# 2007 World Figure Skating Championships

The 2007 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from March 20 to 25.

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## Competition notes

The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2006. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2007 World Junior Championships.
Based on the results of the 2006 World Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.
Due to the large number of entries at the World Championships, only the top 24 single skaters and top 20 pairs advanced to the free skating after the short program. In ice dancing, the top 30 couples in the compulsory dance advanced to the original dance, and the top 24 couples after the original dance advanced to the free dance.
Yukari Nakano and Carolina Kostner tied for 5th place with 168.92 points overall. Nakano finished 5th place on the tiebreak (free skating placement) and Kostner ended 6th. In the ladies' event, two world records were set: Yuna Kim for the short program with a score of 71.95, and Mao Asada for the free skating with a score of 133.13.
Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo from China set a new world record of 71.07 points under the ISU Judging System for pairs' short program. Zhao proposed marriage to Shen on the ice following their free skating.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Brian Joubert | France | 240.85 | 1 | 83.64 | 3 | 157.21 |
| 2 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan | 237.95 | 3 | 74.51 | 1 | 163.44 |
| 3 | Stéphane Lambiel | Switzerland | 233.35 | 6 | 72.70 | 2 | 160.65 |
| 4 | Tomáš Verner | Czech Republic | 226.25 | 9 | 70.45 | 4 | 155.80 |
| 5 | Evan Lysacek | United States | 222.18 | 5 | 73.49 | 5 | 148.69 |
| 6 | Jeffrey Buttle | Canada | 214.96 | 2 | 79.90 | 8 | 135.06 |
| 7 | Nobunari Oda | Japan | 209.94 | 14 | 67.17 | 6 | 142.77 |
| 8 | Johnny Weir | United States | 206.97 | 4 | 74.26 | 10 | 132.71 |
| 9 | Kristoffer Berntsson | Sweden | 206.29 | 15 | 66.09 | 7 | 140.20 |
| 10 | Sergei Davydov | Belarus | 203.05 | 8 | 70.72 | 12 | 132.33 |
| 11 | Alban Préaubert | France | 202.60 | 10 | 70.06 | 11 | 132.54 |
| 12 | Stefan Lindemann | Germany | 198.78 | 16 | 65.40 | 9 | 133.38 |
| 13 | Christopher Mabee | Canada | 195.38 | 7 | 71.33 | 14 | 124.05 |
| 14 | Yannick Ponsero | France | 192.63 | 12 | 68.76 | 15 | 123.87 |
| 15 | Ryan Bradley | United States | 188.90 | 19 | 62.88 | 13 | 126.02 |
| 16 | Emanuel Sandhu | Canada | 188.59 | 11 | 69.42 | 16 | 119.17 |
| 17 | Karel Zelenka | Italy | 180.10 | 17 | 63.81 | 17 | 116.29 |
| 18 | Jamal Othman | Switzerland | 178.39 | 18 | 63.71 | 20 | 114.68 |
| 19 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 176.57 | 22 | 60.50 | 19 | 116.07 |
| 20 | Andrei Lutai | Russia | 175.46 | 24 | 59.37 | 18 | 116.09 |
| 21 | Igor Macypura | Slovakia | 174.94 | 21 | 61.25 | 22 | 113.69 |
| 22 | Gregor Urbas | Slovenia | 174.39 | 23 | 59.93 | 21 | 114.46 |
| 23 | Wu Jialiang | China | 170.10 | 13 | 67.70 | 24 | 102.40 |
| 24 | Anton Kovalevski | Ukraine | 169.27 | 20 | 61.61 | 23 | 107.66 |
| Free Skating Not Reached ||||||||
| 25 | Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari | Finland | | 25 | 55.79 | | |
| 26 | Xu Ming | China | | 26 | 54.80 | | |
| 27 | Alper Uçar | Turkey | | 27 | 50.09 | | |
| 28 | Sean Carlow | Australia | | 28 | 49.73 | | |
| 29 | Christian Rauchbauer | Austria | | 29 | 49.19 | | |
| 30 | Trifun Zivanovic | Serbia | | 30 | 48.45 | | |
| 31 | Naiden Borichev | Bulgaria | | 31 | 46.69 | | |
| 32 | Sergei Kotov | Israel | | 32 | 43.99 | | |
| 33 | Przemysław Domański | Poland | | 33 | 42.51 | | |
| 34 | Lee Dong-whun | South Korea | | 34 | 42.00 | | |
| 35 | Javier Fernández | Spain | | 35 | 41.57 | | |
| 36 | Luis Hernández | Mexico | | 36 | 40.33 | | |
| 37 | Justin Pietersen | South Africa | | 37 | 39.73 | | |
| 38 | Boris Martinec | Croatia | | 38 | 37.09 | | |
| 39 | Zeus Issariotis | Greece | | 39 | 37.03 | | |
| 40 | Edward Ka-yin Chow | Hong Kong | | 40 | 34.63 | | |
| 41 | Zoltán Kelemen | Romania | | 41 | 33.71 | | |
| 42 | Joel Watson | New Zealand | | 42 | 30.09 | | |
Referee:
* Paolo Pizzocari Italy
Technical Controller:
* Gale Tanger United States
Technical Specialist:
* Ricardo Olavarrieta Mexico
Assistant Technical Specialist:
* Margus Hernitz Estonia
Judges for the men's short program:
* Albert Zaydman Israel
* Nikolai Ianev Bulgaria
* Adriana Domanska Slovakia
* Nicolai Bellu Romania
* Alexei Shirshov Belarus
* Hermann Schulz Germany
* Sviatoslav Babenko Russia
* Neil Garrard South Africa
* Inger Andersson Sweden
* Claudia Fassora Italy
* Susan Johnson United States
* Ubavka Novakovic-Kutinou Serbia
Judges for the men's free skating:
* Nicolai Bellu Romania
* Philippe Meriguet France
* Inger Andersson Sweden
* Albert Zaydman Israel
* Patricia Houghton United Kingdom
* Claudia Fassora Italy
* Hermann Schulz Germany
* Nikolai Ianev Bulgaria
* Alexei Shirshov Belarus
* Susan Johnson United States
* Deborah Islam Canada
* Sviatoslav Babenko Russia

