# 1998 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1998 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Minneapolis, USA from March 29 through April 5. 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 | Alexei Yagudin | Todd Eldredge | Evgeni Plushenko |
| Ladies | Michelle Kwan | Irina Slutskaya | Maria Butyrskaya |
| Pair skating | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Jenni Meno / Todd Sand | Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller |
| Ice dancing | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz |

### Medals by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## Competition notes

Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | QA | QB | SP | FS |
| 1 | Alexei Yagudin | Russia | 2.5 | | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Todd Eldredge | United States | 3.0 | 1 | | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Evgeni Plushenko | Russia | 5.0 | | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Viacheslav Zagorodniuk | Ukraine | 5.5 | 3 | | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Andrejs Vlascenko | Germany | 8.0 | | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Michael Weiss | United States | 8.5 | 2 | | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Steven Cousins | United Kingdom | 10.5 | 7 | | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Jeffrey Langdon | Canada | 12.0 | 5 | | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Evgeni Pliuta | Ukraine | 14.5 | | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | Szabolcs Vidrai | Hungary | 15.0 | | 4 | 12 | 9 |
| 11 | Takeshi Honda | Japan | 16.5 | | 3 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Zhengxin Guo | China | 19.0 | | 9 | 14 | 12 |
| 13 | Michael Tyllesen | Denmark | 23.0 | 13 | | 18 | 14 |
| 14 | Roman Skorniakov | Uzbekistan | 23.5 | 6 | | 21 | 13 |
| 15 | Michael Shmerkin | Israel | 24.0 | 11 | | 10 | 19 |
| 16 | Laurent Tobel | France | 25.5 | | 11 | 19 | 16 |
| 17 | Anthony Liu | Australia | 26.0 | | 12 | 22 | 15 |
| 18 | Margus Hernits | Estonia | 26.5 | 12 | | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | Markus Leminen | Finland | 26.5 | | 13 | 13 | 20 |
| 20 | Patrick Meier | Switzerland | 28.5 | | 6 | 23 | 17 |
| 21 | Ivan Dinev | Bulgaria | 28.5 | 4 | | 15 | 21 |
| 22 | Robert Grzegorczyk | Poland | 31.0 | 10 | | 16 | 23 |
| 23 | Sven Meyer | Germany | 34.0 | | 10 | 24 | 22 |
| 24 | Gilberto Viadana | Italy | 34.0 | | 8 | 20 | 24 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Patrick Schmit | Luxembourg | | 14 | | 25 | |
| 26 | Yamato Tamura | Japan | | 9 | | 26 | |
| 27 | Sergejs Telenkov | Latvia | | | 15 | 27 | |
| 28 | Vakhtang Murvanidze | Georgia | | 15 | | 28 | |
| 29 | Emanuel Sandhu | Canada | | 8 | | 29 | |
| 30 | Lee Kyu-hyun | South Korea | | | 14 | 30 | |
| Short program not reached ||||||||
| 31 | Gheorghe Chiper | Romania | | 16 | | | |
| 31 | David Liu | Chinese Taipei | | | 16 | | |
| 33 | Juraj Sviatko | Slovakia | | 17 | | | |
| 33 | Daniel Peinado | Spain | | | 17 | | |
| 35 | Panagiotis Markouizo | Greece | | 18 | | | |
| 35 | Ricardo Olavarrieta | Mexico | | | 18 | | |
Referee:
* Walburga Grimm
Assistant Referee:
* Charles Foster
Judges:
* Gavril Velchev Bulgaria
* Frank Parsons Australia
* Elfriede Beyer Germany
* Lucy J. Brennan United States
* Seppo Kurtti Finland
* Prisca Binz-Moser Switzerland
* Ingelise Blangsted Denmark
* Agnes Morvai Hungary
* Odile Guedj France
Substitute judge:
* Fabio Bianchetti Italy

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | QA | QB | SP | FS |
| 1 | Michelle Kwan | United States | 1.5 | 1 | | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Irina Slutskaya | Russia | 4.0 | 2 | | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Maria Butyrskaya | Russia | 5.5 | | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Laetitia Hubert | France | 5.5 | 8 | | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Anna Rechnio | Poland | 6.0 | | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Tonia Kwiatkowski | United States | 10.0 | 4 | | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | Elena Liashenko | Ukraine | 10.0 | | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Elena Sokolova | Russia | 14.5 | 3 | | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | Tanja Szewczenko | Germany | 15.0 | | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| 10 | Diána Póth | Hungary | 16.5 | | 8 | 15 | 9 |
| 11 | Julia Vorobieva | Azerbaijan | 16.5 | 5 | | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Julia Lavrenchuk | Ukraine | 19.0 | | 4 | 12 | 13 |
| 13 | Joanne Carter | Australia | 20.0 | 6 | | 16 | 12 |
| 14 | Tatiana Malinina | Uzbekistan | 21.5 | | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 15 | Lenka Kulovaná | Czech Republic | 22.5 | 10 | | 17 | 14 |
| 16 | Vanessa Gusmeroli | France | 23.5 | | 7 | 9 | 19 |
| 17 | Marie-Pierre Leray | France | 25.0 | 14 | | 18 | 16 |
| 18 | Silvia Fontana | Italy | 25.5 | | 9 | 21 | 15 |
| 19 | Júlia Sebestyén | Hungary | 27.0 | 9 | | 20 | 17 |
| 20 | Angela Derochie | Canada | 29.5 | 11 | | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | Zuzana Paurová | Slovakia | 30.0 | | 11 | 14 | 23 |
| 22 | Shizuka Arakawa | Japan | 32.0 | 7 | | 22 | 21 |
| 23 | Lucinda Ruh | Switzerland | 34.0 | | 10 | 24 | 22 |
| 24 | Mojca Kopač | Slovenia | 35.5 | | 12 | 23 | 24 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Alisa Drei | Finland | | 12 | | 25 | |
| 26 | Anna Wenzel | Austria | | | 14 | 26 | |
| 27 | Anna Lundström | Sweden | | 13 | | 27 | |
| 28 | Marta Andrade | Spain | | | 13 | 28 | |
| 29 | Choi Hyung-kyung | South Korea | | 15 | | 29 | |
| 30 | Yankun Du | China | | | 15 | 30 | |
| Short program not reached ||||||||
| 31 | Ivana Jakupčević | Croatia | | 16 | | | |
| 31 | Olga Vassiljeva | Estonia | | | 16 | | |
| 33 | Shirene Human | South Africa | | 17 | | | |
| 33 | Valeria Trifancova | Latvia | | | 17 | | |
| 35 | Lauryna Slavinskaite | Lithuania | | 18 | | | |
| 35 | Helena Pajović | Yugoslavia | | | 18 | | |
| 37 | Anna Chatziathanassiou | Greece | | 19 | | | |
| 37 | Roxana Luca | Romania | | | 19 | | |
| 39 | Rocia Salas | Mexico | | | 20 | | |
| WD | Kaja Hanevold | Norway | | | | | |
Referee:
* Ronald Pfenning
Assistant Referee:
* Gerhardt Bubnik
Judges:
* Julianna Beke Hungary
* Alfred Korytek Ukraine
* Marianne Oeverby Sweden
* Hideo Sugita Japan
* Rafaella Loccatelli Italy
* Christa Gunsam Austria
* Jacqueline Itschner Switzerland
* Susan Heffernan Canada
* Liliana Strechova Czech Republic
Substitute judge:
* Wendy Langdon Australia

