Index - 2002 World Figure Skating Championships

• In order by Country
• In order by Placement

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2002 World Championships

The number of entrants per country is based on the placements received at the prior World Championships.

Each country's skating federation determines which athletes will be chosen to attend the Worlds Championships. It is possible for a federation to send fewer athletes than the maximum qualified by the country, based on the minimum requirements mandated by that particular skating federation. In that instance the next qualifying country has the option to take the vacated spot.

The Mens and Womens events have qualifying rounds which count for 20% of the total score. The qualifying events are split evenly between the competitors into two groups by random draw (A group and B group). A competitor must finish 15th or higher in qualifying to compete in the short program. The competition is pared down again from the combined results of the qualifying and short programs. A skater must finish in the top 24 to compete in the free skate.

*** 2002 WORLDS FIGURE SKATING NEWS ***

Typical of Worlds during an Olympic year, a number of top competitors will not be competing. Following are the withdrawals to date:

Yevgeny Plushchenko is nursing a knee injury and will not be competing.
Elvis Stojko is turning professional and will not compete.
Todd Eldredge announced his retirement during the Olympics.
Sarah Hughes has withdrawn, siting lack of training time since the Olympics. She indicates she will compete during the 2002-2003 season.
Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat have officially retired and will not compete.
Barbara Fusar-Poli and Maurizio Margaglio have withdrawn.
Jamie Sale and David Pelletier have withdrawn, along with Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze.

