1997 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

1997 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
1997 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	November 24 – December 1, 1996
Season:	1996–97
Location:	Seoul, South Korea
Champions
	Men's singles: ; Evgeni Plushenko
	Ladies' singles: ; Sydne Vogel
	Pair skating: ; Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell
	Ice dance: ; Nina Ulanova / Mikhail Stifounin
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The 1997 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters competed for the title of World Junior Champion. It was held from November 24 to December 1, 1996 in Seoul, South Korea. Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B.

Medals table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	2	3	2	7
2	United States (USA)	2	1	0	3
3	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
3	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 nations)		4	4	4	12

Results[]

Men[]

Rank	Name^[1]^[2]	Nation	TFP	SP	FS
1	Evgeni Plushenko	Russia	1.5	1	1
2	Timothy Goebel	United States	4.5	5	2
3	Guo Zhengxin	China	4.5	3	3
4	Daniel Bellemare	Canada	5.0	2	4
5	Yosuke Takeuchi	Japan	9.0	6	6
6	Neil Wilson	United Kingdom	10.5	7	7
7	Yamato Tamura	Japan	11.5	13	5
8	Lee Kyu-hyun	South Korea	13.0	10	8
9	Alexei Vasilevski	Russia	14.0	8	10
10		Japan	14.0	4	12
11	Ivan Dinev	Bulgaria	16.5	11	11
12	Li Chengjiang	China	18.5	19	9
13	Silvio Smalun	Germany	20.5	9	16
14	Lukáš Rakowski	Czech Republic	22.0	18	13
15	Gheorghe Chiper	Romania	23.5	17	15
16	Florian Tuma	Austria	24.0	14	17
17	Roman Martõnenko	Estonia	24.5	21	14
18	Róbert Kažimír	Slovakia	26.0	16	18
19	Ryan Jahnke	United States	26.5	15	19
20	Vitali Danilchenko	Ukraine	27.0	12	21
21	Vincent Restencourt	France	30.0	20	20
22	Yuri Litvinov	Kazakhstan	33.0	22	22
23		Israel	35.0	24	23
24		Australia	36.5	23	24
Free skating not reached
25	Angelo Dolfini	Italy		25
26	Alan Street	United Kingdom		26
27		Slovenia		27
28	Vakhtang Murvanidze	Georgia		28
29		Poland		29
30		Hungary		30
Short program not reached
		Armenia
		Belgium
		Russia
		Spain

Ladies[]

Rank	Name^[2]^[3]	Nation	TFP	SP	FS
1	Sydne Vogel	United States	2.0	2	1
2	Elena Sokolova	Russia	2.5	1	2
3	Elena Ivanova	Russia	7.0	6	4
4	Fumie Suguri	Japan	7.0	4	5
5	Elena Pingacheva	Russia	8.5	5	6
6	Julia Lautowa	Austria	9.0	12	3
7	Lucinda Ruh	Switzerland	12.5	3	11
8	Shizuka Arakawa	Japan	13.0	10	8
9	Shelby Lyons	United States	13.5	13	7
10	Fanny Cagnard	France	13.5	9	9
11	Gwenaëlle Jullien	France	14.0	8	10
12	Anna Neshcheret	Ukraine	15.5	7	12
13	Anina Fivian	Switzerland	21.0	14	14
14	Veronika Dytrt	Germany	22.5	19	13
15		Ukraine	23.5	17	15
16	Joanne Carter	Australia	23.5	11	18
17	Sanna-Maija Wiksten	Finland	25.0	18	16
18	Zoe Jones	United Kingdom	27.0	20	17
19	Annie Bellemare	Canada	27.5	15	20
20	Klara Bramfeldt	Sweden	29.0	16	21
21	Zuzana Paurova	Slovakia	30.0	22	19
22		Hungary	32.5	21	22
23	Idora Hegel	Croatia	34.5	23	23
24	Kaja Hanevold	Norway	37.0	24	25
25		South Korea	38.0	28	24
Free skating not reached
26	Shirene Human	South Africa		25
27	Sabina Wojtala	Poland		26
28	Vanessa Giunchi	Italy		27
29		China		29
30		Turkey		30
Short program not reached
		Armenia
		Belarus
		Belgium
		Bulgaria
	Jekaterina Golovatenko	Estonia
	Valeria Trifancova	Latvia
		Netherlands
	Roxana Luca	Romania
		Slovenia

