The 1996 Nations Cup was the fourth event of six in the 1996–97 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Gelsenkirchen on November 21–23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 1996–97 Champions Series Final.
Results Men Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Alexei Urmanov 1.5 1 1 2 Dmitri Dmitrenko 3.5 3 2 3 Alexei Yagudin 4.0 2 3 4 Daniel Hollander 7.0 6 4 5 Szabolcs Vidrai 7.0 4 5 6 Jayson Dénommée 7.5 5 6 7 Andrejs Vlascenko 11.0 8 7 8 Michael Shmerkin 11.5 7 8 9 Jens ter Laak 14.5 11 9 10 Makoto Okazaki 15.0 10 10 11 Francis Gastellu 15.5 9 11
Ladies Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Irina Slutskaya 1.5 1 1 2 Tara Lipinski 3.0 2 2 3 Vanessa Gusmeroli 5.5 5 3 4 Olga Markova 5.5 3 4 5 Julia Vorobieva 7.5 7 5 6 Elena Liashenko 9.0 6 6 7 Mojca Kopač 9.0 4 7 8 Andrea Diewald 13.5 11 8 9 Susan Humphreys 14.0 10 9 10 Lenka Kulovaná 14.5 9 10 11 Hiromi Sano 17.0 12 11 WD Astrid Hochstetter 8
Pairs Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer 3.0 4 1 2 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov 3.5 3 2 3 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen 3.5 1 3 4 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz 5.0 2 4 5 Lesley Rogers / Michael Aldred 7.5 5 5 6 Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek 10.0 8 6 7 Lilia Mashkovskaya / Viacheslav Chiliy 11.5 9 7 8 Sophie Guestault / Francois Guestault 11.5 7 8 WD Silvia Dmitrov / Rico Rex 6
Ice dancing Rank Name Nation TFP CD OD FD 1 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsiannikov 2.0 1 1 1 2 Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz 3.4 3 2 2 3 Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy 5.6 2 3 3 4 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh 8.0 4 4 4 5 Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas 10.0 5 5 5 6 Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga 12.0 6 6 6 7 Kati Winkler / René Lohse 14.0 7 7 7 8 Marika Humphreys / Philip Askew 16.0 8 8 8 9 Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates 18.4 10 9 9 10 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov 19.6 9 10 10 11 Melissa Möhler / Michael Osthoff 22.0 11 11 11 12 Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka 24.0 12 12 12
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