# 1999 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1999 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland from March 20 through 28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
1999 was the first year that the qualifying competition in the men's and ladies' events counted towards the total score. Qualifying was 20% of the total score, the short program 30%, and the free skating 50%.

## Medal tables
### Medalists

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Alexei Yagudin | Evgeni Plushenko | Michael Weiss |
| Ladies | Maria Butyrskaya | Michelle Kwan | Julia Soldatova |
| Pair skating | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek |
| 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) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 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. In the ladies' qualifying group B, Klara Bramfeldt (SWE) and Marion Krijgsman (NED) tied for 17th place, leading to a three-way tie in overall standings for 33rd place in the ladies' event.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | QB | QA | SP | FS |
| 1 | Alexei Yagudin | Russia | 2.6 | | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Evgeni Plushenko | Russia | 3.0 | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Michael Weiss | United States | 6.2 | 2 | | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Elvis Stojko | Canada | 8.0 | 3 | | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Alexei Urmanov | Russia | 9.8 | | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Takeshi Honda | Japan | 10.0 | | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| 7 | Guo Zhengxin | China | 14.4 | 7 | | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | Laurent Tobel | France | 15.4 | | 6 | 10 | 7 |
| 9 | Andrejs Vlascenko | Germany | 15.8 | | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| 10 | Anthony Liu | Australia | 20.2 | 4 | | 16 | 9 |
| 11 | Dmitri Dmitrenko | Ukraine | 20.6 | 6 | | 12 | 11 |
| 12 | Timothy Goebel | United States | 21.8 | | 5 | 13 | 12 |
| 13 | Stefan Lindemann | Germany | 22.2 | | 7 | 9 | 14 |
| 14 | Ivan Dinev | Bulgaria | 22.8 | 8 | | 11 | 13 |
| 15 | Evgeni Pliuta | Ukraine | 27.0 | | 9 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | Trifun Zivanovic | United States | 27.0 | 5 | | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | Vakhtang Murvanidze | Georgia | 31.8 | 9 | | 17 | 18 |
| 18 | Emanuel Sandhu | Canada | 33.4 | | 11 | 20 | 17 |
| 19 | Margus Hernits | Estonia | 34.6 | | 12 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | Szabolcs Vidrai | Hungary | 36.4 | 10 | | 19 | 21 |
| 21 | Roman Skorniakov | Uzbekistan | 37.0 | 11 | | 21 | 20 |
| 22 | Patrick Meier | Switzerland | 38.4 | | 8 | 22 | 22 |
| 23 | Robert Grzegorczyk | Poland | 41.8 | | 10 | 23 | 24 |
| 24 | Markus Leminen | Finland | 42.8 | 12 | | 25 | 23 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Sergei Rylov | Azerbaijan | | | 15 | 24 | |
| 26 | Lee Kyu-hyun | South Korea | | | 14 | 26 | |
| 27 | Róbert Kažimír | Slovakia | | 13 | | 27 | |
| 28 | Cornel Gheorghe | Romania | | 14 | | 28 | |
| 29 | Michael Tyllesen | Denmark | | | 13 | 30 | |
| 30 | Alexander Chestnikh | Armenia | | 15 | | 29 | |
| Short program not reached ||||||||
| 31 | Clive Shorten | United Kingdom | | 16 | | | |
| 31 | Vitali Danilchenko | Ukraine | | | 16 | | |
| 33 | Neil Wilson | United Kingdom | | | 17 | | |
| 33 | Yuri Litvinov | Kazakhstan | | 17 | | | |
| 35 | Lukáš Rakowski | Czech Republic | | | 18 | | |
| 35 | Konstantin Beliaev | Belarus | | 18 | | | |
| 37 | Yon Garcia | Spain | | 19 | | | |
| 37 | Jan Čejvan | Slovenia | | | 19 | | |
| 39 | David Del Pozo | Mexico | | 20 | | | |
| 39 | Sergei Telenkov | Latvia | | | 20 | | |
| 41 | Panagiotis Markouizos | Greece | | 21 | | | |
| 41 | Angelo Dolfini | Italy | | | 21 | | |
Referee:
* Sally-Anne Stapleford
Assistant Referee:
* Hideo Sugita
Judges:
* Lone Villefrance Denmark
* Jan Olesinski Poland
* Merja Kosonen Finland
* Ute Boehm Germany
* Peter Rankin Australia
* Igor Prokop Slovakia
* Jörg Badraun Switzerland
* Zsofia Wagner Hungary
* Zoya Yordanova Bulgaria
Substitute judge:
* Vladislav Petukhov Ukraine

