# 2001 World Figure Skating Championships

The 2001 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from March 17 to 25. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
This event was the primary means of deciding the number of entries each country would have to the 2002 Olympics.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## Competition notes

Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B. The ice dancers were also split into two groups for the compulsory dances, which were the same for both groups. Group B skated both compulsory dances, followed immediately by Group A skating both compulsory dances.
The national anthem of Russia was played for the first time at a World Figure Skating Championships.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | QB | QA | SP | FS |
| 1 | Evgeni Plushenko | Russia | 2.0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Alexei Yagudin | Russia | 5.2 | | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Todd Eldredge | United States | 5.6 | | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Timothy Goebel | United States | 7.6 | | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Takeshi Honda | Japan | 12.4 | 1 | | 10 | 6 |
| 6 | Li Yunfei | China | 12.4 | | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Li Chengjiang | China | 14.8 | 8 | | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | Alexander Abt | Russia | 14.8 | | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | Emanuel Sandhu | Canada | 16.2 | 4 | | 16 | 5 |
| 10 | Elvis Stojko | Canada | 18.4 | 2 | | 11 | 11 |
| 11 | Stanick Jeannette | France | 18.6 | 3 | | 9 | 12 |
| 12 | Ivan Dinev | Bulgaria | 20.0 | | 7 | 12 | 10 |
| 13 | Sergei Rylov | Azerbaijan | 24.8 | 7 | | 15 | 13 |
| 14 | Anthony Liu | Australia | 24.8 | 10 | | 8 | 16 |
| 15 | Zhang Min | China | 27.6 | 6 | | 17 | 15 |
| 16 | Patrick Meier | Switzerland | 29.0 | | 8 | 13 | 18 |
| 17 | Yamato Tamura | Japan | 30.4 | 5 | | 24 | 14 |
| 18 | Stefan Lindemann | Germany | 32.0 | 9 | | 14 | 20 |
| 19 | Vincent Restencourt | France | 33.0 | | 13 | 18 | 17 |
| 20 | Roman Skorniakov | Uzbekistan | 35.6 | 13 | | 19 | 19 |
| 21 | Gheorghe Chiper | Romania | 38.6 | | 11 | 22 | 21 |
| 22 | Vitali Danilchenko | Ukraine | 38.6 | | 9 | 20 | 23 |
| 23 | Dmitri Dmitrenko | Ukraine | 40.6 | | 10 | 21 | 24 |
| 24 | Markus Leminen | Finland | 41.4 | 14 | | 23 | 22 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Vakhtang Murvanidze | Georgia | | 11 | | 26 | |
| 26 | Neil Wilson | United Kingdom | | | 14 | 25 | |
| 27 | Angelo Dolfini | Italy | | | 12 | 28 | |
| 28 | Róbert Kažimír | Slovakia | | 15 | | 27 | |
| 29 | Sergei Davydov | Belarus | | 12 | | 29 | |
| 30 | Gregor Urbas | Slovenia | | | 15 | 30 | |
| Short program not reached ||||||||
| 31 | Kristoffer Berntsson | Sweden | | 16 | | | |
| 31 | Alexei Kozlov | Estonia | | | 16 | | |
| 33 | Michael Shmerkin | Israel | | 17 | | | |
| 33 | Kevin van der Perren | Belgium | | | 17 | | |
| 35 | Konstantin Kostin | Latvia | | | 18 | | |
| 35 | Zoltán Tóth | Hungary | | 18 | | | |
| 37 | Gareth Echardt | South Africa | | 19 | | | |
| 37 | Juri Litvinov | Kazakhstan | | | 19 | | |
| 39 | Yon Garcia | Spain | | | 20 | | |
| 39 | Mauricio Medellin | Mexico | | 20 | | | |
| 41 | Ricky Cockerill | New Zealand | | | 21 | | |
| 41 | Miloš Milanović | Yugoslavia | | 21 | | | |
| 43 | Panagiotis Markouizos | Greece | | | 22 | | |
| WD | Lee Kyu-hyun | South Korea | | | | | |
Referee:
* Marina Sanaya
Assistant Referee:
* Ronald T. Pfenning
Judges:
* Alexander Pentchev
* Nicolae Bellu
* Susan Lynch
* Peter Moser
* Matjaz Kruzec
* Fabio Bianchetti
* Deborah Islam
* Mieko Fujimori
* Felicitas Babusikova
Substitute judge:
* Marie-Reine Le Gougne

