2008 European Figure Skating Championships

The 2008 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2007–08 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held from January 21 through 27, 2008 at Dom Sportova in Zagreb, Croatia.

2008 European Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:January 21 – 27
Season:2007–08
Location:Zagreb, Croatia
Venue:Dom Sportova
Champions
Men's singles:
Czech Republic Tomáš Verner
Ladies' singles:
Italy Carolina Kostner
Pairs:
Germany Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
Ice dance:
Russia Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
Navigation
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2007 European Championships
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2009 European Championships

Qualifying edit

The competition was open to skaters from European ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2007. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the 2008 Four Continents Championships. Based on the results of the 2007 European Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.

Schedule edit

Times are CET.

  • Tuesday, January 22
    • 14:00 Ice dancing – Compulsory dance
    • 18:30 Opening ceremony
    • 19:15 Pairs – Short program
  • Wednesday, January 23
    • 12:15 Men – Short program
    • 18:30 Pairs – Free skating
  • Thursday, January 24
    • 13:30 Ice dancing – Original dance
    • 18:30 Men – Free skating
  • Friday, January 25
    • 12:15 Ladies – Short program
    • 18:30 Ice dancing – Free dance
  • Saturday, January 26
    • 13:00 Ladies – Free skating
  • Sunday January 27
    • 15:00 Exhibition gala

Medals table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)1124
2  Czech Republic (CZE)1001
  Germany (GER)1001
  Italy (ITA)1001
5   Switzerland (SUI)0202
6  France (FRA)0112
7  Finland (FIN)0011
Totals (7 entries)44412

Results edit

Men edit

 
The men's podium. From left: Stéphane Lambiel (2nd), Tomáš Verner (1st), Brian Joubert (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Tomáš Verner   Czech Republic 232.67 1 79.03 1 153.64
2 Stéphane Lambiel   Switzerland 225.24 3 71.78 2 153.46
3 Brian Joubert   France 219.45 2 75.25 4 144.20
4 Sergei Voronov   Russia 210.13 6 64.26 3 145.87
5 Kevin van der Perren   Belgium 199.57 4 66.33 5 133.24
6 Adrian Schultheiss   Sweden 184.94 8 63.40 6 121.54
7 Kristoffer Berntsson   Sweden 182.45 5 65.62 10 116.83
8 Andrei Lutai   Russia 180.46 9 63.04 9 117.42
9 Sergei Davydov   Belarus 179.90 12 58.63 7 121.27
10 Alban Préaubert   France 178.63 10 60.54 8 118.09
11 Gregor Urbas   Slovenia 176.57 7 63.43 13 113.14
12 Yannick Ponsero   France 172.43 11 59.28 12 113.15
13 Peter Liebers   Germany 165.14 21 50.47 11 114.67
14 Clemens Brummer   Germany 163.81 17 51.26 14 112.55
15 Karel Zelenka   Italy 161.47 13 56.29 16 105.18
16 Michal Březina   Czech Republic 160.37 14 54.13 15 106.24
17 Javier Fernández   Spain 154.10 16 51.94 17 102.16
18 Alexandr Kazakov   Belarus 151.98 18 51.16 18 100.82
19 Paolo Bacchini   Italy 151.39 20 50.90 19 100.49
20 Vitali Sazonets   Ukraine 150.78 22 50.31 20 100.47
21 Konstantin Tupikov   Poland 149.80 15 52.08 21 97.72
22 Moris Pfeifhofer   Switzerland 144.32 23 49.84 22 94.48
23 Manuel Koll   Austria 132.02 19 51.12 23 80.90
24 Josip Gluhak   Croatia 118.37 28 44.52 24 73.85
25 Ruben Blommaert   Belgium 111.34 24 47.38 25 63.96
Free skating not reached
26 Elliot Hilton   United Kingdom 25 46.26
27 Danil Privalov   Azerbaijan 26 45.93
28 Mikko Minkkinen   Finland 27 44.66
29 Alper Uçar   Turkey 29 41.10
30 Maxim Shipov   Israel 30 40.98
31 Naiden Borichev   Bulgaria 31 40.02
32 Luka Čadež   Slovenia 32 38.36
33 Igor Macypura   Slovakia 33 38.30
34 Tigran Vardanjan   Hungary 34 35.04
35 Zoltán Kelemen   Romania 35 34.82