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Miki Ando | Japan | 195.09 | 2 | 67.98 | 2 | 127.11 |
| 2 | Mao Asada | Japan | 194.45 | 5 | 61.32 | 1 | 133.13 |
| 3 | Kim Yuna | South Korea | 186.14 | 1 | 71.95 | 4 | 114.19 |
| 4 | Kimmie Meissner | United States | 180.23 | 4 | 64.67 | 3 | 115.56 |
| 5 | Yukari Nakano | Japan | 168.92 | 7 | 60.62 | 6 | 108.30 |
| 6 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 168.92 | 3 | 67.15 | 9 | 101.77 |
| 7 | Sarah Meier | Switzerland | 160.80 | 9 | 58.52 | 8 | 102.28 |
| 8 | Susanna Pöykiö | Finland | 160.12 | 10 | 57.16 | 7 | 102.96 |
| 9 | Emily Hughes | United States | 159.06 | 6 | 60.88 | 13 | 98.18 |
| 10 | Joannie Rochette | Canada | 158.98 | 16 | 49.85 | 5 | 109.13 |
| 11 | Valentina Marchei | Italy | 153.60 | 14 | 51.88 | 10 | 101.72 |
| 12 | Júlia Sebestyén | Hungary | 153.50 | 8 | 59.98 | 15 | 93.52 |
| 13 | Elena Sokolova | Russia | 149.77 | 11 | 55.83 | 14 | 93.94 |
| 14 | Kiira Korpi | Finland | 149.47 | 17 | 49.63 | 11 | 99.84 |
| 15 | Alissa Czisny | United States | 147.74 | 18 | 49.43 | 12 | 98.31 |
| 16 | Arina Martinova | Russia | 145.28 | 12 | 54.69 | 16 | 90.59 |
| 17 | Elene Gedevanishvili | Georgia | 144.40 | 13 | 53.97 | 17 | 90.43 |
| 18 | Jelena Glebova | Estonia | 131.18 | 22 | 46.10 | 18 | 85.08 |
| 19 | Anastasia Gimazetdinova | Uzbekistan | 130.44 | 15 | 49.99 | 20 | 80.45 |
| 20 | Joanne Carter | Australia | 127.17 | 19 | 48.46 | 21 | 78.71 |
| 21 | Idora Hegel | Croatia | 125.66 | 24 | 44.91 | 19 | 80.75 |
| 22 | Liu Yan | China | 123.22 | 21 | 46.59 | 23 | 76.63 |
| 23 | Tamar Katz | Israel | 122.51 | 23 | 45.66 | 22 | 76.85 |
| 24 | Mira Leung | Canada | 120.74 | 20 | 47.05 | 24 | 73.69 |
| Free Skating Not Reached ||||||||
| 25 | Kathrin Freudelsperger | Austria | | 25 | 42.24 | | |
| 26 | Lina Johansson | Sweden | | 26 | 41.87 | | |
| 27 | Tuğba Karademir | Turkey | | 27 | 41.79 | | |
| 28 | Irina Movchan | Ukraine | | 28 | 40.76 | | |
| 29 | Kristin Wieczorek | Germany | | 29 | 40.35 | | |
| 30 | Roxana Luca | Romania | | 30 | 39.65 | | |
| 31 | Anna Jurkiewicz | Poland | | 31 | 36.39 | | |
| 32 | Hristina Vassileva | Bulgaria | | 32 | 36.22 | | |
| 33 | Radka Bártová | Slovakia | | 33 | 36.17 | | |
| 34 | Isabelle Pieman | Belgium | | 34 | 35.12 | | |
| 35 | Ivana Hudziecová | Czech Republic | | 35 | 33.86 | | |
| 36 | Teodora Poštič | Slovenia | | 36 | 33.77 | | |
| 37 | Mérovée Ephrem | Monaco | | 37 | 33.01 | | |
| 38 | Maria-Elena Papasotiriou | Greece | | 38 | 32.90 | | |
| 39 | Julia Teplih | Latvia | | 39 | 31.19 | | |
| 40 | Charissa Tansomboon | Thailand | | 40 | 30.46 | | |
| 41 | Jocelyn Ho | Chinese Taipei | | 41 | 30.41 | | |
| 42 | Ana Cecilia Cantu | Mexico | | 42 | 30.28 | | |
| 43 | Ksenia Jastsenjski | Serbia | | 43 | 27.56 | | |
| 44 | Ami Parekh | India | | 44 | 26.82 | | |
| 45 | Kristine Y. Lee | Hong Kong | | 45 | 23.57 | | |
Referee:
* Marina Sanaya Russia
Technical Controller:
* Charles Cyr United States
Technical Specialist:
* Ravi Walia Canada
Assistant Technical Specialist:
* Isabel Duval de Navarre Germany
Judges for the ladies' short program:
* Katalin Balczo Hungary
* Robert Rosenbluth United States
* Lenka Bohunicka Slovakia
* Adriana Ordeanu Romania
* Antica Grubisic Croatia
* Chihee Rhee South Korea
* Osman Sirvan Turkey
* Franco Benini Italy
* Deborah Islam Canada
* Nikolai Salnikov Estonia
* Mona Jonsson Sweden
* Christiane Mörth Austria
Judges for the ladies' free skating:
* Adriana Ordeanu Romania
* Robert Rosenbluth United States
* Katalin Balczo Hungary
* Deborah Islam Canada
* Elisabeth Louesdon France
* Mona Jonsson Sweden
* Masako Kubota Japan
* Hely Abbondati Finland
* Elena Fomina Russia
* Lenka Bohunicka Slovakia
* Nikolai Salnikov Estonia
* Christiane Mörth Austria

