# 2017 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2017 [World Figure Skating Championships](https://www.edgepedia.org/world-figure-skating-championships) were an ISU championship competition held 27 March to 2 April 2017 at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, organized by the Finnish Figure Skating Association with the authorization of the International Skating Union.[1](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/index.htm) • [2](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/wc2017_protocol.pdf) Skaters competed in four disciplines: men, ladies, pairs, and ice dance, with the competition segments running from 29 March (ladies short program) to 2 April.[1](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/index.htm)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Dates and venue | 27 March – 2 April 2017, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland[1](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/index.htm) |
| Men's podium | Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) 321.59; Shoma Uno (JPN) 319.31; Boyang Jin (CHN) 303.58[3](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT001RS.HTM) |
| Ladies' podium | Evgenia Medvedeva (RUS) 233.41; Kaetlyn Osmond (CAN) 218.13; Gabrielle Daleman (CAN) 213.52[4](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT002RS.HTM) |
| Pairs podium | Wenjing Sui / Cong Han (CHN) 232.06; Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot (GER) 230.30; Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov (RUS) 219.03[5](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT003RS.HTM) |
| Ice dance podium | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (CAN) 198.62; Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron (FRA) 196.04; Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani (USA) 185.18[6](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT004RS.HTM) |
| Records set | Hanyu's 223.20 free skate and Virtue/Moir's 82.43 short dance were world records; Medvedeva's 154.40 free skate was the highest ladies score under the ISU judging system to date[7](https://elpais.com/deportes/2017/04/01/actualidad/1491045348_595914.html) • [8](https://as.com/masdeporte/2017/04/01/polideportivo/1491071237_948185.html) • [9](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/mar/31/world-figure-skating-championships-2017-free-skate-live) |
## Men's competition
**Yuzuru Hanyu reclaimed the world title** after a comeback from fifth place in the short program, more than 10 points behind the leader. His free skate scored 223.20 points, a world record for the men's long program, and his combined total of 321.59 placed him first.[3](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT001RS.HTM) • [7](https://elpais.com/deportes/2017/04/01/actualidad/1491045348_595914.html) It was his second world title, after winning in 2014.[7](https://elpais.com/deportes/2017/04/01/actualidad/1491045348_595914.html)
The short program was won by Spain's Javier Fernández, the two-time defending world champion, who led into the free skate with the best short program of his career.[7](https://elpais.com/deportes/2017/04/01/actualidad/1491045348_595914.html) • [10](https://www.goldenskate.com/2017-worlds-men-sp/) In the free skate he fell on his second quadruple jump and finished fourth with 301.19 points, his 192.14 free skate ranking sixth of the final flight.[3](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT001RS.HTM) • [7](https://elpais.com/deportes/2017/04/01/actualidad/1491045348_595914.html)
The free skate became a contest of quadruple-jump strategies. Shoma Uno of Japan took silver with 319.31 and Boyang Jin of China bronze with 303.58, giving the podium an all-Asian composition.[3](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT001RS.HTM) • [7](https://elpais.com/deportes/2017/04/01/actualidad/1491045348_595914.html) [Nathan Chen](https://www.edgepedia.org/nathan-chen) of the United States, whose program included six quadruple jumps, fell on two of them and finished sixth with 290.72.[3](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT001RS.HTM) • [7](https://elpais.com/deportes/2017/04/01/actualidad/1491045348_595914.html) Patrick Chan of Canada was fifth with 295.16.[3](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT001RS.HTM)
## Ladies' competition
**Evgenia Medvedeva retained her world title**, winning both segments with a total of 233.41 points.[4](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT002RS.HTM) Her free skate scored 154.40, the highest ladies score in the 13-year history of the ISU judging system, surpassing her own previous mark of 150.79.[9](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/mar/31/world-figure-skating-championships-2017-free-skate-live) She arrived in Helsinki unbeaten over the previous 16 months and became the first woman to repeat as world champion since [Michelle Kwan](https://www.edgepedia.org/michelle-kwan) in 2001.[9](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/mar/31/world-figure-skating-championships-2017-free-skate-live)
Canada took the next two places: [Kaetlyn Osmond](https://www.edgepedia.org/kaetlyn-osmond) won silver with 218.13 and [Gabrielle Daleman](https://www.edgepedia.org/gabrielle-daleman) bronze with 213.52, both finishing second and third in both segments.[4](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT002RS.HTM) • [11](https://ifsmagazines.com/ifs-june-2017/) [Karen Chen](https://www.edgepedia.org/karen-chen) of the United States was fourth with 199.29, and Mai Mihara of Japan, 15th after the short program, rose to fifth with the fourth-best free skate.[4](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT002RS.HTM)
