| 2016 World Figure Skating Championships | |
| Comptype: | ISU Championship |
| Startdate: | 28 March |
| Enddate: | 3 April |
| Skatingseason: | 2015–16 |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | TD Garden |
| Location: | Boston, USA |
| Championmen: |  Javier Fernández |
| Championladies: |  Evgenia Medvedeva |
| Championpairs: |  Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford |
| Championdance: |  Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron |
| Previouscomp: | 2015 World Championships |
| Nextcomp: | 2017 World Championships |
The 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships took place March 28 – April 3, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. Figure skaters competed for the title of World champion in men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs and ice dancing. This marked the first time Boston was host to the World Figure Skating Championships. The competition determined the number of athlete slots for each federation at the 2017 World Championships.
The World Figure Skating Championships is the sport's most important annual competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). In June 2013, the city of Boston was announced as the host city of the 2016 event. The competition was organized by U.S. Figure Skating, and the Skating Club of Boston served as the local organizing committee. Founded in 1912, it is the third-oldest skating club in the United States and is a founding member of U.S. Figure Skating.
The TD Garden was the primary arena for the 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships. The venue hosted all competitions and several practice sessions. The second official practice venue for the event was DCR Steriti Rink.
The TD Garden is a multipurpose arena located in Boston, Massachusetts. The arena hosted a maximum capacity of approximately 15,000 seats for the event. The TD Garden also serves as the home arena for two of Boston's professional sports teams, the Boston Celtics and the Boston Bruins.
DCR Steriti Rink is a local area rink managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. It is located in the North End neighborhood of Boston and is a short distance from the main venue. This rink served as the practice venue and was open only to credentialed participants of the event.
See also: List of highest historical scores in figure skating.
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skaters | Score | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice dancing | Free dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | 118.17 | 31 March 2016 | [1] | |
| Ladies | Free skate | Evgenia Medvedeva | 150.10 | 2 April 2016 | [2] |
Argentina was represented by a skater at the ISU World Championships for the first time in history.[3]
Skaters were eligible for the event if they represented an ISU member nations and had reached the age of 15 before 1 July 2015 in their place of birth. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandated that their selections achieved a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the World Championships.
| 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. |
Based on the results of the 2015 World Championships, each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline.[4]
| Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | valign=top | | valign=top | | valign=top | | valign=top | |
| 2 | valign=top | | valign=top | | valign=top | | valign=top | |
| If not listed above, one entry is allowed. |
Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2015. The ISU published a complete list of entries on March 8, 2016.
| Announced | Country | Discipline | Initial | Replacement | Reason/Other notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 28, 2016 | United States | Men | Nathan Chen | Grant Hochstein | Chen's hip surgery | |
| March 11, 2016 | Canada | Men | Liam Firus | Nam Nguyen | Performance | |
| March 11, 2016 | Canada | Pairs | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Séguin's injury | |
| March 22, 2016 | Sweden | Men | Alexander Majorov | No substitute | Precursor to a stress fracture of the pelvis | |