Pairs[]

Rank	Name^[2]^[4]	Nation	TFP	SP	FS
1	Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell	United States	3.0	4	1
2	Maria Petrova /	Russia	3.0	2	2
3	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski	Russia	3.5	1	3
4	Sabrina Lefrançois / Nicolas Osseland	France	6.5	5	4
5	Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko	Ukraine	6.5	3	5
6	/ Jered Guzman	United States	9.5	7	6
7	Olena Bilousivska / Stanislav Morozov	Ukraine	10.0	6	7
8	/ Andrew Seabrook	United Kingdom	13.5	9	8
9	/	France	14.0	10	9
10	/ Lenny Faustino	Canada	14.0	8	10
11	/	Russia	17.0	12	11
12	/ Andrew Muldoon	United States	18.5	13	12
13	/ Robin Szolkowy	Germany	19.5	11	14
14	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	China	20.0	14	13
15	/	Bulgaria	23.5	15	16
16	/ Artem Knyazev	Uzbekistan	24.0	18	15
17	/	Czech Republic	25.0	16	17
18	Ekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals	Estonia	26.5	17	18

Ice dancing[]

Rank	Name^[2]^[5]	Nation	TFP	C1	C2	OD	FD
1	Nina Ulanova / Mikhail Stifounin	Russia	2.0	1	1	1	1
2	Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov	Russia	4.0	2	2	2	2
3	Agata Błażowska / Marcin Kozubek	Poland	6.0	3	3	3	3
4	Natalia Gudina / Vitali Kurkudym	Ukraine	9.0	6	6	5	4
5	Magali Sauri /	France	10.2	4	5	4	6
6	Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler	United States	10.4	5	4	6	5
7	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo	Italy	15.2	7	10	8	7
8	/ Brandon Forsyth	United States	15.6	10	7	7	8
9	/ Michael Zenezini	France	18.0	9	9	9	9
10	Eliane Hugentobler / Daniel Hugentobler	Switzerland	20.4	8	11	11	10
11	/ Alexander Pavlov	Russia	20.8	11	8	10	11
12	/	Canada	24.6	12	12	13	12
13	Gabriela Hrazska / Jiri Prochazka	Czech Republic	26.6	14	13	12	14
14	Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai	Hungary	27.4	16	14	14	13
15	/ Oleg Voiko	Ukraine	29.8	13	16	15	15
16	Jill Vernekohl / Jan Luggenhölscher	Germany	32.2	18	15	16	16
17	Pamela O'Connor / Jonathon O'Dougherty	United Kingdom	34.2	15	20	17	17
18	/	France	36.0	19	17	18	18
19	Tetyana Kurkudym / Yuriy Kocherzhenko	Ukraine	39.4	23	22	19	19
20	/ Filip Bernadowski	Poland	40.2	17	19	20	21
21	/	Canada	40.6	22	18	21	20
22	Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali	Italy	44.4	20	23	23	22
23	/	Estonia	44.6	21	21	22	23
24	/	Bulgaria	48.0	24	24	24	24
25	Yang Tae-hwa / Lee Chuen-gun	South Korea	54.0	29	29	29	25
Free dance not reached
26	/	Japan		25	26	25
27	Rui Wang / Wei Zhang	China		26	25	26
28	/	Latvia		27	27	27
29	/	Australia		28	28	28

References[]

^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "World Junior Championships 1997". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2016-01-10. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013.
^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2013.
^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2013.

External links[]

results

[ISUWJM-1] "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013.

[DEV-2] "World Junior Championships 1997". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2016-01-10. Retrieved 2016-01-10.

[ISUWJL-3] "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013.

[ISUWJP-4] "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2013.

[ISUWJD-5] "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2013.

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