1996–97 Champions Series Final

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1996–97 Champions Series Final
Type: Champions Series
Date:February 28 – March 2, 1997
Season:1996–97
Location: Hamilton, Canada
Venue: Copps Coliseum
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Elvis Stojko
Ladies' singles:
Flag of the United States.svg Tara Lipinski
Pair skating:
Flag of Germany.svg Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer
Ice dance:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz
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The 1996–97 ISU Champions Series Final was an elite figure skating competition held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from February 28 through March 2, 1997. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

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The Champions Series Final was the culminating event of the ISU Champions Series, which consisted of Skate America, Skate Canada International, Nations Cup, Trophée Lalique, Cup of Russia, and NHK Trophy competitions. The top six skaters from each discipline competed in the final.

Results

Men

RankNameNationTFPSPFS
1 Elvis Stojko Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1.511
2 Todd Eldredge Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3.532
3 Alexei Urmanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4.023
4 Ilia Kulik Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.044
5 Alexei Yagudin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8.065
6 Dmitri Dmitrenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 8.556

Ladies

RankNameNationTFPSPFS
1 Tara Lipinski Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1.511
2 Michelle Kwan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3.532
3 Irina Slutskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5.043
4 Maria Butyrskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5.024
5 Olga Markova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7.555
6 Tonia Kwiatkowski Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.066

Pairs

RankNameNationTFPSPFS
1 Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1.511
2 Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3.022
3 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4.533
WD Jenni Meno / Todd Sand Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4WD

Ice dancing

RankNameNationTFPCDODFD
1 Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2.6121
2 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3.4212
3 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat Flag of France.svg  France 6.0333
4 Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 9.0554
5 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 9.0445

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