2003 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 24 – 30
Season:2002–03
Location:Washington, D.C., USA
Venue:MCI Center
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Evgeni Plushenko
Ladies' singles:
United States Michelle Kwan
Pairs:
China Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo
Ice dance:
Canada Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz
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The 2003 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., USA from March 24 to 30. The senior-level international figure skating competition was sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)1315
2 United States (USA)1102
3 Canada (CAN)1001
 China (CHN)1001
5 Japan (JPN)0022
6 Bulgaria (BUL)0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Competition notes

Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups and the ice dancing compulsory dance were split into groups A and B. Ice dancers in both groups performed the same compulsory dance. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.

Michelle Kwan won her fifth and final world championship, the most of any ladies skater since 1960.

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation TFP QB QA SP FS
1 Evgeni Plushenko  Russia 2.0 1 1 1
2 Timothy Goebel  United States 4.0 2 2 2
3 Takeshi Honda  Japan 5.6 2 3 3
4 Li Chengjiang  China 8.0 4 4 4
5 Michael Weiss  United States 8.4 1 5 5
6 Brian Joubert  France 13.2 9 6 6
7 Sergei Davydov  Belarus 13.6 6 7 7
8 Emanuel Sandhu  Canada 16.0 5 10 8
9 Ilia Klimkin  Russia 20.4 4 13 11
10 Stéphane Lambiel  Switzerland 20.8 3 16 10
11 Zhang Min  China 21.8 5 18 9
12 Stanislav Timchenko  Russia 22.8 8 11 13
13 Ryan Jahnke  United States 24.6 3 9 18
14 Ivan Dinev  Bulgaria 25.2 7 14 14
15 Jeffrey Buttle  Canada 26.2 6 8 19
16 Stanick Jeannette  France 28.0 12 12 16
17 Andrejs Vlascenko  Germany 29.0 11 21 12
18 Gheorghe Chiper  Romania 30.4 8 17 17
19 Kevin van der Perren  Belgium 31.0 7 22 15
20 Roman Skorniakov  Uzbekistan 33.0 10 15 20
21 Vakhtang Murvanidze  Georgia 37.0 9 19 22
22 Tomáš Verner  Czech Republic 37.4 11 20 21
23 Silvio Smalun  Germany 42.0 10 25 23
24 Gregor Urbas  Slovenia 43.0 13 23 24
Free skating not reached
25 Karel Zelenka  Italy 14 24
26 Sergei Kotov  Israel 13 27
27 Zoltán Tóth  Hungary 15 26
28 Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari  Finland 12 28
29 Juraj Sviatko  Slovakia 14 29
30 Konstantin Tupikov  Ukraine 15 30
Short program not reached
31 Kristoffer Berntsson  Sweden 16
31 Maciej Kuś  Poland 16
33 Yon García  Spain 17
33 Lee Dong-whun  South Korea 17
35 Clemens Jonas  Austria 18
35 Aidas Reklys  Lithuania 18
37 Bradley Santer  Australia 19
37 Manuel Segura  Mexico 19
39 Sean Carlow  Australia 20
39 Aramais Grigorian  Armenia 20

Ladies

Rank Name Nation TFP QA QB SP FS
1 Michelle Kwan  United States 2.0 1 1 1
2 Elena Sokolova  Russia 4.0 2 2 2
3 Fumie Suguri  Japan 6.2 1 3 4
4 Sasha Cohen  United States 7.8 3 6 3
5 Viktoria Volchkova  Russia 9.2 3 5 5
6 Sarah Hughes  United States 13.2 6 8 6
7 Elena Liashenko  Ukraine 14.2 5 7 8
8 Shizuka Arakawa  Japan 15.2 4 11 7
9 Jennifer Robinson  Canada 15.2 2 9 9
10 Carolina Kostner  Italy 17.0 9 4 11
11 Yoshie Onda  Japan 23.8 4 12 15
12 Alisa Drei  Finland 24.0 8 18 10
13 Ludmila Nelidina  Russia 24.0 5 15 13
14 Júlia Sebestyén  Hungary 24.0 10 10 14
15 Julia Lautowa  Austria 27.0 12 17 12
16 Galina Maniachenko  Ukraine 27.2 7 14 16
17 Joannie Rochette  Canada 32.2 9 16 19
18 Fang Dan  China 32.6 7 13 22
19 Sarah Meier  Switzerland 35.2 13 20 18
20 Mojca Kopač  Slovenia 35.4 13 22 17
21 Jenna McCorkell  United Kingdom 35.8 11 19 20
22 Anne-Sophie Calvez  France 36.0 6 21 21
23 Anastasia Gimazetdinova  Uzbekistan 41.0 8 23 24
24 Idora Hegel  Croatia 43.2 10 27 23
Free skating not reached
25 Sara Falotico  Belgium 15 24
26 Miriam Manzano  Australia 14 25
27 Olga Vassiljeva  Estonia 15 26
28 Vanessa Giunchi  Italy 12 28
29 Johanna Götesson  Sweden 11 29
30 Tuğba Karademir  Turkey 14 30
Short program not reached
31 Tamara Dorofejev  Hungary 16
31 Daria Timoshenko  Azerbaijan 16
33 Zuzana Babiaková  Slovakia 17
33 Gintarė Vostrecovaitė  Lithuania 17
35 Lucie Krausová  Czech Republic 18
35 Georgina Papavasiliou  Greece 18
37 Diane Chen  Chinese Taipei 19
37 Roxana Luca  Romania 19
39 Ana Cecilia Cantu  Mexico 20
39 Hristina Vassileva  Bulgaria 20
41 Cho Hae-lyeum  South Korea 21
41 Shirene Human  South Africa 21