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | QA | QB | SP | FS |
| 1 | Maria Butyrskaya | Russia | 2.0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Michelle Kwan | United States | 4.8 | 1 | | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Julia Soldatova | Russia | 6.4 | | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Tatiana Malinina | Uzbekistan | 6.8 | | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Vanessa Gusmeroli | France | 7.6 | 2 | | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Anna Rechnio | Poland | 12.6 | 5 | | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Sarah Hughes | United States | 13.6 | 4 | | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | Elena Liashenko | Ukraine | 13.8 | | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Yulia Lavrenchuk | Ukraine | 18.6 | 8 | | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | Viktoria Volchkova | Russia | 21.8 | 3 | | 11 | 14 |
| 11 | Diána Póth | Hungary | 22.2 | 6 | | 8 | 15 |
| 12 | Angela Nikodinov | United States | 22.8 | | 9 | 17 | 9 |
| 13 | Lucinda Ruh | Switzerland | 22.8 | 9 | | 12 | 12 |
| 14 | Alisa Drei | Finland | 25.6 | | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| 15 | Julia Lautowa | Austria | 28.2 | | 10 | 22 | 11 |
| 16 | Silvia Fontana | Italy | 28.8 | | 5 | 18 | 16 |
| 17 | Yulia Vorobieva | Azerbaijan | 29.8 | | 7 | 15 | 18 |
| 18 | Jennifer Robinson | Canada | 31.6 | | 8 | 14 | 20 |
| 19 | Júlia Sebestyén | Hungary | 32.2 | 14 | | 16 | 17 |
| 20 | Fumie Suguri | Japan | 35.4 | | 6 | 20 | 21 |
| 21 | Eva-Maria Fitze | Germany | 36.2 | 7 | | 19 | 22 |
| 22 | Sabina Wojtala | Poland | 37.2 | | 11 | 23 | 19 |
| 23 | Valeria Trifancova | Latvia | 41.0 | 11 | | 21 | 24 |
| 24 | Caroline Gülke | Germany | 42.6 | | 13 | 24 | 23 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Idora Hegel | Croatia | | 12 | | 25 | |
| 26 | Marta Andrade | Spain | | 10 | | 27 | |
| 27 | Veronika Dytrtová | Czech Republic | | | 14 | 26 | |
| 28 | Zuzana Paurova | Slovakia | | | 15 | 28 | |
| 29 | Olga Vassiljeva | Estonia | | 13 | | 30 | |
| 30 | Lu Meijia | China | | 15 | | 29 | |
| Short program not reached ||||||||
| 31 | Ingrida Snieskiene | Lithuania | | | 16 | | |
| 31 | Jung Min-ju | South Korea | | 16 | | | |
| 33 | Marion Krijgsman | Netherlands | | | 17 | | |
| 33 | Anna Dimova | Bulgaria | | 17 | | | |
| 33 | Klara Bramfeldt | Sweden | | | 17 | | |
| 36 | Kaja Hanevold | Norway | | 18 | | | |
| 37 | Rocio Salas Visuet | Mexico | | 19 | | | |
| 37 | Shirene Human | South Africa | | | 19 | | |
| 39 | Dow-Jane Chi | Chinese Taipei | | | 20 | | |
| 39 | Anna Chatziathanassiou | Greece | | 20 | | | |
| 41 | Helena Pajović | SCG | | | 21 | | |
Referee:
* Britta Lindgren
Assistant Referee:
* Hugh Graham
Judges:
* Franco Benini Italy
* Marina Sanaya Russia
* Bettina Meier Switzerland
* Jiasheng Yang China
* Agnes Morvai Hungary
* Maria Hrachovcova Slovakia
* Christa Gunsam Austria
* Pekka Leskinen Finland
* Kenji Amako Japan
Substitute judge:
* Marianne Oeverby Sweden