## Pairs competition
China's Wenjing Sui and Cong Han won the title with 232.06 points, first in both the short program and the free skating.[5](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT003RS.HTM) Germany's Aliona Savchenko and [Bruno Massot](https://www.edgepedia.org/bruno-massot) took silver with 230.30, and Russia's Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov bronze with 219.03.[5](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT003RS.HTM) The second Chinese team, Xiaoyu Yu and Hao Zhang, was fourth with 211.51, and Canada's Meagan Duhamel and [Eric Radford](https://www.edgepedia.org/eric-radford), the defending champions' generation's leading North American team, placed seventh with 206.06.[5](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT003RS.HTM)
## Ice dance competition
**Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir completed a comeback season with gold.** Returning to competition after a two-season break following the 2014 Sochi Olympics, the [Canadians](https://www.edgepedia.org/canadians) set a short dance world record of 82.43 points, leading the French pair by 5.54 points after the first segment.[8](https://as.com/masdeporte/2017/04/01/polideportivo/1491071237_948185.html) • [12](https://www.goldenskate.com/2017-worlds-sd/) In the free dance, Papadakis and Cizeron, winners of the two previous world titles, outscored them, but the deficit was too large to close; Virtue and Moir won with 198.62 to 196.04, their third world title after 2010 and 2012.[6](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT004RS.HTM) • [8](https://as.com/masdeporte/2017/04/01/polideportivo/1491071237_948185.html)
[Maia Shibutani](https://www.edgepedia.org/maia-shibutani) and [Alex Shibutani](https://www.edgepedia.org/alex-shibutani) of the United States won the bronze medal with 185.18, overtaking their compatriots [Madison Hubbell](https://www.edgepedia.org/madison-hubbell) and Zachary Donohue, who had been third after the short dance and finished ninth.[6](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT004RS.HTM) • [8](https://as.com/masdeporte/2017/04/01/polideportivo/1491071237_948185.html) The Shibutanis' bronze was the only medal won by U.S. skaters at the championships.[13](https://skatingmagazine.usfigureskating.org/article/Skating_201705_07)
## Olympic qualification context
For Spain, the ice dance team of Olivia Smart and Adrià Díaz finished 18th with 145.61 points, a personal best, securing a Spanish dance entry at the PyeongChang Games.[6](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT004RS.HTM) • [8](https://as.com/masdeporte/2017/04/01/polideportivo/1491071237_948185.html)
The event also previewed the Olympic season's main rivalries: the men's podium of Hanyu, Uno, and Jin signaled the depth of East Asian men's skating, and the Virtue/Moir versus Papadakis/Cizeron duel carried into the following year, with the two training together and finishing, as here, first and second in the run-up to PyeongChang.[7](https://elpais.com/deportes/2017/04/01/actualidad/1491045348_595914.html) • [8](https://as.com/masdeporte/2017/04/01/polideportivo/1491071237_948185.html)
## References
1. [ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017, official results index](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/index.htm)
2. [ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017, official protocol (PDF)](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/wc2017_protocol.pdf)
3. [ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017 – Men, final results](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT001RS.HTM)
4. [ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017 – Ladies, final results](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT002RS.HTM)
5. [ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017 – Pairs, final results](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT003RS.HTM)
6. [ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017 – Ice Dance, final results](https://results.isu.org/results/season1617/wc2017/CAT004RS.HTM)
7. [Yuzuru Hanyu se corona campeón mundial y Javier Fernández es cuarto, El País (2 April 2017)](https://elpais.com/deportes/2017/04/01/actualidad/1491045348_595914.html)
8. [La pareja Díaz-Smart, 18ª en danza, y logra plaza olímpica, AS.com (1 April 2017)](https://as.com/masdeporte/2017/04/01/polideportivo/1491071237_948185.html)
9. [World figure skating 2017: Medvedeva repeats as world champion – as it happened, The Guardian (31 March 2017)](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/mar/31/world-figure-skating-championships-2017-free-skate-live)
10. [Fernández ahead with nearly five-point lead in Helsinki, Golden Skate](https://www.goldenskate.com/2017-worlds-men-sp/)
11. [IFS June 2017, International Figure Skating](https://ifsmagazines.com/ifs-june-2017/)
12. [Virtue and Moir set record Short Dance score in Helsinki, Golden Skate](https://www.goldenskate.com/2017-worlds-sd/)
13. [2017 ISU World Championships: 'We Are Satisfied', Skating Magazine](https://skatingmagazine.usfigureskating.org/article/Skating_201705_07)
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