The 2017 World Figure Skating Championships were held 29 March – 2 April 2017 in Helsinki, Finland. The host was named in June 2014. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing. The event also determined the number of entries for each country at the 2018 World Championships and the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Venues
Hartwall Arena's main arena, with an ice surface measuring 60 m x 30 m, was used for all competitions and several practice sessions. The rest of the practice sessions took place at Hartwall Arena's practice rink (58 m x 28 m) and Pirkkola ice rink (for pairs, 60 m x 30 m). Hartwall Arena's main rink and practice rink facilities are in the same venue. Pirkkola practice rink is about four kilometres from Hartwall Arena.
Records
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition: Event Component Skater(s) Score Date Ref Ice dance Short dance Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 82.4331 March 2017 Ladies Free skate Evgenia Medvedeva 154.40 Total score 233.41 Men Free skate Yuzuru Hanyu 223.201 April 2017 Ice dance Free dance Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron 119.15 Total score Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 198.62
Qualification Minimum TES Participants were required to have attained minimum technical element scores at an earlier senior international competition. The scores had to be obtained at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships.
+ Minimum technical scores (TES) Discipline SP / SD FS / FD Men 34 64 Ladies 27 47 Pairs 25 43 Ice dance 29 39 Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP and FS scores may be attained at different events.
Number of entries per discipline Based on the results of the 2016 World Championships, each ISU member nation was allowed to field one to three entries per discipline.
Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance 3 2 If not listed above, one entry is allowed.
Entries Countries began publishing their selections as early as December 2016. The International Skating Union published a complete list on 9 March 2017.
Nation Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance Slavik Hayrapetyan Anastasia Galustyan Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal Brendan Kerry Kailani Craine Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Kerstin Frank Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Larry Loupolover Anastasia Galyeta / Avidan Brown Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai Kamianchuk Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev Jorik Hendrickx Loena Hendrickx Isadora Williams Patrick Chan Kevin Reynolds Kaetlyn Osmond Gabrielle Daleman Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Jin Boyang Li Zijun Li Xiangning Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Chih-I Tsao Amy Lin Nicholas Vrdoljak Lana Petranović / Antonio Souza-Kordeiru Michal Březina Michaela Lucie Hanzlíková Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Nicole Kuzmichová / Alexandr Sinicyn Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Helery Hälvin Valtter Virtanen Emmi Peltonen Emilia Simonen / Matthew Penasse Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Chafik Besseghier Laurine Lecavelier Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Lorenza Alessandrini / Pierre Souquet Morisi Kvitelashvili Tatiana Kozmava / Oleksii Shumskyi Paul Fentz Nicole Schott Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis Graham Newberry Natasha McKay Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Ivett Tóth Daria Beklemisheva / Mark Magyar Oleksii Bychenko Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko Matteo Rizzo Carolina Kostner Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Yuzuru Hanyu Shoma Uno Keiji Tanaka Wakaba Higuchi Mai Mihara Rika Hongo Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Denis Ten Elizabet Tursynbayeva Deniss Vasiļjevs Angelīna Kučvaļska Olga Jakushina / Andrey Nevskiy Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev Taylor Tran / Saulius Ambrulevičius Julian Zhi Jie Yee Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik Anne Line Gjersem Michael Christian Martinez Igor Reznichenko Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Mikhail Kolyada Maxim Kovtun Evgenia Medvedeva Anna Pogorilaya Maria Sotskova Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Yu Shuran Nicole Rajičová Daša Grm Kim Jin-seo Choi Da-bin Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin Javier Fernández Javier Raya Olivia Smart / Adrià Díaz Alexander Majorov Joshi Helgesson Stéphane Walker Yasmine Kimiko Yamada Ioulia Chtchetinina / Noah Scherer Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar Ivan Pavlov Anna Khnychenkova Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Jason Brown Nathan Chen Mariah Bell Karen Chen Ashley Wagner Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Madison Chock / Evan Bates Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Misha Ge
Changes to initial assignments Announced Country Discipline Initial Replacement Refs March 10, 2017 Ladies Zhao Ziquan Li Xiangning March 13, 2017 Ice dance Lucie Myslivečková / Lukáš Csölley None March 17, 2017 Men Ivan Righini Matteo Rizzo March 17, 2017 Pairs Ji Min-ji / Themistocles Leftheris None March 20, 2017 Ladies Satoko Miyahara Rika Hongo March 24, 2017 Ladies Niki Wories None March 25, 2017 Men Yan Han None
Results Men Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the free skating (223.20 points).
