# 1997 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1997 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the CIG de Malley in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 16–23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing.

## Medal tables
### Medalists

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Elvis Stojko | Todd Eldredge | Alexei Yagudin |
| Ladies | Tara Lipinski | Michelle Kwan | Vanessa Gusmeroli |
| Pair skating | Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer | Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov | Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev |
| Ice dancing | Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov | Angelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsiannikov | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz |

### Medals by country

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

## Competition notes

At age 14, Tara Lipinski became the youngest skater to win the World title in ladies' singles.
Legendary coach, Carlo Fassi suffered a heart attack and passed away while at the event with his skater Nicole Bobek.

## Results
### Men

1994 Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov withdrew with a groin injury.
Stojko became the first skater to win a world title with a successful 4T-3T.
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | QA | QB | SP | FS |
| 1 | Elvis Stojko | Canada | 3.0 | 2 | | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Todd Eldredge | United States | 3.0 | 1 | | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Alexei Yagudin | Russia | 5.5 | 6 | | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Viacheslav Zagorodniuk | Ukraine | 7.0 | 3 | | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Ilia Kulik | Russia | 7.5 | | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Andrejs Vlascenko | Germany | 10.0 | 4 | | 10 | 5 |
| 7 | Michael Weiss | United States | 12.5 | | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| 8 | Igor Pashkevich | Azerbaijan | 13.0 | 5 | | 12 | 7 |
| 9 | Jeffrey Langdon | Canada | 14.5 | | 5 | 11 | 9 |
| 10 | Takeshi Honda | Japan | 15.5 | | 7 | 7 | 12 |
| 11 | Steven Cousins | United Kingdom | 19.5 | | 9 | 17 | 11 |
| 12 | Éric Millot | France | 19.5 | | 3 | 13 | 13 |
| 13 | Laurent Tobel | France | 20.0 | | 6 | 20 | 10 |
| 14 | Cornel Gheorghe | Romania | 23.0 | 8 | | 18 | 14 |
| 15 | Michael Shmerkin | Israel | 24.0 | 11 | | 8 | 20 |
| 16 | Szabolcs Vidrai | Hungary | 24.5 | 7 | | 15 | 17 |
| 17 | Konstantin Kostin | Latvia | 25.0 | | 8 | 14 | 18 |
| 18 | Michael Tyllesen | Denmark | 25.5 | | 12 | 19 | 16 |
| 19 | Zhengxin Guo | China | 26.0 | 12 | | 22 | 15 |
| 20 | Roman Skorniakov | Uzbekistan | 27.0 | | 13 | 16 | 19 |
| 21 | Michael Hopfes | Germany | 31.5 | | 10 | 21 | 21 |
| 22 | Anthony Liu | Australia | 34.0 | 9 | | 24 | 22 |
| 23 | Ivan Dinev | Bulgaria | 35.5 | 13 | | 23 | 24 |
| 24 | Patrick Meier | Switzerland | 36.0 | 16 | | 26 | 23 |
| WD | Alexei Urmanov | Russia | | | 1 | 1 | |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 26 | Markus Leminen | Finland | | 14 | | 26 | |
| 27 | Gilberto Viadana | Italy | | | 14 | 27 | |
| 28 | Lee Kyu-hyun | South Korea | | | 11 | 28 | |
| 29 | Robert Grzegorczyk | Poland | | | 15 | 29 | |
| 30 | Patrick Schmit | Luxembourg | | 10 | | 30 | |
| 31 | Vakhtang Murvanidze | Georgia | | 15 | | 31 | |
| Short program not reached ||||||||
| 32 | Jordi Pedro | Spain | | | 16 | | |
| 33 | Alexander Murashko | Belarus | | 17 | | | |
| 33 | Margus Hernits | Estonia | | | 17 | | |
| 35 | Karel Nekola | Czech Republic | | 18 | | | |
| 35 | Daniel Hollander | United States | | | 18 | | |
| 37 | Ferdi Skoberla | South Africa | | 19 | | | |
| 37 | Róbert Kažimír | Slovakia | | | 19 | | |
| 39 | Youri Litvinov | Kazakhstan | | 20 | | | |
| 39 | David Liu | Chinese Taipei | | | 20 | | |
| 41 | Ricardo Olaverrieta | Mexico | | 21 | | | |
| 41 | Florian Tuma | Austria | | | 21 | | |
| 43 | Yan-Ho Brian Chan | Hong Kong | | 22 | | | |
| 43 | Matthew van den Broeck | Belgium | | | 22 | | |
| WD | Armen Asoyan | Armenia | | | | | |
Referee:
* Britta Lindgren
Assistant Referee:
* Katsuichiro Hisanaga
Judges:
* Marie Reine le Gougne France
* Agnes Morvai Hungary
* Sally Rehorick Canada
* Sviatoslav Babenko Russia
* George Iashvili Georgia
* Zoya Yordanova Bulgaria
* Paula Naughton United States
* Daniela Cavelli Italy
* Sissy Krick Germany
Substitute judge:
* Merja Kosonen Finland

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | QA | QB | SP | FS |
| 1 | Tara Lipinski | United States | 2.5 | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Michelle Kwan | United States | 3.0 | 1 | | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Vanessa Gusmeroli | France | 5.0 | 2 | | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Irina Slutskaya | Russia | 6.0 | 3 | | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | Maria Butyrskaya | Russia | 6.5 | | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Laetitia Hubert | France | 10.5 | 9 | | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | Krisztina Czakó | Hungary | 10.5 | 4 | | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Julia Lautowa | Austria | 14.5 | | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| 9 | Julia Lavrenchuk | Ukraine | 15.0 | | 4 | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | Eva-Maria Fitze | Germany | 16.5 | 8 | | 16 | 9 |
| 11 | Joanne Carter | Australia | 16.5 | 10 | | 10 | 12 |
| 12 | Olga Markova | Russia | 19.0 | | 7 | 15 | 11 |
| 13 | Nicole Bobek | United States | 20.0 | | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 14 | Zuzanna Szwed | Poland | 21.5 | 5 | | 12 | 14 |
| 15 | Lucinda Ruh | Switzerland | 22.5 | | 6 | 18 | 13 |
| 16 | Lenka Kulovaná | Czech Republic | 23.5 | 7 | | 14 | 18 |
| 17 | Tatiana Malinina | Uzbekistan | 25.0 | | 12 | 17 | 19 |
| 18 | Fumie Suguri | Japan | 25.5 | | 10 | 21 | 16 |
| 19 | Alisa Drei | Finland | 27.0 | | 8 | 22 | 17 |
| 20 | Mojca Kopač | Slovenia | 29.5 | 13 | | 13 | 22 |
| 21 | Julia Vorobieva | Azerbaijan | 30.0 | 6 | | 20 | 20 |
| 22 | Helena Grundberg | Sweden | 32.0 | | 13 | 23 | 21 |
| 23 | Hanae Yokoya | Japan | 32.5 | | 9 | 19 | 23 |
| WD | Susan Humphreys | Canada | | 12 | | 21 | |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Chen Lu | China | | | 11 | 25 | |
| 26 | Tony Bombardieri | Italy | | 15 | | 26 | |
| 27 | Zuzana Paurova | Slovakia | | 14 | | 27 | |
| 28 | Marta Andrade | Spain | | 11 | | 28 | |
| 29 | Ivana Jakupcevic | Croatia | | | 15 | 29 | |
| 30 | Sofia Penkova | Bulgaria | | | 14 | 30 | |
| Short program not reached ||||||||
| 31 | Valeria Trifancova | Latvia | | 16 | | | |
| 31 | Yankun Du | China | | | 16 | | |
| 33 | Valentina Gazeleridou | Greece | | 17 | | | |
| 33 | Shirene Human | South Africa | | | 17 | | |
| 35 | Noemi Bedo | Romania | | 18 | | | |
| 35 | Zoe Jones | United Kingdom | | | 18 | | |
| 37 | Patricia Ferriot | Belgium | | 19 | | | |
| 37 | Jung Min-ju | South Korea | | | 19 | | |
| 39 | Ja-Lin Weng | Chinese Taipei | | 20 | | | |
| 39 | Kaja Hanevold | Norway | | | 20 | | |
| 41 | Liina-Grete Lilender | Estonia | | 21 | | | |
| 41 | Rita Dolly Auyeung | Hong Kong | | | 21 | | |
| WD | Veronika Dytrt | Germany | | | | | |
Referee:
* Sally-Anne Stapleford
Assistant Referee:
* Hely Abbondati
Judges:
* Josette Betsch France
* Alexander Pentchev Bulgaria
* Maria Zuchowicz Poland
* Christa Gunsam Austria
* Judit Fürst-Tombor Hungary
* Jan Hoffmann Germany
* Gloria Morandi Italy
* Hisashi Yoshikawa Japan
* Adriana Domanska Slovakia
Substitute judge:
* Bettina Meier Switzerland

