The 1996 Cup of Russia was the sixth event of six in the 1996–97 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Saint Petersburg on December 12–15. 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 Alexei Yagudin 3.0 2 2 3 Michael Weiss 4.5 3 3 4 Evgeni Plushenko 7.5 7 4 5 Naoki Shigematsu 8.0 4 6 6 Jeffrey Langdon 10.0 10 5 7 Daniel Hollander 10.0 6 7 8 Steven Cousins 10.5 5 8 9 Andrejs Vlascenko 13.0 8 9 10 Thierry Cerez 15.5 9 11 11 Szabolcs Vidrai 16.0 12 10 WD Michael Tyllesen 11
Ladies Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Irina Slutskaya 1.5 3 1 2 Julia Lautowa 4.0 2 3 3 Olga Markova 4.5 1 4 4 Elena Sokolova 5.0 6 2 5 Szusanna Szwed 8.5 7 5 6 Krisztina Czakó 8.5 5 6 7 Fumie Suguri 11.0 4 9 8 Jennifer Robinson 11.5 9 7 9 Julia Lavrenchuk 13.5 10 8 WD Sydne Vogel 8
Pairs Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer 2.0 2 1 2 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov 2.5 1 2 3 Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev 4.5 3 3 4 Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells 6.0 4 4 5 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze 7.5 5 5 6 Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek 10.0 8 6 7 Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr 10.0 6 7 8 Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko 11.5 7 8 9 Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell 14.0 10 9 WD Jodeyne Higgins / Sean Rice 9
Ice dancing Rank Name Nation TFP CD OD FD 1 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsiannikov 2.0 1 1 1 2 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh 4.0 2 2 2 3 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow 6.0 3 3 3 4 Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński 8.0 4 4 4 5 Ekaterina Davydova / Roman Kostomarov 10.0 5 5 5 6 Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov 12.0 6 6 6 7 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky 14.0 7 7 7 8 Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates 16.0 8 8 8 9 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov 18.0 9 9 9 10 Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe 20.0 10 10 10 11 Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton 22.0 11 11 11
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