1999 World Figure Skating Championships
1999 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | March 20 – 28 |
Season: | 1998–99 |
Location: | Helsinki, Finland |
Venue: | Hartwall Areena |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Alexei Yagudin | |
Ladies' singles: Maria Butyrskaya | |
Pair skating: Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | |
Ice dance: Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | |
Previous: 1998 World Championships | |
Next: 2000 World 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.[1]
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 |
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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 |
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1 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 nations) | 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 |
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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 | Belarus | 18 | |||||
37 | Yon Garcia | Spain | 19 | ||||
37 | Jan Čejvan | Slovenia | 19 | ||||
39 | Mexico | 20 | |||||
39 | Latvia | 20 | |||||
41 | Panagiotis Markouizos | Greece | 21 | ||||
41 | Angelo Dolfini | Italy | 21 |
Referee:
- Sally-Anne Stapleford
Assistant Referee:
- Hideo Sugita
Judges:
- Denmark
- Poland
- Finland
- Germany
- Australia
- Slovakia
- Switzerland
- Hungary
- Bulgaria
Substitute judge:
- 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 | China | 15 | 29 | ||||
Short program not reached | |||||||
31 | Lithuania | 16 | |||||
31 | South Korea | 16 | |||||
33 | Marion Krijgsman | Netherlands | 17 | ||||
33 | Bulgaria | 17 | |||||
33 | Klara Bramfeldt | Sweden | 17 | ||||
36 | Kaja Hanevold | Norway | 18 | ||||
37 | Mexico | 19 | |||||
37 | Shirene Human | South Africa | 19 | ||||
39 | Chinese Taipei | 20 | |||||
39 | Anna Chatziathanassiou | Greece | 20 | ||||
41 | Helena Pajović | SCG | 21 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Italy
- Marina Sanaya Russia
- Switzerland
- China
- Hungary
- Slovakia
- Austria
- Pekka Leskinen Finland
- Japan
Substitute judge:
- 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 | / | 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:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Canada
- Germany
- Franklin Nelson United States
- France
- Liliana Strechova Czech Republic
- Azerbaijan
- Ukraine
- Russia
- Maria Zuchowicz Poland
Substitute judge:
- 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 | / | 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 | / | 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 | / | Estonia | 29 | 29 | 27 | ||
30 | / Igor Lukanin | Azerbaijan | 27 | 28 | 29 | ||
31 | Yang Tae-hwa / Lee Chuen-gun | South Korea | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||
Original dance not reached | |||||||
32 | / Trent Nelson-Bond | Australia | 32 | 32 |
Referee:
- Alexander Gorshkov
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Canada
- Italy
- Ukraine
- Mary Parry United Kingdom
- Alla Shekhovtseva Russia
- Germany
- Bulgaria
- China
- United States
Substitute judge:
References[]
External links[]
- World Figure Skating Championships
- 1999 in figure skating
- 1999 in Finnish sport
- Figure skating in Finland
- International figure skating competitions hosted by Finland
- International sports competitions in Helsinki
- 2000s in Helsinki
- March 1999 sports events in Europe