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | QB | QA | SP | FS |
| 1 | Michelle Kwan | United States | 2.6 | | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Irina Slutskaya | Russia | 3.0 | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Sarah Hughes | United States | 7.2 | | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Maria Butyrskaya | Russia | 7.6 | | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Angela Nikodinov | United States | 8.0 | | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Viktoria Volchkova | Russia | 10.4 | 2 | | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Fumie Suguri | Japan | 13.2 | | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Elena Liashenko | Ukraine | 15.4 | 5 | | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | Vanessa Gusmeroli | France | 16.0 | 3 | | 8 | 10 |
| 10 | Silvia Fontana | Italy | 16.6 | 4 | | 10 | 9 |
| 11 | Elina Kettunen | Finland | 21.0 | | 7 | 12 | 11 |
| 12 | Sarah Meier | Switzerland | 22.6 | 10 | | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | Tatiana Malinina | Uzbekistan | 23.8 | | 6 | 14 | 13 |
| 14 | Mikkeline Kierkgaard | Denmark | 27.4 | | 8 | 17 | 14 |
| 15 | Jennifer Robinson | Canada | 27.4 | 7 | | 16 | 15 |
| 16 | Susanne Stadlmüller | Germany | 28.2 | | 11 | 13 | 16 |
| 17 | Laetitia Hubert | France | 30.8 | 6 | | 19 | 17 |
| 18 | Júlia Sebestyén | Hungary | 32.4 | | 9 | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | Tamara Dorofejev | Hungary | 34.8 | 8 | | 21 | 19 |
| 20 | Julia Soldatova | Belarus | 35.0 | | 10 | 15 | 22 |
| 21 | Annie Bellemare | Canada | 37.2 | 13 | | 20 | 20 |
| 22 | Karen Venhuizen | Netherlands | 40.4 | 14 | | 23 | 21 |
| 23 | Park Bit-na | South Korea | 41.0 | 9 | | 24 | 23 |
| 24 | Zuzana Babiaková | Slovakia | 41.6 | 11 | | 22 | 24 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Idora Hegel | Croatia | | 12 | | 25 | |
| 26 | Hristina Vassileva | Bulgaria | | | 12 | 27 | |
| 27 | Roxana Luca | Romania | | | 14 | 26 | |
| 28 | Sun Siyin | China | | 15 | | 28 | |
| 29 | Carina Chen | Chinese Taipei | | | 13 | 30 | |
| 30 | Marta Andrade | Spain | | | 15 | 29 | |
| Short program not reached ||||||||
| 31 | Zoe Jones | United Kingdom | | 16 | | | |
| 31 | Galina Maniachenko | Ukraine | | | 16 | | |
| 33 | Natalie Hoste | Belgium | | 17 | | | |
| 33 | Lenka Seniglova | Czech Republic | | | 17 | | |
| 35 | Anna Wenzel | Austria | | | 18 | | |
| 35 | Sabina Wojtala | Poland | | 18 | | | |
| 37 | Georgina Papavasilou | Greece | | | 19 | | |
| 37 | Stephanie Zhang | Australia | | 19 | | | |
| 39 | Shirene Human | South Africa | | | 20 | | |
| 39 | Marina Khalturina | Kazakhstan | | 20 | | | |
| 41 | Dirke O'Brien Baker | New Zealand | | | 21 | | |
| 41 | Olga Vassiljeva | Estonia | | 21 | | | |
| 43 | Rocio Salas Visuet | Mexico | | | 22 | | |
| 43 | Julia Vorobieva | Azerbaijan | | 22 | | | |
| 45 | Christine Lee | Hong Kong | | | 23 | | |
| 45 | Darya Zuravicky | Israel | | 23 | | | |
| 47 | Ksenia Jastsenjski | Yugoslavia | | 24 | | | |
Referee:
* John Greenwood
Assistant Referee:
* Britta Lindgren
Judges:
* Zoya Yordanova
* Igor Prokop
* Florin Gafencu
* Joseph L. Inman
* Jiasheng Yang
* Hermi Ottemann
* Davorin Orban
* Lone Villefrance
* Hideo Sugita
Substitute judge:
* Judit Fьrst-Tombor