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | China | 203.50 | 1 | 71.07 | 1 | 132.43 |
| 2 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | China | 188.46 | 3 | 66.75 | 2 | 121.71 |
| 3 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Germany | 187.39 | 2 | 67.65 | 3 | 119.74 |
| 4 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov | Ukraine | 173.62 | 8 | 57.62 | 5 | 116.00 |
| 5 | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | China | 173.39 | 10 | 57.00 | 4 | 116.39 |
| 6 | Valérie Marcoux / Craig Buntin | Canada | 167.25 | 5 | 60.73 | 6 | 106.52 |
| 7 | Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison | Canada | 164.59 | 7 | 58.94 | 7 | 105.65 |
| 8 | Rena Inoue / John Baldwin | United States | 163.97 | 6 | 59.50 | 8 | 104.47 |
| 9 | Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov | Russia | 163.62 | 4 | 62.07 | 10 | 101.55 |
| 10 | Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay | Canada | 160.01 | 13 | 55.96 | 9 | 104.05 |
| 11 | Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov | Russia | 150.43 | 12 | 56.14 | 11 | 94.29 |
| 12 | Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski | United States | 139.00 | 14 | 54.51 | 13 | 84.49 |
| 13 | Dominika Piątkowska / Dmitri Khromin | Poland | 138.98 | 15 | 50.18 | 12 | 88.80 |
| 14 | Marylin Pla / Yannick Bonheur | France | 131.31 | 16 | 48.60 | 16 | 82.71 |
| 15 | Angelika Pylkina / Niklas Hogner | Sweden | 130.75 | 17 | 47.36 | 15 | 83.39 |
| 16 | Laura Magitteri / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy | 130.18 | 18 | 46.59 | 14 | 83.59 |
| 17 | Stacey Kemp / David King | United Kingdom | 126.95 | 19 | 44.96 | 17 | 81.99 |
| 18 | Mari Vartmann / Florian Just | Germany | 116.81 | 20 | 43.20 | 18 | 73.61 |
| WD | Dorota Siudek / Mariusz Siudek | Poland | | 9 | 57.23 | | |
| WD | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Russia | | 11 | 56.36 | | |
| Free Skating Not Reached ||||||||
| 21 | Marina Aganina / Artem Knyazev | Uzbekistan | | 21 | 40.60 | | |
| 22 | Diana Rennik / Aleksei Saks | Estonia | | 22 | 40.04 | | |
Referee:
* Igor Prokop Slovakia
Technical Controller:
* Alexander Lakernik Russia
Technical Specialist:
* David Kirby United Kingdom
Assistant Technical Specialist:
* David Moellenkamp Canada
Judges for the pairs short program:
* Chihee Rhee South Korea
* Anna Sierocka Poland
* Evgeni Rokhin Uzbekistan
* Yumin Wang China
* Jan Hoffmann Germany
* Florence Catry De Surmont France
* Vladislav Petukhov Ukraine
* Susan Heffernan Canada
* Linda Leaver United States
* Alexander Kogan Russia
* Alexander Penchev Bulgaria
* Simone Moore Australia
Judges for the pairs free skating:
* Christiane Mörth Austria
* Anna Sierocka Poland
* Simone Moore Australia
* Alexander Kogan Russia
* Lenka Bohunicka Slovakia
* Franco Benini Italy
* Nikolai Salnikov Estonia
* Yumin Wang China
* Susan Heffernan Canada
* Chihee Rhee South Korea
* Jan Hoffmann Germany
* Evgeni Rokhin Uzbekistan