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Yuzuru Hanyu 321.59 5 98.39 1 223.20 WR 2 Shoma Uno 319.31 2 104.86 2 214.45 3 Jin Boyang 303.58 4 98.64 3 204.94 4 Javier Fernández 301.19 1 109.05 6 192.14 5 Patrick Chan 295.16 3 102.13 5 193.03 6 Nathan Chen 290.72 6 97.33 4 193.39 7 Jason Brown 269.57 8 93.10 7 176.47 8 Mikhail Kolyada 257.47 7 93.28 9 164.19 9 Kevin Reynolds 253.84 12 84.44 8 169.40 10 Alexei Bychenko 245.96 11 85.28 12 160.68 11 Maxim Kovtun 245.84 10 89.38 14 156.46 12 Misha Ge 243.45 16 79.91 10 163.54 13 Moris Kvitelashvili 239.24 19 76.34 11 162.90 14 Deniss Vasiļjevs 239.00 14 81.73 13 157.27 15 Brendan Kerry 236.24 13 83.11 15 153.13 16 Denis Ten 234.31 9 90.18 20 144.13 17 Chafik Besseghier 230.13 17 78.82 16 151.31 18 Michal Březina 226.26 15 80.02 18 146.24 19 Keiji Tanaka 222.34 22 73.45 17 148.89 20 Paul Fentz 217.91 20 73.89 22 144.02 21 Jorik Hendrickx 214.02 21 73.68 21 140.34 22 Julian Zhi Jie Yee 213.99 23 69.74 19 144.25 23 Alexander Majorov 205.04 18 77.23 23 127.81 24 Michael Christian Martinez 196.79 24 69.32 24 127.47Did not advance to free skating 25 Ivan Pavlov 69.26 25 69.26 colspan=2 26 Kim Jin-seo 68.66 26 68.66 colspan=2 27 Javier Raya 66.88 27 66.88 colspan=2 28 Stéphane Walker 64.04 28 64.04 colspan=2 29 Igor Reznichenko 63.88 29 63.88 colspan=2 30 Matteo Rizzo 63.14 30 63.14 colspan=2 31 Graham Newberry 62.04 31 62.04 colspan=2 32 Chih-I Tsao 61.52 32 61.52 colspan=2 33 Valtter Virtanen 59.45 33 59.45 colspan=2 34 Nicholas Vrdoljak 57.28 34 57.28 colspan=2 35 Slavik Hayrapetyan 57.14 35 57.14 colspan=2 36 Larry Loupolover 38.97 36 38.97 colspan=2
Ladies
Evgenia Medvedeva set a new world record for the free skating (154.40 points) and for the combined total (233.41 points).
