1991 World Figure Skating Championships

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1991 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 12 – 17
Season:1990–91
Location: Munich, Germany
Venue: Olympiahalle
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kurt Browning
Ladies' singles:
Flag of the United States.svg Kristi Yamaguchi
Pairs:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev
Ice dance:
Flag of France.svg Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay
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The 1991 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany from March 12 to 17. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Contents

Medal tables

Medalists

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Men [1] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kurt Browning Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Petrenko Flag of the United States.svg Todd Eldredge
Ladies [2] Flag of the United States.svg Kristi Yamaguchi Flag of the United States.svg Tonya Harding Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Kerrigan
Pair skating [3] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler Flag of the United States.svg Natasha Kuchiki / Todd Sand
Ice dancing [4] Flag of France.svg Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin

Medals by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)1214
2Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)1135
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)1102
4Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1001
Totals (4 entries)44412

Results

Men

Kurt Browning won his third world championship in a row. Elvis Stojko (CAN) lands the first quad in combination, the first quadruple toe loop-double toe loop combination, at the World Championships. [5] [6]

RankNameNationTFPSPFS
1 Kurt Browning Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2.021
2 Viktor Petrenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2.512
3 Todd Eldredge Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 5.553
4 Petr Barna Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 5.534
5 Christopher Bowman Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 7.045
6 Elvis Stojko Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.576
7 Michael Slipchuk Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12.088
8 Alexei Urmanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 12.069
9 Éric Millot Flag of France.svg  France 14.5910
10 Masakazu Kagiyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 16.01011
11 Paul Wylie Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 17.0207
12 Oula Jääskeläinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 19.51313
13 Oliver Höner Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 20.01214
14 Jung Sung-il Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 20.51712
15 Mirko Eichhorn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20.51115
16 Steven Cousins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 25.01816
17 Cameron Medhurst Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 26.01618
18 Daniel Weiss Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26.51917
19 Gilberto Viadana Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26.51519
20Ronny WinklerFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 27.01420
Free skating not reached
21 Ralph Burghart Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 21
22 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 22
23 Cornel Gheorghe Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 23
24 Jan Erik Digernes Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 24
25 Henrik Walentin Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 25
26 Péter Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 26
27 David Liu Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 27
28 Tomislav Cizmesija Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 28
29 Maarten van Mechelen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 29
30 Jorge La Farga Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 30
31 Nikolai Tonev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 31
32 Alexandre Geers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 32
33 Ricardo Olavarrieta Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 33

Ladies

The U.S. became the first nation to ever sweep the ladies' podium at a World Championships. [7] [8]

Midori Ito and Laetitia Hubert collided with each other during a practice session. In the short program, Ito stumbled over an opening in the boards and into a camera but was back on the ice after three seconds. [9] Tonya Harding became the first American woman to perform a triple axel at an international event.

RankNameNationTFPSPFS
1 Kristi Yamaguchi Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1.511
2 Tonya Harding Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3.022
3 Nancy Kerrigan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 5.553
4 Midori Ito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5.534
5 Surya Bonaly Flag of France.svg  France 8.046
6 Josée Chouinard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.085
7 Joanne Conway Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 10.577
8 Marina Kielmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11.068
9 Patricia Neske Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 13.599
10 Julia Vorobieva Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 17.01211
11 Junko Yaginuma Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 17.01012
12 Chen Lu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 18.01610
13 Simone Lang Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 18.51113
14 Mari Asanuma Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 20.51314
15 Lenka Kulovaná Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 22.51515
16 Anisette Torp-Lind Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 23.01416
17 Zuzanna Szwed Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 26.51917
18 Lisa Sargeant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 27.01818
19 Natalia Gorbenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 27.51719
20 Lily Lyoonjung Lee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 30.02020
Free skating not reached
21 Marion Krijgsman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 21
22 Cathrin Degler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 22
23 Tamara Téglássy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 23
24 Beatrice Gelmini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 24
25 Helene Persson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25
26 Laetitia Hubert Flag of France.svg  France 26
27 Sabrina Tschudi Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 27
28 Željka Čižmešija Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 28
29 Mila Kajas Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 29
30 Tamara Heggen Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 30
31 Marta Andrade Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 31
32 Milena Marinovich Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 32
33 Anita Thorenfeldt Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 33
34 Isabelle Balhan Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 34
35 Christine Czerni Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 35
36 Rosanna Blong Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 36
37 Diana Marcos Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 37

Pairs

RankNameNationTFPSPFS
1 Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2.021
2 Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2.512
3 Natasha Kuchiki / Todd Sand Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 5.043
4 Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6.535
5 Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7.574
6 Radka Kovaříková / René Novotný Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.556
7 Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 10.067
8 Stacey Ball / Jean-Michel Bombardier Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12.088
9 Calla Urbanski / Rocky Marval Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 14.5910
10 Jenni Meno / Scott Wendland Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 15.0129
11 Christine Hough / Doug Ladret Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 16.01011
12 Anuschka Gläser / Stefan Pfrengle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 17.51112
13 Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 19.51313
14 Anna Gorecki / Arkadius Gorecki Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23.01814
15 Rena Inoue / Tomoaki Koyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 23.01615
16 Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 23.01416
17 Anna Tabacchi / Massimo Salvade Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26.51917
18 Saskia Bourgeois / Guy Bourgeois Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 26.51718
19 Katarzyna Głowacka / Krzysztof Korcarz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 26.51519

Ice dancing

The judges voted two couples (from Czechoslovakia and Poland) exactly the same (each 12 placings in compulsory dance 2). The event took place on 15th March 1991.

RankNameNationTFPC1C2ODFD
1 Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay Flag of France.svg  France 2.83311
2 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4.62232
3 Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4.61123
4 Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 8.25444
5 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.84555
6 Stefania Calegari / Pasquale Camerlengo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 12.06666
7 Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14.48877
8 Dominique Yvon / Frédéric Palluel Flag of France.svg  France 15.67788
9 April Sargent / Russ Witherby Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 19.099910
10 Jacqueline Petr / Mark Janoschak Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 21.010101011
11 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 22.01217129
12 Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 23.411131112
13 Małgorzata Grajcar / Andrzej Dostatni Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.813121313
14 Isabelle Sarech / Xavier Debernis Flag of France.svg  France 28.615111415
15 Anna Croci / Luca Mantovani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 29.214141614
16 Michelle McDonald / Martin Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 31.416161516
17 Jennifer Goolsbee / Hendryk Schamberger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 33.617151717
18 Ann Hall / Jason Blomfield Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 37.019191918
19 Saskia Stahler / Sven Authorsen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 37.018181819
20 Diane Gerencser / Bernard Columberg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 40.621222020
Free dance not reached
21 Kaoru Takino / Kenji Takino Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 202021
22 Daria-Larissa Maritczak / Ihor-Andrij Maritczak Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 232322
23 Monica MacDonald / Duncan Smart Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 222123
24 Katri Uski / Juha Sasi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 242424
25 Maria Hadjiiska / Hristo Nikolov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 252525
26 Park Jun-hee / You Jong-hyun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 262626

References

  1. ↑ Janofsky, Michael (March 15, 1991). "FIGURE SKATING; Browning's Triple Jumps Lead to 3d Title in Row". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Janofsky, Michael (March 17, 1991). "Figure Skating; Skating Sweep for the U.S. Women". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ Janofsky, Michael (March 14, 1991). "FIGURE SKATING; Brilliant Victory for Soviet Pair and Surprising 3d for U.S". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ Mallozzi, Vincent M. (December 29, 1991). "THE YEAR IN REVIEW; Winners of 1991 Individual and Team Championships". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ USA Today quad timeline
  6. ↑ "FIGURE SKATING / WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS : Soviets Win, U.S. Pair Third". Los Angeles Times. March 14, 1991.
  7. ↑ Swift, E.M. (March 25, 1991). "Ice Queens". CNN . Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  8. ↑ Archives, L. A. Times (1991-03-17). "FIGURE SKATING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS : Yamaguchi Leads a Sweep by U.S. Women". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  9. ↑ Janofsky, Michael; Times, Special To the New York (1991-03-16). "Ito Survives Hard Knocks and Gains 3d Place". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-08-27.
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