2002 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ENTRIES AND PLACEMENTS BY COUNTRY
	Entry Placement	Entry Placement	Entry Placement
ARMENIA	ARM
Pairs	Maria Krasiltseva Artem Znachkov SP: 19 FS: 18 Final: 18
AUSTRALIA	AUS
Ladies	Miriam Manzano Q: 13 SP: 18 FS: 16 Final: 16
Men	Anthony Liu Q: 7 SP: 11 FS: 7 Final: 7
Dance	Natalie Buck Trent Nelson-Bond CP: 28 CP: 28 DNQ
AUSTRIA	AUT
Ladies	Julia Lautowa Q: 9 SP: 21 FS: 22 Final: 22
Men	Clemens Jonas Q: 17 DNQ
AZERBAIJAN	AZE
Men	Sergei Rylov Q: 8 SP: 24 FS: 23 Final: 23
Dance	Kristin Fraser Igor Lukanin CP: 16 CP: 15 OD: 15 FD: 15 Final: 15
BELARUS	BLR
Ladies	Julia Soldatova Q: 7 SP: 22 FS: 17 Final: 18
Men	Sergei Davydov Q: 12 SP: 22 FS: 24 Final: 24
BELGIUM	BEL
Ladies	Natalie Hoste Q: 15 SP: 27 Final: DNQ
Men	Kevin van der Perren Q: 7 SP: 10 FS: 14 Final: 14
BULGARIA	BUL
Ladies	Hristina Vassileva Q: 18 DNQ
Men	Ivan Dinev Q: 10 SP: 13 FS: 18 Final: 17
Dance	Albena Denkova Maxim Staviyski CP: 5 CP: 5 OD: 5 FD: 5 Final: 5
CANADA	CAN
Ladies	Jennifer Robinson Q: 5 SP: 14 FS: 8 Final: 9
Men	Jeffrey Buttle Q: 4 SP: 7 FS: 12 Final: 8	Ben Ferreira Q: 10 SP: 17 FS: 13 Final: 15
Pairs	Jacinthe Lariviere Lenny Faustino SP: 8 FS: 8 Final: 8	Valerie Marcoux Bruno Marcotte SP: 12 FS: 11 Final: 12	Anabelle Langlois Patrice Archetto SP: 11 FS: 10 Final: 10
Dance	Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz CP: 2 CP: 2 OD: 2 FD: 2 Final: 2	Marie-France Dubreuil Patrice Lauzon CP: 11 CP: 10 OD: 10 FD: 10 Final: 10
CHINA	CHN
Ladies	Dan Fang Q: 12 SP: 19 FS: 19 Final: 20
Men	Song Gao Q: 9 SP: 16 FS: 16 Final: 16	Chengjiang Li Q: 3 SP: 6 FS: 5 Final: 5	Min Zhang Q: 4 SP: 15 FS: 8 Final: 9
Pairs	Xue Shen Hongbo Zhao SP: 1 FS: 1 Final: 1	Dan Zhang Hao Zhang SP: 10 FS: 9 Final: 9	Qing Pang Jian Tong SP: 5 FS: 5 Final: 5
Dance	Weina Zhang Xianming Cao CP: 20 CP: 20 OD: 20 FD: 19 Final: 20
CROATIA	CRO
Ladies	Idora Hegel Q: 10 SP: 16 FS: 15 Final: 14
CZECH REPUBLIC	CZE
Ladies	Lucie Krausova Q: 8 SP: 26 DNQ
Men	Tomas Verner Q: 15 SP: 26 DNQ
Pairs	Katerina Berankova Otto Dlabola SP: 9 FS: 12 Final: 11
Dance	Veronika Moravkova Jiri Prochazka CP: 19 CP: 18 OD: 18 FD: 18 Final: 18
ESTONIA	EST
Men	Margus Hernits Withdrawn
Pairs	Viktoria Shklover Valdis Mintals SP: 17 FS: 17 Final: 17
Dance	Anna Mosenkova Sergei Sychyov CD: 27 CD: 27 DNQ
FINLAND	FIN
Ladies	Susanna Poykio Q: 6 SP: 13 FS: 9 Final: 11
Men	Markus Leminen Q: 13 SP: 20 FS: 22 Final: 21
Dance	Jessica Huot Juha Valkama CD: 25 CD: 26 DNQ
FRANCE	FRA
Ladies	Laetitia Hubert Q: 8 SP: 12 FS: 12 Final: 12	Anne Sopjie Calvez Q: 16 DNQ
Men	Frederic Dambier Q: 5 SP: 12 FS: 10 Final: 11	Brian Joubert Q: 5 SP: 8 FS: 15 Final: 13
Dance	Isabelle Delobel Olivier Schoenfelder CP: 15 CP: 11 OD: 12 FD: 12 Final: 12	Alia Ouabdelsselam Benjamin Delmas CP: 17 CP: 17 OD: 17 FD: 17 Final: 17
GEORGIA	GEO
Men	Vakhtang Murvanidze Q: 9 SP: 19 FS: 20 Final: 20
GERMANY	GER
Men	Andrejs Vlascenko Q: 11 SP: 9 FS: 9 Final: 10
Pairs	Mariana Kautz Norman Jeschke SP: 14 FS: 14 Final: 14
Dance	Kati Winkler Rene Lohse CP: 7 CP: 7 OD: 7 FD: 7 Final: 7	Stephanie Rauer Thomas Rauer CP: 18 CP: 19 OD: 19 FD: 20 Final: 19
GREAT BRITAIN	GRB
Men	James Black Q: 18 DNQ
Dance	Marika Humphreys Vitali Baranov CP: 12 CP: 14 OD: 13 FD: 14 Final: 14
GREECE	GRE
Ladies	Georgina Papavasiliou Q: 14 SP: 29 DNQ
Men	Panagiotis Markouizos Q: 19 DNQ
HONG KONG	HKG
Ladies	Christine Lee Q: 19 DNQ
HUNGARY	HUN
Ladies	Julia Sebestyen Q: 3 SP: 7 FS: 11 Final: 8
Men	Zoltan Toth Q: 16 DNQ
Dance	Zita Gebora Andras Visontai CP: 21 CP: 22 OD: 21 FD: 21 Final: 21
ISRAEL	ISR
Ladies	Daria Zuravicki Q: 17 DNQ
Men	Sergei Kotov Q: 15 SP: 30 DNQ
Dance	Galit Chait Sergei Sakhnovski CP: 4 CP: 4 OD: 4 FD: 3 Final: 3
