2008 World Figure Skating Championships
Scandinavium arena during the championship
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	March 17 – March 23
Season:	2007–2008
Location:	Gothenburg, Sweden
Venue:	Scandinavium
Champions
Men's singles: Jeffrey Buttle
Ladies singles: Mao Asada
Pair skating: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy
Ice dancing: Isabel Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder
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The 2008 World Figure Skating Championships was the World Figure Skating Championships of the 2007–2008 figure skating season. The World Championships are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The event was open to figure skaters from ISU member nations. Skaters competed in the discplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

The 2008 Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden at the Scandinavium arena from March 17 to 23, 2008.

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Medals Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	1	1	1	3
2	France	1	1	0	2
3	Germany	1	0	0	1
3	Japan	1	0	0	1
4	China	0	1	0	1
4	Italy	0	1	0	1
5	Russia	0	0	1	1
5	South Korea	0	0	1	1
5	United States	0	0	1	1

[edit] Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pairs	Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy	Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao	Jessica Dube & Bryce Davison
Ladies	Mao Asada	Carolina Kostner	Kim Yu-Na
Ice Dancing	Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder	Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir	Jana Khokhlova & Sergei Novitski
Men	Jeffrey Buttle	Brian Joubert	Johnny Weir

[edit] Qualifying

Figure skaters are entered into the championships by country. Each International Skating Union Member (national association) may enter one skater or team in each event. Some countries are permitted to enter 2 or 3 participants if their skaters performed well at the previous championship. See below section.

Because of the large number of entries at the World Championships, only the top 24 single skaters and top 20 pairs advanced to the free skate after the short program. In ice dance, the top 30 couples in the compulsory dance advanced to the original dance, and the top 24 couples after the original dance advanced to the free dance.

To compete, skaters must have reached the age of 15 by July 1 of the previous year. The 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was the corresponding competition for junior-age-eligible skaters.

[edit] Competition notes

• The compulsory dance was the Argentine Tango.
• Dan Zhang & Hao Zhang from China set a new world record of 74.36 points under the ISU Judging System for pairs' short program.
• European Champion ice dancers Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin (RUS) withdrew before the event due to an injury to his knee. They were replaced by Jekaterina Bobrova & Dmitrij Soloviev.
• Four Continents and Grand Prix Final bronze medalist Evan Lysacek withdrew before the event due to injury.^[1] He was replaced by US pewter medalist Jeremy Abbott.

[edit] Results

[edit] Men

The men's podium. From left: Johnny Weir (3rd), Jeffrey Buttle (1st), Brian Joubert (2nd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Jeffrey Buttle	Canada	245.17	1	1
2	Brian Joubert	France	231.22	6	2
3	Johnny Weir	United States	221.84	2	5
4	Daisuke Takahashi	Japan	220.11	3	6
5	Stéphane Lambiel	Switzerland	217.88	5	7
6	Kevin Van Der Perren	Belgium	216.02	9	3
7	Sergei Voronov	Russia	209.93	15	4
8	Takahiko Kozuka	Japan	205.15	8	8
9	Patrick Chan	Canada	203.55	7	11
10	Stephen Carriere	United States	201.69	11	9
11	Jeremy Abbott	United States	197.26	14	10
12	Sergei Davydov	Belarus	196.79	12	12
13	Adrian Schultheiss	Sweden	194.39	13	13
14	Kristoffer Berntsson	Sweden	193.72	10	15
15	Tomáš Verner	Czech Republic	191.94	4	20
16	Karel Zelenka	Italy	187.65	17	16
17	Gregor Urbas	Slovenia	187.48	18	14
18	Yannick Ponsero	France	182.06	16	18
19	Yasuharu Nanri	Japan	179.88	20	17
20	Anton Kovalevski	Ukraine	178.13	21	19
21	Igor Macypura	Slovakia	169.93	19	21
22	Jamal Othman	Switzerland	164.02	22	22
23	Li Chengjiang	China	155.75	23	23
24	Abzal Rakimgaliev	Kazakhstan	149.92	24	24
Free Skate Not Reached
25	Alexandr Kazakov	Belarus	51.00	25
26	Michael Chrolenko	Norway	50.50	26
27	Pavel Kaška	Czech Republic	49.98	27
28	Boris Martinec	Croatia	48.91	28
29	Elliot Hilton	United Kingdom	48.10	29
30	Javier Fernández	Spain	47.87	30
31	Mikko Minkkinen	Finland	47.15	31
32	Peter Liebers	Germany	46.96	32
33	Zoltán Kelemen	Romania	45.58	33
34	Maxim Shipov	Israel	44.32	34
35	Sean Carlow	Australia	43.98	35
36	Luis Hernández	Mexico	42.74	36
37	Manuel Koll	Austria	42.47	37
38	Justin Pietersen	South Africa	38.67	38
39	Naiden Borichev	Bulgaria	38.36	39
40	Konstantin Tupikov	Poland	37.47	40
41	Tristan Thode	New Zealand	35.29	41
42	Kutay Eryoldas	Turkey	35.04	42
43	Danil Privalov	Azerbaijan	34.73	43
44	Tigran Vardanjan	Hungary	32.37	44
45	Saulius Ambrulevicius	Lithuania	28.63	45
WD	Alban Préaubert	France

