2016 World Figure Skating Championships#Changes to initial assignments

{{Short description|Annual figure skating competition held in 2016}}

{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition

|title= 2016 World Figure Skating Championships

|image= WFSC 2016 Logo PMS outline.jpg{{!}}border

|imagesize=180px

|caption= Official logo

|comptype= ISU Championship

|startdate= 28 March

|enddate= 3 April

|skatingseason= 2015–16

|host= U.S. Figure Skating

|venue= TD Garden

|location= Boston, USA

|prizemoney=

|championmen= {{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Fernández

|championladies= {{flagicon|RUS}} Evgenia Medvedeva

|championpairs= {{flagicon|CAN}} Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford

|championdance = {{flagicon|FRA}} Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron

|previouscomp= 2015 World Championships

|nextcomp= 2017 World Championships

}}

The 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships took place March 28 – April 3, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. Figure skaters competed for the title of World champion in men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs and ice dancing. This marked the first time Boston was host to the World Figure Skating Championships. The competition determined the number of athlete slots for each federation at the 2017 World Championships.

Background

The World Figure Skating Championships is the sport's most important annual competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). In June 2013, the city of Boston was announced as the host city of the 2016 event. The competition was organized by U.S. Figure Skating, and the Skating Club of Boston served as the local organizing committee. Founded in 1912, it is the third-oldest skating club in the United States and is a founding member of U.S. Figure Skating.

Venues

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The TD Garden was the primary arena for the 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships. The venue hosted all competitions and several practice sessions. The second official practice venue for the event was DCR Steriti Rink.

= TD Garden =

The TD Garden is a multipurpose arena located in Boston, Massachusetts. The arena hosted a maximum capacity of approximately 15,000 seats for the event. The TD Garden also serves as the home arena for two of Boston's professional sports teams, the Boston Celtics and the Boston Bruins.

= DCR Steriti Rink =

DCR Steriti Rink is a local area rink managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. It is located in the North End neighborhood of Boston and is a short distance from the main venue. This rink served as the practice venue and was open only to credentialed participants of the event.

Records

{{see also|List of highest historical scores in figure skating}}

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

class="wikitable sortable"
EventComponentSkatersScoreDateRef
Ice dancing

| Free dance

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron

| 118.17

| 31 March 2016

| {{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/phsdfd.htm|title=Progression of Highest Score Ice Dance Free Dance Score|date=1 April 2016|publisher=International Skating Union|access-date=3 April 2016}}

Ladies

| Free skate

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Evgenia Medvedeva

| 150.10

| 2 April 2016

| {{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/phslfs.htm|title=Progression of Highest Score Ladies Free Skating Score|date=3 April 2016|publisher=International Skating Union|access-date=3 April 2016}}

Argentina was represented by a skater at the ISU World Championships for the first time in history.{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00013644.htm |title=Denis MARGALIK |publisher=International Skating Union |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701163656/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00013644.htm |archive-date=July 1, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Qualification

Skaters were eligible for the event if they represented an ISU member nations and had reached the age of 15 before 1 July 2015 in their place of birth. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandated that their selections achieved a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the World Championships.

=Minimum TES =

class="wikitable"

|+ Minimum technical scores (TES)

bgcolor=b0c4de align=center

! Discipline

! SP / SD

! FS / FD

Men || 34 || 64
Ladies || 27 || 47
Pairs || 25 || 43
Ice dance || 29 || 39
colspan=3 align=center | Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event
in the ongoing or preceding season.
SP and FS scores may be attained at different events.

