1998 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

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1998 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Date: November 30 – December 7, 1997
Season: 1997–98
Location: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Champions
Men’s singles:
United States Derrick Delmore
Ladies’ singles:
Russia Julia Soldatova
Pairs:
Ukraine Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk
Ice dance:
United States Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler
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The 1998 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada between November 30 and December 7, 1997. Younger figure skaters competed for the title of World Junior Champion.

Medals table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 2 0 0 2
2  Russia (RUS) 1 3 3 7
3  Ukraine (UKR) 1 0 0 1
4  Italy (ITA) 0 1 0 1
5  China (CHN) 0 0 1 1
Totals (5 entries) 4 4 4 12

Results

Men

Rank Name[1][2] Nation TFP QA QB SP FS
1 Derrick Delmore  United States 1.5 — 1 1 1
2 Sergei Davydov  Russia 3.5 1 — 3 2
3 Li Yunfei  China 4.0 2 — 2 3
4 Ilia Klimkin  Russia 7.0 — 2 6 4
5 Ivan Dinev  Bulgaria 7.0 10 — 4 5
6 Hiraike Taijin  Japan 9.5 — 11 7 6
7 Li Chengjiang  China 11.0 — 6 8 7
8 Juraj Sviatko  Slovakia 12.5 8 — 9 8
9 Vitali Danilchenko  Ukraine 12.5 — 9 5 10
10 Lukáš Rakowski  Czech Republic 14.0 3 — 10 9
11 Emanuel Sandhu  Canada 18.0 — 3 12 12
12 Ben Ferreira  Canada 18.5 11 — 15 11
13 Alan Street  United Kingdom 22.0 — 7 18 13
14 Alexei Kozlov  Estonia 23.5 — 8 17 15
15 Matthew Davies  United Kingdom 24.0 4 — 16 16
16 David Jäschke  Germany 24.0 — 5 14 17
17 Vincent Restencourt  France 24.5 5 — 21 14
18 Lee Kyu-hyun  South Korea 24.5 7 — 13 18
19 Alexei Gruber  Israel 29.0 — 13 20 19 *tie*
20 Angelo Dolfini  Italy 30.0 9 — 22 19 *tie*
21 Vakhtang Murvanidze  Georgia 30.5 12 — 19 21
22 Michael Amentas  Australia 34.0 15 — 24 22
23 Gregor Urbas  Slovenia 34.5 — 14 23 23
R Yosuke Takeuchi  Japan — 4 11 w/d
Free skating not reached
24 Christian Horvath  Austria 13 — 25
25 Bartosz Domański  Poland — 10 26
26 Zoltán Tóth  Hungary — 12 27
27 Park Joon-ho  South Korea 16 — 28
28 Maurice Lim  Netherlands 14 — 28
29 Matthew van den Broek  Belgium — 15 30
R Timothy Goebel  United States 6 w/d
Short program not reached
30 Jose Alonso  Mexico — 16
31 Miguel Alegre  Spain 17 —
31 Edgar Grigoryan  Armenia — 17
33 Panagiotis Markouizos  Greece 18 —
33 Balint Miklos  Romania — 18

Ladies

Rank Name[2][3] Nation TFP QA QB SP FS
1 Julia Soldatova  Russia 2.0 — 1 2 1
2 Elena Ivanova  Russia 2.5 2 — 1 2
3 Viktoria Volchkova  Russia 5.5 1 — 5 3
4 Brittney McConn  United States 7.0 4 — 6 4
5 Anna Jurkiewicz  Poland 9.5 5 — 9 5
6 Chisato Shiina  Japan 10.5 9 — 3 9
7 Shelby Lyons  United States 11.5 7 — 11 6
8 Yuka Kanazawa  Japan 11.5 3 — 7 8
9 Fanny Cagnard  France 12.5 — 3 10 7
10 Julia Lautowa  Austria 13.0 — 2 4 11
11 Angela Nikodinov  United States 17.0 — 6 14 10
12 Keyla Ohs  Canada 18.0 — 14 12 12
13 Anna Lundström  Sweden 21.5 10 — 15 14
14 Júlia Sebestyén  Hungary 22.5 — 7 13 16
15 Anina Fivian  Switzerland 23.0 — 5 20 13
16 Andrea Diewald  Germany 24.0 6 — 8 20
17 Sara Lindroos  Finland 24.5 — 4 19 15
18 Wang Huan  China 25.5 13 — 17 17
19 Shin Yea-ji  South Korea 29.0 — 12 22 18
20 Anna Wenzel  Austria 29.5 — 10 21 19
21 Georgina Papavasiliou  United Kingdom 31.0 — 9 16 23
22 Christel Borghi  Switzerland 33.0 — 15 24 21
23 Shirene Human  South Africa 33.0 — 13 18 24
24 Idora Hegel  Croatia 33.5 11 — 23 22
Free skating not reached
25 Kaja Hanevold  Norway — 8 25
26 Mikkeline Kierkgaard  Denmark 8 — 26
27 Tina Svajger  Slovenia 12 — 27
28 Katerina Blohonova  Czech Republic — 11 28
29 Michelle Kriz  Australia 14 — 29
30 Viktoria Dirko  Belarus 15 — 30
Short program not reached
31 Noemi Bedo  Romania 16 —
31 Ellen Mareels  Belgium — 16
33 Anna Dimova  Bulgaria 17 —
33 Yoshie Onda  Japan — 17
35 Konstantina Livanou  Greece 18 —
35 Jessica Lim  Netherlands — 18
37 Anna Neshcheret  Ukraine 19 —
37 Ivana Snopkova  Slovakia — 19
39 Maricarmen Szeszko  Mexico 20 —
39 Ana Jovanović  FR Yugoslavia — 20
wd Olga Boguslavska  Latvia

