2012 World Figure Skating Championships
{{Short description|Annual figure skating competition held in 2012}}
{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title = 2012 World Figure Skating Championships
| image = 2012 World Figure Skating Championships.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption =
| comptype = ISU Championship
| startdate = March 26
| enddate = April 1
| skatingseason = 2011–12
| venue = Palais des Congrès Acropolis
| prizemoney =
| championladies = {{flagicon|ITA}} Carolina Kostner
| championmen = {{flagicon|CAN}} Patrick Chan
| championpairs = {{flagicon|GER}} Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
| championdance = {{flagicon|CAN}} Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
| previouscomp = 2011 World Championships
| nextcomp = 2013 World Championships
}}
The 2012 World Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2011–12 season. The event determined the World Champions in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. It was held between March 26 and April 1 in Nice, France.
Host
In November 2009, the International Skating Union named Nice, France as the provisional host. In early 2011, it was announced that Montpellier was also under consideration; however, in May 2011, Nice's Palais des Expositions was confirmed as the event venue. The nearby Jean Bouin Center was the practice rink. The cost was estimated at USD $10 million. The competition rink, practice rink, and athletes' accommodation facilities are within 60 yards of each other, with an efficient transportation system also boosting Nice's bid.
The event determined the number of entries a country could send to the 2013 World Championships.
Qualification
The event was open to figure skaters from ISU member nations who reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2011. Based on the results of the 2011 World Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria but those skaters had to achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the World Championships. The minimum TES for each discipline and segment were:
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|+ Minimum technical scores (TES) |
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! Discipline |
| Men || 20 || 35 |
|---|
| Ladies || 15 || 25 |
| Pairs || 17 || 30 |
| Ice dancing || 17 || 27 |
Countries which qualified more than one entry per discipline:
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| Spots
! Men ! Ladies ! Pairs ! Dance |
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| 3
| valign=top | {{JPN}} | valign=top | {{JPN}} | valign=top | {{GER}} | valign=top | {{CAN}} |
| 2
| valign=top | {{CAN}} | valign=top | {{FIN}} | valign=top | {{CAN}} | valign=top | {{FRA}} |
Entries
Member nations submitted the following entries:{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00011327.htm | title = Entries and schedule | work = International Skating Union}}
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| Country
! Men ! Ladies ! Pairs ! Ice dancing |
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| {{ARM}} | | | |
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| {{AUS}} | |
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| {{AUT}} |
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| {{AZE}} | | | |
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| {{BLR}} | |
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| {{BEL}} | | |
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| {{BIH}} | | | |
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| {{BRA}} | | | |
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| {{BUL}} |
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| {{CAN}} | Jessica Dube / Sebastien Wolfe | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir |
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| {{CHN}} | Song Nan |
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| {{TPE}} | | |
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| {{CZE}} | |
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| {{DEN}} | | |
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| {{EST}} | | |
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| {{FIN}} | Alisa Mikonsaari | |
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| {{FRA}} | Florent Amodio | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones |
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| {{GEO}} | | | |
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| {{GER}} | Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende |
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| {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain |
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| {{GRE}} | | | |
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| {{HKG}} | | | |
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| {{HUN}} | |
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| {{IND}} | | | |
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| {{IRL}} | | | |
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| {{ISR}} | |
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| {{ITA}} | Carolina Kostner | Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek | Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi |
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| {{JPN}} | Yuzuru Hanyu | Mao Asada | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed |
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| {{KAZ}} | | |
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| {{LAT}} | | |
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| {{LTU}} | |
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| {{LUX}} | | | |
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| {{MEX}} | | |
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| {{MON}} | | | |
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| {{PRK}} | | | |
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| {{NOR}} | | | |
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| {{PHI}} | | |
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| {{POL}} | | |
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| {{PUR}} | | | |
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| {{ROM}} | | |
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| {{RUS}} | Artur Gachinski | Polina Korobeynikova | Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev |
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| {{SRB}} | | | |
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| {{SVK}} | |
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| {{SLO}} | | Dasa Grm | | |
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| {{RSA}} | | | |
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| {{KOR}} | Kwak Min-jeong | | |
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| {{ESP}} | Javier Fernández | |
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| {{SWE}} | | |
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| {{SUI}} |
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| {{THA}} | | | |
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| {{TUR}} | |
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| {{UKR}} | Dmytro Ihnatenko | |
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| {{USA}} | Caydee Denney / John Coughlin | Meryl Davis / Charlie White |
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| {{UZB}} | Misha Ge | | |
Some skaters were required to compete in a preliminary round, while others received a direct entry into the short program, after which the number of entries was reduced further. If a country had a non-direct entry, its lowest-ranked skater according to the Worlds Standings competed in the preliminary round.