=Number of entries per discipline=

Based on the results of the 2015 World Championships, each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline.{{cite web |url=http://static.isu.org/media/213423/1956-entries-isu-championships-2016.pdf |title=Communication No. 1956: Entries ISU Championships 2016 |date=31 July 2015 |publisher=International Skating Union |access-date=17 April 2016 |archive-date=7 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907233433/http://static.isu.org/media/213423/1956-entries-isu-championships-2016.pdf |url-status=dead }}

class="wikitable"
Spots

! Men

! Ladies

! Pairs

! Dance

3

| valign=top | {{ESP}}
{{USA}}

| valign=top | {{RUS}}
{{JPN}}
{{USA}}

| valign=top | {{CAN}}
{{CHN}}
{{RUS}}

| valign=top | {{FRA}}
{{USA}}
{{CAN}}

2

| valign=top | {{JPN}}
{{KAZ}}
{{CAN}}
{{UZB}}
{{RUS}}
{{FRA}}
{{CHN}}

| valign=top | {{CHN}}
{{FRA}}
{{CAN}}
{{KOR}}

| valign=top | {{USA}}
{{FRA}}
{{ITA}}

| valign=top | {{ITA}}
{{RUS}}

colspan=5 align=center | If not listed above, one entry is allowed.

Entries

Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2015. The ISU published a complete list of entries on March 8, 2016.

class="wikitable"
Country

! Men

! Ladies

! Pairs

! Ice dancing

Valign="Top"

| {{ARG}}

| Denis Margalik

|

|

|

Valign="Top"

| {{ARM}}

| Slavik Hayrapetyan

| Anastasia Galustyan

|

| Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal

Valign="Top"

| {{AUS}}

| Brendan Kerry

| Kailani Craine

|

|

Valign="Top"

| {{AUT}}

|

| Kerstin Frank

| Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer

| Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin

Valign="Top"

| {{BLR}}

|

|

| Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai Kamianchuk

| Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev

Valign="Top"

| {{BEL}}

| Jorik Hendrickx

|

|

|

Valign="Top"

| {{CAN}}

| Patrick Chan
Nam Nguyen

| Alaine Chartrand
Gabrielle Daleman

| Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro

| Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette

Valign="Top"

| {{CHN}}

| Jin Boyang
Yan Han

| Li Zijun
Zhao Ziquan

| Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei
Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao

| Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu

Valign="Top"

| {{TPE}}

|

| Amy Lin

|

|

Valign="Top"

| {{CZE}}

| Michal Březina

| Eliška Březinová

|

| Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka

Valign="Top"

| {{DEN}}

|

|

|

| Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen

Valign="Top"

| {{FIN}}

|

| Viveca Lindfors

|

| Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen

Valign="Top"

| {{FRA}}

| Chafik Besseghier

| Maé-Bérénice Méité
Laurine Lecavelier

| Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov

| Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron

Valign="Top"

| {{GER}}

| Franz Streubel

| Nathalie Weinzierl

| Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot

| Kavita Lorenz / Panagiotis Polizoakis

Valign="Top"

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain

| Phillip Harris

| Kristen Spours

|

| Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland

Valign="Top"

| {{HUN}}

|

| Ivett Tóth

|

|

Valign="Top"

| {{ISR}}

| Alexei Bychenko

|

| Adel Tankova / Evgeni Krasnopolski

| Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko

Valign="Top"

| {{ITA}}

| Ivan Righini

| Roberta Rodeghiero

| Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek

| Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri

Valign="Top"

| {{JPN}}{{cite tweet|user=WFS_JP|author=World Figure Skating|number=681086750186274816|date=27 December 2015|title=【代表発表速報】世界選手権の日本代表は、男子が羽生結弦、宇野昌磨、女子が宮原知子、浅田真央、本郷理華、ペアが須藤澄玲&フランシス・ブードロ オデの各選手です。アイスダンスは今後の国際大会の結果次第で選考です。}}

| Yuzuru Hanyu
Shoma Uno

| Satoko Miyahara
Mao Asada
Rika Hongo

| Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet

| Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed

Valign="Top"

| {{KAZ}}

| Denis Ten

| Elizabet Tursynbayeva

|

| Anastasia Khromova / Daryn Zhunussov

Valign="Top"

