The 2002

World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...

were held at the

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Arena in Nagano,

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from March 16 to 24, sanctioned by the

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. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles,

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

, and

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

Medal table

Competition notes

It was the first ISU competition after the much publicized 2002 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 first

compulsory dance The compulsory dance (CD), now called the pattern dance, is a part of the figure skating segment of ice dance competitions in which all the competing couples perform the same standardized steps and holds to the music of a specified tempo and gen ...

was the Golden Waltz. The second was the Quickstep.

Results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

References

External links

2002 World Figure Skating Championships
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Sports competitions in Nagano (city) International figure skating competitions hosted by Japan March 2002 sports events in Asia