2002 World Figure Skating Championships

{{Short description|Annual figure skating competition held in 2002}}

{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition

| title = 2002 World Figure Skating Championships

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| comptype = ISU Championship

| startdate = March 16

| enddate = 24

| skatingseason = 2001–02

| location = Nagano, Japan

| host =

| venue = M-Wave

| prizemoney =

| championmen = {{flagicon|RUS}} Alexei Yagudin

| championladies = {{flagicon|RUS}} Irina Slutskaya

| championpairs = {{flagicon|CHN}} Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo

| championdance = {{flagicon|RUS}} Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh

| previouscomp = 2001 World Championships

| nextcomp = 2003 World Championships

}}

The 2002 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the M-Wave Arena in Nagano, Japan from March 16 to 24, sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

| gold_RUS = 3 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 0

| gold_CHN = 1 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 0

| gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 1

| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 0

| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 2

| gold_ISR = 0 | silver_ISR = 0 | bronze_ISR = 1

}}

Competition notes

It was the first ISU competition after the much publicized 2002 Olympic judging controversy. Neither pairs gold medalists chose to attend. Both went pro soon after.

2002 Worlds was the first time Israel had ever won a medal at Worlds.

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

The first compulsory dance was the Golden Waltz. The second was the Quickstep.{{cite web |url=http://ww2.isu.org/news/fsworlds2.html |title = International Skating Union |access-date=2011-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324011925/http://ww2.isu.org/news/fsworlds2.html |archive-date=2012-03-24 |url-status=dead}}

Results

=Men=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! TFP

! QA

! QB

! SP

! FS

bgcolor=gold

| align=center | 1

| Alexei Yagudin

{{RUS}}2.0111
bgcolor=silver

| align=center | 2

| Timothy Goebel

{{USA}}4.8142
bgcolor=cc9966

| align=center | 3

| Takeshi Honda

{{JPN}}6.0333
4

| Alexander Abt || {{RUS}} || 6.0 || 2 || || 2 || 4

5

| Li Chengjiang || {{CHN}} || 9.8 || || 3 || 6 || 5

6

| Michael Weiss || {{USA}} || 16.0 || || 2 || 5 || 6

7

| Anthony Liu || {{AUS}} || 16.4 || || 7 || 11 || 7

8

| Jeffrey Buttle || {{CAN}} || 17.8 || || 4 || 7 || 12

9

| Zhang Min || {{CHN}} || 18.6 || 4 || || 15 || 8

10

| Andrejs Vlascenko || {{GER}} || 18.8 || || 11 || 9 || 9

11

| Frédéric Dambier || {{FRA}} || 19.2 || 5 || || 12 || 10

12

| Matthew Savoie || {{USA}} || 21.8 || 6 || || 14 || 11

13

| Brian Joubert || {{FRA}} || 21.8 || || 5 || 8 || 15

14

| Kevin van der Perren || {{BEL}} || 22.8 || 7 || || 10 || 14

15

| Ben Ferreira || {{CAN}} || 27.2 || 10 || || 17 || 13

16

| Gao Song || {{CHN}} || 29.2 || || 9 || 16 || 16

17

| Ivan Dinev || {{BUL}} || 29.8 || || 10 || 13 || 18

18

| Stéphane Lambiel || {{SUI}} || 30.2 || || 6 || 18 || 17

19

| Roman Skorniakov || {{UZB}} || 34.8 || || 8 || 21 || 19

20

| Vakhtang Murvanidze || {{flagIOC|GEO|1996 Summer}} || 35.0 || 9 || || 19 || 20

21

| Markus Leminen || {{FIN}} || 39.2 || || 13 || 20 || 22

22

| Dmitri Dmitrenko || {{UKR}} || 39.6 || 12 || || 23 || 21

23

| Sergei Rylov || {{AZE}} || 40.6 || 8 || || 24 || 23

24

| Sergei Davydov || {{BLR}} || 42.0 || || 12 || 22 || 24

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25

| Juraj Sviatko || {{SVK}} || || 11 || || 25 ||

26

| Tomáš Verner || {{CZE}} || || 15 || || 26 ||

27

| Yosuke Takeuchi || {{JPN}} || || 14 || || 27 ||

28

| Gregor Urbas || {{SLO}} || || || 14 || 28 ||

29

| Kristoffer Berntsson || {{SWE}} || || 13 || || 29 ||

30

| Sergei Kotov || {{ISR}} || || || 15 || 30 ||

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31

| Yon Garcia || {{ESP}} || || || 16 || ||

31

| Zoltán Tóth || {{HUN}} || || 16 || || ||

33

| Clemens Jonas || {{AUT}} || || 17 || || ||

33

| Aidas Reklys || {{LTU}} || || || 17 || ||

35

| James Black || {{GBR}} || || 18 || || ||

35

| Miloš Milanović || {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} FR Yugoslavia || || || 18 || ||

37

| Panagiotis Markouizos || {{GRE}} || || || 19 || ||

37

| Dino Quattrocecere || {{RSA}} || || 19 || || ||

WD

| Margus Hernits || {{EST}} || || || || ||

=Ladies=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! TFP

! QA

! QB

! SP

! FS

bgcolor=gold

| align=center | 1

| Irina Slutskaya

{{RUS}}2.0111
bgcolor=silver

| align=center | 2

| Michelle Kwan

{{USA}}4.2132
bgcolor=cc9966

| align=center | 3

| Fumie Suguri

{{JPN}}5.0223
4

| Sasha Cohen || {{USA}} || 7.8 || || 2 || 5 || 4

5

| Yoshie Onda || {{JPN}} || 8.6 || || 3 || 4 || 5

6

| Elena Liashenko || {{UKR}} || 11.2 || || 4 || 6 || 6

7

| Viktoria Volchkova || {{RUS}} || 15.4 || || 9 || 8 || 7

8

| Júlia Sebestyén || {{HUN}} || 16.4 || 3 || || 7 || 11

9

| Jennifer Robinson || {{CAN}} || 18.4 || 5 || || 14 || 8

10

| Silvia Fontana || {{ITA}} || 18.8 || 7 || || 10 || 10

11

| Susanna Pöykiö || {{FIN}} || 19.2 || || 6 || 13 || 9

12

| Laetitia Hubert || {{FRA}} || 22.4 || || 8 || 12 || 12

13

| Zuzana Babiaková || {{SVK}} || 22.8 || 11 || || 9 || 13

14

| Idora Hegel || {{CRO}} || 28.6 || || 10 || 16 || 15

15

| Tatiana Malinina || {{UZB}} || 29.6 || || 5 || 11 || 21

16

| Miriam Manzano || {{AUS}} || 32.0 || || 13 || 18 || 16

17

| Galina Maniachenko || {{UKR}} || 32.4 || 10 || || 24 || 14

18

| Julia Soldatova || {{BLR}} || 33.0 || || 7 || 22 || 17

19

| Marta Andrade || {{ESP}} || 33.0 || 12 || || 17 || 18

20

| Fang Dan || {{CHN}} || 35.2 || || 12 || 19 || 19

21

| Vanessa Giunchi || {{ITA}} || 37.6 || 14 || || 20 || 20

22

| Julia Lautowa || {{AUT}} || 38.2 || 9 || || 21 || 22

23

| Åsa Persson || {{SWE}} || 41.2 || || 11 || 23 || 23

WD

| Jennifer Kirk || {{USA}} || || 4 || || 15 ||

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25

| Lucie Krausová || {{CZE}} || || 8 || || 26 ||

26

| Gintarė Vostrecovaitė || {{LTU}} || || 13 || || 25 ||

27

| Natalie Hoste || {{BEL}} || || || 15 || 27 ||

28

| Sabina Wojtala || {{POL}} || || 15 || || 28 ||

29

| Georgina Papavasiliou || {{GRE}} || || || 14 || 29 ||

WD

| Maria Butyrskaya || {{RUS}} || || 6 || || ||

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31

| Anne-Sophie Calvez || {{FRA}} || || 16 || || ||

31

| Shin Yea-ji || {{KOR}} || || || 16 || ||

33

| Roxana Luca || {{ROM}} || || 17 || || ||

33

| Daria Zuravicki || {{ISR}} || || || 17 || ||

35

| Shirene Human || {{RSA}} || || || 18 || ||

35

| Hristina Vassileva || {{BUL}} || || 18 || || ||

37

| Christine Lee || {{HKG}} || || 19 || || ||

37

| Gladys Orozco || {{MEX}} || || || 19 || ||

39

| Diana Y. Chen || {{TPE}} || || 20 || || ||

39

| Ksenija Jastsenski || {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} FR Yugoslavia || || || 20 || ||

=Pairs=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! TFP

! SP

! FS

bgcolor=gold

| align=center | 1

| Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo

{{CHN}}1.511
bgcolor=silver

| align=center | 2

| Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin

{{RUS}}3.022
bgcolor=cc9966

| align=center | 3

| Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman

{{USA}}4.533
4

| Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov || {{RUS}} || 6.0 || 4 || 4