| March 23, 2016 | United States | Ladies | Polina Edmunds | Mirai Nagasu | Edmunds' foot injury | |
| March 26, 2016 | China | Pairs | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao | Yu/Jin became substitutes. |
The Men's short program was held on March 30. The free skate was held on April 1.[6]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javier Fernández | 314.93 | 2 | 98.52 | 1 | 216.41 | |||
| 2 | Yuzuru Hanyu | 295.17 | 1 | 110.56 | 2 | 184.61 | |||
| 3 | Jin Boyang | 270.99 | 5 | 89.86 | 3 | 181.13 | |||
| 4 | Mikhail Kolyada | 267.97 | 6 | 89.66 | 5 | 178.31 | |||
| 5 | Patrick Chan | 266.75 | 3 | 94.84 | 8 | 171.91 | |||
| 6 | Adam Rippon | 264.44 | 7 | 85.72 | 4 | 178.72 | |||
| 7 | Shoma Uno | 264.25 | 4 | 90.74 | 6 | 173.51 | |||
| 8 | Max Aaron | 254.14 | 8 | 81.28 | 7 | 172.86 | |||
| 9 | Michal Březina | 237.99 | 11 | 79.29 | 10 | 158.70 | |||
| 10 | Grant Hochstein | 237.29 | 16 | 74.81 | 9 | 162.44 | |||
| 11 | Denis Ten | 230.13 | 12 | 78.55 | 12 | 151.58 | |||
| 12 | Ivan Righini | 228.52 | 9 | 81.17 | 13 | 147.35 | |||
| 13 | Alexei Bychenko | 226.07 | 19 | 69.86 | 11 | 156.21 | |||
| 14 | Deniss Vasiļjevs | 224.54 | 10 | 81.07 | 16 | 143.47 | |||
| 15 | Misha Ge | 223.53 | 15 | 77.43 | 14 | 146.10 | |||
| 16 | Jorik Hendrickx | 221.43 | 14 | 77.72 | 15 | 143.71 | |||
| 17 | Brendan Kerry | 210.56 | 17 | 71.04 | 17 | 139.52 | |||
| 18 | Maxim Kovtun | 210.14 | 13 | 78.46 | 21 | 131.68 | |||
| 19 | Michael Christian Martinez | 204.10 | 23 | 66.98 | 18 | 137.12 | |||
| 20 | Chafik Besseghier | 203.20 | 20 | 69.23 | 20 | 133.97 | |||
| 21 | Julian Zhi Jie Yee | 202.94 | 22 | 67.60 | 19 | 135.34 | |||
| 22 | Phillip Harris |  Great Britain | 190.42 | 21 | 68.53 | 22 | 121.89 | ||
| 23 | Ivan Pavlov | 178.89 | 24 | 65.20 | 23 | 113.69 | |||
| 24 | Lee June-hyoung | 174.88 | 18 | 70.05 | 24 | 104.83 | |||
| Did not advance to free skate | |||||||||
| 25 | Javier Raya | 65.06 | 25 | 65.06 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 26 | Yan Han | 62.56 | 26 | 62.56 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 27 | Nam Nguyen | 61.61 | 27 | 61.61 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 28 | Franz Streubel | 57.19 | 28 | 57.19 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 29 | Denis Margalik | 52.31 | 29 | 52.31 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 30 | Slavik Hayrapetyan | 49.36 | 30 | 49.36 | |||||
The Ladies short program was held on March 31. The free skate took place on April 2, 2016.[7] Gracie Gold took a 2.45 point lead after the short program. Anna Pogorilaya edged out Evgenia Medvedeva for second place by 0.22. Ashley Wagner, the US Nationals bronze medalist, was just out of medal position, 0.60 behind Medvedeva. The 2015 World bronze medalist Elena Radionova was in fifth, while former World champion Mao Asada was in ninth. Defending world champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was not selected by her federation for the event after finishing 8th at the Russian Championships. In the free skate, Medvedeva had a record-setting score of 150.10 to win the gold medal. Wagner moved into second place to win the United States' first World Championship ladies medal since 2006. Pogorilaya finished third ahead of Gold.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgenia Medvedeva | 223.86 | 3 | 73.76 | 1 | 150.10 WR | |||
| 2 | Ashley Wagner | 215.39 | 4 | 73.16 | 2 | 142.23 | |||
| 3 | Anna Pogorilaya | 213.69 | 2 | 73.98 | 4 | 139.71 | |||
| 4 | Gracie Gold | 211.29 | 1 | 76.43 | 6 | 134.86 | |||
| 5 | Satoko Miyahara | 210.61 | 6 | 70.72 | 3 | 139.89 | |||
| 6 | Elena Radionova | 209.81 | 5 | 71.70 | 5 | 138.11 | |||
| 7 | Mao Asada | 200.30 | 9 | 65.87 | 7 | 134.43 | |||
| 8 | Rika Hongo | 199.15 | 7 | 69.89 | 8 | 129.26 | |||
| 9 | Gabrielle Daleman | 195.68 | 8 | 67.38 | 9 | 128.30 | |||
| 10 | Mirai Nagasu | 186.65 | 10 | 65.74 | 11 | 120.91 | |||
| 11 | Li Zijun | 184.52 | 11 | 65.39 | 12 | 119.13 | |||
| 12 | Elizabet Tursynbaeva | 183.62 | 12 | 61.63 | 10 | 121.99 | |||
| 13 | Nicole Rajičová | 173.05 | 15 | 56.56 | 13 | 116.49 | |||
| 14 | Choi Da-bin | 159.92 | 16 | 56.02 | 15 | 103.90 | |||