Kiira Korpi was originally nominated to represent Finland, but announced her withdrawal on March 16, 2012 due to lingering foot and hip injuries. Alisa Mikonsaari was chosen to take her place in the competition.
Schedule
- Monday, March 26
- 14:30–16:45 – Preliminary round: Pairs
- 17:15–21:15 – Preliminary round: Dance
- Tuesday, March 27
- 10:30–16:00 – Preliminary round: Ladies
- 17:00–22:15 – Preliminary round: Men
- Wednesday, March 28
- 13:00–16:20 – Pairs' short
- 18:40–22:30 – Short dance
- Thursday, March 29
- 12:30–16:55 – Ladies' short
- 19:00–22:20 – Free dance
- Friday, March 30
- 12:30–16:55 – Men's short
- 19:30–22:25 – Pairs' free
- Saturday, March 31
- 12:55–17:00 – Men's free
- 18:30–22:25 – Ladies' free
- Sunday, April 1
- 14:15–16:45 – Exhibitions
Overview
File:Jielbeaumadier Virtue Moir Kostner Chan Szolkowy Savchenko WFSC Nice 2012.jpg
27 skaters competed in the men's preliminary round and the top twelve – led by Song Nan, Sergei Voronov, and Maciej Cieplucha – advanced to the short program. Patrick Chan, Michal Březina, and Daisuke Takahashi were the top three skaters in the short program.
The men's free skating was held the next evening. Chan won his second World title, Takahashi won silver, and Yuzuru Hanyu won the bronze medal in his senior World debut. Chan was the first men's single skater to win consecutive World titles since Stéphane Lambiel of Switzerland. The event was the first time Japan had two men on the World podium.
33 skaters competed in the ladies' preliminary round and the top twelve – led by Jenna McCorkell, Jelena Glebova, and Sonia Lafuente – advanced to the short program. The top three skaters in the short program were Alena Leonova, Kanako Murakami, and Carolina Kostner.
Kostner was first in the free skating, followed by Akiko Suzuki and Ashley Wagner. Kostner became Italy's first ladies' World champion, silver medalist Leonova was the first Russian to reach the ladies' World podium since 2005, and Suzuki won the bronze. Kostner was the first European lady since 2005 (Irina Slutskaya) to win the gold medal at Worlds. Kostner said: "It is my tenth season at senior level, and in each season I've learned something. Today was my day and my competition. I would have been happy with second place, but I thought ‘keep on dreaming to the end’."
Eleven couples competed in the pairs' preliminary round and the top eight – led by Sui Wenjing / Han Cong, Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres, and Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave – advanced to the short program. Russian pairs Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov and Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov collided during their first practice session on March 26 but were not injured.
Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy took the lead in the short program, followed by Pang Qing / Tong Jian and Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran. After falls on previous competition attempts, Savchenko/Szolkowy landed the rare throw triple Axel (first successfully executed in international competition by Rena Inoue / John Baldwin at the 2006 Winter Olympics) for the first time in their career but her free foot touched the ice. Some skaters expressed concerns about the ice quality. Maxim Trankov said: "It is soft in some places, brittle in others. I guess it is ok if you skate right after ice resurfacing, but if you are the last one to skate in the second group, it is quite another story." Alexander Smirnov said: "Sometimes it simply crushes under your blades like glass."
Volosozhar / Trankov placed first in the free skating, Savchenko / Szolkowy were second and Takahashi / Tran were third. Savchenko / Szolkowy won their fourth World title – becoming the fifth pair in the post-World War II period to do so – Volosozhar / Trankov repeated as silver medalists, and Takahashi / Tran won bronze – the first ever World pairs medal for Japan.