| {{LAT}}

| Deniss Vasiļjevs

| Angelīna Kučvaļska

|

| Olga Jakushina / Andrey Nevskiy

Valign="Top"

| {{LTU}}

|

| Aleksandra Golovkina

| Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev

|

Valign="Top"

| {{MAS}}

| Julian Zhi Jie Yee

|

|

|

Valign="Top"

| {{NED}}

|

| Niki Wories

|

|

Valign="Top"

| {{NOR}}

|

| Anne Line Gjersem

|

|

Valign="Top"

| {{PHI}}

| Michael Christian Martinez

|

|

|

Valign="Top"

| {{POL}}

|

|

|

| Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev

Valign="Top"

| {{RUS}}

| Maxim Kovtun
Mikhail Kolyada

| Evgenia Medvedeva
Elena Radionova
Anna Pogorilaya

| Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov
Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov

| Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin

Valign="Top"

| {{SVK}}

|

| Nicole Rajičová

|

| Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley

Valign="Top"

| {{SLO}}

|

| Daša Grm

|

|

Valign="Top"

| {{KOR}}

| Lee June-hyoung

| Choi Da-bin
Park So-youn

|

| Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov

Valign="Top"

| {{ESP}}

| Javier Fernández
Javier Raya

| Sonia Lafuente

|

| Celia Robledo / Luis Fenero

Valign="Top"

| {{SWE}}

|

| Joshi Helgesson

|

|

Valign="Top"

| {{SUI}}

|

| Yasmine Yamada

| Ioulia Chtchetinina / Noah Scherer

|

Valign="Top"

| {{TUR}}

|

|

|

| Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar

Valign="Top"

| {{UKR}}

| Ivan Pavlov

| Anna Khnychenkova

|

| Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin

Valign="Top"

| {{USA}}

| Max Aaron
Grant Hochstein
Adam Rippon

| Gracie Gold
Mirai Nagasu
Ashley Wagner

| Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea
Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim

| Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

Valign="Top"

| {{UZB}}

| Misha Ge

|

|

|

=Changes to initial assignments=

class="wikitable"
Announced

! Country

! Discipline

! Initial

! Replacement

! Reason/Other notes

January 28, 2016

| United States

| Men

| Nathan Chen

| Grant Hochstein

| Chen's hip surgery

March 11, 2016

| Canada

| Men

| Liam Firus

| Nam Nguyen

| Performance

March 11, 2016

| Canada

| Pairs

| Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau

| Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro

| Séguin's injury

March 22, 2016

| Sweden

| Men

| Alexander Majorov

| No substitute

| Precursor to a stress fracture of the pelvis

March 23, 2016

| United States

| Ladies

| Polina Edmunds

| Mirai Nagasu

| Edmunds' foot injury

March 26, 2016

| China

| Pairs

| Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang

| Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao

| Yu/Jin became substitutes.

Results

=Men=

The Men's short program was held on March 30. The free skate was held on April 1.{{Cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/wc2016/SEG001.HTM|title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2016 - Men|website=www.isuresults.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! Total points

