# 1991 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1991 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany from March 12 to 17. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

## Medal tables
### Medalists

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Kurt Browning | Viktor Petrenko | Todd Eldredge |
| Ladies | Kristi Yamaguchi | Tonya Harding | Nancy Kerrigan |
| Pair skating | Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev | Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler | Natasha Kuchiki / Todd Sand |
| Ice dancing | Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin |

### Medals by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## Results
### Men

Kurt Browning won his third world championship in a row. Elvis Stojko (CAN) lands the first quad in combination, the first quadruple toe loop-double toe loop combination, at the World Championships.
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Kurt Browning | Canada | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Viktor Petrenko | Soviet Union | 2.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Todd Eldredge | United States | 5.5 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Petr Barna | Czechoslovakia | 5.5 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Christopher Bowman | United States | 7.0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Elvis Stojko | Canada | 9.5 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Michael Slipchuk | Canada | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | Alexei Urmanov | Soviet Union | 12.0 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Éric Millot | France | 14.5 | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | Masakazu Kagiyama | Japan | 16.0 | 10 | 11 |
| 11 | Paul Wylie | United States | 17.0 | 20 | 7 |
| 12 | Oula Jääskeläinen | Finland | 19.5 | 13 | 13 |
| 13 | Oliver Höner | Switzerland | 20.0 | 12 | 14 |
| 14 | Jung Sung-il | South Korea | 20.5 | 17 | 12 |
| 15 | Mirko Eichhorn | Germany | 20.5 | 11 | 15 |
| 16 | Steven Cousins | United Kingdom | 25.0 | 18 | 16 |
| 17 | Cameron Medhurst | Australia | 26.0 | 16 | 18 |
| 18 | Daniel Weiss | Germany | 26.5 | 19 | 17 |
| 19 | Gilberto Viadana | Italy | 26.5 | 15 | 19 |
| 20 | Ronny Winkler | Germany | 27.0 | 14 | 20 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||
| 21 | Ralph Burghart | Austria | | 21 | |
| 22 | Viacheslav Zagorodniuk | Soviet Union | | 22 | |
| 23 | Cornel Gheorghe | Romania | | 23 | |
| 24 | Jan Erik Digernes | Norway | | 24 | |
| 25 | Henrik Walentin | Denmark | | 25 | |
| 26 | Péter Kovács | Hungary | | 26 | |
| 27 | David Liu | Chinese Taipei | | 27 | |
| 28 | Tomislav Cizmesija | Yugoslavia | | 28 | |
| 29 | Maarten van Mechelen | Luxembourg | | 29 | |
| 30 | Jorge La Farga | Spain | | 30 | |
| 31 | Nikolai Tonev | Bulgaria | | 31 | |
| 32 | Alexandre Geers | Belgium | | 32 | |
| 33 | Ricardo Olavarrieta | Mexico | | 33 | |