[edit] Ladies

The ladies podium. From left: Carolina Kostner (2nd), Mao Asada (1st), Kim Yu-Na (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Mao Asada	Japan	185.56	2	2
2	Carolina Kostner	Italy	184.68	1	3
3	Kim Yu-Na	South Korea	183.23	5	1
4	Yukari Nakano	Japan	177.40	3	4
5	Joannie Rochette	Canada	174.12	6	5
6	Sarah Meier	Switzerland	171.88	7	6
7	Kimmie Meissner	United States	149.74	9	12
8	Laura Lepistö	Finland	147.26	21	7
9	Kiira Korpi	Finland	145.73	4	17
10	Beatrisa Liang	United States	145.29	10	13
11	Júlia Sebestyén	Hungary	145.17	19	8
12	Annette Dytrt	Germany	144.31	12	11
13	Valentina Marchei	Italy	142.93	17	9
14	Mira Leung	Canada	140.59	14	14
15	Elena Glebova	Estonia	140.10	20	10
16	Ashley Wagner	United States	137.40	11	15
17	Ksenia Doronina	Russia	135.25	15	16
18	Viktoria Helgesson	Sweden	127.96	16	20
19	Kim Na-Young	South Korea	127.32	18	19
20	Elene Gedevanishvili	Georgia	125.99	23	18
21	Anastasia Gimazetdinova	Uzbekistan	124.92	13	21
22	Tamar Katz	Israel	116.86	24	22
23	Melinda Sherilyn Wang	Chinese Taipei	116.12	22	23
WD	Miki Ando	Japan		8
Free Skate Not Reached
25	Jenna McCorkell	United Kingdom	42.55	25
26	Ivana Reitmayerova	Slovakia	41.79	26
27	Tuğba Karademir	Turkey	38.71	27
28	Mérovée Ephrem	Monaco	38.61	28
29	Victoria Muniz	Puerto Rico	38.41	29
30	Sonia Lafuente	Spain	38.35	30
31	Liu Yan	China	38.13	31
32	Nella Simaová	Czech Republic	37.72	32
33	Sonia Radeva	Bulgaria	37.44	33
34	Anna Jurkiewicz	Poland	37.09	34
35	Irina Movchan	Ukraine	36.17	35
36	Julia Sheremet	Belarus	34.69	36
37	Tina Wang	Australia	34.00	37
38	Candice Didier	France	33.91	38
39	Roxana Luca	Romania	32.07	39
40	Viviane Kaeser	Switzerland	30.37	40
41	Mirna Libric	Croatia	30.20	41
42	Ksenia Jastsenjski	Serbia	29.05	42
43	Barbara Klerk	Belgium	28.38	43
44	Loretta Hamui	Mexico	28.15	44
45	Gracielle Jeanne Tan	Philippines	27.85	45
46	Denise Koegl	Austria	27.36	46
47	Charissa Tansomboon	Thailand	27.28	47
48	Stasia Rage	Latvia	26.45	48
49	Tamami Ono	Hong Kong	26.20	49
50	Maria-Elena Papasotiriou	Greece	25.95	50
51	Lejeanne Marais	South Africa	25.85	51
52	Morgan Figgins	New Zealand	25.16	52
53	Beatrice Rozinskaite	Lithuania	24.02	53