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | CD | OD | OD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski | Bulgaria | 201.61 | 2 | 37.42 | 1 | 62.10 | 1 | 102.09 |
| 2 | Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon | Canada | 200.46 | 1 | 38.96 | 3 | 60.54 | 2 | 100.96 |
| 3 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | United States | 195.43 | 5 | 37.17 | 2 | 61.85 | 4 | 96.41 |
| 4 | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder | France | 195.19 | 4 | 37.20 | 5 | 58.82 | 3 | 99.17 |
| 5 | Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin | Russia | 193.44 | 3 | 37.29 | 4 | 60.34 | 5 | 95.81 |
| 6 | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Canada | 183.94 | 9 | 31.45 | 6 | 57.11 | 6 | 95.38 |
| 7 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | United States | 179.14 | 10 | 31.15 | 8 | 55.82 | 7 | 92.17 |
| 8 | Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski | Russia | 178.29 | 6 | 33.32 | 7 | 55.88 | 8 | 89.09 |
| 9 | Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali | Italy | 170.75 | 7 | 33.29 | 9 | 53.32 | 11 | 84.14 |
| 10 | Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov | United States | 170.08 | 11 | 30.83 | 10 | 53.15 | 9 | 86.10 |
| 11 | Sinead Kerr / John Kerr | United Kingdom | 167.14 | 8 | 32.09 | 11 | 51.51 | 12 | 83.54 |
| 12 | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | France | 162.05 | 14 | 28.59 | 13 | 49.10 | 10 | 84.36 |
| 13 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy | 158.83 | 12 | 28.91 | 16 | 47.60 | 13 | 82.32 |
| 14 | Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski | Israel | 156.52 | 13 | 28.85 | 12 | 49.11 | 14 | 78.56 |
| 15 | Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido | Japan | 152.21 | 15 | 28.46 | 17 | 47.27 | 15 | 76.48 |
| 16 | Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin | Azerbaijan | 152.10 | 16 | 28.07 | 14 | 48.13 | 16 | 75.90 |
| 17 | Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo | Ukraine | 148.13 | 17 | 26.92 | 15 | 47.84 | 17 | 73.37 |
| 18 | Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi | Germany | 142.87 | 20 | 25.56 | 18 | 45.39 | 19 | 71.92 |
| 19 | Grethe Grünberg / Kristian Rand | Estonia | 141.55 | 23 | 23.72 | 19 | 45.13 | 18 | 72.70 |
| 20 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada | 140.14 | 18 | 25.76 | 23 | 42.58 | 20 | 71.80 |
| 21 | Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun | China | 138.44 | 19 | 25.61 | 22 | 43.91 | 21 | 68.92 |
| 22 | Anastasia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azrojan | Armenia | 137.07 | 21 | 25.04 | 21 | 44.86 | 23 | 67.17 |
| 23 | Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas | Lithuania | 136.63 | 24 | 23.46 | 20 | 44.87 | 22 | 68.30 |
| 24 | Olga Akimova / Alexander Shakalov | Uzbekistan | 130.58 | 22 | 24.20 | 24 | 41.43 | 24 | 64.95 |
| Free Dance Not Reached ||||||||||
| 25 | Barbora Silná / Dmitri Matsjuk | Austria | 64.35 | 25 | 23.12 | 25 | 41.23 | | |
| 26 | Zsuzsanna Nagy / György Elek | Hungary | 55.38 | 26 | 22.19 | 28 | 33.19 | | |
| 27 | Nicolette Amie House / Aidas Reklys | Lithuania | 53.26 | 28 | 19.25 | 26 | 34.01 | | |
| 28 | Christa-Elizabeth Goulakos / Eric Neumann-Aubichon | Greece | 53.13 | 29 | 19.18 | 27 | 33.95 | | |
| 29 | Laura Munana / Luke Munana | Mexico | 52.35 | 27 | 20.30 | 29 | 32.05 | | |
Referee:
* Mieko Fujimori Japan
Technical Controller:
* Gilles Vandenbroeck France
Technical Specialist:
* Andrzej Dostatni Poland
Assistant Technical Specialist:
* April Sargent Silverstein United States
Judges for the compulsory dance (rumba):
* Rossella Ceccattini Italy
* Irina Medvedeva Ukraine
* Alla Shekhovtseva Russia
* Garry Hoppe Israel
* Maria Miller Poland
* Shawn Rettstatt United States
* Jodi Abbott Canada
* Evgeni Rokhin Uzbekistan
* Hongguo Ren China
* Elizabeth Ryan Australia
* Olga Zakova Czech Republic
* Ulf Denzer Germany
Judges for the original dance:
* Maria Miller Poland
* Raia Bisserova-Bakalova Bulgaria
* Laimute Krauziene Lithuania
* Mayumi Kato Japan
* Alla Shekhovtseva Russia
* Elizabeth Ryan Australia
* Ulf Denzer Germany
* Irina Medvedeva Ukraine
* Jodi Abbott Canada
* Olga Zakova Czech Republic
* Rossella Ceccattini Italy
* Shawn Rettstatt United States
Judges for the free dance:
* Mayumi Kato Japan
* Elizabeth Ryan Australia
* Raia Bisserova-Bakalova Bulgaria
* Jodi Abbott Canada
* Shawn Rettstatt United States
* Maria Miller Poland
* Rossella Ceccattini Italy
* Hongguo Ren China
* Ulf Denzer Germany
* Olga Zakova Czech Republic
* Laimute Krauziene Lithuania
* Garry Hoppe Israel