### Ladies

The U.S. became the first nation to ever sweep the ladies' podium at a World Championships.
Midori Ito and Laetitia Hubert collided with each other during a practice session. In the short program, Ito stumbled over an opening in the boards and into a camera but was back on the ice after three seconds. Tonya Harding became the first American woman to perform a triple axel at an international event.
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Kristi Yamaguchi | United States | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Tonya Harding | United States | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Nancy Kerrigan | United States | 5.5 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Midori Ito | Japan | 5.5 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Surya Bonaly | France | 8.0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Josée Chouinard | Canada | 9.0 | 8 | 5 |
| 7 | Joanne Conway | United Kingdom | 10.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Marina Kielmann | Germany | 11.0 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | Patricia Neske | Germany | 13.5 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Julia Vorobieva | Soviet Union | 17.0 | 12 | 11 |
| 11 | Junko Yaginuma | Japan | 17.0 | 10 | 12 |
| 12 | Chen Lu | China | 18.0 | 16 | 10 |
| 13 | Simone Lang | Germany | 18.5 | 11 | 13 |
| 14 | Mari Asanuma | Japan | 20.5 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | Lenka Kulovaná | Czechoslovakia | 22.5 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Anisette Torp-Lind | Denmark | 23.0 | 14 | 16 |
| 17 | Zuzanna Szwed | Poland | 26.5 | 19 | 17 |
| 18 | Lisa Sargeant | Canada | 27.0 | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | Natalia Gorbenko | Soviet Union | 27.5 | 17 | 19 |
| 20 | Lily Lyoonjung Lee | South Korea | 30.0 | 20 | 20 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||
| 21 | Marion Krijgsman | Netherlands | | 21 | |
| 22 | Cathrin Degler | Germany | | 22 | |
| 23 | Tamara Téglássy | Hungary | | 23 | |
| 24 | Beatrice Gelmini | Italy | | 24 | |
| 25 | Helene Persson | Sweden | | 25 | |
| 26 | Laetitia Hubert | France | | 26 | |
| 27 | Sabrina Tschudi | Switzerland | | 27 | |
| 28 | Željka Čižmešija | Yugoslavia | | 28 | |
| 29 | Mila Kajas | Finland | | 29 | |
| 30 | Tamara Heggen | Australia | | 30 | |
| 31 | Marta Andrade | Spain | | 31 | |
| 32 | Milena Marinovich | Bulgaria | | 32 | |
| 33 | Anita Thorenfeldt | Norway | | 33 | |
| 34 | Isabelle Balhan | Belgium | | 34 | |
| 35 | Christine Czerni | Austria | | 35 | |
| 36 | Rosanna Blong | New Zealand | | 36 | |
| 37 | Diana Marcos | Mexico | | 37 | |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev | Soviet Union | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler | Canada | 2.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Natasha Kuchiki / Todd Sand | United States | 5.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov | Soviet Union | 6.5 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov | Soviet Union | 7.5 | 7 | 4 |
| 6 | Radka Kovaříková / René Novotný | Czechoslovakia | 8.5 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König | Germany | 10.0 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Stacey Ball / Jean-Michel Bombardier | Canada | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Calla Urbanski / Rocky Marval | United States | 14.5 | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | Jenni Meno / Scott Wendland | United States | 15.0 | 12 | 9 |
| 11 | Christine Hough / Doug Ladret | Canada | 16.0 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | Anuschka Gläser / Stefan Pfrengle | Germany | 17.5 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor | United Kingdom | 19.5 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Anna Gorecki / Arkadius Gorecki | Germany | 23.0 | 18 | 14 |
| 15 | Rena Inoue / Tomoaki Koyama | Japan | 23.0 | 16 | 15 |
| 16 | Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr | Australia | 23.0 | 14 | 16 |
| 17 | Anna Tabacchi / Massimo Salvade | Italy | 26.5 | 19 | 17 |
| 18 | Saskia Bourgeois / Guy Bourgeois | Switzerland | 26.5 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | Katarzyna Głowacka / Krzysztof Korcarz | Poland | 26.5 | 15 | 19 |

### Ice dancing

The judges voted two couples (from Czechoslovakia and Poland) exactly the same (each 12 placings in compulsory dance 2). The event took place on 15th March 1991.
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | C1 | C2 | OD | FD |
| 1 | Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay | France | 2.8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | Soviet Union | 4.6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin | Soviet Union | 4.6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov | Soviet Union | 8.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Klára Engi / Attila Tóth | Hungary | 9.8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Stefania Calegari / Pasquale Camerlengo | Italy | 12.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko | Finland | 14.4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Dominique Yvon / Frédéric Palluel | France | 15.6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | April Sargent / Russ Witherby | United States | 19.0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | Jacqueline Petr / Mark Janoschak | Canada | 21.0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| 11 | Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow | United States | 22.0 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 9 |
| 12 | Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček | Czechoslovakia | 23.4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | Małgorzata Grajcar / Andrzej Dostatni | Poland | 25.8 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Isabelle Sarech / Xavier Debernis | France | 28.6 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 15 |
| 15 | Anna Croci / Luca Mantovani | Italy | 29.2 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 |
| 16 | Michelle McDonald / Martin Smith | Canada | 31.4 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | Jennifer Goolsbee / Hendryk Schamberger | Germany | 33.6 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | Ann Hall / Jason Blomfield | United Kingdom | 37.0 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| 19 | Saskia Stahler / Sven Authorsen | Germany | 37.0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | Diane Gerencser / Bernard Columberg | Switzerland | 40.6 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 20 |
| Free dance not reached ||||||||
| 21 | Kaoru Takino / Kenji Takino | Japan | | 20 | 20 | 21 | |
| 22 | Daria-Larissa Maritczak / Ihor-Andrij Maritczak | Austria | | 23 | 23 | 22 | |
| 23 | Monica MacDonald / Duncan Smart | Australia | | 22 | 21 | 23 | |
| 24 | Katri Uski / Juha Sasi | Finland | | 24 | 24 | 24 | |
| 25 | Maria Hadjiiska / Hristo Nikolov | Bulgaria | | 25 | 25 | 25 | |
| 26 | Park Jun-hee / You Jong-hyun | South Korea | | 26 | 26 | 26 | |