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Jamie Salé / David Pelletier | Canada | 2.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Russia | 2.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | China | 4.0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Russia | 7.0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | Russia | 8.0 | 8 | 4 |
| 6 | Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek | Poland | 8.5 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman | United States | 10.0 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Kristy Sargeant-Wirtz / Kris Wirtz | Canada | 15.0 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | Aliona Savchenko / Stanislav Morozov | Ukraine | 15.0 | 12 | 9 |
| 10 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | China | 15.0 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn | United States | 16.5 | 9 | 12 |
| 12 | Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola | Czech Republic | 17.5 | 13 | 11 |
| 13 | Inga Rodionova / Andrei Kroukov | Azerbaijan | 20.5 | 11 | 15 |
| 14 | Sabrina Lefrançois / Jérôme Blanchard | France | 21.5 | 17 | 13 |
| 15 | Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov | Japan | 21.5 | 15 | 14 |
| 16 | Mariana Kautz / Norman Jeschke | Germany | 24.0 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Natalia Ponomareva / Evgeni Sviridov | Uzbekistan | 26.0 | 18 | 17 |
| 18 | Viktoria Shklover / Valdis Mintals | Estonia | 27.5 | 19 | 18 |
| 19 | Maria Krasiltseva / Artem Znachkov | Armenia | 29.0 | 20 | 19 |
| WD | Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis | France | | 7 | |
| Free skating not reached ||||||
| 21 | Jelena Sirokhvatova / Jurijs Salmanovs | Latvia | | 21 | |
| 22 | Oľga Beständigová / Jozef Beständig | Slovakia | | 22 | |
| 23 | Michela Cobisi / Ruben De Pra | Italy | | 23 | |
| 24 | Ivana Durin / Andrei Maximov | Yugoslavia | | 24 | |
Referee:
* Walburga Grimm
Assistant Referee:
* Lucy J. Brennan
Judges:
* Volker Waldeck
* Jarmila Portova
* Vladislav Petukhov
* Alain Miquel
* Evgenia Bogdanova
* Benoit Lavoie
* Paolo Pizzocari
* Ubavka Novakovic-Kytinoy
* Roger Glenn
Substitute judge:
* Tatiana Danilenko

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CD1-B | CD2-B | CD1-A | CD2-A | OD | FD |
| 1 | Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio | Italy | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | France | 3.6 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh | Russia | 5.8 | 3 | 2 | | | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz | Canada | 7.4 | 2 | 3 | | | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas | Lithuania | 8.8 | | | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski | Israel | 10.8 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Kati Winkler / René Lohse | Germany | 12.8 | 4 | 4 | | | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Ukraine | 14.4 | | | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev | United States | 16.4 | 5 | 5 | | | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviyski | Bulgaria | 18.0 | | | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon | Canada | 20.0 | 6 | 6 | | | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov | Russia | 21.8 | | | 7 | 6 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder | France | 24.0 | | | 8 | 8 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński | Poland | 25.0 | | | 6 | 7 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Eliane Hugentobler / Daniel Hugentobler | Switzerland | 26.8 | 7 | 7 | | | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Marika Humphreys / Vitali Baranov | United Kingdom | 29.2 | | | 9 | 9 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | United States | 30.6 | 8 | 9 | | | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | Magali Sauri / Michail Stifunin | France | 32.2 | 9 | 8 | | | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin | Azerbaijan | 35.0 | 10 | 10 | | | 20 | 19 |
| 20 | Agata Błażowska / Marcin Kozubek | Poland | 35.6 | | | 11 | 10 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | Gloria Agogliati / Luciano Milo | Italy | 37.8 | | | 10 | 11 | 21 | 21 |
| 22 | Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai | Hungary | 41.0 | | | 13 | 13 | 23 | 22 |
| 23 | Kateřina Kovalová / David Szurman | Czech Republic | 42.0 | 12 | 11 | | | 24 | 23 |
| 24 | Nakako Tsuzuki / Rinat Farkhoutdinov | Japan | 42.0 | | | 12 | 12 | 22 | 24 |
| Free dance not reached ||||||||||
| 25 | Natalia Gudina / Alexei Beletski | Israel | | 11 | 13 | | | 25 | |
| 26 | Valentina Anselmi / Fabrizio Pedrazzini | Italy | | 14 | 14 | | | 26 | |
| 27 | Stephanie Rauer / Thomas Rauer | Germany | | 16 | 12 | | | 27 | |
| 28 | Zhang Weina / Cao Xianming | China | | 13 | 15 | | | 28 | |
| 29 | Anna Mosenkova / Sergei Sychov | Estonia | | | | 14 | 15 | 29 | |
| 30 | Alissa De Carbonnel / Alexander Malkov | Belarus | | | | 15 | 14 | 30 | |
| Original dance not reached ||||||||||
| 31 | Yang Tae-hwa / Lee Chuen-gun | South Korea | | 15 | 16 | | | | |
| 32 | Portia Duval-Rigby / Francis Rigby | Australia | | | | 17 | 16 | | |
| 33 | Kamilla Szolnoki / Dejan Illes | Croatia | | | | 16 | 17 | | |
| 34 | Zuzana Durkovska / Marian Mesaros | Slovakia | | 17 | 17 | | | | |
| 35 | Ana Galitch / Andrei Shishkov | Bosnia and Herzegovina | | 18 | 18 | | | | |
Referee:
* Courtney Jones
Assistant Referee:
* Ann Shaw
Judges:
* Christine Hurth
* Alla Shekhovtseva
* Ulf Denzer
* Walter Zuccaro
* Istvan Sugar
* Yuri Balkov
* Verena Diener
* Hilary Selby
* Irina Nechkina
Substitute judge:
* Linda K. Leaver