# 1998 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 1998 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada between November 30 and December 7, 1997. Younger figure skaters competed for the title of World Junior Champion.

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | QA | QB | SP | FS |
| 1 | Derrick Delmore | United States | 1.5 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Sergei Davydov | Russia | 3.5 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Li Yunfei | China | 4.0 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Ilia Klimkin | Russia | 7.0 | - | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Ivan Dinev | Bulgaria | 7.0 | 10 | - | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Hiraike Taijin | Japan | 9.5 | - | 11 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Li Chengjiang | China | 11.0 | - | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| 8 | Juraj Sviatko | Slovakia | 12.5 | 8 | - | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | Vitali Danilchenko | Ukraine | 12.5 | - | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | Lukáš Rakowski | Czech Republic | 14.0 | 3 | - | 10 | 9 |
| 11 | Emanuel Sandhu | Canada | 18.0 | - | 3 | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | Ben Ferreira | Canada | 18.5 | 11 | - | 15 | 11 |
| 13 | Alan Street | United Kingdom | 22.0 | - | 7 | 18 | 13 |
| 14 | Alexei Kozlov | Estonia | 23.5 | - | 8 | 17 | 15 |
| 15 | Matthew Davies | United Kingdom | 24.0 | 4 | - | 16 | 16 |
| 16 | David Jäschke | Germany | 24.0 | - | 5 | 14 | 17 |
| 17 | Vincent Restencourt | France | 24.5 | 5 | - | 21 | 14 |
| 18 | Lee Kyu-hyun | South Korea | 24.5 | 7 | - | 13 | 18 |
| 19 | Alexei Gruber | Israel | 29.0 | - | 13 | 20 | 19 *tie* |
| 20 | Angelo Dolfini | Italy | 30.0 | 9 | - | 22 | 19 *tie* |
| 21 | Vakhtang Murvanidze | Georgia | 30.5 | 12 | - | 19 | 21 |
| 22 | Michael Amentas | Australia | 34.0 | 15 | - | 24 | 22 |
| 23 | Gregor Urbas | Slovenia | 34.5 | - | 14 | 23 | 23 |
| R | Yosuke Takeuchi | Japan | | - | 4 | 11 | w/d |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 24 | Christian Horvath | Austria | | 13 | - | 25 | |
| 25 | Bartosz Domański | Poland | | - | 10 | 26 | |
| 26 | Zoltán Tóth | Hungary | | - | 12 | 27 | |
| 27 | Park Joon-ho | South Korea | | 16 | - | 28 | |
| 28 | Maurice Lim | Netherlands | | 14 | - | 28 | |
| 29 | Matthew van den Broek | Belgium | | - | 15 | 30 | |
| R | Timothy Goebel | United States | | 6 | | w/d | |
| Short program not reached ||||||||
| 30 | Jose Alonso | Mexico | | - | 16 | | |
| 31 | Miguel Alegre | Spain | | 17 | - | | |
| 31 | Edgar Grigoryan | Armenia | | - | 17 | | |
| 33 | Panagiotis Markouizos | Greece | | 18 | - | | |
| 33 | Balint Miklos | Romania | | - | 18 | | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | QA | QB | SP | FS |
| 1 | Julia Soldatova | Russia | 2.0 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Elena Ivanova | Russia | 2.5 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Viktoria Volchkova | Russia | 5.5 | 1 | - | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Brittney McConn | United States | 7.0 | 4 | - | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Anna Jurkiewicz | Poland | 9.5 | 5 | - | 9 | 5 |
| 6 | Chisato Shiina | Japan | 10.5 | 9 | - | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Shelby Lyons | United States | 11.5 | 7 | - | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | Yuka Kanazawa | Japan | 11.5 | 3 | - | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Fanny Cagnard | France | 12.5 | - | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | Julia Lautowa | Austria | 13.0 | - | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 11 | Angela Nikodinov | United States | 17.0 | - | 6 | 14 | 10 |
| 12 | Keyla Ohs | Canada | 18.0 | - | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Anna Lundström | Sweden | 21.5 | 10 | - | 15 | 14 |
| 14 | Júlia Sebestyén | Hungary | 22.5 | - | 7 | 13 | 16 |
| 15 | Anina Fivian | Switzerland | 23.0 | - | 5 | 20 | 13 |
| 16 | Andrea Diewald | Germany | 24.0 | 6 | - | 8 | 20 |
| 17 | Sara Lindroos | Finland | 24.5 | - | 4 | 19 | 15 |
| 18 | Wang Huan | China | 25.5 | 13 | - | 17 | 17 |
| 19 | Shin Yea-ji | South Korea | 29.0 | - | 12 | 22 | 18 |
| 20 | Anna Wenzel | Austria | 29.5 | - | 10 | 21 | 19 |
| 21 | Georgina Papavasiliou | United Kingdom | 31.0 | - | 9 | 16 | 23 |
| 22 | Christel Borghi | Switzerland | 33.0 | - | 15 | 24 | 21 |
| 23 | Shirene Human | South Africa | 33.0 | - | 13 | 18 | 24 |
| 24 | Idora Hegel | Croatia | 33.5 | 11 | - | 23 | 22 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Kaja Hanevold | Norway | | - | 8 | 25 | |
| 26 | Mikkeline Kierkgaard | Denmark | | 8 | - | 26 | |
| 27 | Tina Svajger | Slovenia | | 12 | - | 27 | |
| 28 | Katerina Blohonova | Czech Republic | | - | 11 | 28 | |
