1998 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1998 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Minneapolis, USA from March 29 through April 5. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

1998 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 29 – April 5
Season:1997–98
Location:Minneapolis, USA
Venue:Target Center
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Alexei Yagudin
Ladies' singles:
United States Michelle Kwan
Pairs:
Russia Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze
Ice dance:
Russia Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov
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1999 World Championships

Medal tables

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Medalists

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men   Alexei Yagudin   Todd Eldredge   Evgeni Plushenko
Ladies   Michelle Kwan   Irina Slutskaya  Maria Butyrskaya
Pair skating   Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze   Jenni Meno / Todd Sand   Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller
Ice dancing   Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov   Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat   Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz

Medals by country

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)3126
2  United States (USA)1203
3  France (FRA)0101
4  Canada (CAN)0011
  Germany (GER)0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Competition notes

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Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B.

Results

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Rank Name Nation TFP QA QB SP FS
1 Alexei Yagudin   Russia 2.5 2 1 2
2 Todd Eldredge   United States 3.0 1 4 1
3 Evgeni Plushenko   Russia 5.0 1 2 4
4 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk   Ukraine 5.5 3 5 3
5 Andrejs Vlascenko   Germany 8.0 7 6 5
6 Michael Weiss   United States 8.5 2 3 7
7 Steven Cousins   United Kingdom 10.5 7 7 6
8 Jeffrey Langdon   Canada 12.0 5 8 8
9 Evgeni Pliuta   Ukraine 14.5 5 9 10
10 Szabolcs Vidrai   Hungary 15.0 4 12 9
11 Takeshi Honda   Japan 16.5 3 11 11
12 Zhengxin Guo   China 19.0 9 14 12
13 Michael Tyllesen   Denmark 23.0 13 18 14
14 Roman Skorniakov   Uzbekistan 23.5 6 21 13
15 Michael Shmerkin   Israel 24.0 11 10 19
16 Laurent Tobel   France 25.5 11 19 16
17 Anthony Liu   Australia 26.0 12 22 15
18 Margus Hernits   Estonia 26.5 12 17 18
19 Markus Leminen   Finland 26.5 13 13 20
20 Patrick Meier   Switzerland 28.5 6 23 17
21 Ivan Dinev   Bulgaria 28.5 4 15 21
22 Robert Grzegorczyk   Poland 31.0 10 16 23
23 Sven Meyer   Germany 34.0 10 24 22
24 Gilberto Viadana   Italy 34.0 8 20 24
Free skating not reached
25 Patrick Schmit   Luxembourg 14 25
26 Yamato Tamura   Japan 9 26
27 Sergejs Telenkov   Latvia 15 27
28 Vakhtang Murvanidze   Georgia 15 28
29 Emanuel Sandhu   Canada 8 29
30 Lee Kyu-hyun   South Korea 14 30
Short program not reached
31 Gheorghe Chiper   Romania 16
31 David Liu   Chinese Taipei 16
33 Juraj Sviatko   Slovakia 17
33 Daniel Peinado   Spain 17
35 Panagiotis Markouizo   Greece 18
35 Ricardo Olavarrieta   Mexico 18

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Ladies

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Rank Name Nation TFP QA QB SP FS
1 Michelle Kwan   United States 1.5 1 1 1
2 Irina Slutskaya   Russia 4.0 2 4 2
3 Maria Butyrskaya   Russia 5.5 1 5 3
4 Laetitia Hubert   France 5.5 8 3 4
5 Anna Rechnio   Poland 6.0 2 2 5
6 Tonia Kwiatkowski   United States 10.0 4 8 6
7 Elena Liashenko   Ukraine 10.0 3 6 7
8 Elena Sokolova   Russia 14.5 3 13 8
9 Tanja Szewczenko   Germany 15.0 6 10 10
10 Diána Póth   Hungary 16.5 8 15 9
11 Julia Vorobieva   Azerbaijan 16.5 5 11 11
12 Julia Lavrenchuk   Ukraine 19.0 4 12 13
13 Joanne Carter   Australia 20.0 6 16 12
14 Tatiana Malinina   Uzbekistan 21.5 5 7 18
15 Lenka Kulovaná   Czech Republic 22.5 10 17 14
16 Vanessa Gusmeroli   France 23.5 7 9 19
17 Marie-Pierre Leray   France 25.0 14 18 16
18 Silvia Fontana   Italy 25.5 9 21 15
19 Júlia Sebestyén   Hungary 27.0 9 20 17
20 Angela Derochie   Canada 29.5 11 19 20
21 Zuzana Paurová   Slovakia 30.0 11 14 23
22 Shizuka Arakawa   Japan 32.0 7 22 21
23 Lucinda Ruh   Switzerland 34.0 10 24 22
24 Mojca Kopač   Slovenia 35.5 12 23 24
Free skating not reached
25 Alisa Drei   Finland 12 25
26 Anna Wenzel   Austria 14 26
27 Anna Lundström   Sweden 13 27
28 Marta Andrade   Spain 13 28
29 Choi Hyung-kyung   South Korea 15 29
30 Yankun Du   China 15 30
Short program not reached
31 Ivana Jakupčević   Croatia 16
31 Olga Vassiljeva   Estonia 16
33 Shirene Human   South Africa 17
33 Valeria Trifancova   Latvia 17
35 Lauryna Slavinskaite   Lithuania 18
35 Helena Pajović   Yugoslavia 18
37 Anna Chatziathanassiou   Greece 19
37 Roxana Luca   Romania 19
39 Rocia Salas   Mexico 20
WD Kaja Hanevold   Norway

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Pairs

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze   Russia 2.0 2 1
2 Jenni Meno / Todd Sand   United States 2.5 1 2
3 Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller   Germany 4.5 3 3
4 Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo   China 7.0 6 4
5 Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek   Poland 8.0 4 6
6 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov   Russia 8.5 7 5
7 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz   Canada 9.5 5 7
8 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis   France 12.0 8 8
9 Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet   Canada 15.0 12 9
10 Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells   United States 15.0 10 10
11 Marina Khalturina / Andrei Kriukov   Kazakhstan 15.5 9 11
12 Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko   Ukraine 16.5 11 12
13 Marsha Poluliaschenko / Andrew Seabrook   United Kingdom 20.5 15 13
14 Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola   Czech Republic 20.5 13 14
15 Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr   Australia 22.0 14 15
16 Elaine Asanakis / Alcuin Schulten   Greece 24.0 16 16
17 Inga Rodionova / Alexander Anichenko   Azerbaijan 26.0 18 17
18 Oľga Beständigová / Jozef Beständig   Slovakia 26.5 17 18
19 Jelena Sirokhvatova / Juri Salmanov   Latvia 29.0 20 19
20 Jekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals   Estonia 29.5 19 20
WD Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev   Russia
WD Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen   United States

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Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation TFP CD1 CD2 OD FD
1 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov   Russia 2.0 1 1 1 1
2 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat   France 4.2 3 2 2 2
3 Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz   Canada 5.8 2 3 3 3
4 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh   Russia 8.0 4 4 4 4
5 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio   Italy 10.4 6 6 5 5
6 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow   United States 11.6 5 5 6 6
7 Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko   Ukraine 14.6 9 8 7 7
8 Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas   Lithuania 15.6 7 7 8 8
9 Kati Winkler / René Lohse   Germany 17.8 8 9 9 9
10 Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov   Belarus 20.6 11 12 10 10
11 Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasinski   Poland 21.6 10 10 11 11
12 Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček   Czech Republic 23.8 12 11 12 12
13 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov   Ukraine 26.0 13 13 13 13
14 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky   Israel 29.2 16 15 15 14
15 Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov   Russia 29.4 15 15 14 15
16 Diane Gerencser / Pasquale Camerlengo   Italy 31.6 14 16 16 16
17 Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviyski   Bulgaria 34.0 17 17 17 17
18 Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder   France 36.4 19 19 18 18
19 Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet   Canada 37.6 18 18 19 19
20 Zuzana Merzova / Tomas Morbacher   Slovakia 40.6 20 20 21 20
21 Angelika Füring / Bruno Ellinger   Austria 43.2 22 23 22 21
22 Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga   Kazakhstan 44.2 20 21 20 24
23 Charlotte Clements / Gary Shortland   United Kingdom 45.6 24 25 23 22
24 Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo   France 46.4 23 22 24 23
Free dance not reached
25 Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler   United States 26 24 29
26 Eliane Hugentobler / Daniel Hugentobler   Switzerland 28 28 26
27 Ksenia Smetanenko / Samvel Gezalian   Armenia 27 26 27
28 Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka   Japan 25 27 28
29 Kornélia Bárány / András Rosnik   Hungary 29 29 29
30 Margarita Fourer / Timothy Heinecke   Australia 30 30 30

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