! colspan="2" width="80px" | SP

! colspan="2" width="80px" | FS

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Javier Fernández

| {{ESP}}

| align="center" |314.93

| align="center" |2

| align="center" | 98.52

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |216.41

bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

|Yuzuru Hanyu

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" |295.17

| align="center" |1

| align="center" | 110.56

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |184.61

bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Jin Boyang

| {{CHN}}

| align="center" |270.99

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 89.86

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |181.13

4

| Mikhail Kolyada

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" |267.97

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 89.66

| align="center" |5

| align="center" |178.31

align="center" |5

| Patrick Chan

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" |266.75

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 94.84

| align="center" |8

| align="center" |171.91

6

| Adam Rippon

| {{USA}}

| align="center" |264.44

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 85.72

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |178.72

7

| Shoma Uno

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" | 264.25

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 90.74

| align="center" |6

| align="center" |173.51

8

| Max Aaron

| {{USA}}

| align="center" |254.14

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 81.28

| align="center" |7

| align="center" |172.86

9

| Michal Březina

| {{CZE}}

| align="center" |237.99

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" | 79.29

| align="center" |10

| align="center" |158.70

10

| Grant Hochstein

| {{USA}}

| align="center" |237.29

| align="center" | 16

| align="center" | 74.81

| align="center" |9

| align="center" |162.44

11

| Denis Ten

| {{KAZ}}

| align="center" |230.13

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" | 78.55

| align="center" |12

| align="center" |151.58

12

| Ivan Righini

| {{ITA}}

| align="center" |228.52

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 81.17

| align="center" |13

| align="center" |147.35

13

| Alexei Bychenko

| {{ISR}}

| align="center" |226.07

| align="center" | 19

| align="center" | 69.86

| align="center" |11

| align="center" |156.21

14

| Deniss Vasiļjevs

| {{LAT}}

| align="center" |224.54

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" | 81.07

| align="center" |16

| align="center" |143.47

15

| Misha Ge

| {{UZB}}

| align="center" |223.53

| align="center" | 15

| align="center" | 77.43

| align="center" |14

| align="center" |146.10

16

| Jorik Hendrickx

| {{BEL}}

| align="center" |221.43

| align="center" | 14

| align="center" | 77.72

| align="center" |15

| align="center" |143.71

17

| Brendan Kerry

| {{AUS}}

| align="center" |210.56

| align="center" | 17

| align="center" | 71.04

| align="center" |17

| align="center" |139.52

18

| Maxim Kovtun

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" |210.14

| align="center" | 13

| align="center" | 78.46

| align="center" |21

| align="center" |131.68

19

| Michael Christian Martinez

| {{PHI}}

| align="center" |204.10

| align="center" | 23

| align="center" | 66.98

| align="center" |18

| align="center" |137.12

20

| Chafik Besseghier

| {{FRA}}

| align="center" |203.20

| align="center" | 20

| align="center" | 69.23

| align="center" |20

| align="center" |133.97

21

| Julian Zhi Jie Yee

| {{MAS}}

| align="center" |202.94

| align="center" | 22

| align="center" | 67.60

| align="center" |19

| align="center" |135.34

22

| Phillip Harris

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain

| align="center" |190.42

| align="center" | 21

| align="center" | 68.53

| align="center" |22

| align="center" | 121.89

23

| Ivan Pavlov

| {{UKR}}

| align="center" | 178.89

| align="center" | 24

| align="center" | 65.20

| align="center" |23

| align="center" |113.69

24

| Lee June-hyoung

| {{KOR}}

| align="center" |174.88

| align="center" | 18

| align="center" | 70.05

| align="center" | 24

| align="center" |104.83

colspan=10 | Did not advance to free skate
25

| Javier Raya

| {{ESP}}

| align="center" | 65.06

| align="center" | 25

| align="center" | 65.06

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

26

| Yan Han

| {{CHN}}

| align="center" | 62.56

| align="center" | 26

| align="center" | 62.56

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

27

| Nam Nguyen

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" | 61.61

| align="center" | 27

| align="center" | 61.61

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

28

| Franz Streubel

| {{GER}}

| align="center" | 57.19

| align="center" | 28

| align="center" | 57.19

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

29

| Denis Margalik

| {{ARG}}

| align="center" | 52.31

| align="center" | 29

| align="center" | 52.31

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

30

| Slavik Hayrapetyan

| {{ARM}}

| align="center" | 49.36

| align="center" | 30

| align="center" | 49.36

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

=Ladies=

The Ladies short program was held on March 31. The free skate took place on April 2, 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/wc2016/SEG003.HTM|title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2016 - Ladies|website=www.isuresults.com|access-date=2016-03-31}} Gracie Gold took a 2.45 point lead after the short program. Anna Pogorilaya edged out Evgenia Medvedeva for second place by 0.22. Ashley Wagner, the US Nationals bronze medalist, was just out of medal position, 0.60 behind Medvedeva. The 2015 World bronze medalist Elena Radionova was in fifth, while former World champion Mao Asada was in ninth. Defending world champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was not selected by her federation for the event after finishing 8th at the Russian Championships. In the free skate, Medvedeva had a record-setting score of 150.10 to win the gold medal. Wagner moved into second place to win the United States' first World Championship ladies medal since 2006. Pogorilaya finished third ahead of Gold.

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! Total points

! colspan="2" width="80px" | SP

! colspan="2" width="80px" | FS

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Evgenia Medvedeva

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 223.86

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 73.76

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 150.10 WR

bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Ashley Wagner

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 215.39

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 73.16

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 142.23

bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Anna Pogorilaya

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 213.69

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 73.98

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 139.71

4

| Gracie Gold

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 211.29

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 76.43

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 134.86

5

| Satoko Miyahara

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" | 210.61

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 70.72

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 139.89

6

| Elena Radionova

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 209.81

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 71.70

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 138.11

7

| Mao Asada

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" | 200.30

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 65.87

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 134.43

8

| Rika Hongo

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" | 199.15

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 69.89

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 129.26

9

| Gabrielle Daleman

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" | 195.68

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 67.38

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 128.30

10

| Mirai Nagasu

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 186.65

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" | 65.74

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" | 120.91

11

| Li Zijun

| {{CHN}}

| align="center" | 184.52

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" | 65.39

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" |119.13

12

| Elizabet Tursynbaeva

| {{KAZ}}

| align="center" | 183.62

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" | 61.63

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" |121.99

13

| Nicole Rajičová

| {{SVK}}

| align="center" | 173.05

| align="center" | 15

| align="center" | 56.56

| align="center" | 13

| align="center" | 116.49

14

| Choi Da-bin

| {{KOR}}

| align="center" | 159.92

| align="center" | 16

| align="center" | 56.02

| align="center" | 15

| align="center" | 103.90

15

| Angelīna Kučvaļska

| {{LAT}}

| align="center" | 158.99

| align="center" | 18

| align="center" | 54.78

| align="center" | 14

| align="center" | 104.21

16

| Roberta Rodeghiero

| {{ITA}}

| align="center" | 158.41

| align="center" | 13

| align="center" | 57.90

| align="center" | 19

| align="center" | 100.51

17

| Alaine Chartrand

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" | 157.82

| align="center" | 17

| align="center" | 55.67

| align="center" | 17

| align="center" | 102.15

18

| Park So-youn

| {{KOR}}

| align="center" | 154.24

| align="center" | 22

| align="center" | 52.27

| align="center" | 18

| align="center" | 101.97

19

| Anna Khnychenkova

| {{UKR}}

| align="center" | 154.02

| align="center" | 19

| align="center" | 53.86

| align="center" | 20

| align="center" | 100.16

20

| Viveca Lindfors

| {{FIN}}

| align="center" | 152.93

| align="center" | 23

| align="center" | 50.18

| align="center" | 16

| align="center" | 102.75

21

| Amy Lin

| {{TPE}}

| align="center" | 146.55

| align="center" | 14

| align="center" | 57.50

| align="center" | 22

| align="center" | 89.05

22

| Niki Wories

| {{NED}}

| align="center" | 140.87

| align="center" | 24

| align="center" | 49.86

| align="center" | 21

| align="center" | 91.01

23

| Zhao Ziquan

| {{CHN}}

| align="center" | 139.67

| align="center" | 21

| align="center" | 52.80

| align="center" | 23

| align="center" | 86.87

24

| Anastasia Galustyan

| {{ARM}}

| align="center" | 136.07

| align="center" | 20

| align="center" | 53.24

| align="center" | 24

| align="center" | 82.83

colspan=10 | Did not advance to free skate
25

| Maé-Bérénice Méité

| {{FRA}}

| align="center" | 49.50

| align="center" | 25

| align="center" | 49.50

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

26

| Anne Line Gjersem

| {{NOR}}

| align="center" | 49.39

| align="center" | 26

| align="center" | 49.39

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

27

| Kailani Craine

| {{AUS}}

| align="center" | 48.86

| align="center" | 27

| align="center" | 48.86

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

28

| Ivett Tóth

| {{HUN}}

| align="center" | 47.92

| align="center" | 28

| align="center" | 47.92

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

29

| Eliška Březinová

| {{CZE}}

| align="center" | 47.75

| align="center" | 29

| align="center" | 47.75

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

30

| Joshi Helgesson

| {{SWE}}

| align="center" | 47.67

| align="center" | 30

| align="center" | 47.67

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

31

| Laurine Lecavelier

| {{FRA}}

| align="center" | 46.92

| align="center" | 31

| align="center" | 46.92

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

32

| Kerstin Frank

| {{AUT}}

| align="center" | 46.77

| align="center" | 32

| align="center" | 46.77

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

33

| Aleksandra Golovkina

| {{LTU}}

| align="center" | 44.58

| align="center" | 33

| align="center" | 44.58

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

34

| Yasmine Yamada

| {{SUI}}

| align="center" | 43.65

| align="center" | 34

| align="center" | 43.65

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

35

| Nathalie Weinzierl

| {{GER}}

| align="center" | 43.25

| align="center" | 35

| align="center" | 43.25

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

36

| Kristen Spours

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain

| align="center" | 42.64

| align="center" | 36

| align="center" | 42.64

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

37

| Sonia Lafuente

| {{ESP}}

| align="center" | 39.99

| align="center" | 37

| align="center" | 39.99

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

38

| Daša Grm

| {{SLO}}

| align="center" | 37.95

| align="center" | 38

| align="center" | 37.95

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

=Pairs=

The pairs short program was held on April 1 and the free skate on April 2.