Pairs

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo  China 2.0 2 1
2 Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin  Russia 2.5 1 2
3 Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov  Russia 4.5 3 3
4 Pang Qing / Tong Jian  China 8.0 8 4
5 Anabelle Langlois / Patrice Archetto  Canada 8.0 6 5
6 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao  China 9.5 7 6
7 Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek  Poland 9.5 5 7
8 Julia Obertas / Alexei Sokolov  Russia 10.0 4 8
9 Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn  United States 15.5 13 9
10 Rena Inoue / John Baldwin, Jr.  United States 15.5 11 10
11 Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola  Czech Republic 17.0 10 12
12 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis  France 17.5 9 13
13 Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino  Canada 18.5 15 11
14 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Markuntsov  Japan 20.0 12 14
15 Eva-Maria Fitze / Rico Rex  Germany 23.0 16 15
16 Katie Orscher / Garrett Lucash  United States 23.0 14 16
17 Tatiana Volosozhar / Petro Kharchenko  Ukraine 25.5 17 17
18 Maria Guerassimenko / Vladimir Futáš  Slovakia 27.0 18 18
19 Diana Rennik / Aleksei Saks  Estonia 28.5 19 19
20 Marina Aganina / Artem Knyazev  Uzbekistan 30.0 20 20
Free skating not reached
21 Olga Boguslavska / Andrei Brovenko  Latvia 21

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation TFP CDA CDB OD FD
1 Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz  Canada 2.6 1 2 1
2 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh  Russia 3.0 1 1 2
3 Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski  Bulgaria 5.6 2 3 3
4 Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov  Russia 7.6 3 4 4
5 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov  Ukraine 8.8 2 5 5
6 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski  Israel 10.8 3 6 6
7 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto  United States 12.8 4 7 7
8 Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev  United States 14.4 4 8 8
9 Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder  France 16.4 5 9 9
10 Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon  Canada 18.0 5 10 10
11 Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali  Italy 20.0 6 11 11
12 Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe  Canada 22.0 7 12 12
13 Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin  Azerbaijan 23.2 6 13 13
14 Natalia Gudina / Alexei Beletski  Israel 25.6 8 14 14
15 Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin  Russia 26.8 7 15 15
16 Veronika Morávková / Jiří Procházka  Czech Republic 28.8 8 16 16
17 Zhang Weina / Cao Xianming  China 31.4 9 18 17
18 Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek  Hungary 31.8 9 17 18
19 Pamela O'Connor / Jonathon O'Dougherty  United Kingdom 34.8 11 19 19
20 Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido  Japan 36.0 10 20 20
21 Jessica Huot / Juha Valkama  Finland 39.2 11 23 21
22 Julia Golovina / Oleg Voyko  Ukraine 39.6 10 21 23
23 Roxane Petetin / Matthieu Jost  France 40.0 12 22 22
24 Anastasia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azrojan  Armenia 43.2 12 24 24
Free dance not reached
25 Natalie Buck / Trent Nelson-Bond  Australia 13 25
26 Marina Timofeieva / Evgeni Striganov  Estonia 14 26
27 Agnieszka Dulej / Sławomir Janicki  Poland 13 27
28 Clover Mory Zatzman / Aurimas Radisauskas  Lithuania 15 28
29 Tatiana Siniaver / Tornike Tukvadze  Georgia 14 29

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