ITALY	ITA
Ladies	Silvia Fontana Q: 7 SP: 10 FS: 10 Final: 10	Vanessa Giunchi Q: 14 SP: 20 FS: 20 Final: 21
Dance	Valentina Anselmi Fabririo Pedrazzini CP: 23 CP: 21 OD: 22 FD: 22 Final: 22	Federica Faiella Massimo Scali CP: 14 CP: 16 OD: 16 FD: 16 Final: 16
JAPAN	JPN
Ladies	Fumie Suguri Q: 2 SP: 2 FS: 3 Final: 3	Yoshie Onda Q: 3 SP: 4 FS: 5 Final: 5
Men	Takeshi Honda Q: 3 SP: 3 FS: 3 Final: 3	Yosuke Takeuchi Q: 14 SP: 27 DNQ
Pairs	Yuko Kawaguchi Alexander Markuntsov SP: 13 FS: 13 Final: 13
Dance	Rie Arikawa Kenji Miyamoto CP: 26 CP: 24 OD: 23 FD: 24 Final: 24
LATVIA	LAT
Pairs	Jelena Sirokhvatova Jurijs Salmanovs SP: 18 FS: 19 Final: 19
LITHUANIA	LTU
Ladies	Gintare Vostrecovaite Q: 13 SP: 25 DNQ
Men	Aidas Reklys Q: 17 DNQ
Dance	Margarita Drobiazko Povilas Vanagas CP: 3 CP: 3 OD: 3 FD: 4 Final: 4
MEXICO	MEX
Ladies	Gladys Orozco Q: 19 DNQ
POLAND	POL
Ladies	Sabina Wojtala Q: 15 SP: 28 DNQ
Pairs	Dorota Zagorska Mariusz Siudek SP: 6 FS: 6 Final: 6
Dance	Sylwia Nowak Sebastian Kolasinski CP: 10 CP: 12 OD: 11 FD: 11 Final: 11
REP. OF KOREA	ROK - South Korea
Ladies	Yea-Ji Shin Q: 16 DNQ
Dance	Tae-Hwa Yang Chuen-Gun Lee CP: 23 CP: 23 OD: 24 FD: 23 Final: 23
ROMANIA	ROM
Ladies	Roxana Luca Q: 17 DNQ
RUSSIA	RUS
Ladies	Irina Slutskaya Q: 1 SP: 1 FS: 1 Final: 1	Maria Butyrskaya Q: 6 Withdrawn	Viktoria Volchkova Q: 9 SP: 8 FS: 7 Final: 7
Men	Alexei Yagudin Q: 1 SP: 1 FS: 1 Final: 1	Alexander Abt Q: 2 SP: 2 FS: 4 Final: 4
Pairs	Viktoria Borzenkova Andrei Chuvilyaev SP: 16 FS: 15 Final: 15	Tatiana Totmianina Maxim Marinin SP: 2 FS: 2 Final: 2	Maria Petrova Alexei Tikhonov SP: 4 FS: 4 Final: 4
Dance	Irina Lobacheva Ilia Averbukh CP: 1 CP: 1 OD: 1 FD: 1 Final: 1	Tatiana Navka Roman Kostomarov CP: 8 CP: 8 OD: 8 FD: 8 Final: 8
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	SVK
Ladies	Zuzana Babiakova Q: 11 SP: 9 FS: 13 Final: 13
Men	Juray Sviatko Q: 11 SP: 25 DNQ
SLOVENIA	SLO
Men	Gregor Urbas Q: 14 SP: 28 DNQ
SOUTH AFRICA	RSA
Ladies	Shirene Human Q: 18 DNQ
Men	Dino Quattrocecere Q: 19 DNQ
SPAIN	ESP
Ladies	Marta Andrade Q: 12 SP: 17 FS: 18 Final: 19
Men	Yon Garcia Q: 16 DNQ
SWEDEN	SWE
Ladies	Asa Persson Q: 11 SP: 23 FS: 23 Final: 23
Men	Kristoffer Berntsson Q: 13 SP: 29 DNQ
SWITZERLAND	SUI
Men	Stephane Lambiel Q: 6 SP: 18 FS: 17 Final: 18
CHINESE TAIPEI	TPE - Taiwan is not officially recognised because of politics with the People's Republic of China. Taiwanese athletes compete under the name "Chinese Taipei" using a different flag.
Ladies	Diana Chen Q: 20 DNQ
UKRAINE	UKR
Ladies	Galina Maniachenko Q: 10 SP: 24 FS: 14 Final: 17	Elena Liashenko Q: 4 SP: 6 FS: 6 Final: 6
Men	Dmitri Dmitrenko Q: 12 SP: 23 FS: 21 Final: 22
Pairs	Tatiana Chuvaeva Dmitri Palamarchuk SP: 15 FS: 16 Final: 16
Dance	Elena Grushina Ruslan Goncharov CP: 6 CP: 6 OD: 6 FD: 6 Final: 6	Alla Beknazarova Juri Kocherzhenko CP: 22 CP: 25 OD: 25 DNQ
USA	USA
Ladies	Sasha Cohen Q: 2 SP: 5 FS: 4 Final: 4	Jennifer Kirk Q: 4 SP: 15 Withdrawn	Michelle Kwan Q: 1 SP: 3 FS: 2 Final: 2
Men	Timothy Goebel Q: 1 SP: 4 FS: 2 Final: 2	Matthew Savoie Q: 6 SP: 14 FS: 11 Final: 12	Michael Weiss Q: 2 SP: 5 FS: 6 Final: 6
Pairs	Kyoko Ina John Zimmerman SP: 3 FS: 3 Final: 3	Tiffany Scott Philip Dulebohn SP: 7 FS: 7 Final: 7
Dance	Naomi Lang Peter Tchernyshev CP: 9 CP: 9 OD: 9 FD: 9 Final: 9	Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto CP: 13 CP: 13 OD: 14 FD: 13 Final: 13
UZBEKISTAN	UZB
Ladies	Tatiana Malinina Q: 5 SP: 11 FS: 21 Final: 15
Men	Roman Skorniakov Q: 8 SP: 21 FS: 19 Final: 19
Pairs	Marina Aganina Artem Knyazev SP: 20 FS: 20 Final: 20
YUGOSLOVIA	YUG
Ladies	Ksenija Jastsenjski Q: 20 DNQ
Men	Milos Milanovic Q: 18 DNQ