2001 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	March 17 – 25
Season:	2000–01
Location:	Vancouver, Canada
Host:	Skate Canada
Venue:	GM Place
Champions
Men's singles: Evgeni Plushenko
Ladies' singles: Michelle Kwan
Pairs: Jamie Salé / David Pelletier
Ice dance: Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio
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The 2001 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from March 17 to 25. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

This event was the primary means of deciding the number of entries each country would have to the 2002 Olympics.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	1	3	1	5
2	United States (USA)	1	0	2	3
3	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
5	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
6	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

Competition notes

Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B. The ice dancers were also split into two groups for the compulsory dances, which were the same for both groups. Group B skated both compulsory dances, followed immediately by Group A skating both compulsory dances.

The national anthem of Russia was played for the first time at a World Figure Skating Championships.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	QB	QA	SP	FS
1	Evgeni Plushenko	Russia	2.0		1	1	1
2	Alexei Yagudin	Russia	5.2		5	2	2
3	Todd Eldredge	United States	5.6		2	3	3
4	Timothy Goebel	United States	7.6		3	4	4
5	Takeshi Honda	Japan	12.4	1		10	6
6	Li Yunfei	China	12.4		6	5	7
7	Li Chengjiang	China	14.8	8		6	8
8	Alexander Abt	Russia	14.8		4	7	9
9	Emanuel Sandhu	Canada	16.2	4		16	5
10	Elvis Stojko	Canada	18.4	2		11	11
11	Stanick Jeannette	France	18.6	3		9	12
12	Ivan Dinev	Bulgaria	20.0		7	12	10
13	Sergei Rylov	Azerbaijan	24.8	7		15	13
14	Anthony Liu	Australia	24.8	10		8	16
15	Zhang Min	China	27.6	6		17	15
16	Patrick Meier	Switzerland	29.0		8	13	18
17	Yamato Tamura	Japan	30.4	5		24	14
18	Stefan Lindemann	Germany	32.0	9		14	20
19	Vincent Restencourt	France	33.0		13	18	17
20	Roman Skorniakov	Uzbekistan	35.6	13		19	19
21	Gheorghe Chiper	Romania	38.6		11	22	21
22	Vitali Danilchenko	Ukraine	38.6		9	20	23
23	Dmitri Dmitrenko	Ukraine	40.6		10	21	24
24	Markus Leminen	Finland	41.4	14		23	22
Free skating not reached
25	Vakhtang Murvanidze	Georgia		11		26
26	Neil Wilson	United Kingdom			14	25
27	Angelo Dolfini	Italy			12	28
28	Róbert Kažimír	Slovakia		15		27
29	Sergei Davydov	Belarus		12		29
30	Gregor Urbas	Slovenia			15	30
Short program not reached
31	Kristoffer Berntsson	Sweden		16
31	Alexei Kozlov	Estonia			16
33	Michael Shmerkin	Israel		17
33	Kevin van der Perren	Belgium			17
35	Konstantin Kostin	Latvia			18
35	Zoltán Tóth	Hungary		18
37	Gareth Echardt	South Africa		19
37	Juri Litvinov	Kazakhstan			19
39	Yon Garcia	Spain			20
39	Mauricio Medellin	Mexico		20
41	Ricky Cockerill	New Zealand			21
41	Miloš Milanović	Yugoslavia		21
43	Panagiotis Markouizos	Greece			22
WD	Lee Kyu-hyun	South Korea

Referee:

• Marina Sanaya

Assistant Referee:

• Ronald T. Pfenning

Judges:

• Alexander Pentchev
• Nicolae Bellu
• Susan Lynch
• Peter Moser
• Matjaz Kruzec
• Fabio Bianchetti
• Deborah Islam
• Mieko Fujimori
• Felicitas Babusikova

Substitute judge:

• Marie-Reine Le Gougne

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	QB	QA	SP	FS
1	Michelle Kwan	United States	2.6		1	2	1
2	Irina Slutskaya	Russia	3.0	1		1	2
3	Sarah Hughes	United States	7.2		2	4	4
4	Maria Butyrskaya	Russia	7.6		4	5	3
5	Angela Nikodinov	United States	8.0		3	3	5
6	Viktoria Volchkova	Russia	10.4	2		6	6
7	Fumie Suguri	Japan	13.2		5	7	7
8	Elena Liashenko	Ukraine	15.4	5		9	8
9	Vanessa Gusmeroli	France	16.0	3		8	10
10	Silvia Fontana	Italy	16.6	4		10	9
11	Elina Kettunen	Finland	21.0		7	12	11
12	Sarah Meier	Switzerland	22.6	10		11	12
13	Tatiana Malinina	Uzbekistan	23.8		6	14	13
14	Mikkeline Kierkgaard	Denmark	27.4		8	17	14
15	Jennifer Robinson	Canada	27.4	7		16	15
16	Susanne Stadlmüller	Germany	28.2		11	13	16
17	Laetitia Hubert	France	30.8	6		19	17
18	Júlia Sebestyén	Hungary	32.4		9	18	18
19	Tamara Dorofejev	Hungary	34.8	8		21	19
20	Julia Soldatova	Belarus	35.0		10	15	22
21	Annie Bellemare	Canada	37.2	13		20	20
22	Karen Venhuizen	Netherlands	40.4	14		23	21
23	Park Bit-na	South Korea	41.0	9		24	23
24	Zuzana Babiaková	Slovakia	41.6	11		22	24
Free skating not reached
25	Idora Hegel	Croatia		12		25
26	Hristina Vassileva	Bulgaria			12	27
27	Roxana Luca	Romania			14	26
28	Sun Siyin	China		15		28
29	Carina Chen	Chinese Taipei			13	30
30	Marta Andrade	Spain			15	29
Short program not reached
31	Zoe Jones	United Kingdom		16
31	Galina Maniachenko	Ukraine			16
33	Natalie Hoste	Belgium		17
33	Lenka Seniglova	Czech Republic			17
35	Anna Wenzel	Austria			18
35	Sabina Wojtala	Poland		18
37	Georgina Papavasilou	Greece			19
37	Stephanie Zhang	Australia		19
39	Shirene Human	South Africa			20
39	Marina Khalturina	Kazakhstan		20
41	Dirke O'Brien Baker	New Zealand			21
41	Olga Vassiljeva	Estonia		21
43	Rocio Salas Visuet	Mexico			22
43	Julia Vorobieva	Azerbaijan		22
45	Christine Lee	Hong Kong			23
45	Darya Zuravicky	Israel		23
47	Ksenia Jastsenjski	Yugoslavia		24

Referee:

• John Greenwood

Assistant Referee:

• Britta Lindgren

Judges:

• Zoya Yordanova
• Igor Prokop
• Florin Gafencu
• Joseph L. Inman
• Jiasheng Yang
• Hermi Ottemann
• Davorin Orban
• Lone Villefrance
• Hideo Sugita

Substitute judge:

• Judit Fьrst-Tombor

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	SP	FS
1	Jamie Salé / David Pelletier	Canada	2.5	3	1
2	Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze	Russia	2.5	1	2
3	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	China	4.0	2	3
4	Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov	Russia	7.0	4	5
5	Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin	Russia	8.0	8	4
6	Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek	Poland	8.5	5	6
7	Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman	United States	10.0	6	7
8	Kristy Sargeant-Wirtz / Kris Wirtz	Canada	15.0	14	8
9	Aliona Savchenko / Stanislav Morozov	Ukraine	15.0	12	9
10	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	China	15.0	10	10
11	Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn	United States	16.5	9	12
12	Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola	Czech Republic	17.5	13	11
13	Inga Rodionova / Andrei Kroukov	Azerbaijan	20.5	11	15
14	Sabrina Lefrançois / Jérôme Blanchard	France	21.5	17	13
15	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov	Japan	21.5	15	14
16	Mariana Kautz / Norman Jeschke	Germany	24.0	16	16
17	Natalia Ponomareva / Evgeni Sviridov	Uzbekistan	26.0	18	17
18	Viktoria Shklover / Valdis Mintals	Estonia	27.5	19	18
19	Maria Krasiltseva / Artem Znachkov	Armenia	29.0	20	19
WD	Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis	France		7
Free skating not reached
21	Jelena Sirokhvatova / Jurijs Salmanovs	Latvia		21
22	Oľga Beständigová / Jozef Beständig	Slovakia		22
23	Michela Cobisi / Ruben De Pra	Italy		23
24	Ivana Durin / Andrei Maximov	Yugoslavia		24