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! Total points

! colspan="2" width="80px" | SP

! colspan="2" width="80px" | FS

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" | 231.99

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 78.18

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 153.81

bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Sui Wenjing / Han Cong

| {{CHN}}

| align="center" | 224.47

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 80.85

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 143.62

bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot

| {{GER}}

| align="center" | 216.17

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 74.22

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 141.95

4

|| Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 214.48

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 73.98

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 140.50

5

| Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 206.27

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 72.00

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 134.27

6

| Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 205.81

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 77.13

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 128.68

7

| Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" | 199.52

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 68.17

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 131.35

8

| Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" | 190.90

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" | 66.06

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 124.84

9

| Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 190.06

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 71.37

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" | 118.69

10

| Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès

| {{FRA}}

| align="center" | 185.83

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 66.69

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" | 119.14

11

| Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise

| {{ITA}}

| align="center" | 183.81

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" | 65.32

| align="center" | 13

| align="center" | 118.49

12

| Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao

| {{CHN}}

| align="center" | 182.46

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" | 60.01

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 122.45

13

| Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 178.23

| align="center" | 14

| align="center" | 59.27

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" | 118.96

14

| Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek

| {{ITA}}

| align="center" | 170.73

| align="center" | 13

| align="center" | 59.76

| align="center" | 15

| align="center" | 110.97

15

| Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei

| {{CHN}}

| align="center" | 168.64

| align="center" | 15

| align="center" | 57.32

| align="center" | 14

| align="center" | 111.33

16

| Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov

| {{FRA}}

| align="center" | 137.24

| align="center" | 16

| align="center" | 52.78

| align="center" | 16

| align="center" | 84.46

colspan=10 | Did not advance to free skate
17

| Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev

| {{LTU}}

| align="center" | 51.65

| align="center" | 17

| align="center" | 51.65

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

18

| Ioulia Chtchetinina / Noah Scherer

| {{SUI}}

| align="center" | 49.32

| align="center" | 18

| align="center" | 49.32

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

19

| Adel Tankova / Evgeni Krasnopolski

| {{ISR}}

| align="center" | 46.81

| align="center" | 19

| align="center" | 46.81

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

20

| Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai Kamianchuk

| {{BLR}}

| align="center" | 45.56

| align="center" | 20

| align="center" | 45.56

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

21

| Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer

| {{AUT}}

| align="center" | 45.31

| align="center" | 21

| align="center" | 45.31

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

22

| Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" | 38.50

| align="center" | 22

| align="center" | 38.50

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

=Ice dancing=

The short dance was held on March 30.{{Cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/wc2016/SEG007.HTM|title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2016 - Ice Dance|website=www.isuresults.com|access-date=2016-03-31}} 2015 World champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France obtained a small gold medal for the short dance for the first time in their career. They were followed by two American teams. 2011 World bronze medalists Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani placed second (-1.59) while 2015 silver medalists Madison Chock / Evan Bates took the third position, 2.24 behind the Shibutanis.

The free dance was held on March 31, 2016. Papadakis/Cizeron set a new world record for the free dance (118.17 points) and they won their second consecutive world title. The Shibutanis returned to the world podium four years after their first medal. Chock/Bates took the bronze medal, marking the third time that the U.S. has finished with two ice dancing teams on the World podium (earlier: 1966, 2011). Cappellini/Lanotte rose to fourth while Weaver/Poje finished fifth.

