title: 1997 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
text: # 1997 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
  
  The 1997 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters competed for the title of World Junior Champion. It was held from November 24 to December 1, 1996 in Seoul, South Korea. Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B.
  
  ## Medals table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
  | 2 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | 3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 3 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Evgeni Plushenko | Russia | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
  | 2 | Timothy Goebel | United States | 4.5 | 5 | 2 |
  | 3 | Guo Zhengxin | China | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
  | 4 | Daniel Bellemare | Canada | 5.0 | 2 | 4 |
  | 5 | Yosuke Takeuchi | Japan | 9.0 | 6 | 6 |
  | 6 | Neil Wilson | United Kingdom | 10.5 | 7 | 7 |
  | 7 | Yamato Tamura | Japan | 11.5 | 13 | 5 |
  | 8 | Lee Kyu-hyun | South Korea | 13.0 | 10 | 8 |
  | 9 | Alexei Vasilevski | Russia | 14.0 | 8 | 10 |
  | 10 | Taijin Hiraike | Japan | 14.0 | 4 | 12 |
  | 11 | Ivan Dinev | Bulgaria | 16.5 | 11 | 11 |
  | 12 | Li Chengjiang | China | 18.5 | 19 | 9 |
  | 13 | Silvio Smalun | Germany | 20.5 | 9 | 16 |
  | 14 | Lukáš Rakowski | Czech Republic | 22.0 | 18 | 13 |
  | 15 | Gheorghe Chiper | Romania | 23.5 | 17 | 15 |
  | 16 | Florian Tuma | Austria | 24.0 | 14 | 17 |
  | 17 | Roman Martõnenko | Estonia | 24.5 | 21 | 14 |
  | 18 | Róbert Kažimír | Slovakia | 26.0 | 16 | 18 |
  | 19 | Ryan Jahnke | United States | 26.5 | 15 | 19 |
  | 20 | Vitali Danilchenko | Ukraine | 27.0 | 12 | 21 |
  | 21 | Vincent Restencourt | France | 30.0 | 20 | 20 |
  | 22 | Yuri Litvinov | Kazakhstan | 33.0 | 22 | 22 |
  | 23 | Alex Gruber | Israel | 35.0 | 24 | 23 |
  | 24 | Michael Amentas | Australia | 36.5 | 23 | 24 |
  | Free skating not reached ||||||||
  | 25 | Angelo Dolfini | Italy | | 25 | |
  | 26 | Alan Street | United Kingdom | | 26 | |
  | 27 | Janez Spoljar | Slovenia | | 27 | |
  | 28 | Vakhtang Murvanidze | Georgia | | 28 | |
  | 29 | Eugeni Kapitoulets | Poland | | 29 | |
  | 30 | Zoltan Koszegi | Hungary | | 30 | |
  | Short program not reached ||||||||
  | | Edgar Grigoryan | Armenia | | | |
  | | Matthew van den Broek | Belgium | | | |
  | | Alexei Fedoseyev | Russia | | | |
  | | Miguela Alegre | Spain | | | |
  