23 couples competed in the ice dancing preliminary round and the top ten – led by Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov, Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun, and Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand – advanced to the short dance. Viktor Kovalenko – who qualified with his partner Anna Nagornyuk in 9th place – received his visa on the morning of March 26 and arrived at the arena ten minutes before they were due to compete in the preliminary round. Gregory Merriman's blade broke off his heel a minute before the end of the performance but he and his partner, Danielle O'Brien, were also able to qualify.
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir took the lead in the short dance, followed by Meryl Davis / Charlie White and Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat. The top three were the same in the free dance. Virtue / Moir won their second World title, while the 2011 World Champions, Davis / White, took silver, and Pechalat / Bourzat won bronze, their first World medal for overall placement.
Results
=Men=
File:Jielbeaumadier Yuzuru Hanyu 1 WFSC Nice 2012.jpg at Worlds 2012]]
File:Jielbeaumadier Brian Joubert 1 WFSC Nice 2012.jpg at Worlds 2012]]
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| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! Total points ! colspan="2" width="80px" | PR ! colspan="2" width="80px" | SP ! colspan="2" width="80px" | FS |
|---|
| bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | {{CAN}} | align="center" | 266.11 | | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 89.41 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 176.70 |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{JPN}} | align="center" | 259.66 | | | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 85.72 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 173.94 |
| bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | {{JPN}} | align="center" | 251.06 | | | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 77.07 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 173.99 |
| 4
| {{FRA}} | align="center" | 244.58 | | | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 83.47 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 161.11 |
| 5
| {{FRA}} | align="center" | 243.03 | | | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 79.96 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 163.07 |
| 6
| {{CZE}} | align="center" | 239.55 | | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 87.67 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 151.88 |
| 7
| {{KAZ}} | align="center" | 229.70 | | | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 76.00 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 153.70 |
| 8
| {{USA}} | align="center" | 226.19 | | | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 74.85 | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 151.34 |
| 9
| {{ESP}} | align="center" | 225.87 | | | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 81.87 | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 144.00 |
| 10
| {{ITA}} | align="center" | 224.89 | | | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 73.55 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 151.34 |
| 11
| {{JPN}} | align="center" | 218.63 | | | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 71.78 | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 146.85 |
| 12
| {{CAN}} | align="center" | 217.20 | | | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 72.95 | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 144.25 |
| 13
| {{USA}} | align="center" | 216.63 | | | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 73.55 | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 143.08 |
| 14
| Song Nan | {{CHN}} | align="center" | 216.33 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 130.75 | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 69.58 | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 146.75 |
| 15
| {{BEL}} | align="center" | 214.04 | | | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 66.38 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 147.66 |
| 16
| {{CZE}} | align="center" | 210.66 | | | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 70.38 | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 140.28 |
| 17
| {{RUS}} | align="center" | 210.04 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 128.47 | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 66.81 | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 143.23 |
| 18
| {{RUS}} | align="center" | 205.06 | | | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 68.50 | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 136.56 |
| 19
| Misha Ge | {{UZB}} | align="center" | 186.41 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 124.41 | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 65.29 | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 121.12 |
| 20
| {{GER}} | align="center" | 184.13 | | | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 58.21 | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 125.92 |
| 21
| {{PHI}} | align="center" | 184.10 | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 112.08 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 61.87 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 122.23 |
| 22
| {{AUT}} | align="center" | 182.54 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 120.48 | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 60.61 | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 121.93 |
| 23
| {{MON}} | align="center" | 181.37 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 122.58 | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | 59.93 | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | 121.44 |
| 24
| {{ESP}} | align="center" | 167.48 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 111.66 | align="center" | 24 | align="center" | 57.22 | align="center" | 24 | align="center" | 110.26 |
| colspan="10" | Did not advance to free skating |
| 25
| {{POL}} | | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 126.50 | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 57.18 | | |
| 26
| {{SWE}} | | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 115.78 | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 56.57 | | |
| 27
| {{KOR}} | | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 110.24 | align="center" | 27 | align="center" | 55.41 | | |
