2003 World Figure Skating Championships

The 2003 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., USA from March 24 to 30. The senior-level international figure skating competition was sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

2003 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 24 – 30
Season:2002–03
Location:Washington, D.C., USA
Venue:MCI Center
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Evgeni Plushenko
Ladies' singles:
United States Michelle Kwan
Pairs:
China Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo
Ice dance:
Canada Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz
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2002 World Championships
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2004 World Championships

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)1315
2  United States (USA)1102
3  Canada (CAN)1001
 China (CHN)1001
5  Japan (JPN)0022
6  Bulgaria (BUL)0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Competition notes edit

Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups and the ice dancing compulsory dance were split into groups A and B. Ice dancers in both groups performed the same compulsory dance. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.

Michelle Kwan won her fifth and final world championship, the most of any ladies skater since 1960.

Results edit

Men edit

RankNameNationTFPQBQASPFS
1Evgeni Plushenko  Russia2.0111
2Timothy Goebel  United States4.0222
3Takeshi Honda  Japan5.6233
4Li Chengjiang  China8.0444
5Michael Weiss  United States8.4155
6Brian Joubert  France13.2966
7Sergei Davydov  Belarus13.6677
8Emanuel Sandhu  Canada16.05108
9Ilia Klimkin  Russia20.441311
10Stéphane Lambiel  Switzerland20.831610
11Zhang Min  China21.85189
12Stanislav Timchenko  Russia22.881113
13Ryan Jahnke  United States24.63918
14Ivan Dinev  Bulgaria25.271414
15Jeffrey Buttle  Canada26.26819
16Stanick Jeannette  France28.0121216
17Andrejs Vlascenko  Germany29.0112112
18Gheorghe Chiper  Romania30.481717
19Kevin van der Perren  Belgium31.072215
20Roman Skorniakov  Uzbekistan33.0101520
21Vakhtang Murvanidze  Georgia37.091922
22Tomáš Verner  Czech Republic37.4112021
23Silvio Smalun  Germany42.0102523
24Gregor Urbas  Slovenia43.0132324
Free skating not reached
25Karel Zelenka  Italy1424
26Sergei Kotov  Israel1327
27Zoltán Tóth  Hungary1526
28Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari  Finland1228
29Juraj Sviatko  Slovakia1429
30Konstantin Tupikov  Ukraine1530
Short program not reached
31Kristoffer Berntsson  Sweden16
31Maciej Kuś  Poland16
33Yon García  Spain17
33Lee Dong-whun  South Korea17
35Clemens Jonas  Austria18
35Aidas Reklys  Lithuania18
37Bradley Santer  Australia19
37Manuel Segura  Mexico19
39Sean Carlow  Australia20
39Aramais Grigorian  Armenia20

Ladies edit

RankNameNationTFPQAQBSPFS
1Michelle Kwan  United States2.0111
2Elena Sokolova  Russia4.0222
3Fumie Suguri  Japan6.2134
4Sasha Cohen  United States7.8363
5Viktoria Volchkova  Russia9.2355
6Sarah Hughes  United States13.2686
7Elena Liashenko  Ukraine14.2578
8Shizuka Arakawa  Japan15.24117
9Jennifer Robinson  Canada15.2299
10Carolina Kostner  Italy17.09411
11Yoshie Onda  Japan23.841215
12Alisa Drei  Finland24.081810
13Ludmila Nelidina  Russia24.051513
14Júlia Sebestyén  Hungary24.0101014
15Julia Lautowa  Austria27.0121712
16Galina Maniachenko  Ukraine27.271416
17Joannie Rochette  Canada32.291619
18Fang Dan  China32.671322
19Sarah Meier  Switzerland35.2132018
20Mojca Kopač  Slovenia35.4132217
21Jenna McCorkell  United Kingdom35.8111920
22Anne-Sophie Calvez  France36.062121
23Anastasia Gimazetdinova  Uzbekistan41.082324
24Idora Hegel  Croatia43.2102723
Free skating not reached
25Sara Falotico  Belgium1524
26Miriam Manzano  Australia1425
27Olga Vassiljeva  Estonia1526
28Vanessa Giunchi  Italy1228
29Johanna Götesson  Sweden1129
30Tuğba Karademir  Turkey1430
Short program not reached
31Tamara Dorofejev  Hungary16
31Daria Timoshenko  Azerbaijan16
33Zuzana Babiaková  Slovakia17
33Gintarė Vostrecovaitė  Lithuania17
35Lucie Krausová  Czech Republic18
35Georgina Papavasiliou  Greece18
37Diane Chen  Chinese Taipei19
37Roxana Luca  Romania19
39Ana Cecilia Cantu  Mexico20
39Hristina Vassileva  Bulgaria20
41Cho Hae-lyeum  South Korea21
41Shirene Human  South Africa21

Pairs edit

RankNameNationTFPSPFS
1Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo  China2.021
2Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin  Russia2.512
3Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov  Russia4.533
4Pang Qing / Tong Jian  China8.084
5Anabelle Langlois / Patrice Archetto  Canada8.065
6Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao  China9.576
7Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek  Poland9.557
8Julia Obertas / Alexei Sokolov  Russia10.048
9Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn  United States15.5139
10Rena Inoue / John Baldwin, Jr.  United States15.51110
11Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola  Czech Republic17.01012
12Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis  France17.5913
13Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino  Canada18.51511
14Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Markuntsov  Japan20.01214
15Eva-Maria Fitze / Rico Rex  Germany23.01615
16Katie Orscher / Garrett Lucash  United States23.01416
17Tatiana Volosozhar / Petro Kharchenko  Ukraine25.51717
18Maria Guerassimenko / Vladimir Futáš  Slovakia27.01818
19Diana Rennik / Aleksei Saks  Estonia28.51919
20Marina Aganina / Artem Knyazev  Uzbekistan30.02020
Free skating not reached
21Olga Boguslavska / Andrei Brovenko  Latvia21

Ice dancing edit

RankNameNationTFPCDACDBODFD
1Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz  Canada2.6121
2Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh  Russia3.0112
3Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski  Bulgaria5.6233
4Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov  Russia7.6344
5Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov  Ukraine8.8255
6Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski  Israel10.8366
7Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto  United States12.8477
8Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev  United States14.4488
9Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder  France16.4599
10Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon  Canada18.051010
11Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali  Italy20.061111
12Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe  Canada22.071212
13Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin  Azerbaijan23.261313
14Natalia Gudina / Alexei Beletski  Israel25.681414
15Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin  Russia26.871515
16Veronika Morávková / Jiří Procházka  Czech Republic28.881616
17Zhang Weina / Cao Xianming  China31.491817
18Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek  Hungary31.891718
19Pamela O'Connor / Jonathon O'Dougherty  United Kingdom34.8111919
20Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido  Japan36.0102020
21Jessica Huot / Juha Valkama  Finland39.2112321
22Julia Golovina / Oleg Voyko  Ukraine39.6102123
23Roxane Petetin / Matthieu Jost  France40.0122222
24Anastasia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azrojan  Armenia43.2122424
Free dance not reached
25Natalie Buck / Trent Nelson-Bond  Australia1325
26Marina Timofeieva / Evgeni Striganov  Estonia1426
27Agnieszka Dulej / Sławomir Janicki  Poland1327
28Clover Mory Zatzman / Aurimas Radisauskas  Lithuania1528
29Tatiana Siniaver / Tornike Tukvadze  Georgia1429

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