Pairs

Rank Name[2][4] Nation TFP SP FS
1 Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk  Ukraine 3.0 4 1
2 Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexei Sokolov  Russia 3.5 1 3
3 Viktoria Maksiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski  Russia 5.0 6 2
4 Natalie Vlandis / Jered Guzman  United States 5.5 3 4
5 Sabrina Lefrançois / Nicolas Osseland  France 6.0 2 5
6 Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov  Russia 9.5 7 6
7 Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino  Canada 9.5 5 7
8 Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler  United States 13.0 8 9
9 Pang Qing / Tong Jian  China 13.5 11 8
10 Jaime O’Reilly / Clinton Petersen  Canada 14.0 8 10
11 Jaisa MacAdam / Garrett Lucash  United States 16.5 11 11
12 Elena Kokhanevich / Vitaly Dubina  Ukraine 18.5 13 12
13 Aliona Savchenko / Dmitri Boenko  Ukraine 19.0 12 13
14 Jekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals  Estonia 21.0 14 14
15 Irina Galkina / Artem Knyazev  Uzbekistan 22.5 15 15
16 Aneta Kowalska / Łukasz Różycki  Poland 24.0 16 16
17 Elisa Carenini / Ruben de Pra  Italy 25.5 19 17
18 Tatiana Zaharjeva / Jurijs Salmanovs  Latvia 26.5 17 18
19 Irina Mladenova / Hristo Turlakov  Bulgaria 28.5 18 19

Ice dancing

Rank Name[2][5] Nation TFP C1 C2 OD FD
1 Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler  United States 2.8 2 1 2 1
2 Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo  Italy 3.2 1 2 1 2
3 Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov  Russia 6.0 3 3 3 3
4 Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai  Hungary 8.0 4 4 4 4 *tie*
5 Melanie Espejo / Michael Zenezini  France 9.0 5 5 5 4 *tie*
6 Gabriela Hrazska / Jiří Procházka  Czech Republic 12.2 7 6 6 6
7 Natalia Romaniuta / Daniil Barantsev  Russia 14.6 9 8 7 7
8 Alexandra Kauc / Filip Bernadowski  Poland 16.8 10 10 8 8
9 Kristina Kobaladze / Oleg Voyko  Ukraine 17.0 6 7 9 9
10 Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek  United States 19.4 8 9 10 10
11 Olga Pogosian / Alexander Kirsanov  Russia 22.0 11 11 11 11
12 Laura Currie / Jeffrey Smith  Canada 24.8 14 14 12 12
13 Nelly Gourvest / Cedric Pernet  France 25.8 12 13 14 14
14 Margarita Toteva / Maxim Shabalin  Bulgaria 27.4 12 13 14 14
15 Sharon Hill / Andrew Hallam  United Kingdom 30.6 15 15 16 15
16 Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto  Japan 31.4 16 16 15 16
17 Viviane Steiner / Flavio Steiner  Switzerland 34.0 17 17 17 17
18 Pia-Maria Gustafsson / Antti Grunlund  Finland 36.0 18 18 18 18
19 Miriam Sinzinger / Ingo Feinkerer  Austria 38.6 21 20 19 19
20 Lindsay Gough / Jarrod Cook  Australia 40.0 19 21 20 20
21 Yang Tae-hwa / Lee Chuen-gun  South Korea 42.4 22 22 21 21
22 Kim Rolloos / Edwin Visser  Netherlands 43.0 20 19 22 22
23 Marina Timofejeva / Jevgeni Striganov  Estonia 46.0 23 23 23 23

References

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  2. ^ a b c d «World Junior Championships 1998». International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2016-01-10. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  3. ^ «World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ladies» (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013.
  4. ^ «World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Pairs» (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2013.
  5. ^ «World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dance» (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2013.