## Multiple entries for 2008

The following countries secured multiple entries for the 2008 championships based on their performances at the 2007 Worlds.
| Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance |
| 3 | France Japan United States | Japan United States | Canada China | Bulgaria Canada Russia United States |
| 2 | Belarus Canada Czech Republic Sweden Switzerland | Canada Finland Italy South Korea Switzerland | Germany Russia Ukraine United States | France Italy |

## Prize money

The total prize money for the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships is US$710,000. Pairs and dance teams split the money. All amounts are in US dollars. The breakdown is as follows:
| Placement | Prize Money (Singles) | Prize Money (Pairs/Dance) |
| 1st | $ 45,000 | $ 67,500 |
| 2nd | $ 27,000 | $ 40,500 |
| 3rd | $ 18,000 | $ 27,000 |
| 4th | $ 13,000 | $ 19,500 |
| 5th | $ 10,000 | $ 15,000 |
| 6th | $ 7,000 | $ 10,500 |
| 7th | $ 6,000 | $ 9,000 |
| 8th | $ 5,000 | $ 7,500 |
| 9th | $ 3,500 | $ 5,250 |
| 10th | $ 3,000 | $ 4,500 |
| 11th | $ 2,500 | $ 3,750 |
| 12th | $ 2,000 | $ 3,000 |