1996 NHK Trophy

1996 NHK Trophy
Type: Grand Prix
Date: December 5 – December 8
Season: 1996-1997
Location: Osaka
Champions
Men's singles:
Elvis Stojko
Ladies singles:
Maria Butyrskaya
Pair skating:
Jenni Meno & Todd Sand
Ice dancing:
Sophie Moniotte & Pascal Lavanchy
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The 1996 NHK Trophy was the eighteenth NHK Trophy competition held and part of the 1996-1997 figure skating season. It was the fifth event of six of the 1996-1997 Champions Series, a series of senior elite competitions that was later renamed the Grand Prix of Figure Skating. This was the second year of that series. The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition. Elite figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

In 1996, the NHK Trophy was held in Osaka, Japan from December 5 through 8. Skaters who placed high enough in this competition earned points towards competing in the 1996-1997 Champions Series Final.

Contents

Competition notes

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Elvis Stojko  Canada 2.0 2 1
2 Ilia Kulik  Russia 2.5 1 2
3 Dmitri Dmitrenko  Ukraine 6.0 4 4
4 Scott Davis  United States 6.5 3 5
5 Éric Millot  France 8.0 10 3
6 Zhenxin Guo  China 9.0 6 6
7 Philippe Candeloro  France 11.5 9 7
8 Cornel Gheorghe  Romania 12.0 8 8
9 Takeshi Honda  Japan 12.5 7 9
10 Michael Shmerkin  Israel 15.5 11 10
11 David Liu  Chinese Taipei 17.0 12 11
WD Todd Eldredge  United States 5

Ladies

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Maria Butyrskaya  Russia 2.5 2 1
2 Tonia Kwiatkowski  United States 2.5 1 2
3 Yulia Vorobieva  Azerbaijan 6.0 6 3
4 Hanae Yokoya  Japan 6.0 4 4
5 Susan Humphreys  Canada 6.5 3 5
6 Fumie Suguri  Japan 8.5 5 6
7 Shizuka Arakawa  Japan 11.5 9 7
8 Tatjana Malinina  Uzbekistan 11.5 7 8
9 Krisztina Czakó  Hungary 14.0 10 9
10 Amber Corwin  United States 14.0 8 10

Pairs

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Jenni Meno / Todd Sand  United States 1.5 1 1
2 Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov  Russia 3.0 2 2
3 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen  United States 4.5 6 4
4 Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao  China 7.0 4 5
5 Marina Khalturina / Andrei Krukov  Kazakhstan 8.5 5 6
6 Michelle Menzies / Jean-Michel Bombardier  Canada 8.5 5 6
7 Dorora Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek  Poland 10.5 7 7
8 Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr  Australia 12.0 8 8

Ice Dancing

Rank Name Nation TFP CD OD FD
1 Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy  France 3.0 2 2 1
2 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat  France 3.0 1 1 2
3 Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko  Ukraine 6.0 3 3 3
4 Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas  Lithuania 8.4 5 4 4
5 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio  Italy 9.6 4 5 5
6 Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński  Kazakhstan 12.0 6 6 6
7 Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov  Russia 14.0 7 7 7
8 Kate Robinson / Peter Breen  United States 16.0 8 8 8
9 Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet  Canada 18.6 9 10 9
10 Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka  Japan 19.4 10 9 10
11 Akiko Kinoshita / Yosuke Moriwaki  Japan 22.0 11 11 11

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