5

| Pang Qing / Tong Jian || {{CHN}} || 7.5 || 5 || 5

6

| Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek || {{POL}} || 9.0 || 6 || 6

7

| Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn || {{USA}} || 10.5 || 7 || 7

8

| Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino || {{CAN}} || 12.0 || 8 || 8

9

| Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao || {{CHN}} || 14.0 || 10 || 9

10

| Anabelle Langlois / Patrice Archetto || {{CAN}} || 15.5 || 11 || 10

11

| Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola || {{CZE}} || 16.5 || 9 || 12

12

| Valérie Marcoux / Bruno Marcotte || {{CAN}} || 17.0 || 12 || 11

13

| Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov || {{JPN}} || 19.5 || 13 || 13

14

| Mariana Kautz / Norman Jeschke || {{GER}} || 21.0 || 14 || 14

15

| Viktoria Borzenkova / Andrei Chuvilyaev || {{RUS}} || 23.0 || 16 || 15

16

| Tatiana Chuvaeva / Dmitri Palamarchuk || {{UKR}} || 23.5 || 15 || 16

17

| Viktoria Shklover / Valdis Mintals || {{EST}} || 25.5 || 17 || 17

18

| Maria Krasiltseva / Artem Znachkov || {{ARM}} || 27.5 || 19 || 18

19

| Jelena Sirokhvatova / Jurijs Salmanovs || {{LAT}} || 28.0 || 18 || 19

20

| Marina Aganina / Artem Knyazev || {{UZB}} || 30.0 || 20 || 20

=Ice dancing=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! TFP

! CD1

! CD2

! OD

! FD

bgcolor=gold

| align=center | 1

| Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh

{{RUS}}2.01111
bgcolor=silver

| align=center | 2

| Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz

{{CAN}}4.02222
bgcolor=cc9966

| align=center | 3

| Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski

{{ISR}}7.04443
4

| Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas || {{LTU}} || 7.0 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 4

5

| Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviyski || {{BUL}} || 10.0 || 5 || 5 || 5 || 5

6

| Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov || {{UKR}} || 12.0 || 6 || 6 || 6 || 6

7

| Kati Winkler / René Lohse || {{GER}} || 14.0 || 7 || 7 || 7 || 7

8

| Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov || {{RUS}} || 16.0 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 8

9

| Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev || {{USA}} || 18.0 || 9 || 9 || 9 || 9

10

| Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon || {{CAN}} || 20.2 || 11 || 10 || 10 || 10

11

| Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński || {{POL}} || 22.0 || 10 || 12 || 11 || 11

12

| Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder || {{FRA}} || 22.4 || 15 || 11 || 12 || 12

13

| Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto || {{USA}} || 26.6 || 13 || 13 || 14 || 13

14

| Marika Humphreys / Vitali Baranov || {{GBR}} || 27.0 || 12 || 14 || 13 || 14

15

| Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin || {{AZE}} || 30.2 || 16 || 15 || 15 || 15

16

| Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali || {{ITA}} || 31.6 || 14 || 16 || 16 || 16

17

| Alia Ouabdelsselam / Benjamin Delmas || {{FRA}} || 34.0 || 17 || 17 || 17 || 17

18

| Veronika Morávková / Jiří Procházka || {{CZE}} || 36.2 || 19 || 18 || 18 || 18

19

| Stephanie Rauer / Thomas Rauer || {{GER}} || 38.8 || 18 || 19 || 19 || 20

20

| Zhang Weina / Cao Xianming || {{CHN}} || 39.0 || 20 || 20 || 20 || 19

21

| Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai || {{HUN}} || 42.2 || 21 || 22 || 21 || 21

22

| Valentina Anselmi / Fabrizio Pedrazzini || {{ITA}} || 44.0 || 23 || 21 || 22 || 22

23

| Yang Tae-hwa / Lee Chuen-gun || {{KOR}} || 46.6 || 23 || 23 || 24 || 23

24

| Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto || {{JPN}} || 48.0 || 26 || 24 || 23 || 24

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25

| Alla Beknazarova / Yuri Kocherzhenko || {{UKR}} || || 22 || 25 || 25 ||

26

| Jessica Huot / Juha Valkama || {{FIN}} || || 25 || 26 || 26 ||

27

| Anna Mosenkova / Sergei Sychyov || {{EST}} || || 27 || 27 || 27 ||

28

| Natalie Buck / Trent Nelson-Bond || {{AUS}} || || 28 || 28 || 28 ||

References

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