2007 World Figure Skating Championships

Infobox Figure Skating Competition
title= 2007 World Figure Skating Championships


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comptype= ISU Championship
startdate= March 19
enddate= March 25
skatingseason= 2006-2007
location= flagicon|JPN Tokyo, Japan
host=
venue= Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
prizemoney= US $710,000
championmen= flagicon|FRA Brian Joubert
championladies= flagicon|JPN Miki Ando
championpairs= flagicon|CHN Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo
championdance= flagicon|BUL Albena Denkova & Maxim Staviski
previouscomp= 2006 World Figure Skating Championships
nextcomp= 2008 World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. This event is considered the most prestigious of the ISU Championships. Skaters compete in the discplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dancing. The 2007 championships were held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from March 19 to 25.

Figure skaters are entered into the championships by country. Each International Skating Union Member (national association) may enter one skater or team in each event. Some countries are permitted to enter 2 or 3 participants if their skaters performed well at the previous championship.

Because of the large number of entries at the World Championships, only the top 24 single skaters and top 20 pairs advanced to the free skate after the short program. In ice dance, the top 30 couples in the compulsory dance advanced to the original dance, and the top 24 couples after the original dance advanced to the free dance.

To compete, skaters must have reached the age of 15 by July 1st of the previous year. The 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was the corresponding competition for skaters who are not age-eligible for senior worlds.

Competition notes

* Yukari Nakano and Carolina Kostner tied for 5th place with 168.92 points overall. Nakano won 5th place on the tiebreak, which was the free skate placement, and Kostner dropped to 6th.

Medals Table

* Referee: Marina Sanaya RUS
* Technical Controller: Charles Cyr USA
* Technical Specialist: Ravi Walia CAN
* Assistant Technical Specialist: Isabel Duval de Navarre GER

Judges for the ladies short program
* Katalin Balczo HUN
* Robert Rosenbluth USA
* Lenka Bohunicka SVK
* Adriana Ordeanu ROM
* Antica Grubisic CRO
* Chihee Rhee KOR
* Osman Sirvan TUR
* Franco Benini ITA
* Deborah Islam CAN
* Nikolai Salnikov EST
* Mona Jonsson SWE
* Christiane Mörth AUT

Judges of the ladies free program
* Adriana Ordeanu ROM
* Robert Rosenbluth USA
* Katalin Balczo HUN
* Deborah Islam CAN
* Elisabeth Louesdon FRA
* Mona Jonsson SWE
* Masako Kubota JPN
* Hely Abbondati FIN
* Elena Fomina RUS
* Lenka Bohunicka SVK
* Nikolai Salnikov EST
* Christiane Mörth AUT

Pairs

Prize Money

The total prize money for the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships is US$710,000. Pairs and dance teams split the money. All amounts are in US dollars. The breakdown is as follows:

ee also

* World Figure Skating Championships

External links

* [http://www.isufs.org/results/wc2007/ Live results and starting orders]
* [http://www.worlds2007.jp/ Official site]
* [http://www.isufs.org/events/fsevent00009369.htm ISU Site]

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