1996 NHK Trophy

{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition

| title = 1996 NHK Trophy

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| comptype = Champions Series

| startdate = December 5

| enddate = 8

| skatingseason = 1996–97

| location = Osaka

| host =

| venue =

| prizemoney =

| championmen = {{flagicon|CAN}} Elvis Stojko

| championladies = {{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Butyrskaya

| championpairs = {{flagicon|USA}} Jenni Meno / Todd Sand

| championdance = {{flagicon|FRA}} Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy

| previouscomp = 1995 NHK Trophy

| nextcomp = 1997 NHK Trophy

| previousgp = 1996 Nations Cup

| nextgp = 1996 Cup of Russia

}}

The 1996 NHK Trophy was the fifth event of six in the 1996–97 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Osaka on December 5–8. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 1996–97 Champions Series Final.

Competition notes

  • Midori Ito was expected to compete, but withdrew before the competition when she retired from competitive figure skating and just skated in the Exhibition.{{Cite web|url=http://www.skate.org/comp/csfsc.html|title=Championship Series of Figure Skating}}

Results

=Men=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! TFP

! SP

! FS

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Elvis Stojko

{{CAN}}2.021
bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Ilia Kulik

{{RUS}}2.512
bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Dmitri Dmitrenko

{{UKR}}6.044
4

| Scott Davis || {{USA}} || 6.5 || 3 || 5

5

| Éric Millot || {{FRA}} || 8.0 || 10 || 3

6

| Zhenxin Guo || {{CHN}} || 9.0 || 6 || 6

7

| Philippe Candeloro || {{FRA}} || 11.5 || 9 || 7

8

| Cornel Gheorghe || {{ROU}} || 12.0 || 8 || 8

9

| Takeshi Honda || {{JPN}} || 12.5 || 7 || 9

10

| Michael Shmerkin || {{ISR}} || 15.5 || 11 || 10

11

| David Liu || {{TPE}} || 17.0 || 12 || 11

WD

| Todd Eldredge || {{USA}} || || 5 ||

=Ladies=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! TFP

! SP

! FS

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Maria Butyrskaya

{{RUS}}2.521
bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Tonia Kwiatkowski

{{USA}}2.512
bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Yulia Vorobieva

{{AZE}}6.063
4

| Hanae Yokoya || {{JPN}} || 6.0 || 4 || 4

5

| Susan Humphreys || {{CAN}} || 6.5 || 3 || 5

6

| Fumie Suguri || {{JPN}} || 8.5 || 5 || 6

7

| Shizuka Arakawa || {{JPN}} || 11.5 || 9 || 7

8

| Tatjana Malinina || {{UZB}} || 11.5 || 7 || 8

9

| Krisztina Czakó || {{HUN}} || 14.0 || 10 || 9

10

| Amber Corwin || {{USA}} || 14.0 || 8 || 10

=Pairs=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! TFP

! SP

! FS

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Jenni Meno / Todd Sand

{{USA}}1.511
bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov

{{RUS}}3.022
bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen

{{USA}}4.564
4

| Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao || {{CHN}} || 7.0 || 4 || 5

5

| Marina Khalturina / Andrei Krukov || {{KAZ}} || 8.5 || 5 || 6

6

| Michelle Menzies / Jean-Michel Bombardier || {{CAN}} || 8.5 || 5 || 6

7

| Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek || {{POL}} || 10.5 || 7 || 7

8

| Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr || {{AUS}} || 12.0 || 8 || 8

=Ice dancing=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! TFP

! CD

! OD

! FD

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy

{{FRA}}3.0221
bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat

{{FRA}}3.0112
bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko

{{UKR}}6.0333
4

| Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas || {{LTU}} || 8.4 || 5 || 4 || 4

5

| Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio || {{ITA}} || 9.6 || 4 || 5 || 5

6

| Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński || {{KAZ}} || 12.0 || 6 || 6 || 6

7

| Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov || {{RUS}} || 14.0 || 7 || 7 || 7

8

| Kate Robinson / Peter Breen || {{USA}} || 16.0 || 8 || 8 || 8

9

| Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet || {{CAN}} || 18.6 || 9 || 10 || 9

10

| Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka || {{JPN}} || 19.4 || 10 || 9 || 10

11

| Akiko Kinoshita / Yosuke Moriwaki || {{JPN}} || 22.0 || 11 || 11 || 11

References

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