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.[1]

1999 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 20 – 28
Season:1998–99
Location:Helsinki, Finland
Venue:Hartwall Areena
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Alexei Yagudin
Ladies' singles:
Russia Maria Butyrskaya
Pairs:
Russia Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze
Ice dance:
Russia Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov
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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

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Medalists

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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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)4116
2  United States (USA)0112
3  China (CHN)0101
  France (FRA)0101
5  Canada (CAN)0011
  Poland (POL)0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Competition notes

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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

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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

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Ladies

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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

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Pairs

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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

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Ice dancing

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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

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References

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