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Russia | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Jenni Meno / Todd Sand | United States | 2.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller | Germany | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | China | 7.0 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek | Poland | 8.0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov | Russia | 8.5 | 7 | 5 |
| 7 | Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz | Canada | 9.5 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis | France | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet | Canada | 15.0 | 12 | 9 |
| 10 | Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells | United States | 15.0 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Marina Khalturina / Andrei Kriukov | Kazakhstan | 15.5 | 9 | 11 |
| 12 | Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko | Ukraine | 16.5 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | Marsha Poluliaschenko / Andrew Seabrook | United Kingdom | 20.5 | 15 | 13 |
| 14 | Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola | Czech Republic | 20.5 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr | Australia | 22.0 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | Elaine Asanakis / Alcuin Schulten | Greece | 24.0 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Inga Rodionova / Alexander Anichenko | Azerbaijan | 26.0 | 18 | 17 |
| 18 | Oľga Beständigová / Jozef Beständig | Slovakia | 26.5 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | Jelena Sirokhvatova / Juri Salmanov | Latvia | 29.0 | 20 | 19 |
| 20 | Jekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals | Estonia | 29.5 | 19 | 20 |
| WD | Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev | Russia | | |
| WD | Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen | United States | | | |
Referee:
* Sally-Anne Stapleford
Assistant Referee:
* Marie Lundmark
Judges:
* Maria Zuchowicz Poland
* Jiasheng Yang China
* Hugh Graham United States
* Igor Prokop Slovakia
* Gьnther Teichmann Germany
* Robert Worsfold United Kingdom
* Ubavka Novakovic-Kytinoy Greece
* Susan Lynch Australia
* Alain Miguel France
Substitute judge:
* Vladislav Petukhov Ukraine

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD |
| 1 | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Russia | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | France | 4.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz | Canada | 5.8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh | Russia | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio | Italy | 10.4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow | United States | 11.6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko | Ukraine | 14.6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas | Lithuania | 15.6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Kati Winkler / René Lohse | Germany | 17.8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov | Belarus | 20.6 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasinski | Poland | 21.6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček | Czech Republic | 23.8 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Ukraine | 26.0 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky | Israel | 29.2 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| 15 | Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov | Russia | 29.4 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | Diane Gerencser / Pasquale Camerlengo | Italy | 31.6 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviyski | Bulgaria | 34.0 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder | France | 36.4 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet | Canada | 37.6 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 |
| 20 | Zuzana Merzova / Tomas Morbacher | Slovakia | 40.6 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 |
| 21 | Angelika Füring / Bruno Ellinger | Austria | 43.2 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| 22 | Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga | Kazakhstan | 44.2 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 24 |
| 23 | Charlotte Clements / Gary Shortland | United Kingdom | 45.6 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 22 |
| 24 | Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo | France | 46.4 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 23 |
| Free dance not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler | United States | | 26 | 24 | 29 | |
| 26 | Eliane Hugentobler / Daniel Hugentobler | Switzerland | | 28 | 28 | 26 | |
| 27 | Ksenia Smetanenko / Samvel Gezalian | Armenia | | 27 | 26 | 27 | |
| 28 | Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka | Japan | | 25 | 27 | 28 | |
| 29 | Kornélia Bárány / András Rosnik | Hungary | | 29 | 29 | 29 | |
| 30 | Margarita Fourer / Timothy Heinecke | Australia | | 30 | 30 | 30 | |
Referee:
* Ann Shaw
Assistant Referee:
* Ludmila Mikhailovskaya
Judges:
* Katalin Alpern Hungary
* Elena Buriak Russia
* Monika Zeidler Germany
* Yury Balkov Ukraine
* Isabella Micheli Italy
* Armelle Van Eybergen France
* Patricia S. French United States
* Irina Absaliamova Belarus
* Janet Coton United Kingdom
Substitute judge:
* Evgenia Karnolska Bulgaria