1991 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1991 1991 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship March 12 17 1990–91 Munich, Germany Olympiahalle CAN Kurt Browning USA Kristi Yamaguchi URS Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev FRA Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay 1990 World Championships 1992 World Championships The 1991 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany from March 12 to 17. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Medal tables Medalists Menhttps://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/15/sports/figure-skating-browning-s-triple-jumps-lead-to-3d-title-in-row.html?scp=2&sq=World+Figure+Skating&st=nyt The New York Times Michael Janofsky FIGURE SKATING; Browning's Triple Jumps Lead to 3d Title in Row March 15, 1991 CAN Kurt Browning URS Viktor Petrenko USA Todd Eldredge Ladieshttps://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/17/sports/figure-skating-skating-sweep-for-the-us-women.html?scp=1&sq=World+Figure+Skating&st=nyt The New York Times Michael Janofsky Figure Skating; Skating Sweep for the U.S. Women March 17, 1991 USA Kristi Yamaguchi USA Tonya Harding USA Nancy Kerrigan Pair skatinghttps://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/14/sports/figure-skating-brilliant-victory-for-soviet-pair-and-surprising-3d-for-us.html?scp=3&sq=World+Figure+Skating&st=nyt The New York Times Michael Janofsky FIGURE SKATING; Brilliant Victory for Soviet Pair and Surprising 3d for U.S March 14, 1991 URS Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev CAN Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler USA Natasha Kuchiki / Todd Sand Ice dancinghttps://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/29/sports/the-year-in-review-winners-of-1991-individual-and-team-championships.html?scp=4&sq=World+Figure+Skating+Isabelle+Duchesnay+&st=nyt The New York Times Vincent M. Mallozzi THE YEAR IN REVIEW; Winners of 1991 Individual and Team Championships December 29, 1991 FRA Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay URS Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko URS Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin Medals by country 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 Results Men Kurt Browning won his third world championship in a row. Elvis Stojko (CAN) lands the first quad in combination, the first quadruple toe loop-double toe loop combination, at the World Championships.USA Today quad timelinehttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-14-sp-61-story.html Los Angeles Times FIGURE SKATING / WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS : Soviets Win, U.S. Pair Third March 14, 1991 Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Kurt Browning 2.0 2 1 2 Viktor Petrenko 2.5 1 2 3 Todd Eldredge 5.5 5 3 4 Petr Barna 5.5 3 4 5 Christopher Bowman 7.0 4 5 6 Elvis Stojko 9.5 7 6 7 Michael Slipchuk 12.0 8 8 8 Alexei Urmanov 12.0 6 9 9 Éric Millot 14.5 9 10 10 Masakazu Kagiyama 16.0 10 11 11 Paul Wylie 17.0 20 7 12 Oula Jääskeläinen 19.5 13 13 13 Oliver Höner 20.0 12 14 14 Jung Sung-il 20.5 17 12 15 Mirko Eichhorn 20.5 11 15 16 Steven Cousins 25.0 18 16 17 Cameron Medhurst 26.0 16 18 18 Daniel Weiss 26.5 19 17 19 Gilberto Viadana 26.5 15 19 20 Ronny Winkler 27.0 14 20 Free skating not reached 21 Ralph Burghart 21 22 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk 22 23 Cornel Gheorghe 23 24 Jan Erik Digernes 24 25 Henrik Walentin 25 26 Péter Kovács 26 27 David Liu 27 28 Tomislav Cizmesija 28 29 Maarten van Mechelen 29 30 Jorge La Farga 30 31 Nikolai Tonev 31 32 Alexandre Geers 32 33 Ricardo Olavarrieta 33 Ladies The U.S. became the first nation to ever sweep the ladies' podium at a World Championships.Swift E.M. March 25, 1991 Ice Queens https://vault.si.com/vault/1991/03/25/ice-queens-kristi-yamaguchi-led-a-us-sweep-at-the-world-figure-skating-championships https://web.archive.org/web/20210728135816/https://vault.si.com/vault/1991/03/25/ice-queens-kristi-yamaguchi-led-a-us-sweep-at-the-world-figure-skating-championships dead July 28, 2021 August 27, 2024 CNNArchives L. A. Times 1991-03-17 FIGURE SKATING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS : Yamaguchi Leads a Sweep by U.S. Women https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-17-sp-930-story.html 2024-08-27 Los Angeles Times en-US Midori Ito and Laetitia Hubert collided with each other during a practice session. In the short program, Ito stumbled over an opening in the boards and into a camera but was back on the ice after three seconds.Janofsky Michael 1991-03-16 Ito Survives Hard Knocks and Gains 3d Place https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/16/sports/ito-survives-hard-knocks-and-gains-3d-place.html?pagewanted=print&src=pm 2024-08-27 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 Tonya Harding became the first American woman to perform a triple axel at an international event. Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Kristi Yamaguchi 1.5 1 1 2 Tonya Harding 3.0 2 2 3 Nancy Kerrigan 5.5 5 3 4 Midori Ito 5.5 3 4 5 Surya Bonaly 8.0 4 6 6 Josée Chouinard 9.0 8 5 7 Joanne Conway 10.5 7 7 8 Marina Kielmann 11.0 6 8 9 Patricia Neske 13.5 9 9 10 Julia Vorobieva 17.0 12 11 11 Junko Yaginuma 17.0 10 12 12 Chen Lu 18.0 16 10 13 Simone Lang 18.5 11 13 14 Mari Asanuma 20.5 13 14 15 Lenka Kulovaná 22.5 15 15 16 Anisette Torp-Lind 23.0 14 16 17 Zuzanna Szwed 26.5 19 17 18 Lisa Sargeant 27.0 18 18 19 Natalia Gorbenko 27.5 17 19 20 Lily Lyoonjung Lee 30.0 20 20 Free skating not reached 21 Marion Krijgsman 21 22 Cathrin Degler 22 23 Tamara Téglássy 23 24 Beatrice Gelmini 24 25 Helene Persson 25 26 Laetitia Hubert 26 27 Sabrina Tschudi 27 28 Željka Čižmešija 28 29 Mila Kajas 29 30 Tamara Heggen 30 31 Marta Andrade 31 32 Milena Marinovich 32 33 Anita Thorenfeldt 33 34 Isabelle Balhan 34 35 Christine Czerni 35 36 Rosanna Blong 36 37 Diana Marcos 37 Pairs Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev 2.0 2 1 2 Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler 2.5 1 2 3 Natasha Kuchiki / Todd Sand 5.0 4 3 4 Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov 6.5 3 5 5 Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov 7.5 7 4 6 Radka Kovaříková / René Novotný 8.5 5 6 7 Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König 10.0 6 7 8 Stacey Ball / Jean-Michel Bombardier 12.0 8 8 9 Calla Urbanski / Rocky Marval 14.5 9 10 10 Jenni Meno / Scott Wendland 15.0 12 9 11 Christine Hough / Doug Ladret 16.0 10 11 12 Anuschka Gläser / Stefan Pfrengle 17.5 11 12 13 Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor 19.5 13 13 14 Anna Gorecki / Arkadius Gorecki 23.0 18 14 15 Rena Inoue / Tomoaki Koyama 23.0 16 15 16 Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr 23.0 14 16 17 Anna Tabacchi / Massimo Salvade 26.5 19 17 18 Saskia Bourgeois / Guy Bourgeois 26.5 17 18 19 Katarzyna Głowacka / Krzysztof Korcarz 26.5 15 19 Ice dancing The judges voted two couples (from Czechoslovakia and Poland) exactly the same (each 12 placings in compulsory dance 2). The event took place on 15th March 1991. Rank Name Nation TFP C1 C2 OD FD 1 Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay 2.8 3 3 1 1 2 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko 4.6 2 2 3 2 3 Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin 4.6 1 1 2 3 4 Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov 8.2 5 4 4 4 5 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth 9.8 4 5 5 5 6 Stefania Calegari / Pasquale Camerlengo 12.0 6 6 6 6 7 Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko 14.4 8 8 7 7 8 Dominique Yvon / Frédéric Palluel 15.6 7 7 8 8 9 April Sargent / Russ Witherby 19.0 9 9 9 10 10 Jacqueline Petr / Mark Janoschak 21.0 10 10 10 11 11 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow 22.0 12 17 12 9 12 Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček 23.4 11 13 11 12 13 Małgorzata Grajcar / Andrzej Dostatni 25.8 13 12 13 13 14 Isabelle Sarech / Xavier Debernis 28.6 15 11 14 15 15 Anna Croci / Luca Mantovani 29.2 14 14 16 14 16 Michelle McDonald / Martin Smith 31.4 16 16 15 16 17 Jennifer Goolsbee / Hendryk Schamberger 33.6 17 15 17 17 18 Ann Hall / Jason Blomfield 37.0 19 19 19 18 19 Saskia Stahler / Sven Authorsen 37.0 18 18 18 19 20 Diane Gerencser / Bernard Columberg 40.6 21 22 20 20 Free dance not reached 21 Kaoru Takino / Kenji Takino 20 20 21 22 Daria-Larissa Maritczak / Ihor-Andrij Maritczak 23 23 22 23 Monica MacDonald / Duncan Smart 22 21 23 24 Katri Uski / Juha Sasi 24 24 24 25 Maria Hadjiiska / Hristo Nikolov 25 25 25 26 Park Jun-hee / You Jong-hyun 26 26 26 References External links results http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148235-165451-56216-0-file,00.pdf World Figure Skating Championships Results: Men dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131205025436/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-148235-165451-56216-0-file%2C00.pdf 2013-12-05 (9.95 KB) http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148236-165452-56215-0-file,00.pdf World Figure Skating Championships Results: Ladies dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110603230816/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-148236-165452-56215-0-file%2C00.pdf 2011-06-03 (14.2 KB) http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148238-165454-56217-0-file,00.pdf World Figure Skating Championships Results: Pairs dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131205021633/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-148238-165454-56217-0-file%2C00.pdf 2013-12-05 (19.4 KB) http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148237-165453-56218-0-file,00.pdf World Figure Skating Championships Results: Dance 2009-09-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20090325031008/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148237-165453-56218-0-file,00.pdf 2009-03-25 dead (15.5 KB) World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Germany