| 28
| Dmytro Ihnatenko | {{UKR}} | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 28 | align="center" | 52.93 | | |
| 29
| {{ISR}} | | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 108.51 | align="center" | 29 | align="center" | 52.76 | | |
| 30
| {{DEN}} | | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 110.45 | align="center" | 30 | align="center" | 50.55 | | |
| colspan="10" | Did not advance to short program |
| 31
| {{FIN}} | | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 100.16 | | | | |
| 32
| {{ROM}} | | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 97.75 | | | | |
| 33
| {{AUS}} | | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 95.40 | | | | |
| 34
| {{SUI}} | | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 93.24 | | | | |
| 35
| {{BIH}} | | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 93.11 | | | | |
| 36
| {{ARM}} | | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 92.84 | | | | |
| 37
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain | | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 91.92 | | | | |
| 38
| {{TPE}} | | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 89.56 | | | | |
| 39
| {{HUN}} | | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 86.08 | | | | |
| 40
| {{TUR}} | | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | 84.34 | | | | |
| 41
| {{BLR}} | | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 83.97 | | | | |
| 42
| {{LTU}} | | align="center" | 24 | align="center" | 82.40 | | | | |
| 43
| {{SVK}} | | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 81.81 | | | | |
| 44
| {{BUL}} | | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 79.14 | | | | |
| 45
| {{HKG}} | | align="center" | 27 | align="center" | 66.56 | | | | |
| WD
| {{BRA}} | | | | | | | |
=Ladies=
File:Jielbeaumadier Alena Leonova WFSC Nice 2012.jpg at WFSC]]
File:Jielbeaumadier Akiko Suzuki WSFC Nice 2012.jpg at WFSC]]
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| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! Total points ! colspan="2" width="80px" | PR ! colspan="2" width="80px" | SP ! colspan="2" width="80px" | FS |
|---|
| bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | {{ITA}} | align="center" | 189.94 | | | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 61.00 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 128.94 |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{RUS}} | align="center" | 184.28 | | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 64.61 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 119.67 |
| bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | {{JPN}} | align="center" | 180.68 | | | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 59.38 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 121.30 |
| 4
| {{USA}} | align="center" | 176.77 | | | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 56.42 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 120.35 |
| 5
| {{JPN}} | align="center" | 175.41 | | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 62.67 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 112.74 |
| 6
| {{JPN}} | align="center" | 164.52 | | | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 59.49 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 105.03 |
| 7
| {{CHN}} | align="center" | 157.57 | | | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 55.00 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 102.57 |
| 8
| {{ITA}} | align="center" | 150.10 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 88.92 | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 52.14 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 97.96 |
| 9
| {{RUS}} | align="center" | 149.48 | | | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 58.51 | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 90.97 |
| 10
| {{GEO}} | align="center" | 149.20 | | | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 58.49 | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 90.71 |
| 11
| {{SWE}} | align="center" | 148.54 | | | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 54.19 | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 94.35 |
| 12
| {{FRA}} | align="center" | 148.18 | | | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 48.42 | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 99.76 |
| 13
| {{EST}} | align="center" | 144.28 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 92.52 | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 49.04 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 95.24 |
| 14
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain | align="center" | 143.84 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 95.63 | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 50.42 | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 93.42 |
| 15
| {{ESP}} | align="center" | 140.24 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 91.84 | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 47.36 | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 92.88 |
| 16
| {{CAN}} | align="center" | 138.60 | | | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 49.37 | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 89.23 |
| 17
| {{UKR}} | align="center" | 136.36 | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 77.57 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 46.60 | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 89.76 |
| 18
| {{FIN}} | align="center" | 135.56 | | | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 47.75 | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 87.81 |
| 19
| {{RUS}} | align="center" | 129.98 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 81.70 | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 46.71 | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 83.27 |
| 20
| {{GER}} | align="center" | 129.20 | | | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 46.39 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 82.81 |
| 21
| {{AUT}} | align="center" | 126.17 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 85.09 | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | 45.80 | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 80.37 |
| 22
| {{USA}} | align="center" | 124.11 | | | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 48.31 | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | 75.80 |
| 23
| {{SUI}} | align="center" | 116.21 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 81.74 | align="center" | 24 | align="center" | 44.02 | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 72.19 |
| 24
| {{FIN}} | align="center" | 110.40 | | | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 44.16 | align="center" | 24 | align="center" | 66.24 |
| colspan="10" | Did not advance to free skating |
| 25
| {{PUR}} | | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 75.06 | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 43.27 | | |
| 26
| {{BEL}} | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 38.45 | | |
| 27
| {{LAT}} | | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 73.64 | align="center" | 27 | align="center" | 38.06 | | |
| 28
| {{KOR}} | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 28 | align="center" | 36.91 | | |
| 29
| {{IRL}} | | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 73.36 | align="center" | 29 | align="center" | 34.03 | | |
| 30
| {{RSA}} | | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 70.50 | align="center" | 30 | align="center" | 32.22 | | |
| colspan="10" | Did not advance to short program |
| 31
| {{TPE}} | | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 70.43 | | | | |
| 32
| {{MEX}} | | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 69.84 | | | | |
| 33
| {{TUR}} | | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 68.85 | | | | |
| 34
| {{LTU}} | | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 68.51 | | | | |
| 35
| {{DEN}} | | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 68.46 | | | | |
| 36
| {{THA}} | | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 67.62 | | | | |
| 37
| {{LUX}} | | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 67.44 | | | | |
| 38
| {{KOR}} | | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 67.17 | | | | |
| 39
| Daša Grm | {{SLO}} | | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 66.45 | | | | |
| 40
| {{AUS}} | | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | 65.48 | | | | |
| 41
| {{CZE}} | | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 65.47 | | | | |
| 42
| {{NOR}} | | align="center" | 24 | align="center" | 64.92 | | | | |
| 43
| {{ROM}} | | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 64.52 | | | | |
| 44
| {{SVK}} | | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 61.09 | | | | |
| 45
| {{GRE}} | | align="center" | 27 | align="center" | 60.49 | | | | |
| 46
| {{IND}} | | align="center" | 28 | align="center" | 58.06 | | | | |
| 47
| {{PHI}} | | align="center" | 29 | align="center" | 56.46 | | | | |
| 48
| {{BUL}} | | align="center" | 30 | align="center" | 56.38 | | | | |
| 49
| {{SRB}} | | align="center" | 31 | align="center" | 52.65 | | | | |
| 50
| {{CRO}} | | align="center" | 32 | align="center" | 52.16 | | | | |
| 51
| {{HUN}} | | align="center" | 33 | align="center" | 51.43 | | | | |
=Pairs=
File:Jielbeaumadier Savchenko Szolkowy 2 WFSC Nice 2012.jpg and Robin Szolkowy]]
File:Jielbeaumadier Volosozhar Trankov 2 WFSC Nice 2012.jpg and Maxim Trankov]]
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! Total points ! colspan="2" width="80px" | PR ! colspan="2" width="80px" | SP ! colspan="2" width="80px" | FS |
|---|
| bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | {{GER}} | align="center" | 201.49 | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 68.63 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 132.86 |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | {{RUS}} | align="center" | 201.38 | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 60.48 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 140.90 |
| bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | {{JPN}} | align="center" | 189.69 | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 65.37 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 124.32 |
| 4
| {{CHN}} | align="center" | 186.05 | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 67.10 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 118.95 |
| 5
| Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | {{CAN}} | align="center" | 185.41 | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 63.69 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 121.72 |
| 6
| Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov | {{RUS}} | align="center" | 183.68 | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 65.02 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 118.66 |
| 7
| Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | {{RUS}} | align="center" | 182.42 | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 59.59 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 122.83 |
| 8
| Caydee Denney / John Coughlin | {{USA}} | align="center" | 180.37 | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 62.48 | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 117.89 |
| 9
| Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | {{CHN}} | align="center" | 179.44 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 116.57 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 63.27 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 116.17 |
| 10
| Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker | {{USA}} | align="center" | 170.90 | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 59.62 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 111.28 |
| 11
| Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek | {{ITA}} | align="center" | 168.16 | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 60.39 | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 107.77 |
| 12
| Jessica Dubé / Sébastien Wolfe | {{CAN}} | align="center" | 156.36 | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 55.83 | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 100.53 |
| 13
| Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende | {{GER}} | align="center" | 145.80 | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 48.48 | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 97.32 |
| 14
| Mari Vartmann / Aaron van Cleave | {{GER}} | align="center" | 143.29 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 90.48 | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 47.91 | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 95.38 |
| 15
| Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | {{ITA}} | align="center" | 137.31 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 77.40 | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 49.07 | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 88.24 |
| 16
| Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | {{FRA}} | align="center" | 130.70 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 96.48 | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 50.51 | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 80.19 |
| colspan="10" | Did not advance to free skating |
| 17
| Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski | {{ISR}} | | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 84.71 | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 44.69 | | |
| 18
| Anaïs Morand / Timothy Leemann | {{SUI}} | | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 73.19 | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 44.59 | | |
| 19
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain | | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 89.30 | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 39.33 | | |
| 20
| {{PRK}} | | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 84.28 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 36.23 | | |
| colspan="10" | Did not advance to short program |
| 21
| Lubov Bakirova / Mikalai Kamianchuk | {{BLR}} | | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 71.58 | | | | |
| 22
| Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer | {{AUT}} | | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 64.72 | | | | |
| 23
| Elizabeta Makarova / Leri Kenchadze | {{BUL}} | | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 55.13 | | | | |
=Ice dancing=
File:Jielbeaumadier Pechalat Bourzat 2 WFSC Nice 2012.jpg and Fabian Bourzat]]
File:Jielbeaumadier Ilinykh Katsalapov WFSC Nice 2012.jpg and Nikita Katsalapov]]
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! Total points ! colspan="2" width="80px" | PR ! colspan="2" width="80px" | SD ! colspan="2" width="80px" | FD |
|---|
| bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | {{CAN}} | align="center" | 182.65 | | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 72.31 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 110.34 |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{USA}} | align="center" | 178.62 | | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 70.98 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 107.64 |
| bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | {{FRA}} | align="center" | 173.18 | | | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 69.13 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 104.05 |
| 4
| Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | {{CAN}} | align="center" | 166.65 | | | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 66.47 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 100.18 |
| 5
| Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov | {{RUS}} | align="center" | 161.00 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 92.40 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 65.34 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 95.66 |
| 6
| Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | {{ITA}} | align="center" | 160.62 | | | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 65.11 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 95.51 |
| 7
| Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | {{RUS}} | align="center" | 150.75 | | | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 58.29 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 92.46 |
| 8
| Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | {{USA}} | align="center" | 144.72 | | | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 62.35 | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 82.37 |
| 9
| Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko | {{RUS}} | align="center" | 144.43 | | | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 58.19 | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 86.24 |
| 10
| Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | {{USA}} | align="center" | 143.95 | | | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 59.56 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 84.39 |
| 11
| Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi | {{GER}} | align="center" | 141.36 | | | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 56.29 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 85.07 |
| 12
| {{CHN}} | align="center" | 130.27 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 79.69 | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 51.35 | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 78.92 |
| 13
| {{CAN}} | align="center" | 129.55 | | | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 50.75 | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 78.80 |
| 14
| Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain | align="center" | 129.31 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 79.09 | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 54.35 | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 74.96 |
| 15
| Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun | {{UKR}} | align="center" | 128.75 | | | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 48.70 | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 80.05 |
| 16
| Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi | {{ITA}} | align="center" | 126.89 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 73.96 | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 51.18 | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 75.71 |
| 17
| Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov | {{AZE}} | align="center" | 126.57 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 77.80 | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 48.15 | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 78.42 |
| 18
| Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas | {{LTU}} | align="center" | 124.07 | | | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 50.22 | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 73.85 |
| 19
| {{ESP}} | align="center" | 123.12 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 76.26 | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 48.68 | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 74.44 |
| 20