  ### Ladies
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sydne Vogel | United States | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
  | 2 | Elena Sokolova | Russia | 2.5 | 1 | 2 |
  | 3 | Elena Ivanova | Russia | 7.0 | 6 | 4 |
  | 4 | Fumie Suguri | Japan | 7.0 | 4 | 5 |
  | 5 | Elena Pingacheva | Russia | 8.5 | 5 | 6 |
  | 6 | Julia Lautowa | Austria | 9.0 | 12 | 3 |
  | 7 | Lucinda Ruh | Switzerland | 12.5 | 3 | 11 |
  | 8 | Shizuka Arakawa | Japan | 13.0 | 10 | 8 |
  | 9 | Shelby Lyons | United States | 13.5 | 13 | 7 |
  | 10 | Fanny Cagnard | France | 13.5 | 9 | 9 |
  | 11 | Gwenaëlle Jullien | France | 14.0 | 8 | 10 |
  | 12 | Anna Neshcheret | Ukraine | 15.5 | 7 | 12 |
  | 13 | Anina Fivian | Switzerland | 21.0 | 14 | 14 |
  | 14 | Veronika Dytrt | Germany | 22.5 | 19 | 13 |
  | 15 | Elena Volokhova | Ukraine | 23.5 | 17 | 15 |
  | 16 | Joanne Carter | Australia | 23.5 | 11 | 18 |
  | 17 | Sanna-Maija Wiksten | Finland | 25.0 | 18 | 16 |
  | 18 | Zoe Jones | United Kingdom | 27.0 | 20 | 17 |
  | 19 | Annie Bellemare | Canada | 27.5 | 15 | 20 |
  | 20 | Klara Bramfeldt | Sweden | 29.0 | 16 | 21 |
  | 21 | Zuzana Paurova | Slovakia | 30.0 | 22 | 19 |
  | 22 | Barbara Maros | Hungary | 32.5 | 21 | 22 |
  | 23 | Idora Hegel | Croatia | 34.5 | 23 | 23 |
  | 24 | Kaja Hanevold | Norway | 37.0 | 24 | 25 |
  | 25 | Jung Min-joo | South Korea | 38.0 | 28 | 24 |
  | Free skating not reached ||||||||
  | 26 | Shirene Human | South Africa | | 25 | |
  | 27 | Sabina Wojtala | Poland | | 26 | |
  | 28 | Vanessa Giunchi | Italy | | 27 | |
  | 29 | Dan Chen | China | | 29 | |
  | 30 | Sima Altay | Turkey | | 30 | |
  | Short program not reached ||||||||
  | | Marina Tadevosyan | Armenia | | | |
  | | Alesia Komisarova | Belarus | | | |
  | | Patricia Ferriot | Belgium | | | |
  | | Anna Dimova | Bulgaria | | | |
  | | Jekaterina Golovatenko | Estonia | | | |
  | | Valeria Trifancova | Latvia | | | |
  | | Selma Duyn | Netherlands | | | |
  | | Roxana Luca | Romania | | | |
  | | Tina Svajger | Slovenia | | | |
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell | United States | 3.0 | 4 | 1 |
  | 2 | Maria Petrova / Teimuraz Pulin | Russia | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 3 | Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski | Russia | 3.5 | 1 | 3 |
  | 4 | Sabrina Lefrançois / Nicolas Osseland | France | 6.5 | 5 | 4 |
  | 5 | Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko | Ukraine | 6.5 | 3 | 5 |
  | 6 | Natalie Vlandis / Jered Guzman | United States | 9.5 | 7 | 6 |
  | 7 | Olena Bilousivska / Stanislav Morozov | Ukraine | 10.0 | 6 | 7 |
  | 8 | Marsha Poluliaschenko / Andrew Seabrook | United Kingdom | 13.5 | 9 | 8 |
  | 9 | Alexandra Roger / Vivien Rolland | France | 14.0 | 10 | 9 |
  | 10 | Marni Wade / Lenny Faustino | Canada | 14.0 | 8 | 10 |
  | 11 | Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov | Russia | 17.0 | 12 | 11 |
  | 12 | Carissa Guild / Andrew Muldoon | United States | 18.5 | 13 | 12 |
  | 13 | Johanna Otto / Robin Szolkowy | Germany | 19.5 | 11 | 14 |
  | 14 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | China | 20.0 | 14 | 13 |
  | 15 | Irina Mladenova / Stoian Kazakov | Bulgaria | 23.5 | 15 | 16 |
  | 16 | Irina Galkina / Artem Knyazev | Uzbekistan | 24.0 | 18 | 15 |
  | 17 | Veronika Ruzkova / Marek Sedelmajer | Czech Republic | 25.0 | 16 | 17 |
  | 18 | Ekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals | Estonia | 26.5 | 17 | 18 |
  
  ### Ice dancing
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | C1 | C2 | OD | FD |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Nina Ulanova / Mikhail Stifounin | Russia | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
  | 2 | Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov | Russia | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
  | 3 | Agata Błażowska / Marcin Kozubek | Poland | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
  | 4 | Natalia Gudina / Vitali Kurkudym | Ukraine | 9.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
  | 5 | Magali Sauri / Nicolas Salicis | France | 10.2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
  | 6 | Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler | United States | 10.4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
  | 7 | Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo | Italy | 15.2 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
  | 8 | Kerrie O'Donnell / Brandon Forsyth | United States | 15.6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
  | 9 | Melanie Espejo / Michael Zenezini | France | 18.0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
  | 10 | Eliane Hugentobler / Daniel Hugentobler | Switzerland | 20.4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
  | 11 | Elena Pavlova / Alexander Pavlov | Russia | 20.8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 |
  | 12 | Jacqueline Wickett / Mark Bradshaw | Canada | 24.6 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
  | 13 | Gabriela Hrazska / Jiri Prochazka | Czech Republic | 26.6 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 |
  | 14 | Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai | Hungary | 27.4 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
  | 15 | Kristina Kobaladze / Oleg Voiko | Ukraine | 29.8 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
  | 16 | Jill Vernekohl / Jan Luggenhölscher | Germany | 32.2 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
  | 17 | Pamela O'Connor / Jonathon O'Dougherty | United Kingdom | 34.2 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 17 |
  | 18 | Nelly Gouverst / Cedric Pernet | France | 36.0 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
  | 19 | Tetyana Kurkudym / Yuriy Kocherzhenko | Ukraine | 39.4 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 19 |
  | 20 | Karolina Dobrodziej / Filip Bernadowski | Poland | 40.2 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
  | 21 | Cindy Bouras / Jean-Nicolas Chagnon | Canada | 40.6 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 20 |
  | 22 | Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali | Italy | 44.4 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
  | 23 | Kristina Kalesnik / Aleksandr Terentjev | Estonia | 44.6 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
  | 24 | Daniela Ivanova / Rumen Yordanov | Bulgaria | 48.0 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
  | 25 | Yang Tae-hwa / Lee Chuen-gun | South Korea | 54.0 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 25 |
  | Free dance not reached ||||||||
  | 26 | Chizu Ogawa / Yasuo Ogawa | Japan | | 25 | 26 | 25 | |
  | 27 | Rui Wang / Wei Zhang | China | | 26 | 25 | 26 | |
  | 28 | Ilze Rasenbauma / Maksims Riks | Latvia | | 27 | 27 | 27 | |
  | 29 | Lindsay Gough / Jarrod Cook | Australia | | 28 | 28 | 28 | |
  