2007 World Figure Skating Championships

The 2007 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from March 20 to 25.

2007 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 20 – 25
Season:2006–07
Location:Tokyo, Japan
Venue:Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Prize money:US$ 710,000
Champions
Men's singles:
Brian Joubert
Ladies' singles:
Miki Ando
Pair skating:
Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo
Ice dance:
Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski
Previous:
2006 World Championships
Next:
2008 World Championships

Medals table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)1203
2 China (CHN)1102
3 Bulgaria (BUL)1001
 France (FRA)1001
5 Canada (CAN)0101
6 Germany (GER)0011
 South Korea (KOR)0011
  Switzerland (SUI)0011
 United States (USA)0011
Totals (9 nations)44412

Competition notes

The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2006. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2007 World Junior Championships.

Based on the results of the 2006 World Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.

Due to the large number of entries at the World Championships, only the top 24 single skaters and top 20 pairs advanced to the free skating after the short program. In ice dancing, the top 30 couples in the compulsory dance advanced to the original dance, and the top 24 couples after the original dance advanced to the free dance.

Yukari Nakano and Carolina Kostner tied for 5th place with 168.92 points overall. Nakano finished 5th place on the tiebreak (free skating placement) and Kostner ended 6th.[1] In the ladies' event, two world records were set: Yuna Kim for the short program with a score of 71.95,[2] and Mao Asada for the free skating with a score of 133.13.[3]

Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo from China set a new world record of 71.07 points under the ISU Judging System for pairs' short program.[4] Zhao proposed marriage to Shen on the ice following their free skating.[5]

Results

Men
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Brian Joubert France240.85183.643157.21
2 Daisuke Takahashi Japan237.95374.511163.44
3 Stéphane Lambiel  Switzerland233.35672.702160.65
4 Tomáš Verner Czech Republic226.25970.454155.80
5 Evan Lysacek United States222.18573.495148.69
6 Jeffrey Buttle Canada214.96279.908135.06
7 Nobunari Oda Japan209.941467.176142.77
8 Johnny Weir United States206.97474.2610132.71
9 Kristoffer Berntsson Sweden206.291566.097140.20
10 Sergei Davydov Belarus203.05870.7212132.33
11 Alban Préaubert France202.601070.0611132.54
12 Stefan Lindemann Germany198.781665.409133.38
13 Christopher Mabee Canada195.38771.3314124.05
14 Yannick Ponsero France192.631268.7615123.87
15 Ryan Bradley United States188.901962.8813126.02
16 Emanuel Sandhu Canada188.591169.4216119.17
17 Karel Zelenka Italy180.101763.8117116.29
18 Jamal Othman  Switzerland178.391863.7120114.68
19 Sergei Voronov Russia176.572260.5019116.07
20 Andrei Lutai Russia175.462459.3718116.09
21 Igor Macypura Slovakia174.942161.2522113.69
22 Gregor Urbas Slovenia174.392359.9321114.46
23 Wu Jialiang China170.101367.7024102.40
24 Anton Kovalevski Ukraine169.272061.6123107.66
Free Skating Not Reached
25 Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari Finland2555.79
26 Xu Ming China2654.80
27 Alper Uçar Turkey2750.09
28 Sean Carlow Australia2849.73
29 Christian Rauchbauer Austria2949.19
30 Trifun Zivanovic Serbia3048.45
31 Naiden Borichev Bulgaria3146.69
32 Sergei Kotov Israel3243.99
33 Przemysław Domański Poland3342.51
34 Lee Dong-whun South Korea3442.00
35 Javier Fernández Spain3541.57
36 Luis Hernández Mexico3640.33
37 Justin Pietersen South Africa3739.73
38 Boris Martinec Croatia3837.09
39 Zeus Issariotis Greece3937.03
40 Edward Ka-Yin Chow Hong Kong4034.63
41 Zoltán Kelemen Romania4133.71
42 Joel Watson New Zealand4230.09

Referee:

Technical Controller:

Technical Specialist:

Assistant Technical Specialist:

Judges for the men's short program:

