# 1996 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1996 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Edmonton, Canada on March 17–24. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

## Medal tables
### Medalists

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Todd Eldredge | Ilia Kulik | Rudy Galindo |
| Ladies | Michelle Kwan | Chen Lu | Irina Slutskaya |
| Pair skating | Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov | Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer | Jenni Meno / Todd Sand |
| Ice dancing | Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz |

### Medals by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## Competition notes

The opening ceremonies were composed by Canadian composer Jan Randall and narrated by Kurt Browning.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | QA | QB | SP | FS |
| 1 | Todd Eldredge | United States | 2.0 | | | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Ilia Kulik | Russia | 2.5 | | | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Rudy Galindo | United States | 6.0 | 1 | | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Elvis Stojko | Canada | 6.5 | | | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | Alexei Urmanov | Russia | 6.5 | | | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Viacheslav Zagorodniuk | Ukraine | 10.0 | | | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | Éric Millot | France | 12.0 | | | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | Andrejs Vlascenko | Germany | 13.5 | | 4 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | Philippe Candeloro | France | 15.0 | | | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | Daniel Hollander | United States | 16.5 | 2 | | 13 | 10 |
| 11 | Michael Shmerkin | Israel | 17.0 | 7 | | 12 | 11 |
| 12 | Thierry Cerez | France | 19.5 | | 5 | 15 | 12 |
| 13 | Takeshi Honda | Japan | 20.0 | | 1 | 14 | 13 |
| 14 | Cornel Gheorghe | Romania | 20.0 | 5 | | 10 | 15 |
| 15 | Steven Cousins | United Kingdom | 20.5 | | | 5 | 18 |
| 16 | Dmitri Dmitrenko | Ukraine | 23.5 | 4 | | 9 | 19 |
| 17 | Sébastien Britten | Canada | 24.0 | | 2 | 20 | 14 |
| 18 | Szabolcs Vidrai | Hungary | 25.0 | | 7 | 18 | 16 |
| 19 | Michael Tyllesen | Denmark | 25.5 | | 3 | 17 | 17 |
| 20 | Neil Wilson | United Kingdom | 31.0 | 6 | | 22 | 20 |
| 21 | Patrick Schmit | Luxembourg | 32.5 | | 10 | 23 | 21 |
| 22 | Fabrizio Garattoni | Italy | 32.5 | | 6 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | Robert Grzegorczyk | Poland | 35.5 | 9 | | 19 | 23 |
| 24 | Alexander Murashko | Belarus | 36.0 | 10 | | 24 | 24 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Patrick Meier | Switzerland | | 11 | | 25 | |
| 26 | Zhengxin Guo | China | | | | 26 | |
| 27 | Marcus Christensen | Canada | | | 8 | 27 | |
| 28 | Margus Hernits | Estonia | | | 9 | 28 | |
| 29 | Youri Litvinov | Kazakhstan | | 8 | | 29 | |
| WD | Florian Tuma | Austria | | | 11 | | |
| Short program not reached ||||||||
| 31 | Markus Leminen | Finland | | 12 | | | |
| 31 | Radek Horák | Czech Republic | | | 12 | | |
| 33 | Ivan Dinev | Bulgaria | | 13 | | | |
| 33 | Róbert Kažimír | Slovakia | | | 13 | | |
| 35 | Lee Kyu-hyun | South Korea | | 14 | | | |
| 35 | Jan Čejvan | Slovenia | | | 14 | | |
| 37 | Zoltan Koszegi | Hungary | | 15 | | | |
| 37 | Ricardo Olavarrieta | Mexico | | | 15 | | |
| 39 | Stephen Carr | Australia | | 16 | | | |
| 39 | Robert Ward | South Africa | | | 16 | | |
| 41 | Jordi Pedro | Spain | | 17 | | | |
| 41 | Aramayis Grigorian | Armenia | | | 17 | | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | QA | QB | SP | FS |
| 1 | Michelle Kwan | United States | 1.5 | | | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Chen Lu | China | 3.0 | | | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Irina Slutskaya | Russia | 4.5 | | | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Maria Butyrskaya | Russia | 6.0 | | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Surya Bonaly | France | 8.5 | | | 7 | 5 |
| 6 | Tanja Szewczenko | Germany | 8.5 | | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Midori Ito | Japan | 10.0 | 1 | | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Tonia Kwiatkowski | United States | 12.5 | | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | Julia Vorobieva | Azerbaijan | 13.0 | | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | Hanae Yokoya | Japan | 15.5 | | | 11 | 10 |
| 11 | Krisztina Czakó | Hungary | 18.0 | 3 | | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | Elena Liashenko | Ukraine | 19.0 | | | 10 | 14 |
| 13 | Tatiana Malinina | Uzbekistan | 21.5 | 5 | | 13 | 15 |
| 14 | Vanessa Gusmeroli | France | 22.0 | | 9 | 18 | 13 |
| 15 | Tara Lipinski | United States | 22.5 | 2 | | 23 | 11 |
| 16 | Lenka Kulovaná | Czech Republic | 24.5 | | 6 | 17 | 16 |
| 17 | Julia Lavrenchuk | Ukraine | 25.0 | | 11 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | Mojca Kopač | Slovenia | 25.5 | | 7 | 15 | 18 |
| 19 | Lucinda Ruh | Switzerland | 29.0 | | 8 | 20 | 19 |
| 20 | Lu Meijia | China | 29.0 | 4 | | 14 | 22 |
| 21 | Jennifer Robinson | Canada | 32.0 | | 5 | 24 | 20 |
| 22 | Stephanie Main | United Kingdom | 32.0 | 12 | | 22 | 21 |
| 23 | Maria Nikitochkina | Belarus | 32.5 | | 12 | 19 | 23 |
| 24 | Silvia Fontana | Italy | 34.5 | 7 | | 21 | 24 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Zuzanna Szwed | Poland | | | 10 | 25 | |
| 26 | Marta Andrade | Spain | | 10 | | 26 | |
| 27 | Helena Grundberg | Sweden | | 8 | | 27 | |
| 28 | Sofia Penkova | Bulgaria | | 11 | | 28 | |
| 29 | Ivana Jakupcevic | Croatia | | 9 | | 29 | |
| 30 | Denise Jaschek | Austria | | 6 | | 30 | |
| Short program not reached ||||||||
| 31 | Alma Lepina | Latvia | | 13 | | | |
| 31 | Miriam Manzano | Australia | | | 13 | | |
| 33 | Choi Hyung-kyung | South Korea | | 14 | | | |
| 33 | Véronique Fleury | France | | | 14 | | |
| 35 | Marta Chisu | Romania | | 15 | | | |
| 35 | Shirene Human | South Africa | | | 15 | | |
| 37 | Ja-Lin Weng | Chinese Taipei | | | 16 | | |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov | Russia | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer | Germany | 2.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Jenni Meno / Todd Sand | United States | 5.5 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov | Russia | 5.5 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev | Russia | 7.0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen | United States | 10.0 | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz | Canada | 10.0 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Michelle Menzies / Jean-Michel Bombardier | Canada | 13.0 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | Olena Bilousivska / Serhiy Potalov | Ukraine | 13.5 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells | United States | 15.5 | 11 | 10 |
| 11 | Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis | France | 15.5 | 7 | 12 |
| 12 | Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr | Australia | 17.0 | 12 | 11 |
| 13 | Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek | Poland | 21.5 | 15 | 14 |
| 14 | Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex | Germany | 21.5 | 13 | 15 |
| 15 | Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao | China | 22.0 | 18 | 13 |
| 16 | Lesley Rogers / Michael Aldred | United Kingdom | 24.0 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Marina Khalturina / Andrei Kriukov | Kazakhstan | 25.5 | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | Line Haddad / Sylvain Prive | France | 26.0 | 14 | 19 |
| 19 | Elaine Asanakis / Joel McKeever | Greece | 28.0 | 20 | 18 |
| 20 | Veronika Joukalová / Otto Dlabola | Czech Republic | 29.5 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | Anna Kaverzina / Gennadi Emelianenko | Belarus | 31.5 | 21 | 21 |
| 22 | Jekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals | Estonia | 33.5 | 23 | 22 |
| 23 | Olga Bogouslavska / Juri Salmonov | Latvia | 34.0 | 22 | 23 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD |
| 1 | Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov | Russia | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Russia | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz | Canada | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | France | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko | Ukraine | 10.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh | Russia | 12.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow | United States | 14.2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas | Lithuania | 16.2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček | Czech Republic | 17.6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio | Italy | 20.4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński | Poland | 22.0 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga | Kazakhstan | 23.6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Kati Winkler / René Lohse | Germany | 26.0 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Renée Roca / Gorsha Sur | United States | 28.0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet | Canada | 30.6 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Nakako Tsuzuki / Juris Razgulajevs | Japan | 33.2 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| 17 | Marika Humphreys / Philip Askew | United Kingdom | 33.6 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 |
| 18 | Allison MacLean / Konrad Schaub | Austria | 34.6 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| 19 | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Ukraine | 39.0 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
| 20 | Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton | France | 39.0 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | Agnes Jacquemard / Alexis Gayet | France | 42.0 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| 22 | Šárka Vondrková / Lukáš Král | Czech Republic | 45.2 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 |
| 23 | Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky | Israel | 46.2 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 22 |
| 24 | Enikő Berkes / Endre Szentirmai | Hungary | 47.2 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 24 |
| Free dance not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Cornelia Diener / Alexei Pospelov | Switzerland | | 25 | 22 | 25 | |
| 26 | Barbara Lynn Hanley / Vassil Serkov | Estonia | | 29 | 27 | 26 | |
| 27 | Yuh-Shen Lai / Wei-Wen Lai | Chinese Taipei | | 27 | 29 | 27 | |
| 28 | Kaho Koinuma / Tigran Arakelian | Armenia | | 26 | 26 | 29 | |
| 29 | Chantal Loyer / Justin Bell | Australia | | 28 | 28 | 28 | |
| 30 | Katri Kuusnuemi / Jamie Walker | Finland | | 30 | 30 | 30 | |
| Original dance not reached ||||||||
| 31 | Maikki Uotila / Toni Mattila | Finland | | 31 | 31 | | |
| 32 | Anna Mosenkova / Dmitri Kurakin | Estonia | | 32 | 32 | | |
| 33 | Kim Hee-jin / Kim Hyun-chul | South Korea | | 33 | 33 | | |