2008 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 2008 2008 World Figure Skating Championships 2008_World_Figure_Skating_Championships_logo.jpg ISU Championship March 16 23 2007–08 Gothenburg, Sweden Scandinavium CAN Jeffrey Buttle JPN Mao Asada GER Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy FRA Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder 2007 World Championships 2009 World Championships The 2008 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2007–08 figure skating season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg, Sweden from March 16 to 23. Qualification 250px|right|thumb|Scandinavium arena during the championship The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2007. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2008 World Junior Championships. Based on the results of the 2007 World Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria. Due to the large number of entries at the World Championships, only the top 24 single skaters and top 20 pairs advanced to the free skating after the short program. In ice dancing, 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. Medals summary Medalists Men CAN Jeffrey Buttle FRA Brian Joubert USA Johnny Weir Ladies JPN Mao Asada ITA Carolina Kostner KOR Kim Yuna Pairs GER Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy CHN Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao CAN Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison Ice dancing FRA Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder CAN Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir RUS Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski Medals by country 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev. Four Continents and Grand Prix Final bronze medalist Evan Lysacek withdrew before the event due to injury.http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080313&content_id=45647&vkey=ice_pressrelease icenetwork.com: News 2008-03-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200216/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080313&content_id=45647&vkey=ice_pressrelease 2016-03-03 dead He was replaced by US pewter medalist Jeremy Abbott. Results Men thumb|right|The men's podium. From left: Johnny Weir (3rd), Jeffrey Buttle (1st), Brian Joubert (2nd). Jeffrey Buttle was the sixth Canadian man to win the world title. His win set off a controversy because he did not attempt a quadruple jump. Brian Joubert the silver medalist criticized the system for producing a winner who did not complete or attempt a quadruple jump. This set off the first of many debates on the value of the quads and what men's figure skating should be about that would culminate in the 2010 Olympic Quadruple jump controversy.https://www.espn.com/olympics/figureskating/news/story?id=3306598 Weir 3rd at world figure skating; Buttle wins gold 22 March 2008 Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Jeffrey Buttle 245.17 1 82.10 1 163.07 2 Brian Joubert 231.22 6 77.75 2 153.47 3 Johnny Weir 221.84 2 80.79 5 141.05 4 Daisuke Takahashi 220.11 3 80.40 6 139.71 5 Stéphane Lambiel 217.88 5 79.12 7 138.76 6 Kevin van der Perren 216.02 9 70.24 3 145.78 7 Sergei Voronov 209.93 15 65.26 4 144.67 8 Takahiko Kozuka 205.15 8 70.91 8 134.24 9 Patrick Chan 203.55 7 72.81 11 130.74 10 Stephen Carriere 201.69 11 68.20 9 133.49 11 Jeremy Abbott 197.26 14 65.61 10 131.65 12 Sergei Davydov 196.79 12 68.19 12 128.60 13 Adrian Schultheiss 194.39 13 66.45 13 127.94 14 Kristoffer Berntsson 193.72 10 69.02 15 124.70 15 Tomáš Verner 191.94 4 79.87 20 112.07 16 Karel Zelenka 187.65 17 64.05 16 123.60 17 Gregor Urbas 187.48 18 61.65 14 125.83 18 Yannick Ponsero 182.06 16 64.46 18 117.60 19 Yasuharu Nanri 179.88 20 60.89 17 118.99 20 Anton Kovalevski 178.13 21 60.74 19 117.39 21 Igor Macypura 169.93 19 61.19 21 108.74 22 Jamal Othman 164.02 22 57.75 22 106.27 23 Li Chengjiang 155.75 23 53.99 23 101.76 24 Abzal Rakimgaliev 149.92 24 51.58 24 98.34 Free Skating Not Reached 25 Alexandr Kazakov 25 51.00 26 Michael Chrolenko 26 50.50 27 Pavel Kaška 27 49.98 28 Boris Martinec 28 48.91 29 Elliot Hilton 29 48.10 30 Javier Fernández 30 47.87 31 Mikko Minkkinen 31 47.15 32 Peter Liebers 32 46.96 33 Zoltán Kelemen 33 45.58 34 Maxim Shipov 34 44.32 35 Sean Carlow 35 43.98 36 Luis Hernández 36 42.74 37 Manuel Koll 37 42.47 38 Justin Pietersen 38 38.67 39 Naiden Borichev 39 38.36 40 