Judges for the men's free skating:

Ladies
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Miki Ando Japan195.09267.982127.11
2 Mao Asada Japan194.45561.321133.13
3 Yuna Kim South Korea186.14171.954114.19
4 Kimmie Meissner United States180.23464.673115.56
5 Yukari Nakano Japan168.92760.626108.30
6 Carolina Kostner Italy168.92367.159101.77
7 Sarah Meier  Switzerland160.80958.528102.28
8 Susanna Pöykiö Finland160.121057.167102.96
9 Emily Hughes United States159.06660.881398.18
10 Joannie Rochette Canada158.981649.855109.13
11 Valentina Marchei Italy153.601451.8810101.72
12 Júlia Sebestyén Hungary153.50859.981593.52
13 Elena Sokolova Russia149.771155.831493.94
14 Kiira Korpi Finland149.471749.631199.84
15 Alissa Czisny United States147.741849.431298.31
16 Arina Martinova Russia145.281254.691690.59
17 Elene Gedevanishvili Georgia144.401353.971790.43
18 Jelena Glebova Estonia131.182246.101885.08
19 Anastasia Gimazetdinova Uzbekistan130.441549.992080.45
20 Joanne Carter Australia127.171948.462178.71
21 Idora Hegel Croatia125.662444.911980.75
22 Liu Yan China123.222146.592376.63
23 Tamar Katz Israel122.512345.662276.85
24 Mira Leung Canada120.742047.052473.69
Free Skating Not Reached
25 Kathrin Freudelsperger Austria2542.24
26 Lina Johansson Sweden2641.87
27 Tuğba Karademir Turkey2741.79
28 Irina Movchan Ukraine2840.76
29 Kristin Wieczorek Germany2940.35
30 Roxana Luca Romania3039.65
31 Anna Jurkiewicz Poland3136.39
32 Hristina Vassileva Bulgaria3236.22
33 Radka Bártová Slovakia3336.17
34 Isabelle Pieman Belgium3435.12
35 Ivana Hudziecová Czech Republic3533.86
36 Teodora Poštič Slovenia3633.77
37 Mérovée Ephrem Monaco3733.01
38 Maria-Elena Papasotiriou Greece3832.90
39 Julia Teplih Latvia3931.19
40 Charissa Tansomboon Thailand4030.46
41 Jocelyn Ho Chinese Taipei4130.41
42 Ana Cecilia Cantu Mexico4230.28
43 Ksenia Jastsenjski Serbia4327.56
44 Ami Parekh India4426.82
45 Kristine Y. Lee Hong Kong4523.57

Referee:

Technical Controller:

Technical Specialist:

Assistant Technical Specialist:

Judges for the ladies' short program:

Judges for the ladies' free skating:

Pairs
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo China203.50171.071132.43
2 Pang Qing / Tong Jian China188.46366.752121.71
3 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Germany187.39267.653119.74
4 Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov Ukraine173.62857.625116.00
5 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao China173.391057.004116.39
6 Valérie Marcoux / Craig Buntin Canada167.25560.736106.52
7 Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison Canada164.59758.947105.65
8 Rena Inoue / John Baldwin United States163.97659.508104.47
9 Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov Russia163.62462.0710101.55
10 Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay Canada160.011355.969104.05
11 Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov Russia150.431256.141194.29
12 Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski United States139.001454.511384.49
13 Dominika Piątkowska / Dmitri Khromin Poland138.981550.181288.80
14 Marylin Pla / Yannick Bonheur France131.311648.601682.71
15 Angelika Pylkina / Niklas Hogner Sweden130.751747.361583.39
16 Laura Magitteri / Ondřej Hotárek Italy130.181846.591483.59
17 Stacey Kemp / David King United Kingdom126.951944.961781.99
18 Mari Vartmann / Florian Just Germany116.812043.201873.61
WD Dorota Siudek / Mariusz Siudek Poland957.23
WD Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov Russia1156.36
Free Skating Not Reached
21 Marina Aganina / Artem Knyazev Uzbekistan2140.60
22 Diana Rennik / Aleksei Saks Estonia2240.04

