Men's Long Program - 1997 World Figure Skating Championships (USA, ABC, Kulik, Stojko, Yagudin)

Lausanne, SWITZERLAND - 1997 World Figure Skating Championships, Men's Long Program - Commentators were Brent Musburger, Terry Gannon, Dick Button, and Brian Boitano. Aleksei Urnanov of Russia warmed up with the final group, but with a groin muscle pull. After the 6-minute warm-up, he would consult with his coach and German team doctor before making the decision to withdraw. In other news at the time, legendary coach Carlo Fassi died of a massive heart attack while he and his wife, Christa, accompanied their pupil, Nicole Bobek, to these championships. Scott Hamilton of the United States was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
SKATERS (NATION) TIME
Profile on Michael (Misha) Shmerkin (ISR)
Michael Shmerkin (ISR)
Michael Weiss (USA)
Takeshi Honda (JPN)
Interview with Ilia Kulik (RUS)
Ilia Kulik (RUS)
Vyacheslav Zagorodniuk (UKR)
Profile on Elvis Stojko (CAN)
Elvis Stojko (CAN)
Profile on Todd Eldredge (USA)
Todd Eldredge (USA)
Aleksei Yagudin (RUS)
Interview with Todd Eldredge (USA)
Interview with Elvis Stojko (CAN)
Men's Award Ceremony

Rank Name Nation TFP QA QB SP FS
1 Elvis Stojko Canada 3.0 2 4 1
2 Todd Eldredge United States 3.0 1 2 2
3 Alexei Yagudin Russia 5.5 6 5 3
4 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk Ukraine 7.0 3 6 4
5 Ilia Kulik Russia 7.5 2 3 6
6 Andrejs Vlascenko Germany 10.0 4 10 5
7 Michael Weiss United States 12.5 4 9 8
8 Igor Pashkevich Azerbaijan 13.0 5 12 7
9 Jeffrey Langdon Canada 14.5 5 11 9
10 Takeshi Honda Japan 15.5 7 7 12
11 Steven Cousins United Kingdom 19.5 9 17 11
12 Éric Millot France 19.5 3 13 13
13 Laurent Tobel France 20.0 6 20 10
14 Cornel Gheorghe Romania 23.0 8 18 14
15 Michael Shmerkin Israel 24.0 11 8 20
16 Szabolcs Vidrai Hungary 24.5 7 15 17
17 Konstantin Kostin Latvia 25.0 8 14 18
18 Michael Tyllesen Denmark 25.5 12 19 16
19 GUO Zhengxin China 26.0 12 22 15
20 Roman Skorniakov Uzbekistan 27.0 13 16 19
21 Michael Hopfes Germany 31.5 10 21 21
22 Anthony Liu Australia 34.0 9 24 22
23 Ivan Dinev Bulgaria 35.5 13 23 24
24 Patrick Meier Switzerland 36.0 16 26 23
WD Alexei Urmanov Russia 1 1

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26 Markus Leminen Finland 14 26
27 Gilberto Viadana Italy 14 27
28 Lee Kyu-hyun South Korea 11 28
29 Robert Grzegorczyk Poland 15 29
30 Patrick Schmit Luxembourg 10 30
31 Vakhtang Murvanidze Georgia 15 31

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32 Jordi Pedro Spain 16
33 Alexander Murashko Belarus 17
33 Margus Hernits Estonia 17
35 Karel Nekola Czech Republic 18
35 Daniel Hollander United States 18
37 Ferdi Skoberla South Africa 19
37 Róbert Kažimír Slovakia 19
39 Youri Litvinov Kazakhstan 20
39 David Liu Chinese Taipei 20
41 Ricardo Olaverrieta Mexico 21
41 Florian Tuma Austria 21
43 Yan-Ho Brian Chan Hong Kong 22
43 Matthew van den Broeck Belgium 22
WD Armen Asoyan Armenia