Konstantin Tupikov 40 37.47 41 Tristan Thode 41 35.29 42 Kutay Eryoldas 42 35.04 43 Danil Privalov 43 34.73 44 Tigran Vardanjan 44 32.37 45 Saulius Ambrulevičius 45 28.63 WD Alban Préaubert Ladies thumb|right|The ladies' podium. From left: Carolina Kostner (2nd), Mao Asada (1st), Kim Yuna (3rd). Carolina Kostner led the short program with 64.28 points, just 0.18 points higher than Mao Asada who was in second. Kim Yuna fell on her triple Lutz, leaving her in fifth place after the short program. Despite popping a triple lutz at the end of her program and saving multiple jump landings, Kim earned the top free skate score of 123.38 points. Kostner received negative grade of execution on five of her seven jumping passes but still managed the third highest free score. Asada, one of two women attempting the triple Axel in the competition, fell during the takeoff of the axel, but still managed to do two triple-triples and score 1.46 points higher than Kostner, securing the gold medal. Silver went to Kostner and Kim received the bronze medal. Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Mao Asada 185.56 2 64.10 2 121.46 2 Carolina Kostner 184.68 1 64.28 3 120.40 3 Kim Yuna 183.23 5 59.85 1 123.38 4 Yukari Nakano 177.40 3 61.10 4 116.30 5 Joannie Rochette 174.12 6 59.53 5 114.59 6 Sarah Meier 171.88 7 59.49 6 112.39 7 Kimmie Meissner 149.74 9 57.25 12 92.49 8 Laura Lepistö 147.26 21 45.41 7 101.85 9 Kiira Korpi 145.73 4 60.58 17 85.15 10 Beatrisa Liang 145.29 10 52.81 13 92.48 11 Júlia Sebestyén 145.17 19 47.04 8 98.13 12 Annette Dytrt 144.31 12 50.99 11 93.32 13 Valentina Marchei 142.93 17 48.89 9 94.04 14 Mira Leung 140.59 14 50.69 14 89.90 15 Jelena Glebova 140.10 20 46.26 10 93.84 16 Ashley Wagner 137.40 11 51.49 15 85.91 17 Ksenia Doronina 135.25 15 49.94 16 85.31 18 Viktoria Helgesson 127.96 16 49.68 20 78.28 19 Kim Na-young 127.32 18 47.96 19 79.36 20 Elene Gedevanishvili 125.99 23 44.06 18 81.93 21 Anastasia Gimazetdinova 124.92 13 50.84 21 74.08 22 Tamar Katz 116.86 24 43.58 22 73.28 23 Melinda Sherilyn Wang 116.12 22 44.77 23 71.35 WD Miki Ando 8 59.21 Free Skating Not Reached 25 Jenna McCorkell 25 42.55 26 Ivana Reitmayerová 26 41.79 27 Tuğba Karademir 27 38.71 28 Mérovée Ephrem 28 38.61 29 Victoria Muniz 29 38.41 30 Sonia Lafuente 30 38.35 31 Liu Yan 31 38.13 32 Nella Simaová 32 37.72 33 Sonia Radeva 33 37.44 34 Anna Jurkiewicz 34 37.09 35 Irina Movchan 35 36.17 36 Julia Sheremet 36 34.69 37 Tina Wang 37 34.00 38 Candice Didier 38 33.91 39 Roxana Luca 39 32.07 40 Viviane Käser 40 30.37 41 Mirna Libric 41 30.20 42 Ksenia Jastsenjski 42 29.05 43 Barbara Klerk 43 28.38 44 Loretta Hamui 44 28.15 45 Gracielle Jeanne Tan 45 27.85 46 Denise Koegl 46 27.36 47 Charissa Tansomboon 47 27.28 48 Stasia Rage 48 26.45 49 Tamami Ono 49 26.20 50 Maria-Elena Papasotiriou 50 25.95 51 Lejeanne Marais 51 25.85 52 Morgan Figgins 52 25.16 53 Beatrice Rozinskaite 53 24.02 Pairs thumb|right|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 202.86 2 72.00 1 130.86 2 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao 197.82 1 74.36 3 123.46 3 Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison 192.78 4 68.66 2 124.12 4 Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov 191.33 3 71.42 4 119.91 5 Pang Qing / Tong Jian 186.78 5 67.87 5 118.91 6 Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin 169.61 7 60.01 6 109.60 7 Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov 166.64 6 64.09 9 102.55 8 Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay 164.67 9 59.43 7 105.24 9 Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov 159.95 8 59.53 10 100.42 10 Rena Inoue / John Baldwin 157.20 10 53.83 8 103.37 11 Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski 146.03 12 49.59 11 96.44 12 Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming 142.83 11 50.49 12 92.34 13 Laura Magitteri / Ondřej Hotárek 126.38 14 42.18 13 84.20 14 Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia 124.68 16 41.75 14 82.93 15 Stacey Kemp / David King 123.98 13 44.28 15 79.70 16 Dominika Piątkowska / Dmitri Khromin 111.94 17 38.32 16 73.62 17 Hayley Anne Sacks / Vadim Akolzin 111.23 15 41.96 17 69.27 18 Marina Aganina / Dmitri Zobnin 97.31 18 35.24 19 62.07 19 Ariel Fay Gagnon / Chad Tsagris 95.65 19 33.34 18 62.31 20 Amy Ireland / Michael Bahoric 77.39 20 26.57 20 50.82 WD Ekaterina Kostenko / Roman Talan Ice dancing