Referee:

Technical Controller:

Technical Specialist:

Assistant Technical Specialist:

Judges for the pairs short program:

Judges for the pairs free skating:

Ice dancing
Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD
1 Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski Bulgaria201.61237.42162.101102.09
2 Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon Canada200.46138.96360.542100.96
3 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto United States195.43537.17261.85496.41
4 Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder France195.19437.20558.82399.17
5 Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin Russia193.44337.29460.34595.81
6 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Canada183.94931.45657.11695.38
7 Meryl Davis / Charlie White United States179.141031.15855.82792.17
8 Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski Russia178.29633.32755.88889.09
9 Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali Italy170.75733.29953.321184.14
10 Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov United States170.081130.831053.15986.10
11 Sinead Kerr / John Kerr United Kingdom167.14832.091151.511283.54
12 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat France162.051428.591349.101084.36
13 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Italy158.831228.911647.601382.32
14 Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski Israel156.521328.851249.111478.56
15 Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido Japan152.211528.461747.271576.48
16 Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin Azerbaijan152.101628.071448.131675.90
17 Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo Ukraine148.131726.921547.841773.37
18 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Germany142.872025.561845.391971.92
19 Grethe Grünberg / Kristian Rand Estonia141.552323.721945.131872.70
20 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Canada140.141825.762342.582071.80
21 Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun China138.441925.612243.912168.92
22 Anastasia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azrojan Armenia137.072125.042144.862367.17
23 Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas Lithuania136.632423.462044.872268.30
24 Olga Akimova / Alexander Shakalov Uzbekistan130.582224.202441.432464.95
Free Dance Not Reached
25 Barbora Silná / Dmitri Matsjuk Austria64.352523.122541.23
26 Zsuzsanna Nagy / György Elek Hungary55.382622.192833.19
27 Nicolette Amie House / Aidas Reklys Lithuania53.262819.252634.01
28 Christa-Elizabeth Goulakos / Eric Neumann-Aubichon Greece53.132919.182733.95
29 Laura Munana / Luke Munana Mexico52.352720.302932.05

Referee:

Technical Controller:

Technical Specialist:

Assistant Technical Specialist:

Judges for the compulsory dance (rumba):

Judges for the original dance:

Judges for the free dance:

Multiple entries for 2008

The following countries secured multiple entries for the 2008 championships based on their performances at the 2007 Worlds.

Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance
3  France
 Japan
 United States		  Japan
 United States		  Canada
 China		  Bulgaria
 Canada
 Russia
 United States
2  Belarus
 Canada
 Czech Republic
 Sweden
  Switzerland		  Canada
 Finland
 Italy
 South Korea
  Switzerland		  Germany
 Russia
 Ukraine
 United States		  France
 Italy

Prize money

The total prize money for the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships is US$710,000. Pairs and dance teams split the money. All amounts are in US dollars. The breakdown is as follows:

Placement Prize Money (Singles) Prize Money (Pairs/Dance)
1st $ 45,000$ 67,500
2nd $ 27,000$ 40,500
3rd $ 18,000$ 27,000
4th $ 13,000$ 19,500
5th $ 10,000$ 15,000
6th $ 7,000$ 10,500
7th $ 6,000$ 9,000
8th $ 5,000$ 7,500
9th $ 3,500$ 5,250
10th $ 3,000$ 4,500
11th $ 2,500$ 3,750
12th $ 2,000$ 3,000
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References
  1. Kaye, Rosaleen (March 25, 2007). "2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Ladies' Free Skate Highlights". Archived from the original on January 12, 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  2. Kaye, Rosaleen (March 25, 2007). "2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Ladies' Short Program Highlights". Archived from the original on January 12, 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  3. "Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on 2007-12-13.
  4. "Chinese pair dominates at figure skating worlds - USATODAY.com". USA Today.
  5. "Chinese couple cap comeback with figure skating gold". CNN.

Further reading
  • Figure Skating Today: The Next Wave of Stars by Steve Milton and Gerard Chataigneau (Nov 2, 2007)
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