| Danielle O'Brien / Gregory Merriman | {{AUS}} | align="center" | 112.23 | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 71.37 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 47.92 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 64.31 |
| colspan="10" | Did not advance to free dance |
| 21
| Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones | {{FRA}} | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 47.75 | | |
| 22
| {{EST}} | | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 79.17 | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | 47.24 | | |
| 23
| {{HUN}} | | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 70.84 | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 45.70 | | |
| 24
| Cathy Reed / Chris Reed | {{JPN}} | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | 24 | align="center" | 44.19 | | |
| 25
| Anna Nagornyuk / Viktor Kovalenko | {{UZB}} | | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 70.88 | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 44.08 | | |
| colspan="10" | Did not advance to short dance |
| 26
| Gabriela Kubová / Dmitri Kiselev | {{CZE}} | | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 70.39 | | | | |
| 27
| Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley | {{SVK}} | | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 68.42 | | | | |
| 28
| Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo | {{FIN}} | | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 68.42 | | | | |
| 29
| Alexandra Zvorigina / Maciej Bernadowski | {{POL}} | | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 68.29 | | | | |
| 30
| Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost | {{SUI}} | | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 66.29 | | | | |
| 31
| Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar | {{TUR}} | | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 64.61 | | | | |
| 32
| Ksenia Pecherkina / Aleksandrs Jakushin | {{LAT}} | | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 62.15 | | | | |
| 33
| Corenne Bruhns / Ryan Van Natten | {{MEX}} | | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 61.11 | | | | |
| 34
| Ekaterina Bugrov / Vasili Rogov | {{ISR}} | | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 60.81 | | | | |
| 35
| Cortney Mansour / Daryn Zhunussov | {{KAZ}} | | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 58.92 | | | | |
| 36
| Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin | {{AUT}} | | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 57.78 | | | | |
| 37
| Alexandra Chistiakova / Dimitar Lichev | {{BUL}} | | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | 55.22 | | | | |
| 38
| Lesia Valadzenkava / Vitali Vakunov | {{BLR}} | | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 53.00 | | | | |
Medals summary
=Medalists=
Medals for overall placement:
| {{MedalistTable|type=Discipline}} |
| align="center" | Men
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Patrick Chan | {{flagicon|JPN}} Daisuke Takahashi | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuzuru Hanyu |
| align="center" | Ladies
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Carolina Kostner | {{flagicon|RUS}} Alena Leonova | {{flagicon|JPN}} Akiko Suzuki |
| align="center" | Pairs
| {{flagicon|GER}} Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | {{flagicon|RUS}} Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | {{flagicon|JPN}} Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran |
| align="center" | Ice dancing
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | {{flagicon|USA}} Meryl Davis / Charlie White | {{flagicon|FRA}} Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat |
Small medals for placement in the short segment:
| {{MedalistTable|type=Discipline}} |
| align="center" | Men
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Patrick Chan | {{flagicon|CZE}} Michal Březina | {{flagicon|JPN}} Daisuke Takahashi |
| align="center" | Ladies
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Alena Leonova | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kanako Murakami | {{flagicon|ITA}} Carolina Kostner |
| align="center" | Pairs
| {{flagicon|GER}} Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | {{flagicon|CHN}} Pang Qing / Tong Jian | {{flagicon|JPN}} Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran |
| align="center" | Ice dancing
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | {{flagicon|USA}} Meryl Davis / Charlie White | {{flagicon|FRA}} Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat |
Small medals for placement in the free segment:
| {{MedalistTable|type=Discipline}} |
| align="center" | Men
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Patrick Chan | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuzuru Hanyu | {{flagicon|JPN}} Daisuke Takahashi |
| align="center" | Ladies
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Carolina Kostner | {{flagicon|JPN}} Akiko Suzuki | {{flagicon|USA}} Ashley Wagner |
| align="center" | Pairs
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | {{flagicon|GER}} Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | {{flagicon|JPN}} Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran |
| align="center" | Ice dancing
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | {{flagicon|USA}} Meryl Davis / Charlie White | {{flagicon|FRA}} Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat |
=Medals by country=
Table of medals for overall placement:
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template =
| event =
| team =
| gold_CAN = 2 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 0
| gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 0
| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 0
| gold_RUS = 0 | silver_RUS = 2 | bronze_RUS = 0
| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 3
| gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 0
| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 1
}}
References
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External links
{{commons category}}
- [http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2012/ Starting orders and results] at the International Skating Union
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111002000802/http://www.worlds2012.fr/ Official website of Nice 2012]
- [http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00011327.htm Entries and schedule]
{{World Figure Skating Championships}}
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