2001 World Figure Skating Championships
| 2001 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 17 – 25 |
| Season: | 2000–2001 |
| Location: |  Vancouver, Canada |
| Host: | Skate Canada |
| Venue: | GM Place |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Evgeni Plushenko | |
Ladies' singles:  Michelle Kwan | |
| Pairs: Jamie Salé / David Pelletier | |
Ice dance:  Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio | |
| Previous: 2000 World Figure Skating Championships | |
| Next: 2002 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 men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
The 2001 Worlds were held at the GM Place in Vancouver, Canada from March 17 to 25. This event was the primary means of deciding the number of entries each country would have to the 2002 Olympics.
Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B. Also both compulsory dances were split into two groups. Despite the "A" and "B" designations, the compulsory dances were the same for both groups. Group B skated both compulsory dances, followed immediately by Group A skating both compulsory dances.
This was also the 1st World Figure Skating Championships that National Anthem of The Russian Federation that was heard.
Medal table
| 1 | Russia |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  United States |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Canada |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Italy |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  France |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  China |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Results
Men
- Referee: Marina Sanaya
- Assistant Referee: Ronald T. Pfenning
Judges were:
- Alexander Pentchev
- Nicolae Bellu
- Susan Lynch
- Peter Moser
- Matjaz Kruzec
- Fabio Bianchetti
- Deborah Islam
- Mieko Fujimori
- Felicitas Babusikova
Substitute judge:
Ladies
- Referee: John Greenwood
- Assistant Referee: Britta Lindgren
Judges were:
- Zoya Yordanova
- Igor Prokop
- Florin Gafencu
- Joseph L. Inman
- Jiasheng Yang
- Hermi Ottemann
- Davorin Orban
- Lone Villefrance
- Hideo Sugita
Substitute judge:
Pairs
- Referee: Walburga Grimm
- Assistant Referee: Lucy J. Brennan
Judges were:
- Volker Waldeck
- Jarmila Portova
- Vladislav Petukhov
- Alain Miquel
- Evgenia Bogdanova
- Benoit Lavoie
- Paolo Pizzocari
- Ubavka Novakovic-Kytinoy
- Roger Glenn
Substitute judge:
Ice Dancing
- Referee: Courtney Jones
- Assistant Referee: Ann Shaw
Judges were:
- Christine Hurth
- Alla Shekhovtseva
- Ulf Denzer
- Walter Zuccaro
- Istvan Sugar
- Yuri Balkov
- Verena Diener
- Hilary Selby
- Irina Nechkina
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