ivan Dinev   Bulgaria 13
33 Róbert Kažimír   Slovakia 13
35 Lee Kyu-hyun   South Korea 14
35 Jan Čejvan   Slovenia 14
37 Zoltan Koszegi   Hungary 15
37 Ricardo Olavarrieta   Mexico 15
39 Stephen Carr   Australia 16
39 Robert Ward   South Africa 16
41 Jordi Pedro   Spain 17
41 Aramayis Grigorian   Armenia 17

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation TFP QA QB SP FS
1 Michelle Kwan   United States 1.5 1 1
2 Chen Lu   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 Lu Meijia   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 34.5 7 21 24
Free skating 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 Choi Hyung-kyung   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

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov   Russia 2.0 2 1
2 Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer   Germany 2.5 1 2
3 Jenni Meno / Todd Sand   United States 5.5 5 3
4 Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov   Russia 5.5 3 4
5 Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev   Russia 7.0 4 5
6 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen   United States 10.0 8 6
7 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz   Canada 10.0 6 7
8 Michelle Menzies / Jean-Michel Bombardier   Canada 13.0 10 8
9 Olena Bilousivska / Serhiy Potalov   Ukraine 13.5 9 9
10 Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells   United States 15.5 11 10
11 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis   France 15.5 7 12
12 Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr   Australia 17.0 12 11
13 Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek   Poland 21.5 15 14
14 Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex   Germany 21.5 13 15
15 Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao   China 22.0 18 13
16 Lesley Rogers / Michael Aldred   United Kingdom 24.0 16 16
17 Marina Khalturina / Andrei Kriukov   Kazakhstan 25.5 17 17
18 Line Haddad / Sylvain Prive   France 26.0 14 19
19 Elaine Asanakis / Joel McKeever   Greece 28.0 20 18
20 Veronika Joukalová / Otto Dlabola   Czech Republic 29.5 19 20
21 Anna Kaverzina / Gennadi Emelianenko   Belarus 31.5 21 21
22 Jekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals   Estonia 33.5 23 22
23 Olga Bogouslavska / Juri Salmonov   Latvia 34.0 22 23

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation TFP CD1 CD2 OD FD
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 Kolasiński   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 / Philip Askew   United Kingdom 33.6 15 15 16 18
18 Allison MacLean / Konrad Schaub   Austria 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 Šárka Vondrková / Lukáš Král   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 Kim Hee-jin / Kim Hyun-chul   South Korea 33 33

References

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  1. ^ JERE LONGMAN (1996-03-22). "FIGURE SKATING; Eldredge Wins Championship; Galindo Is 3d - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  2. ^ JERE LONGMAN (1996-03-24). "FIGURE SKATING; Grace and Improvisation: Kwan Wins World Title - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  3. ^ a b VINCENT M. MALLOZZI (1996-12-29). "From Atlanta To Wembley, Winners All - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
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