| 29 | Michelle Kriz | Australia | | 14 | - | 29 | |
| 30 | Viktoria Dirko | Belarus | | 15 | - | 30 | |
| Short program not reached ||||||||
| 31 | Noemi Bedo | Romania | | 16 | - | |
| 31 | Ellen Mareels | Belgium | | - | 16 | |
| 33 | Anna Dimova | Bulgaria | | 17 | - | |
| 33 | Yoshie Onda | Japan | | - | 17 | |
| 35 | Konstantina Livanou | Greece | | 18 | - | |
| 35 | Jessica Lim | Netherlands | | - | 18 | |
| 37 | Anna Neshcheret | Ukraine | | 19 | - | |
| 37 | Ivana Snopkova | Slovakia | | - | 19 | |
| 39 | Maricarmen Szeszko | Mexico | | 20 | - | |
| 39 | Ana Jovanović | FR Yugoslavia | | - | 20 | |
| wd | Olga Boguslavska | Latvia | | | | |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk | Ukraine | 3.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexei Sokolov | Russia | 3.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Viktoria Maksiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski | Russia | 5.0 | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Natalie Vlandis / Jered Guzman | United States | 5.5 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Sabrina Lefrançois / Nicolas Osseland | France | 6.0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov | Russia | 9.5 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino | Canada | 9.5 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler | United States | 13.0 | 8 | 9 |
| 9 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | China | 13.5 | 11 | 8 |
| 10 | Jaime O'Reilly / Clinton Petersen | Canada | 14.0 | 8 | 10 |
| 11 | Jaisa MacAdam / Garrett Lucash | United States | 16.5 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Elena Kokhanevich / Vitaly Dubina | Ukraine | 18.5 | 13 | 12 |
| 13 | Aliona Savchenko / Dmitri Boenko | Ukraine | 19.0 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | Jekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals | Estonia | 21.0 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Irina Galkina / Artem Knyazev | Uzbekistan | 22.5 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Aneta Kowalska / Łukasz Różycki | Poland | 24.0 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Elisa Carenini / Ruben de Pra | Italy | 25.5 | 19 | 17 |
| 18 | Tatiana Zaharjeva / Jurijs Salmanovs | Latvia | 26.5 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | Irina Mladenova / Hristo Turlakov | Bulgaria | 28.5 | 18 | 19 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | C1 | C2 | OD | FD |
| 1 | Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler | United States | 2.8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo | Italy | 3.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov | Russia | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai | Hungary | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 *tie* |
| 5 | Melanie Espejo / Michael Zenezini | France | 9.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 *tie* |
| 6 | Gabriela Hrazska / Jiří Procházka | Czech Republic | 12.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Natalia Romaniuta / Daniil Barantsev | Russia | 14.6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Alexandra Kauc / Filip Bernadowski | Poland | 16.8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Kristina Kobaladze / Oleg Voyko | Ukraine | 17.0 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek | United States | 19.4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Olga Pogosian / Alexander Kirsanov | Russia | 22.0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Laura Currie / Jeffrey Smith | Canada | 24.8 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Nelly Gourvest / Cedric Pernet | France | 25.8 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| 14 | Margarita Toteva / Maxim Shabalin | Bulgaria | 27.4 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Sharon Hill / Andrew Hallam | United Kingdom | 30.6 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| 16 | Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto | Japan | 31.4 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | Viviane Steiner / Flavio Steiner | Switzerland | 34.0 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | Pia-Maria Gustafsson / Antti Grunlund | Finland | 36.0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | Miriam Sinzinger / Ingo Feinkerer | Austria | 38.6 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| 20 | Lindsay Gough / Jarrod Cook | Australia | 40.0 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | Yang Tae-hwa / Lee Chuen-gun | South Korea | 42.4 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
| 22 | Kim Rolloos / Edwin Visser | Netherlands | 43.0 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 22 |
| 23 | Marina Timofejeva / Jevgeni Striganov | Estonia | 46.0 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |