1997 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1997 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the CIG de Malley in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 16–23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing.

Medal tables

Medalists

Medals by country

Competition notes

At age 14, Tara Lipinski became the youngest skater to win the World title in ladies' singles.

Legendary coach Carlo Fassi suffered a heart attack and died while at the event with his skater Nicole Bobek.

Results

Men

1994 Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov withdrew with a groin injury.

Stojko became the first skater to win a world title with a successful 4T-3T.

Referee:

• Britta Lindgren

Assistant Referee:

• Katsuichiro Hisanaga

Judges:

• Marie Reine le Gougne
• Agnes Morvai
• Sally Rehorick
• Sviatoslav Babenko
• George Iashvili
• Zoya Yordanova
• Paula Naughton
• Daniela Cavelli
• Sissy Krick

Substitute judge:

• Merja Kosonen

Ladies

Referee:

• Sally-Anne Stapleford

Assistant Referee:

• Hely Abbondati

Judges:

• Josette Betsch
• Alexander Pentchev
• Maria Zuchowicz
• Christa Gunsam
• Judit Fürst-Tombor
• Jan Hoffmann
• Gloria Morandi
• Hisashi Yoshikawa
• Adriana Domanska

Substitute judge:

• Bettina Meier

Pairs

Referee:

• Walburga Grimm

Assistant Referee:

• Markus German

Judges:

• Frank Parsons
• Ulf Denzer
• Debbie Islam
• Alexei Shirshov
• Marina Sanaya
• Anna Sierocka
• Ubavka Novakovic-Kytinoy
• Laura McNair
• Lucy J. Brennan

Substitute judge:

• Evgenia Bogdanova

Ice dancing

Referee:

• Wolfgang Kunz

Assistant Referee:

• Roland Wehinger

Judges:

• Robert Horen
• Gilles Van Den Broeck
• Halina Gordon-Poltorak
• John Greenwood
• Irina Absaliamova
• Isabella Micheli
• Evgenia Karnolska
• Mary Parry
• Heide Maritczak

Substitute judge:

• Sumiko Kobayashi

References

External links

• 1997 Worlds results