Ladies edit

 
The ladies podium. From left: Sarah Meier (2nd), Carolina Kostner (1st), Laura Lepistö (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Carolina Kostner   Italy 171.28 1 59.31 2 111.97
2 Sarah Meier   Switzerland 169.44 4 56.44 1 113.00
3 Laura Lepistö   Finland 165.65 3 56.96 3 108.69
4 Júlia Sebestyén   Hungary 162.89 5 55.54 4 107.35
5 Kiira Korpi   Finland 162.22 2 58.60 5 103.62
6 Valentina Marchei   Italy 153.34 6 53.69 6 99.65
7 Elene Gedevanishvili   Georgia 147.09 8 53.43 8 93.66
8 Jenna McCorkell   United Kingdom 145.57 7 53.68 10 91.89
9 Ksenia Doronina   Russia 144.20 10 50.91 9 93.29
10 Jenni Vähämaa   Finland 142.40 12 47.05 7 95.35
11 Tuğba Karademir   Turkey 138.73 11 50.28 11 88.45
12 Annette Dytrt   Germany 132.95 9 51.99 13 80.96
13 Stefania Berton   Italy 130.59 13 46.84 12 83.75
14 Karen Venhuizen   Netherlands 126.30 15 45.53 14 80.77
15 Nella Simaová   Czech Republic 124.39 14 45.64 17 78.75
16 Tamar Katz   Israel 123.41 17 43.77 16 79.64
17 Nina Petushkova   Russia 122.97 19 42.58 15 80.39
18 Viktoria Helgesson   Sweden 121.42 16 44.07 19 77.35
19 Anna Jurkiewicz   Poland 120.76 20 42.55 18 78.21
20 Sonia Lafuente   Spain 119.66 18 43.26 21 76.40
21 Katherine Hadford   Hungary 115.99 22 39.46 20 76.53
22 Roxana Luca   Romania 104.72 23 39.29 22 65.43
23 Viviane Käser   Switzerland 103.83 24 39.06 23 64.77
24 Olga Ikonnikova   Estonia 101.20 21 40.71 24 60.49
25 Maria Dikanovic   Croatia 76.24 40 23.88 25 52.36
Free skating not reached
26 Gwendoline Didier   France 25 37.91
27 Julia Sheremet   Belarus 26 37.89
28 Bettina Heim   Switzerland 27 36.73
29 Ekaterina Proyda   Ukraine 28 35.85
30 Jacqueline Belenyesiová   Slovakia 29 34.08
31 Erle Harstad   Norway 30 33.51
32 Barbara Klerk   Belgium 31 32.99
33 Denise Koegl   Austria 32 32.28
34 Sonia Radeva   Bulgaria 33 31.66
35 Stasia Rage   Latvia 34 30.94
36 Teodora Poštič   Slovenia 35 30.34
37 Ksenia Jastsenjski   Serbia 36 30.30
38 Mérovée Ephrem   Monaco 37 28.34
39 Maria-Elena Papasotiriou   Greece 38 25.92
40 Beatrice Rozinskaite   Lithuania 39 24.07

Pairs edit

 
The pairs podium. From left: Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov (2nd), Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (1st), Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy   Germany 202.39 1 70.36 1 132.03
2 Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov   Russia 169.41 2 62.73 2 106.68
3 Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov   Russia 167.25 4 61.25 3 106.00
4 Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov   Ukraine 163.43 3 61.29 4 102.14
5 Arina Ushakova / Sergei Karev   Russia 130.34 5 49.43 6 80.91
6 Stacey Kemp / David King   United Kingdom 129.13 7 46.05 5 83.08
7 Mari Vartmann / Florian Just   Germany 119.86 6 47.23 8 72.63
8 Mélodie Chataigner / Medhi Bouzzine   France 116.48 8 41.97 7 74.51
9 Dominika Piątkowska / Dmitri Khromin   Poland 112.96 9 41.23 10 71.73
10 Marika Zanforlin / Federico Degli Esposti   Italy 112.11 10 40.08 9 72.03
11 Laura Magitteri / Ondřej Hotárek   Italy 109.88 11 39.54 11 70.34
12 Ekaterina Sosinova / Fedor Sokolov   Israel 104.40 12 38.06 13 66.34
13 Ekaterina Kostenko / Roman Talan   Ukraine 103.06 13 36.68 12 66.38
14 Amy Ireland / Michael Bahoric   Croatia 78.44 14 29.50 15 48.94
15 Ariel Fay Gagnon / Chad Tsagris   Greece 72.07 15 20.92 14 51.15

Ice dancing edit

 
The ice dancing podium. From left: Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder (2nd), Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin (1st), Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD
1 Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin   Russia 207.14 2 40.25 2 61.90 1 104.99
2 Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder   France 205.92 1 41.25 1 62.72 2 101.95
3 Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski   Russia 197.06 3 37.37 3 60.03 3 99.66
4 Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali   Italy 190.95 4 36.87 4 58.79 4 95.29
5 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat   France 185.26 5 34.58 6 56.97 5 93.71
6 Sinead Kerr / John Kerr   United Kingdom 182.06 6 33.55 5 58.54 6 89.97
7 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte   Italy 172.64 10 30.97 7 54.07 7 87.60
8 Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski   Israel 171.70 7 33.12 9 53.31 9 85.27
9 Pernelle Carron / Mathieu Jost   France 170.62 11 30.15 8 53.52 8 86.95
10 Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin   Azerbaijan 168.87 8 33.02 10 52.07 10 83.78
11 Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo   Ukraine 165.11 9 31.28 12 50.86 11 82.97
12 Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas   Lithuania 158.98 14 28.81 11 51.29 12 78.88
13 Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer   Russia 156.59 12 29.18 13 49.69 13 77.72
14 Alla Beknazarova / Vladimir Zuev   Ukraine 154.02 13 28.90 14 47.92 15 77.20
15 Christina Beier / William Beier   Germany 150.57 16 25.97 15 47.10 14 77.50
16 Barbora Silná / Dmitri Matsjuk   Austria 142.58 15 26.44 17 44.79 16 71.35
17 Kamila Hájková / David Vincour   Czech Republic 141.32 18 24.88 16 45.92 17 70.52
18 Phillipa Towler-Green / Phillip Poole   United Kingdom 135.63 19 24.27 18 42.80 18 68.56
19 Joanna Budner / Jan Mościcki   Poland 132.05 20 22.47 19 42.30 19 67.28
20 Leonie Krail / Oscar Peter   Switzerland 127.61 21 21.50 21 40.13 20 65.98
21 Krisztina Barta / Ádám Tóth   Hungary 126.23 22 21.17 20 40.41 21 64.65
22 Ksenia Shmirina / Egor Maistrov   Belarus 116.63 23 20.25 22 35.36 22 61.02
23 Kristina Kiudmaa / Aleksei Trohlev   Estonia 99.06 25 15.26 24 32.08 23 51.72
WD Ina Demireva / Juri Kurakin   Bulgaria 51.91 24 17.31 23 34.60
Free dance not reached
25 Nadine Ahmed / Bruce Porter   Azerbaijan 42.89 26 15.15 25 27.74
WD Anastasia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azroyan   Armenia 17 25.41

References edit

  • "Definite Allotment of ISU Championships 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-08-29. (74.8 KiB)
  • "ISU Communication No. 1469: Entries ISU Championships 2008". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07.
  • Competitors list

External links edit