1997 World Figure Skating Championships


The 1997 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the CIG de Malley in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 16–23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing.

Competition notes

At age 14, Tara Lipinski became the youngest skater to win the World title in ladies' singles.
Legendary coach Carlo Fassi suffered a heart attack and died while at the event with his skater Nicole Bobek.

Results

Men

1994 Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov withdrew with a groin injury.
Stojko became the first skater to win a world title with a successful 4T-3T.
Referee:
  • Britta Lindgren
Assistant Referee:
  • Katsuichiro Hisanaga
Judges:
Substitute judge:
  • Merja Kosonen

Ladies

Referee:
Assistant Referee:
  • Hely Abbondati
Judges:
Substitute judge:
  • Bettina Meier

Pairs

Referee:
  • Walburga Grimm
Assistant Referee:
  • Markus German
Judges:
Substitute judge:
  • Evgenia Bogdanova

Ice dancing

Referee:
  • Wolfgang Kunz
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
Substitute judge: