1998 World Figure Skating Championships

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1998 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 29 – April 5
Season:1997–98
Location: Minneapolis, USA
Venue: Target Center
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Yagudin
Ladies' singles:
Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Kwan
Pairs:
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze
Ice dance:
Flag of Russia.svg Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov
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The 1998 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Minneapolis, USA from March 29 through April 5. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Contents

Medal tables

Medalists

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Men Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Yagudin Flag of the United States.svg Todd Eldredge Flag of Russia.svg Evgeni Plushenko
Ladies Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Kwan Flag of Russia.svg Irina Slutskaya Flag of Russia.svg Maria Butyrskaya
Pair skating Flag of Russia.svg Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze Flag of the United States.svg Jenni Meno / Todd Sand Flag of Germany.svg Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller
Ice dancing Flag of Russia.svg Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov Flag of France.svg Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz

Medals by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)3126
2Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)1203
3Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0101
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0011
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Competition notes

Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B.

Results

Men

RankNameNationTFPQAQBSPFS
1 Alexei Yagudin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2.5212
2 Todd Eldredge Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3.0141
3 Evgeni Plushenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5.0124
4 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 5.5353
5 Andrejs Vlascenko Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8.0765
6 Michael Weiss Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 8.5237
7 Steven Cousins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 10.5776
8 Jeffrey Langdon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12.0588
9 Evgeni Pliuta Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14.55910
10 Szabolcs Vidrai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15.04129
11 Takeshi Honda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 16.531111
12 Zhengxin Guo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 19.091412
13 Michael Tyllesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 23.0131814
14 Roman Skorniakov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 23.562113
15 Michael Shmerkin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 24.0111019
16 Laurent Tobel Flag of France.svg  France 25.5111916
17 Anthony Liu Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 26.0122215
18 Margus Hernits Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 26.5121718
19 Markus Leminen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 26.5131320
20 Patrick Meier Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 28.562317
21 Ivan Dinev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 28.541521
22 Robert Grzegorczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 31.0101623
23 Sven Meyer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 34.0102422
24 Gilberto Viadana Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 34.082024
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25 Patrick Schmit Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1425
26 Yamato Tamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 926
27 Sergejs Telenkov Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1527
28 Vakhtang Murvanidze Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg Georgia 1528
29 Emanuel Sandhu Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 829
30 Lee Kyu-hyun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1430
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31 Gheorghe Chiper Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 16
31 David Liu Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 16
33 Juraj Sviatko Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 17
33 Daniel Peinado Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17
35 Panagiotis Markouizo Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 18
35 Ricardo Olavarrieta Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 18

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Ladies

RankNameNationTFPQAQBSPFS
1 Michelle Kwan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1.5111
2 Irina Slutskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4.0242
3 Maria Butyrskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5.5153
4 Laetitia Hubert Flag of France.svg  France 5.5834
5 Anna Rechnio Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6.0225
6 Tonia Kwiatkowski Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 10.0486
7 Elena Liashenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 10.0367
8 Elena Sokolova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14.53138
9 Tanja Szewczenko Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15.061010
10 Diána Póth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 16.58159
11 Julia Vorobieva Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 16.551111
12 Julia Lavrenchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 19.041213
13 Joanne Carter Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20.061612
14 Tatiana Malinina Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 21.55718
15 Lenka Kulovaná Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 22.5101714
16 Vanessa Gusmeroli Flag of France.svg  France 23.57919
17 Marie-Pierre Leray Flag of France.svg  France 25.0141816
18 Silvia Fontana Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.592115
19 Júlia Sebestyén Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 27.092017
20 Angela Derochie Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 29.5111920
21 Zuzana Paurová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 30.0111423
22 Shizuka Arakawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 32.072221
23 Lucinda Ruh Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 34.0102422
24 Mojca Kopač Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 35.5122324
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25 Alisa Drei Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1225
26 Anna Wenzel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1426
27 Anna Lundström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1327
28 Marta Andrade Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1328
29 Choi Hyung-kyung Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1529
30 Yankun Du Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1530
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31 Ivana Jakupčević Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 16
31 Olga Vassiljeva Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 16
33 Shirene Human Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 17
33 Valeria Trifancova Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 17
35 Lauryna Slavinskaite Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 18
35 Helena Pajović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 18
37 Anna Chatziathanassiou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 19
37 Roxana Luca Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 19
39 Rocia Salas Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 20
WD Kaja Hanevold Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

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Pairs

RankNameNationTFPSPFS
1 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2.021
2 Jenni Meno / Todd Sand Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2.512
3 Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4.533
4 Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.064
5 Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8.046
6 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8.575
7 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.557
8 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis Flag of France.svg  France 12.088
9 Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15.0129
10 Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 15.01010
11 Marina Khalturina / Andrei Kriukov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 15.5911
12 Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 16.51112
13 Marsha Poluliaschenko / Andrew Seabrook Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 20.51513
14 Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 20.51314
15 Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22.01415
16 Elaine Asanakis / Alcuin Schulten Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 24.01616
17 Inga Rodionova / Alexander AnichenkoFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 26.01817
18 Oľga Beständigová / Jozef Beständig Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 26.51718
19 Jelena Sirokhvatova / Juri Salmanov Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 29.02019
20 Jekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 29.51920
WD Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
WD Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States

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Ice dancing

RankNameNationTFPCD1CD2ODFD
1 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2.01111
2 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat Flag of France.svg  France 4.23222
3 Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5.82333
4 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8.04444
5 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10.46655
6 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 11.65566
7 Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14.69877
8 Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 15.67788
9 Kati Winkler / René Lohse Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 17.88999
10 Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 20.611121010
11 Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasinski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 21.610101111
12 Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 23.812111212
13 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 26.013131313
14 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 29.216151514
15 Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 29.415151415
16 Diane Gerencser / Pasquale Camerlengo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 31.614161616
17 Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviyski Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 34.017171717
18 Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder Flag of France.svg  France 36.419191818
19 Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 37.618181919
20 Zuzana Merzova / Tomas Morbacher Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 40.620202120
21 Angelika Füring / Bruno Ellinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 43.222232221
22 Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 44.220212024
23 Charlotte Clements / Gary Shortland Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 45.624252322
24 Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo Flag of France.svg  France 46.423222423
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25 Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 262429
26 Eliane Hugentobler / Daniel Hugentobler Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 282826
27 Ksenia Smetanenko / Samvel Gezalian Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 272627
28 Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 252728
29 Kornélia Bárány / András Rosnik Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 292929
30 Margarita Fourer / Timothy Heinecke Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 303030

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