Figure skating at the 2001 Goodwill Games

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2001 Goodwill Games
Date:4 September – 9
Season:2001–02
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Venue: Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of Russia.svg Evgeni Plushenko
Ladies' singles:
Flag of Russia.svg Irina Slutskaya
Pair skating:
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze
Ice dance:
Flag of Russia.svg Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh
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Figure skating at the 2001 Goodwill Games took place from 4 to 9 September 2001 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia. [1] Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. [2] [3]

Contents

Schedule

DayDateTimeEvents
Wednesday5 September 2001Session start: 19:30
End: 22:00 BEC
Pairs short program, men's short program
Thursday6 September 2001Session start: 19:00
End: 21:30 BEC
Original dance, ladies' short program
Friday7 September 2001Session start: 19:00
End: 22:00 BEC
Pairs free skating, men's free skating
Saturday8 September 2001Session start: 19:00
End: 22:00 BEC
Free dance, ladies' free skating
Sunday9 September 2001Session start: 13:00
End: 15:00 BEC
Exhibition of champions

Results

Men

Plushenko performed three quadruple jumps in his winning performance. Yagudin crashed into the boards in his short program. [4]

RankNameNationFact. placesSPFS
1 Evgeni Plushenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1.511
2 Michael Weiss Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3.022
3 Alexei Yagudin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4.533
4 Anthony Liu Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 6.044
5 Elvis Stojko Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8.556
6 Takeshi Honda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 9.085
7 Chengjiang Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 10.067
8 Emanuel Sandhu Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13.0108
9 Yunfei Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 14.5119
10 Johnny Weir Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14.5910
11 Ilia Klimkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14.5711

Ladies

RankNameNationFact. placesSPFS
1 Irina Slutskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1.511
2 Michelle Kwan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3.022
3 Fumie Suguri Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4.533
4 Sasha Cohen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.044
5 Elena Liashenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 8.556
6 Maria Butyrskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 9.085
7 Viktoria Volchkova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 10.596
8 Stephanie Zhang Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 13.0108
9 Silvia Fontana Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 13.0610
10 Elena Sokolova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14.5119
11 Joanne Carter Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17.01211
WD Angela Nikodinov Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7

Pairs

RankNameNationFact. placesSPFS
1 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1.511
2 Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3.532
3 Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4.023
4 Qing Pang / Jian Tong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6.044
5 Aliona Savchenko / Stanislav Morozov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7.555
6 Stephanie Kalesavich / Aaron Parchem Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.066

Ice dancing

FPl.NameNat.PointsODFD
1 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1.011
2 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovsky Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2.022
3 Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3.543
4 Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3.534
5 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5.055
6 Portia Duval-Rigby / Francis Rigby Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 6.066

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