[edit] Pairs

The pairs podium. From left: Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao (2nd), Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (1st), Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Germany	202.86	2	1
2	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	China	197.82	1	3
3	Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison	Canada	192.78	4	2
4	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov	Russia	191.33	3	4
5	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	China	186.78	5	5
6	Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin	Canada	169.61	7	6
7	Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	Russia	166.64	6	9
8	Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay	Canada	164.67	9	7
9	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	Ukraine	159.95	8	10
10	Rena Inoue / John Baldwin	United States	157.20	10	8
11	Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski	United States	146.03	12	11
12	Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming	China	142.83	11	12
13	Laura Magitteri / Ondrej Hotarek	Italy	126.38	14	13
14	Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia	France	124.68	16	14
15	Stacey Kemp / David King	United Kingdom	123.98	13	15
16	Dominika Piątkowska / Dmitri Khromin	Poland	111.94	17	16
17	Hayley Anne Sacks / Vadim Akolzin	Israel	111.23	15	17
18	Marina Aganina / Dmitri Zobnin	Uzbekistan	97.31	18	19
19	Ariel Fay Gagnon / Chad Tsagris	Greece	95.65	19	18
20	Amy Ireland / Michael Bahoric	Croatia	77.39	20	20
WD	Ekaterina Kostenko / Roman Talan	Ukraine

[edit] Ice Dancing

The ice dancing podium. From left: Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (2nd), Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder (1st), Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	CD	OD	FD
1	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	France	212.94	1	1	2
2	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Canada	208.80	2	3	1
3	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski	Russia	203.26	3	2	5
4	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	United States	203.00	5	4	3
5	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali	Italy	201.91	4	5	4
6	Meryl Davis / Charlie White	United States	191.19	7	7	6
7	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat	France	190.51	6	6	7
8	Sinead Kerr / John Kerr	United Kingdom	186.94	8	8	8
9	Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski	Israel	179.21	9	9	10
10	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Italy	179.03	11	10	9
11	Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin	Azerbaijan	173.95	10	11	11
12	Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre	United States	165.90	12	13	14
13	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev	Russia	164.72	16	12	13
14	Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniunas	Lithuania	164.28	13	14	12
15	Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer	Russia	160.37	15	15	15
16	Cathy Reed / Chris Reed	Japan	155.15	18	18	16
17	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	Canada	154.84	20	17	17
18	Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo	Ukraine	153.25	14	16	21
19	Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno	Canada	153.13	17	19	18
20	Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi	Germany	150.82	19	21	19
21	Barbora Silná / Dmitri Matsjuk	Austria	147.21	21	20	20
22	Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen	China	139.20	23	23	23
23	Kamila Hájková / David Vincour	Czech Republic	138.63	22	25	22
24	Leonie Krail / Oscar Peter	Switzerland	126.50	25	22	24
Free Dance Not Reached
25	Krisztina Barta / Ádám Tóth	Hungary	64.08	27	24
26	Joanna Budner / Jan Mościcki	Poland	62.28	24	28
27	Danielle Obrien / Gregory Merriman	Australia	60.12	28	27
28	Ksenia Shmirina / Egor Maistrov	Belarus	59.37	29	26
29	Yu Sun Hye / Ramil Sarkulov	Uzbekistan	56.93	26	30
30	Ina Demireva / Juri Kurakin	Bulgaria	53.38	30	29
Original Dance Not Reached
31	Kristina Kiudmaa / Aleksei Trohlev	Estonia	16.72	31

[edit] Multiple spots for 2009 Worlds

The following countries have earned more than one entry to the 2009 World Championships based on performance at the 2008 World Championships.^[2]

Spots	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Dance
3	Canada  Japan  United States	Japan	Canada  China  Germany  Russia	France  United States
2	Belgium  France  Russia  Sweden  Switzerland	Canada  Finland  Italy  South Korea  Switzerland  United States	Ukraine  United States	Canada  United Kingdom  Israel  Italy  Russia

[edit] References

• Competitors list
• Definite Allotment of ISU Championships 2008PDF (74.8 KiB)
• ISU Constitution & General Regulations 2006 PDF (793 KiB)
• ISU Special Regulations and Technical Rules: Single and Pair Skating and Ice Dancing 2006PDF (1.03 MiB)
• ISU Communication No. 1469: Entries ISU Championships 2008PDF

[edit] External links

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