| 15 | Angelīna Kučvaļska | 158.99 | 18 | 54.78 | 14 | 104.21 | |||
| 16 | Roberta Rodeghiero | 158.41 | 13 | 57.90 | 19 | 100.51 | |||
| 17 | Alaine Chartrand | 157.82 | 17 | 55.67 | 17 | 102.15 | |||
| 18 | Park So-youn | 154.24 | 22 | 52.27 | 18 | 101.97 | |||
| 19 | Anna Khnychenkova | 154.02 | 19 | 53.86 | 20 | 100.16 | |||
| 20 | Viveca Lindfors | 152.93 | 23 | 50.18 | 16 | 102.75 | |||
| 21 | Amy Lin | 146.55 | 14 | 57.50 | 22 | 89.05 | |||
| 22 | Niki Wories | 140.87 | 24 | 49.86 | 21 | 91.01 | |||
| 23 | Zhao Ziquan | 139.67 | 21 | 52.80 | 23 | 86.87 | |||
| 24 | Anastasia Galustyan | 136.07 | 20 | 53.24 | 24 | 82.83 | |||
| Did not advance to free skate | |||||||||
| 25 | Maé-Bérénice Méité | 49.50 | 25 | 49.50 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 26 | Anne Line Gjersem | 49.39 | 26 | 49.39 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 27 | Kailani Craine | 48.86 | 27 | 48.86 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 28 | Ivett Tóth | 47.92 | 28 | 47.92 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 29 | Eliška Březinová | 47.75 | 29 | 47.75 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 30 | Joshi Helgesson | 47.67 | 30 | 47.67 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 31 | Laurine Lecavelier | 46.92 | 31 | 46.92 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 32 | Kerstin Frank | 46.77 | 32 | 46.77 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 33 | Aleksandra Golovkina | 44.58 | 33 | 44.58 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 34 | Yasmine Yamada | 43.65 | 34 | 43.65 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 35 | Nathalie Weinzierl | 43.25 | 35 | 43.25 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 36 | Kristen Spours | Great Britain | 42.64 | 36 | 42.64 | colspan=2 | |||
| 37 | Sonia Lafuente | 39.99 | 37 | 39.99 | colspan=2 | ||||
| 38 | Daša Grm | 37.95 | 38 | 37.95 | |||||
The pairs short program was held on April 1 and the free skate on April 2.
The short dance was held on March 30.[8] 2015 World champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France obtained a small gold medal for the short dance for the first time in their career. They were followed by two American teams. 2011 World bronze medalists Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani placed second (-1.59) while 2015 silver medalists Madison Chock / Evan Bates took the third position, 2.24 behind the Shibutanis.
The free dance was held on March 31, 2016. Papadakis/Cizeron set a new world record for the free dance (118.17 points) and they won their second consecutive world title. The Shibutanis returned to the world podium four years after their first medal. Chock/Bates took the bronze medal, marking the third time that the U.S. has finished with two ice dancing teams on the World podium (earlier: 1966, 2011). Cappellini/Lanotte rose to fourth while Weaver/Poje finished fifth.
Medals for overall placement:
| align=center | Men | Javier Fernández |  Yuzuru Hanyu |  Jin Boyang | |
| align=center | Ladies | Evgenia Medvedeva |  Ashley Wagner | Anna Pogorilaya | |
| align=center | Pairs | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | |
| align=center | Ice dancing | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Madison Chock / Evan Bates |
Small medals for placement in the short segment:
| align=center | Men | Yuzuru Hanyu | Javier Fernández | Patrick Chan | |
| align=center | Ladies | Gracie Gold | Anna Pogorilaya | Evgenia Medvedeva | |
| align=center | Pairs | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | |
| align=center | Ice dancing | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Madison Chock / Evan Bates |
Small medals for placement in the free segment:
| align=center | Men | Javier Fernández | Yuzuru Hanyu | Jin Boyang | |
| align=center | Ladies | Evgenia Medvedeva | Ashley Wagner | Satoko Miyahara | |
| align=center | Pairs | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | |
| align=center | Ice dancing | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Madison Chock / Evan Bates |
Table of medals for overall placement: