2006 World Figure Skating Championships
| 2006 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship | 
| Date: | March 19 – 26 | 
| Season: | 2005–06 | 
| Location: | Calgary, Canada | 
| Host: | Skate Canada | 
| Venue: | Pengrowth Saddledome | 
| Champions | |
| Men's singles:  Stéphane Lambiel | |
| Ladies' singles:  Kimmie Meissner | |
| Pair skating:  Pang Qing / Tong Jian | |
| Ice dancing:  Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski | |
| Previous: 2005 World Championships | |
| Next: 2007 World Championships | |
The 2006 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. It was held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Canada from March 19 to 26, 2006.
Competition notes
The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2005. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2006 World Junior Championships.
Based on the results of the 2005 World Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.
None of the gold medalists from the 2006 Olympics competed at the 2006 World Championships. Stéphane Lambiel, the only defending World champion, won his event.
The compulsory dance was the Ravensburger Waltz.
Due to the large number of participants, the ladies and men's qualifying groups were split into groups A and B. This was the last World Championships to have a qualifying round. Following the 2006 Worlds, the ISU Congress voted to remove it. Following these Worlds, all skaters would compete in the short program, with the top twenty-four then advancing to the free skating.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 
| 2 |  United States | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 
| 3 |  Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 3 |  Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 5 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 5 |  France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 5 |  Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 8 |  Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | QA | QB | SP | FS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stéphane Lambiel |  Switzerland | 274.22 | 1 | 40.23 | 4 | 77.41 | 1 | 156.58 | ||
| 2 | Brian Joubert |  France | 270.83 | 3 | 34.05 | 1 | 80.31 | 2 | 156.47 | ||
| 3 | Evan Lysacek |  United States | 255.22 | 2 | 34.93 | 8 | 70.32 | 3 | 149.97 | ||
| 4 | Nobunari Oda |  Japan | 251.21 | 1 | 36.23 | 3 | 78.25 | 5 | 136.73 | ||
| 5 | Emanuel Sandhu |  Canada | 249.89 | 6 | 28.95 | 2 | 78.41 | 4 | 142.53 | ||
| 6 | Jeffrey Buttle |  Canada | 241.59 | 2 | 34.48 | 7 | 73.30 | 7 | 133.81 | ||
| 7 | Johnny Weir |  United States | 235.57 | 4 | 33.38 | 5 | 73.53 | 8 | 128.66 | ||
| 8 | Alban Préaubert |  France | 230.95 | 5 | 33.18 | 17 | 61.62 | 6 | 136.15 | ||
| 9 | Li Chengjiang |  China | 229.03 | 5 | 31.43 | 6 | 73.39 | 15 | 124.21 | ||
| 10 | Ilia Klimkin |  Russia | 227.78 | 3 | 32.65 | 10 | 68.72 | 10 | 126.41 | ||
| 11 | Matthew Savoie |  United States | 227.41 | 8 | 30.08 | 9 | 69.25 | 9 | 128.08 | ||
| 12 | Sergei Davydov |  Belarus | 222.44 | 6 | 30.83 | 12 | 66.07 | 11 | 125.54 | ||
| 13 | Tomáš Verner |  Czech Republic | 221.83 | 7 | 30.28 | 11 | 67.05 | 14 | 124.50 | ||
| 14 | Gheorghe Chiper |  Romania | 219.34 | 9 | 29.10 | 15 | 64.95 | 12 | 125.29 | ||
| 15 | Zhang Min |  China | 216.59 | 4 | 32.11 | 19 | 59.70 | 13 | 124.78 | ||
| 16 | Anton Kovalevski |  Ukraine | 211.93 | 9 | 28.44 | 14 | 65.67 | 19 | 117.82 | ||
| 17 | Andrei Griazev |  Russia | 208.37 | 10 | 28.83 | 21 | 57.96 | 16 | 121.58 | ||
| 18 | Roman Serov |  Israel | 207.14 | 8 | 28.55 | 16 | 64.36 | 20 | 114.23 | ||
| 19 | Ivan Dinev |  Bulgaria | 206.86 | 11 | 27.39 | 18 | 60.57 | 18 | 118.90 | ||
| 20 | Silvio Smalun |  Germany | 206.58 | 7 | 28.55 | 13 | 65.92 | 21 | 112.11 | ||
| 21 | Shawn Sawyer |  Canada | 201.05 | 10 | 27.80 | 25 | 53.23 | 17 | 120.02 | ||
| 22 | Gregor Urbas |  Slovenia | 198.54 | 11 | 28.72 | 20 | 59.60 | 23 | 110.22 | ||
| 23 | Kristoffer Berntsson |  Sweden | 192.47 | 12 | 25.89 | 23 | 56.21 | 22 | 110.37 | ||
| 24 | Trifun Zivanovic |  Serbia and Montenegro | 183.05 | 14 | 25.22 | 22 | 56.39 | 24 | 101.44 | ||
| Free Skating Not Reached | |||||||||||
| 25 | Karel Zelenka |  Italy | FNR | 13 | 25.75 | 24 | 54.66 | ||||
| 26 | Viktor Pfeifer |  Austria | FNR | 12 | 26.29 | 26 | 51.14 | ||||
| 27 | Igor Matsipura |  Slovakia | FNR | 13 | 25.00 | 28 | 50.11 | ||||
| 28 | Jamal Othman |  Switzerland | FNR | 14 | 24.91 | 27 | 50.15 | ||||
| 29 | Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari |  Finland | FNR | 15 | 23.48 | 29 | 49.08 | ||||
| 30 | John Hamer |  United Kingdom | FNR | 15 | 22.94 | 30 | 47.00 | ||||
| Short Program Not Reached | |||||||||||
| 31 | Aidas Reklys |  Lithuania | NQD | 16 | 23.19 | ||||||
| 32 | Sean Carlow |  Australia | NQD | 16 | 21.35 | ||||||
| 33 | Alper Uçar |  Turkey | NQD | 17 | 19.78 | ||||||
| 34 | Bertalan Zakany |  Hungary | NQD | 17 | 19.25 | ||||||
| 35 | Michael Novales |  Philippines | NQD | 18 | 19.16 | ||||||
| 36 | Tristan Thode |  New Zealand | NQD | 18 | 18.63 | ||||||
| 37 | Zeus Issariotis |  Greece | NQD | 19 | 17.81 | ||||||
| 38 | Luis Hernandez |  Mexico | NQD | 19 | 16.44 | ||||||
| 39 | Edward Ka-Yin Chow |  Hong Kong | NQD | 20 | 15.90 | ||||||
| 40 | Justin Pietersen |  South Africa | NQD | 20 | 13.78 | ||||||
Panel of judges Men's Qualifying Group A
-  Referee: Junko Hiramatsu  Japan Japan
-  Technical Controller: Steve Winkler  United States United States
-  Technical Specialist: Pirjo Uimonen  Finland Finland
-  Assistant Technical Specialist: Isabel Duval de Navarre  Germany Germany
-  Judge No.1 Katarina Grof Mitrovic  Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
-  Judge No.2 Merja Kosonen  Finland Finland
-  Judge No.3 Stanislava Smidova  Czech Republic Czech Republic
-  Judge No.4 Karin Ehrhardt  Austria Austria
-  Judge No.5 Francis Betsch  France France
-  Judge No.6 Igor Obraztsov  Russia Russia
-  Judge No.7 Deborah Islam  Canada Canada
-  Judge No.8 Allan Böhm  Slovakia Slovakia
-  Judge No.9 Deborah Currie  United States United States
-  Judge No.10 Nobuhiko Yoshioka  Japan Japan
Panel of judges Men's Qualifying Group B
-  Referee: Ubavka Novakovic-Kutinou  Serbia Serbia
-  Technical Controller: Benoit Lavoie  Canada Canada
-  Technical Specialist: Scott Davis  United States United States
-  Assistant Technical Specialist: Isabel Duval de Navarre  Germany Germany
-  Judge No.1 Paolo Pizzocari  Italy Italy
-  Judge No.2 Katarina Henriksson  Sweden Sweden
-  Judge No.3 Jiasheng Yang  China China
-  Judge No.4 Marina Beschea  Romania Romania
-  Judge No.5 Heinz-Ulrich Walther  Germany Germany
-  Judge No.6 Teri Sedej  Slovenia Slovenia
-  Judge No.7 Beatrice Pfister  Switzerland Switzerland
-  Judge No.8 Alfred Korytek  Ukraine Ukraine
-  Judge No.9 Osman Sirvan  Turkey Turkey
-  Judge No.10 Margaret Worsfold  United Kingdom United Kingdom
Panel of judges Men's Short program
-  Referee: Junko Hiramatsu  Japan Japan
-  Technical Controller: Benoit Lavoie  Canada Canada
-  Technical Specialist: Scott Davis  United States United States
-  Assistant Technical Specialist: Pirjo Uimonen  Finland Finland
-  Judge No.1 Beatrice Pfister  Switzerland Switzerland
-  Judge No.2 Francis Betsch  France France
-  Judge No.3 Deborah Islam  Canada Canada
-  Judge No.4 Nobuhiko Yoshioka  Japan Japan
-  Judge No.5 Merja Kosonen  Finland Finland
-  Judge No.6 Jiasheng Yang  China China
-  Judge No.7 Heinz-Ulrich Walther  Germany Germany
-  Judge No.8 Alfred Kprytek  Ukraine Ukraine
-  Judge No.9 Allan Böhm  Slovakia Slovakia
-  Judge No.10 Stanislava Smidova  Czech Republic Czech Republic
-  Judge No.11 Teri Sedej  Slovenia Slovenia
-  Judge No.12 Marina Beschea  Romania Romania
Panel of judges Men's Free skating
-  Referee: Junko Hiramatsu  Japan Japan
-  Technical Controller:	Benoit Lavoie  Canada Canada
-  Technical Specialist:	Scott Davis  United States United States
-  Assistant Technical Specialist: Pirjo Uimonen  Finland Finland
-  Judge No.1 Beatrice Pfister  Switzerland Switzerland
-  Judge No.2 Francis Betsch  France France
-  Judge No.3 Deborah Islam  Canada Canada
-  Judge No.4 Nobuhiko Yoshioka  Japan Japan
-  Judge No.5 Merja Kosonen  Finland Finland
-  Judge No.6 Jiasheng Yang  China China
-  Judge No.7 Heinz-Ulrich Walther  Germany Germany
-  Judge No.8 Alfred Korytek  Ukraine Ukraine
-  Judge No.9 Allan Böhm  Slovakia Slovakia
-  Judge No.10 Stanislava Smidova  Czech Republic Czech Republic
-  Judge No.11 Teri Sedej  Slovenia Slovenia
-  Judge No.12 Marina Beschea  Romania Romania
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | QB | QA | SP | FS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimmie Meissner |  United States | 218.33 | 2 | 28.46 | 5 | 60.17 | 1 | 129.70 | ||
| 2 | Fumie Suguri |  Japan | 209.74 | 1 | 28.47 | 2 | 62.12 | 2 | 119.15 | ||
| 3 | Sasha Cohen |  United States | 208.88 | 3 | 27.59 | 1 | 66.62 | 4 | 114.67 | ||
| 4 | Elena Sokolova |  Russia | 202.27 | 6 | 24.42 | 3 | 60.98 | 3 | 116.87 | ||
| 5 | Yukari Nakano |  Japan | 195.65 | 2 | 27.79 | 6 | 59.62 | 6 | 108.24 | ||
| 6 | Sarah Meier |  Switzerland | 195.11 | 5 | 24.64 | 4 | 60.51 | 5 | 109.96 | ||
| 7 | Joannie Rochette |  Canada | 189.41 | 1 | 29.28 | 7 | 56.38 | 8 | 103.75 | ||
| 8 | Emily Hughes |  United States | 184.75 | 3 | 25.68 | 10 | 54.23 | 7 | 104.84 | ||
| 9 | Susanna Pöykiö |  Finland | 180.06 | 7 | 23.13 | 9 | 54.28 | 9 | 102.65 | ||
| 10 | Kiira Korpi |  Finland | 176.65 | 5 | 25.44 | 11 | 53.32 | 10 | 97.89 | ||
| 11 | Yoshie Onda |  Japan | 172.46 | 6 | 23.39 | 12 | 52.49 | 12 | 96.58 | ||
| 12 | Carolina Kostner |  Italy | 172.45 | 4 | 25.64 | 16 | 48.95 | 11 | 97.86 | ||
| 13 | Mira Leung |  Canada | 168.80 | 4 | 24.77 | 14 | 49.49 | 13 | 94.54 | ||
| 14 | Elene Gedevanishvili |  Georgia | 164.92 | 9 | 20.72 | 8 | 54.55 | 17 | 89.65 | ||
| 15 | Idora Hegel |  Croatia | 163.58 | 7 | 23.26 | 17 | 48.31 | 14 | 92.01 | ||
| 16 | Liu Yan |  China | 159.05 | 8 | 21.16 | 19 | 46.17 | 15 | 91.72 | ||
| 17 | Amanda Nylander |  Sweden | 154.08 | 10 | 19.79 | 18 | 46.30 | 19 | 87.99 | ||
| 18 | Tuğba Karademir |  Turkey | 153.25 | 14 | 18.94 | 22 | 44.47 | 16 | 89.84 | ||
| 19 | Arina Martinova |  Russia | 149.89 | 13 | 18.95 | 15 | 48.96 | 21 | 81.98 | ||
| 20 | Galina Efremenko |  Ukraine | 149.65 | 14 | 16.22 | 21 | 44.69 | 18 | 88.74 | ||
| 21 | Anastasia Gimazetdinova |  Uzbekistan | 149.43 | 11 | 19.00 | 13 | 49.50 | 22 | 80.93 | ||
| 22 | Júlia Sebestyén |  Hungary | 142.30 | 11 | 19.77 | 24 | 38.53 | 20 | 84.00 | ||
| 23 | Valentina Marchei |  Italy | 141.51 | 12 | 19.12 | 20 | 45.06 | 23 | 77.33 | ||
| 24 | Annette Dytrt |  Germany | 137.31 | 10 | 19.47 | 23 | 41.90 | 24 | 75.94 | ||
| Free Skating Not Reached | |||||||||||
| 25 | Viktória Pavuk |  Hungary | FNR | 8 | 21.31 | 28 | 36.34 | ||||
| 26 | Katarina Gerboldt |  Russia | FNR | 13 | 17.58 | 27 | 36.59 | ||||
| 27 | Michelle Cantu |  Mexico | FNR | 15 | 15.98 | 25 | 38.09 | ||||
| 28 | Nadège Bobillier |  France | FNR | 9 | 19.89 | 29 | 33.61 | ||||
| 29 | Andrea Kreuzer |  Austria | FNR | 15 | 15.89 | 26 | 37.43 | ||||
| 30 | Teodora Poštič |  Slovenia | FNR | 12 | 18.96 | 30 | 30.77 | ||||
| Short Program Not Reached | |||||||||||
| 31 | Miriam Manzano |  Australia | NQD | 16 | 15.88 | ||||||
| 32 | Roxana Luca |  Romania | NQD | 17 | 15.53 | ||||||
| 33 | Tammy Sutan |  Thailand | NQD | 16 | 14.83 | ||||||
| 34 | Sonia Radeva |  Bulgaria | NQD | 17 | 14.56 | ||||||
| 35 | Diane Chen |  Chinese Taipei | NQD | 18 | 13.66 | ||||||
| 36 | Ksenia Jastsenjski |  Serbia and Montenegro | NQD | 19 | 13.45 | ||||||
| 37 | Jacqueline Belenyesiová |  Slovakia | NQD | 18 | 13.28 | ||||||
| 38 | Choi Ji-eun |  South Korea | NQD | 20 | 13.23 | ||||||
| 39 | Olga Zadvornova |  Latvia | NQD | 21 | 12.72 | ||||||
| 40 | Alisa Kireeva |  Ukraine | NQD | 19 | 12.49 | ||||||
| 41 | Jenna-Anne Buys |  South Africa | NQD | 20 | 12.35 | ||||||
| 42 | Laura Fernandez |  Spain | NQD | 22 | 11.77 | ||||||
| 43 | Elena Muhhina |  Estonia | NQD | 21 | 10.58 | ||||||
| WD | Kristina Mikhailova |  Belarus | |||||||||
Pairs
Ice dancing
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