| 2002 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 16 – 24 |
| Season: | 2001–02 |
| Location: | Nagano,Japan |
| Venue: | M-Wave |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Alexei Yagudin | |
| Ladies' singles:Irina Slutskaya | |
Pairs: Shen Xue /Zhao Hongbo | |
| Ice dance:Irina Lobacheva /Ilia Averbukh | |
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The2002World Figure Skating Championships were held at theM-Wave Arena inNagano,Japan from March 16 to 24, sanctioned by theInternational Skating Union. Medals were awarded in the disciplines ofmen's singles, ladies' singles,pair skating, andice dancing.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 |  Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
It was the first ISU competition after the much publicized2002 Olympic judging controversy. Neither pairs gold medalists chose to attend. Both went pro soon after.
2002 Worlds was the first time Israel had ever won a medal at Worlds.
Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B.
The firstcompulsory dance was the Golden Waltz. The second was the Quickstep.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shen Xue /Zhao Hongbo | China | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Tatiana Totmianina /Maxim Marinin | Russia | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Kyoko Ina /John Zimmerman | United States | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Maria Petrova /Alexei Tikhonov | Russia | 6.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Pang Qing /Tong Jian | China | 7.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Dorota Zagórska /Mariusz Siudek |  Poland | 9.0 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Tiffany Scott /Philip Dulebohn | United States | 10.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Jacinthe Larivière /Lenny Faustino | Canada | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Zhang Dan /Zhang Hao | China | 14.0 | 10 | 9 |
| 10 | Anabelle Langlois /Patrice Archetto | Canada | 15.5 | 11 | 10 |
| 11 | Kateřina Beránková /Otto Dlabola |  Czech Republic | 16.5 | 9 | 12 |
| 12 | Valérie Marcoux /Bruno Marcotte | Canada | 17.0 | 12 | 11 |
| 13 | Yuko Kawaguchi /Alexander Markuntsov | Japan | 19.5 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Mariana Kautz /Norman Jeschke |  Germany | 21.0 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Viktoria Borzenkova /Andrei Chuvilyaev | Russia | 23.0 | 16 | 15 |
| 16 | Tatiana Chuvaeva /Dmitri Palamarchuk |  Ukraine | 23.5 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | Viktoria Shklover /Valdis Mintals |  Estonia | 25.5 | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | Maria Krasiltseva /Artem Znachkov |  Armenia | 27.5 | 19 | 18 |
| 19 | Jelena Sirokhvatova /Jurijs Salmanovs |  Latvia | 28.0 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | Marina Aganina /Artem Knyazev |  Uzbekistan | 30.0 | 20 | 20 |