Referee:

• Walburga Grimm

Assistant Referee:

• Lucy J. Brennan

Judges:

• Volker Waldeck
• Jarmila Portova
• Vladislav Petukhov
• Alain Miquel
• Evgenia Bogdanova
• Benoit Lavoie
• Paolo Pizzocari
• Ubavka Novakovic-Kytinoy
• Roger Glenn

Substitute judge:

• Tatiana Danilenko

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	CD1-B	CD2-B	CD1-A	CD2-A	OD	FD
1	Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio	Italy	2.0	1	1			1	1
2	Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat	France	3.6			1	1	2	2
3	Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh	Russia	5.8	3	2			3	3
4	Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz	Canada	7.4	2	3			4	4
5	Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas	Lithuania	8.8			2	2	5	5
6	Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski	Israel	10.8			3	3	6	6
7	Kati Winkler / René Lohse	Germany	12.8	4	4			7	7
8	Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov	Ukraine	14.4			4	4	8	8
9	Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev	United States	16.4	5	5			9	9
10	Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviyski	Bulgaria	18.0			5	5	10	10
11	Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon	Canada	20.0	6	6			11	11
12	Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov	Russia	21.8			7	6	12	12
13	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	France	24.0			8	8	13	13
14	Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński	Poland	25.0			6	7	14	14
15	Eliane Hugentobler / Daniel Hugentobler	Switzerland	26.8	7	7			15	15
16	Marika Humphreys / Vitali Baranov	United Kingdom	29.2			9	9	16	16
17	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	United States	30.6	8	9			17	17
18	Magali Sauri / Michail Stifunin	France	32.2	9	8			18	18
19	Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin	Azerbaijan	35.0	10	10			20	19
20	Agata Błażowska / Marcin Kozubek	Poland	35.6			11	10	19	20
21	Gloria Agogliati / Luciano Milo	Italy	37.8			10	11	21	21
22	Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai	Hungary	41.0			13	13	23	22
23	Kateřina Kovalová / David Szurman	Czech Republic	42.0	12	11			24	23
24	Nakako Tsuzuki / Rinat Farkhoutdinov	Japan	42.0			12	12	22	24
Free dance not reached
25	Natalia Gudina / Alexei Beletski	Israel		11	13			25
26	Valentina Anselmi / Fabrizio Pedrazzini	Italy		14	14			26
27	Stephanie Rauer / Thomas Rauer	Germany		16	12			27
28	Zhang Weina / Cao Xianming	China		13	15			28
29	Anna Mosenkova / Sergei Sychov	Estonia				14	15	29
30	Alissa De Carbonnel / Alexander Malkov	Belarus				15	14	30
Original dance not reached
31	Yang Tae-hwa / Lee Chuen-gun	South Korea		15	16
32	Portia Duval-Rigby / Francis Rigby	Australia				17	16
33	Kamilla Szolnoki / Dejan Illes	Croatia				16	17
34	Zuzana Durkovska / Marian Mesaros	Slovakia		17	17
35	Ana Galitch / Andrei Shishkov	Bosnia and Herzegovina		18	18

Referee:

• Courtney Jones

Assistant Referee:

• Ann Shaw

Judges:

• Christine Hurth
• Alla Shekhovtseva
• Ulf Denzer
• Walter Zuccaro
• Istvan Sugar
• Yuri Balkov
• Verena Diener
• Hilary Selby
• Irina Nechkina

Substitute judge:

• Linda K. Leaver

External links

• 2001 World Figure Skating Championships Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine