2017 World Figure Skating Championships

The 2017 World Figure Skating Championships were held 29 March – 2 April 2017 in Helsinki, Finland. The host was named in June 2014. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing. The event also determined the number of entries for each country at the 2018 World Championships and the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Venues

's main arena, with an ice surface measuring 60 m x 30 m, was used for all competitions and several practice sessions. The rest of the practice sessions took place at Hartwall Arena's practice rink and Pirkkola ice rink. Hartwall Arena's main rink and practice rink facilities are in the same venue. Pirkkola practice rink is about four kilometres from Hartwall Arena.

Records

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Event

Component

Skater

Score

Date

Ref

Ice dance

Short dance

Qualification

Minimum TES

Participants were required to have attained minimum technical element scores at an earlier senior international competition. The scores had to be obtained at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships.

Number of entries per discipline

Based on the results of the 2016 World Championships, each ISU member nation was allowed to field one to three entries per discipline.

Entries

Countries began publishing their selections as early as December 2016. The International Skating Union published a complete list on 9 March 2017.

Nation	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dance
	Slavik Hayrapetyan	Anastasia Galustyan		Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal
	Brendan Kerry	Kailani Craine	Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor
		Kerstin Frank	Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer
	Larry Loupolover			Anastasia Galyeta / Avidan Brown
			Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai Kamianchuk	Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev
	Jorik Hendrickx	Loena Hendrickx
		Isadora Williams
	Patrick Chan Kevin Reynolds	Kaetlyn Osmond Gabrielle Daleman	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
	Jin Boyang	Li Zijun Li Xiangning	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao	Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
	Chih-I Tsao	Amy Lin
	Nicholas Vrdoljak		Lana Petranović / Antonio Souza-Kordeiru
	Michal Březina	Michaela Lucie Hanzlíková	Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař	Nicole Kuzmichová / Alexandr Sinicyn
				Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
		Helery Hälvin
	Valtter Virtanen	Emmi Peltonen	Emilia Simonen / Matthew Penasse	Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen
	Chafik Besseghier	Laurine Lecavelier	Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov	Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Lorenza Alessandrini / Pierre Souquet
	Moris Kvitelashvili			Tatiana Kozmava / Oleksii Shumskyi
	Paul Fentz	Nicole Schott	Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert	Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis
	Graham Newberry	Natasha McKay	Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji	Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
		Ivett Tóth	Daria Beklemisheva / Mark Magyar
	Oleksii Bychenko			Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko
	Matteo Rizzo	Carolina Kostner	Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
	Yuzuru Hanyu Shoma Uno Keiji Tanaka	Wakaba Higuchi Mai Mihara Rika Hongo	Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet	Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed
	Denis Ten	Elizabet Tursynbayeva
	Deniss Vasiļjevs	Angelīna Kučvaļska		Olga Jakushina / Andrey Nevskiy
			Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev	Taylor Tran / Saulius Ambrulevičius
	Julian Zhi Jie Yee
			Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik
		Anne Line Gjersem
	Michael Christian Martinez
	Igor Reznichenko			Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
	Mikhail Kolyada Maxim Kovtun	Evgenia Medvedeva Anna Pogorilaya Maria Sotskova	Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
		Yu Shuran
		Nicole Rajičová
		Daša Grm
	Kim Jin-seo	Choi Da-bin		Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin
	Javier Fernández Javier Raya			Olivia Smart / Adrià Díaz
	Alexander Majorov	Joshi Helgesson
	Stéphane Walker	Yasmine Kimiko Yamada	Ioulia Chtchetinina / Noah Scherer
				Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar
	Ivan Pavlov	Anna Khnychenkova		Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
	Jason Brown Nathan Chen	Mariah Bell Karen Chen Ashley Wagner	Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim	Madison Chock / Evan Bates Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
	Misha Ge

Changes to initial assignments

Results

Men

set a new world record for the free skating.

Ladies

set a new world record for the free skating and for the combined total.

Pairs

Ice dance

and Scott Moir set a new world record for the short dance and for the combined total. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron set a new world record for the free dance.

Medals summary

Medalists

Medals for overall placement:
Small medals for placement in the short segment:
Small medals for placement in the free segment:

By country

Table of medals for overall placement: