The 2004 Cup of China was the fourth event of six in the 2004–05 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Capital Gymnasium in Beijing on November 11–14. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2004–05 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Golden Waltz.
| 2004 Cup of China | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 11 – 14 |
| Season: | 2004–05 |
| Location: | Beijing |
| Host: | Chinese Skating Association |
| Venue: | Capital Gymnasium |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Jeffrey Buttle | |
Ladies' singles:  Irina Slutskaya | |
Pairs:  Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | |
Ice dance:  Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | |
| Previous: 2003 Cup of China | |
| Next: 2005 Cup of China | |
| Previous GP: 2004 NHK Trophy | |
| Next GP: 2004 Trophée Éric Bompard | |
Results
editMen
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey Buttle | Canada |
211.20 | 1 | 76.00 | 1 | 135.20 |
| 2 | Li Chengjiang | China |
197.15 | 2 | 69.75 | 2 | 127.40 |
| 3 | Stefan Lindemann |  Germany |
188.80 | 3 | 62.70 | 3 | 126.10 |
| 4 | Zhang Min | China |
187.30 | 4 | 62.28 | 4 | 125.02 |
| 5 | Song Lun | China |
179.64 | 5 | 60.88 | 5 | 118.76 |
| 6 | Scott Smith |  United States |
168.25 | 8 | 57.45 | 6 | 110.80 |
| 7 | Ivan Dinev |  Bulgaria |
159.59 | 7 | 58.15 | 7 | 101.44 |
| 8 | Matthew Savoie | United States |
150.20 | 6 | 59.44 | 8 | 90.76 |
| 9 | Silvio Smalun | Germany |
144.61 | 10 | 55.73 | 9 | 88.88 |
| 10 | Marc Andre Craig | Canada |
142.67 | 9 | 56.69 | 10 | 85.98 |
| WD | Tomáš Verner |  Czech Republic |
11 | 40.32 | |||
Ladies
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irina Slutskaya | Russia |
177.80 | 1 | 62.96 | 1 | 114.84 |
| 2 | Viktoria Volchkova | Russia |
154.16 | 2 | 53.14 | 3 | 101.02 |
| 3 | Joannie Rochette | Canada |
152.12 | 5 | 49.44 | 2 | 102.68 |
| 4 | Miki Ando |  Japan |
150.32 | 4 | 49.76 | 4 | 100.56 |
| 5 | Elina Kettunen |  Finland |
138.40 | 6 | 47.68 | 5 | 90.72 |
| 6 | Jenna McCorkell |  United Kingdom |
131.08 | 7 | 47.36 | 7 | 83.72 |
| 7 | Mira Leung | Canada |
128.90 | 9 | 44.78 | 6 | 84.12 |
| 8 | Angela Nikodinov | United States |
124.50 | 3 | 49.82 | 11 | 74.68 |
| 9 | Fang Dan | China |
121.20 | 8 | 44.98 | 10 | 76.22 |
| 10 | Liu Yan | China |
120.24 | 10 | 39.08 | 8 | 81.16 |
| 11 | Yukari Nakano | Japan |
116.94 | 11 | 38.76 | 9 | 78.18 |
Pairs
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | China |
193.54 | 1 | 66.38 | 1 | 127.16 |
| 2 | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | China |
175.02 | 2 | 62.28 | 2 | 112.74 |
| 3 | Valérie Marcoux / Craig Buntin | Canada |
164.86 | 3 | 61.84 | 3 | 103.02 |
| 4 | Ding Yang / Ren Zhongfei | China |
146.26 | 5 | 48.90 | 4 | 97.36 |
| 5 | Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn | United States |
133.04 | 6 | 47.96 | 5 | 85.08 |
| 6 | Eva-Maria Fitze / Rico Rex | Germany |
126.40 | 4 | 51.70 | 7 | 74.70 |
| 7 | Marina Aganina / Artem Knyazev |  Uzbekistan |
116.70 | 8 | 41.50 | 6 | 75.20 |
| 8 | Marylin Pla / Yannick Bonheur |  France |
113.36 | 7 | 41.52 | 8 | 71.84 |
| 9 | Diana Rennik / Aleksei Saks |  Estonia |
102.94 | 9 | 34.92 | 9 | 68.02 |
Ice dancing
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | OD | FD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | United States |
210.28 | 1 | 40.07 | 1 | 64.93 | 1 | 105.28 |
| 2 | Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski |  Israel |
204.42 | 3 | 37.77 | 2 | 63.07 | 2 | 103.58 |
| 3 | Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon | Canada |
199.44 | 2 | 39.37 | 3 | 60.99 | 3 | 99.08 |
| 4 | Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin | Russia |
179.70 | 4 | 32.54 | 4 | 54.38 | 4 | 92.78 |
| 5 | Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin |  Azerbaijan |
160.72 | 5 | 30.34 | 5 | 46.14 | 5 | 84.24 |
| 6 | Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek |  Hungary |
149.86 | 6 | 29.84 | 7 | 43.79 | 6 | 76.23 |
| 7 | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | France |
146.39 | 7 | 29.52 | 6 | 44.34 | 7 | 72.53 |
| 8 | Anastasia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azrojan |  Armenia |
139.17 | 9 | 26.51 | 8 | 41.18 | 8 | 71.48 |
| 9 | Yang Fang / Gao Chongbo | China |
131.80 | 8 | 27.27 | 9 | 40.30 | 9 | 64.23 |
| 10 | Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen | China |
126.27 | 10 | 24.49 | 10 | 37.90 | 10 | 63.88 |
| 11 | Qi Jia / Sun Xu | China |
112.33 | 11 | 22.55 | 11 | 33.70 | 11 | 56.08 |