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1996 World Figure Skating Championships

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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
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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.

Medal tables

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Medalists

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men[1] United States Todd Eldredge Russia Ilia Kulik United States Rudy Galindo
Ladies[2] United States Michelle Kwan China Chen Lu Russia Irina Slutskaya
Pair skating[3] Russia Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov Germany Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer United States Jenni Meno / Todd Sand
Ice dancing[3] Russia Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov Russia Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov Canada 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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Men

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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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