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Russia | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | China | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek | Poland | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Russia | 6.5 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis | France | 8.0 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz | Canada | 8.0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | Russia | 10.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller | Germany | 12.5 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman | United States | 13.0 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell | United States | 16.5 | 13 | 10 |
| 11 | Yulia Obertas / Dmitri Palamarchuk | Ukraine | 16.5 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola | Czech Republic | 18.0 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Valerie Saurette / Jean-Sébastien Fecteau | Canada | 18.0 | 10 | 13 |
| 14 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | China | 21.5 | 15 | 14 |
| 15 | Inga Rodionova / Aleksandr Anichenko | Azerbaijan | 23.0 | 16 | 15 |
| 16 | Mariana Kautz / Norman Jeschke | Germany | 25.5 | 19 | 16 |
| 17 | Oľga Beständigová / Jozef Beständig | Slovakia | 26.0 | 18 | 17 |
| 18 | Ekaterina Danko / Gennadi Emeljenenko | Belarus | 26.5 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | Maria Krasiltseva / Artem Znachkov | Armenia | 29.0 | 20 | 19 |
| WD | Laura Handy / Paul Binnebose | United States | | 14 | |
| Free skating not reached ||||||
| 21 | Natalia Ponomareva / Evgeni Sviridov | Uzbekistan | | 21 | |
Referee:
* Hely Abbondati
Assistant Referee:
* Alexander Lakernik
Judges:
* Jane Garden Canada
* Volker Waldeck Germany
* Franklin Nelson United States
* Anne Hardy-Thomas France
* Liliana Strechova Czech Republic
* Evgenia Bogdanova Azerbaijan
* Alfred Korytek Ukraine
* Sviatoslav Babenko Russia
* Maria Zuchowicz Poland
Substitute judge:
* Alexei Shirshov Belarus

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD |
| 1 | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Russia | 2.6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | France | 3.6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 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 | 10.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas | Lithuania | 11.8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Kati Winkler / René Lohse | Germany | 14.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Ukraine | 16.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński | Poland | 18.0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev | United States | 20.0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviyski | Bulgaria | 22.0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov | Russia | 24.0 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Galit Chait / Sergey Sakhnovsky | Israel | 26.0 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder | France | 28.6 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
| 15 | Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet | Canada | 29.4 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | Charlotte Clements / Gary Shortland | United Kingdom | 32.4 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates | United States | 33.8 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | Eliane Hugentobler / Daniel Hugentobler | Switzerland | 35.8 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | Stephanie Rauer / Thomas Rauer | Germany | 38.4 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| 20 | Nakako Tsuzuki / Rinat Farkhoutdinov | Japan | 40.6 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | Francesca Fermi / Diego Rinaldi | Italy | 42.0 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 21 |
| 22 | Zhang Weina / Cao Xianming | China | 43.4 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | Gabriela Hrázská / Jiří Procházka | Czech Republic | 46.2 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| 24 | Angelika Führing / Bruno Ellinger | Austria | 47.8 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 |
| 25 | Pia-Maria Gustafsson / Antti Grönlund | Finland | 56.0 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 25 |
| Free dance not reached ||||||||
| 26 | Tetyana Kurkudym / Yuriy Kocherzhenko | Ukraine | | 26 | 25 | 25 | |
| 27 | Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Mark Fitzgerald | Kazakhstan | | 23 | 27 | 26 | |
| 28 | Kornélia Bárány / András Rosnik | Hungary | | 28 | 26 | 28 | |
| 29 | Kristina Kalesnik / Aleksander Terentjev | Estonia | | 29 | 29 | 27 | |
| 30 | Jenny Dahlen / Igor Lukanin | Azerbaijan | | 27 | 28 | 29 | |
| 31 | Yang Tae-hwa / Lee Chuen-gun | South Korea | | 30 | 30 | 30 | |
| Original dance not reached ||||||||
| 32 | Danielle Rigg-Smith / Trent Nelson-Bond | Australia | | 32 | 32 | | |
Referee:
* Alexander Gorshkov
Assistant Referee:
* Marie Lundmark
Judges:
* Elizabeth Clark Canada
* Walter Zuccaro Italy
* Yury Balkov Ukraine
* Mary Parry United Kingdom
* Alla Shekhovtseva Russia
* Ulf Denzer Germany
* Evgenia Karnolska Bulgaria
* Hongguo Ren China
* Margaret Faulkner United States
Substitute judge:
* Heide Maritczak Austria