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Evgenia Medvedeva 233.41 WR 1 79.01 1 154.40 WR 2 Kaetlyn Osmond 218.13 2 75.98 2 142.15 3 Gabrielle Daleman 213.52 3 72.19 3 141.33 4 Karen Chen 199.29 5 69.98 6 129.31 5 Mai Mihara 197.88 15 59.59 4 138.29 6 Carolina Kostner 196.83 8 66.33 5 130.50 7 Ashley Wagner 193.54 7 69.04 10 124.50 8 Maria Sotskova 192.20 6 69.76 11 122.44 9 Elizabet Tursynbayeva 191.99 10 65.48 8 126.51 10 Choi Da-bin 191.11 11 62.66 7 128.45 11 Wakaba Higuchi 188.05 9 65.87 12 122.18 12 Mariah Bell 187.23 13 61.02 9 126.21 13 Anna Pogorilaya 183.37 4 71.52 15 111.85 14 Li Xiangning 175.37 16 58.28 13 117.09 15 Loena Hendrickx 172.82 17 57.54 14 115.28 16 Rika Hongo 169.83 12 62.55 18 107.28 17 Nicole Rajičová 165.55 18 57.08 16 108.47 18 Laurine Lecavelier 162.99 22 55.49 17 107.50 19 Nicole Schott 161.41 24 54.83 19 106.58 20 Ivett Tóth 160.77 14 61.00 21 99.77 21 Li Zijun 159.80 20 56.30 20 103.50 22 Angelīna Kučvaļska 155.02 21 55.92 22 99.10 23 Anastasia Galustyan 153.47 23 55.20 23 98.27 24 Kailani Craine 152.94 19 56.97 24 95.97Did not advance to free skating 25 Yu Shuran 52.87 25 52.87 colspan=2 26 Joshi Helgesson 52.07 26 52.07 colspan=2 27 Helery Hälvin 51.94 27 51.94 colspan=2 28 Amy Lin 51.86 28 51.86 colspan=2 29 Emmi Peltonen 50.74 29 50.74 colspan=2 30 Isadora Williams 50.65 30 50.65 colspan=2 31 Kerstin Frank 50.54 31 50.54 colspan=2 32 Natasha McKay 50.10 32 50.10 colspan=2 33 Yasmine Kimiko Yamada 47.86 33 47.86 colspan=2 34 Anne Line Gjersem 46.99 34 46.99 colspan=2 35 Anna Khnychenkova 46.98 35 46.98 colspan=2 36 Daša Grm 46.63 36 46.63 colspan=2 37 Michaela Lucie Hanzlíková 32.21 37 32.21 colspan=2
Pairs
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong 232.06 1 81.23 1 150.83 2 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot 230.30 2 79.84 2 150.46 3 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 219.03 3 79.37 4 139.66 4 Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao 211.51 4 75.23 5 136.28 5 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov 206.72 13 65.69 3 141.03 6 Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch 206.19 6 73.14 8 133.05 7 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford 206.06 7 72.67 7 133.39 8 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres 204.68 10 70.10 6 134.58 9 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek 203.92 9 71.04 9 132.88 10 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim 202.37 8 72.17 11 130.20 11 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau 198.21 12 66.31 10 131.90 12 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert 192.54 5 74.26 13 118.28 13 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise 192.02 11 70.08 12 121.94 14 Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař 179.70 15 63.36 14 116.34 15 Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik 169.65 14 64.52 15 105.13 16 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor 164.10 16 62.03 16 102.07Did not advance to free skating 17 Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet 61.70 17 61.70 colspan=2 18 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer 61.01 18 61.01 colspan=2 19 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert 59.76 19 59.76 colspan=2 20 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier 56.23 20 56.23 colspan=2 21 Lana Petranović / Antonio Souza-Kordeiru 52.83 21 52.83 colspan=2 22 Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev 52.49 22 52.49 colspan=2 23 Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai Kamianchuk 51.79 23 51.79 colspan=2 24 Daria Beklemisheva / Mark Magyar 45.96 24 45.96 colspan=2 25 Emilia Simonen / Matthew Penasse 45.49 25 45.49 colspan=2 26 Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji 44.33 26 44.33 colspan=2 27 Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov 43.78 27 43.78 colspan=2 28 Ioulia Chtchetinina / Noah Scherer 40.50 28 40.50 colspan=2
Ice dance Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir set a new world record for the short dance (82.43 points) and for the combined total (198.62 points). Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron set a new world record for the free dance (119.15 points).