thumb|right|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 212.94 1 40.73 1 67.25 2 104.96 2 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 208.80 2 38.71 3 64.81 1 105.28 3 Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski 203.26 3 37.98 2 65.99 5 99.29 4 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto 203.00 5 35.02 4 64.69 3 103.29 5 Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali 201.91 4 37.15 5 63.55 4 101.21 6 Meryl Davis / Charlie White 191.19 7 34.80 7 60.36 6 96.03 7 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat 190.51 6 34.82 6 60.67 7 95.02 8 Sinead Kerr / John Kerr 186.94 8 33.48 8 59.86 8 93.60 9 Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski 179.21 9 32.51 9 58.10 10 88.60 10 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 179.03 11 31.52 10 57.05 9 90.46 11 Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin 173.95 10 31.86 11 56.35 11 85.74 12 Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre 165.90 12 31.48 13 52.10 14 82.32 13 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 164.72 16 29.12 12 52.88 13 82.72 14 Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas 164.28 13 29.85 14 51.66 12 82.77 15 Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer 160.37 15 29.14 15 49.52 15 81.71 16 Cathy Reed / Chris Reed 155.15 18 28.16 18 47.70 16 79.29 17 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 154.84 20 27.74 17 48.62 17 78.48 18 Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo 153.25 14 29.31 16 49.17 21 74.77 19 Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno 153.13 17 28.33 19 47.01 18 77.79 20 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi 150.82 19 28.07 21 45.52 19 77.23 21 Barbora Silná / Dmitri Matsjuk 147.21 21 24.85 20 46.90 20 75.46 22 Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen 139.20 23 23.90 23 43.97 23 71.33 23 Kamila Hájková / David Vincour 138.63 22 24.06 25 41.91 22 72.66 24 Leonie Krail / Oscar Peter 126.50 25 22.38 22 44.10 24 60.02 Free Dance Not Reached 25 Krisztina Barta / Ádám Tóth 64.08 27 21.44 24 42.64 26 Joanna Budner / Jan Mościcki 62.28 24 23.61 28 38.67 27 Danielle O'Brien / Gregory Merriman 60.12 28 20.24 27 39.88 28 Ksenia Shmirina / Egor Maistrov 59.37 29 18.87 26 40.50 29 Yu Sun Hye / Ramil Sarkulov 56.93 26 21.85 30 35.08 30 Ina Demireva / Juri Kurakin 53.38 30 17.75 29 35.63 Original Dance Not Reached 31 Kristina Kiudmaa / Aleksei Trohlev 31 16.72 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. http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1048 International Skating Union Communication No. 1527 Entries ISU Championships 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090107024626/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1048 2009-01-07 Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance 3 2 References External links Competitors listDecember 2025 InternetArchiveBot Entries and results http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-184057-201279-123464-0-file,00.pdf Definite Allotment of ISU Championships 2008 2007-06-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015443/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-184057-201279-123464-0-file,00.pdf 2007-09-30 dead (74.8 KiB) http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-177760-194978-110492-0-file,00.pdf ISU Constitution & General Regulations 2006 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222227/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-177760-194978-110492-0-file%2C00.pdf 2007-09-27 (793 KiB) http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-178078-195296-111175-0-file,00.pdf ISU Special Regulations and Technical Rules: Single and Pair Skating and Ice Dancing 2006 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070125025355/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-178078-195296-111175-0-file%2C00.pdf 2007-01-25 (1.03 MiB) http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=597 ISU Communication No. 1469: Entries ISU Championships 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120208133125/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=597 2012-02-08 Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Championships Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Sweden Category:2000s in Gothenburg Category:March 2008 sports events in Europe Category:International sports competitions in Gothenburg