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer | Germany | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov | Russia | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev | Russia | 6.0 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen | United States | 6.5 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Jenni Meno / Todd Sand | United States | 7.0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz | Canada | 10.0 | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis | France | 10.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek | Poland | 13.5 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Russia | 13.5 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller | Germany | 14.5 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao | China | 16.0 | 14 | 9 |
| 12 | Marina Khalturina / Andrei Kriukov | Kazakhstan | 16.0 | 10 | 11 |
| 13 | Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex | Germany | 19.0 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet | Canada | 21.5 | 15 | 14 |
| 15 | Stephanie Stiegler / John Zimmerman | United States | 21.5 | 13 | 15 |
| 16 | Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr | Australia | 24.0 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Elaine Asanakis / Joel McKeever | Greece | 26.0 | 18 | 17 |
| 18 | Olena Bilousivska / Stanislav Morozov | Ukraine | 26.5 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | Svetlana Plachonina / Dmitri Kaplun | Belarus | 28.5 | 19 | 19 |
| 20 | Elena Sirokhvatova / Oleg Shliakhov | Latvia | 30.0 | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | Inga Rodionova / Alexander Anichenko | Azerbaijan | 32.0 | 22 | 21 |
| 22 | Jekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals | Estonia | 34.0 | 24 | 22 |
| 23 | Maria Krasiltseva / Alexander Chestnikh | Armenia | 34.5 | 23 | 23 |
| WD | Lesley Rogers / Michael Aldred | United Kingdom | | 21 | |
| Free skating not reached ||||||
| 25 | Elena Ershova / Evgeni Sviridov | Uzbekistan | | 25 | |
Referee:
* Walburga Grimm
Assistant Referee:
* Markus German
Judges:
* Frank Parsons Australia
* Ulf Denzer Germany
* Debbie Islam Canada
* Alexei Shirshov Belarus
* Marina Sanaya Russia
* Anna Sierocka Poland
* Ubavka Novakovic-Kytinoy Greece
* Laura McNair United Kingdom
* Lucy J. Brennan United States
Substitute judge:
* Evgenia Bogdanova Azerbaijan

### 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 | 5.8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy | France | 8.2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | France | 8.8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow | United States | 12.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh | Russia | 14.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko | Ukraine | 16.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio | Italy | 18.8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| 10 | Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas | Lithuania | 19.2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasinski | Poland | 22.4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Kati Winkler / René Lohse | Germany | 25.2 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
| 13 | Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček | Czech Republic | 25.6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
| 14 | Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov | Belarus | 26.8 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| 15 | Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga | Kazakhstan | 30.0 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Marika Humphreys / Philip Askew | United Kingdom | 32.0 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates | United States | 34.8 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
| 18 | Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky | Israel | 35.2 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviyski | Bulgaria | 38.2 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| 20 | Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet | Canada | 38.8 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | Angelika Füring / Bruno Ellinger | Austria | 43.2 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| 22 | Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka | Japan | 44.0 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 |
| 23 | Šárka Vondrková / Lukáš Král | Czech Republic | 45.2 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 |
| 24 | Jenny Dahlen / Juris Razgulajevs | Latvia | 47.6 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 24 |
| Free dance not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Chantal Loyer / Justin Bell | Australia | | 25 | 25 | 25 | |
| 26 | Kristina Kalesnik / Alexander Terentjev | Estonia | | 26 | 27 | 26 | |
| 27 | Bianca Szijgyarto / Szilárd Tóth | Hungary | | 27 | 26 | 27 | |
| 28 | Olga Slobodova / Dmitri Beljk | Uzbekistan | | 28 | 29 | 28 | |
| 29 | Kornelia Barany / Andre Rosnik | Hungary | | 29 | 29 | 29 | |
| 30 | Lucine Chakmakjian / Corey Lapaige | Belgium | | 29 | 28 | 29 | |
Referee:
* Wolfgang Kunz
Assistant Referee:
* Roland Wehinger
Judges:
* Robert Horen United States
* Gilles Van Den Broeck France
* Halina Gordon-Poltorak Poland
* John Greenwood Canada
* Irina Absaliamova Belarus
* Isabella Micheli Italy
* Evgenia Karnolska Bulgaria
* Mary Parry United Kingdom
* Heide Maritczak Austria
Substitute judge:
* Sumiko Kobayashi Japan