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! Total points

! colspan="2" width="80px" | SD

! colspan="2" width="80px" | FD

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron

| {{FRA}}

| align="center" |194.46

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 76.29

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |118.17

bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

| {{USA}}

| align="center" |188.43

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 74.70

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |113.73

bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Madison Chock / Evan Bates

| {{USA}}

| align="center" |185.77

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 72.46

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |113.31

4

| Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte

| {{ITA}}

| align="center" |182.72

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 70.65

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |112.07

5

| Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" |182.01

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 71.83

| align="center" |5

| align="center" |110.18

6

| Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

| {{USA}}

| align="center" |176.81

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 68.44

| align="center" |6

| align="center" |108.37

7

| Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain

| align="center" | 173.17

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 68.23

| align="center" |7

| align="center" |104.94

8

| Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" |173.07

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 70.70

| align="center" |8

| align="center" |102.37

9

| Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" |168.97

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 67.68

| align="center" |10

| align="center" |101.29

10

| Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri

| {{ITA}}

| align="center" |167.91

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" | 65.96

| align="center" |9

| align="center" |101.95

11

| Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" |163.30

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" | 63.84

| align="center" |11

| align="center" |99.46

12

| Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko

| {{ISR}}

| align="center" | 154.41

| align="center" | 13

| align="center" | 60.97

| align="center" |12

| align="center" |93.44

13

| Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen

| {{DEN}}

| align="center" |151.66

| align="center" | 15

| align="center" | 59.75

| align="center" |13

| align="center" | 91.91

14

| Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley

| {{SVK}}

| align="center" |148.83

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" | 61.75

| align="center" |15

| align="center" |87.08

15

| Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" |147.90

| align="center" | 16

| align="center" | 59.00

| align="center" |14

| align="center" |88.90

16

| Natalia Kaliszek / Maksim Spodirev

| {{POL}}

| align="center" |146.42

| align="center" | 14

| align="center" | 59.88

| align="center" |16

| align="center" |86.54

17

| Kavita Lorenz / Panagiotis Polizoakis

| {{GER}}

| align="center" |138.66

| align="center" | 18

| align="center" | 54.80

| align="center" |17

| align="center" |83.86

18

| Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen

| {{FIN}}

| align="center" |132.85

| align="center" | 17

| align="center" | 56.51

| align="center" |19

| align="center" |76.34

19

| Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin

| {{UKR}}

| align="center" |131.39

| align="center" | 20

| align="center" | 53.64

| align="center" |18

| align="center" |77.75

20

| Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin

| {{AUT}}

| align="center" |130.88

| align="center" | 19

| align="center" | 54.63

| align="center" | 20

| align="center" |76.25

colspan=10 | Did not advance to free dance
21

| Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar

| {{TUR}}

| align="center" | 53.56

| align="center" | 21

| align="center" | 53.56

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

22

| Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu

| {{CHN}}

| align="center" | 52.92

| align="center" | 22

| align="center" | 52.92

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

23

| Elisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" | 51.94

| align="center" | 23

| align="center" | 51.94

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

24

| Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka

| {{CZE}}

| align="center" | 51.68

| align="center" | 24

| align="center" | 51.68

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

25

| Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov

| {{KOR}}

| align="center" | 49.79

| align="center" | 25

| align="center" | 49.79

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

26

| Celia Robledo / Luis Fenero

| {{ESP}}

| align="center" | 49.58

| align="center" | 26

| align="center" | 49.58

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

27

| Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal

| {{ARM}}

| align="center" | 47.11

| align="center" | 27

| align="center" | 47.11

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

28

| Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev

| {{BLR}}

| align="center" | 40.82

| align="center" | 28

| align="center" | 40.82

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

29

| Olga Jakushina / Andrey Nevskiy

| {{LAT}}

| align="center" | 40.80

| align="center" | 29

| align="center" | 40.80

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

30

| Anastasia Khromova / Daryn Zhunussov

| {{KAZ}}

| align="center" | 40.69

| align="center" | 30

| align="center" | 40.69

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

Medals summary

=Medalists=

Medals for overall placement:

{{MedalistTable|type=Discipline}}
align=center | Men

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Fernández

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuzuru Hanyu

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Jin Boyang

align=center | Ladies

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Evgenia Medvedeva

| {{flagicon|USA}} Ashley Wagner

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Pogorilaya

align=center | Pairs

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Sui Wenjing / Han Cong

| {{flagicon|GER}} Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot

align=center | Ice dancing

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron

| {{flagicon|USA}} Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

| {{flagicon|USA}} Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Small medals for placement in the short segment:

{{MedalistTable|type=Discipline}}
align=center | Men

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuzuru Hanyu

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Fernández

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Patrick Chan

align=center | Ladies

| {{flagicon|USA}} Gracie Gold

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Pogorilaya

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Evgenia Medvedeva

align=center | Pairs

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Sui Wenjing / Han Cong

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov

align=center | Ice dancing

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron

| {{flagicon|USA}} Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

| {{flagicon|USA}} Madison Chock / Evan Bates

{{Cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/wc2016/index.htm|title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2016|website=www.isuresults.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}

Small medals for placement in the free segment:

{{MedalistTable|type=Discipline}}
align=center | Men

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Fernández

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuzuru Hanyu

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Jin Boyang

align=center | Ladies

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Evgenia Medvedeva

| {{flagicon|USA}} Ashley Wagner

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Satoko Miyahara

align=center | Pairs

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford

| | {{flagicon|CHN}} Sui Wenjing / Han Cong

| {{flagicon|GER}} Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot

align=center | Ice dancing

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron

| {{flagicon|USA}} Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

| {{flagicon|USA}} Madison Chock / Evan Bates

=By country=

Table of medals for overall placement:

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

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

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

| gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 0

| gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 0

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

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

| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 0

| gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 1

}}

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{{cite news |url= http://www.usfigureskating.org/story?id=89503 |title= Edmunds Withdraws from 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships |publisher= U.S. Figure Skating |date= March 23, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160323223151/http://www.usfigureskating.org/story?id=89503&type=media |archive-date= March 23, 2016 |url-status= live }}

{{cite news |url= https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2016/03/09/guide-world-figure-skating-championships-boston/q6K2GD6mJ4kr1FsYA6E3iK/story.html |title= Guide to 2016 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston |first= Rachel G. |last= Bowers |publisher= Boston Globe |date= March 9, 2016 }}

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