The 2007 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from March 20 to 25.
Medals table
Competition notes
The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2006. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2007 World Junior Championships.
Based on the results of the 2006 World Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.
Due to the large number of entries at the World Championships, only the top 24 single skaters and top 20 pairs advanced to the free skating after the short program. In ice dancing, the top 30 couples in the compulsory dance advanced to the original dance, and the top 24 couples after the original dance advanced to the free dance.
Yukari Nakano and Carolina Kostner tied for 5th place with 168.92 points overall. Nakano finished 5th place on the tiebreak (free skating placement) and Kostner ended 6th. In the ladies' event, two world records were set: Yuna Kim for the short program with a score of 71.95, and Mao Asada for the free skating with a score of 133.13.
Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo from China set a new world record of 71.07 points under the ISU Judging System for pairs' short program. Zhao proposed marriage to Shen on the ice following their free skating.
Results
Men
Referee: Paolo Pizzocari
Technical Controller: Gale Tanger
Technical Specialist: Ricardo Olavarrieta
Assistant Technical Specialist: Margus Hernitz
Judges for the men's short program: Albert Zaydman Nikolai Ianev Adriana Domanska Nicolai Bellu Alexei Shirshov Hermann Schulz Sviatoslav Babenko Neil Garrard Inger Andersson Claudia Fassora Susan Johnson Ubavka Novakovic-Kutinou
Judges for the men's free skating: Nicolai Bellu Philippe Meriguet Inger Andersson Albert Zaydman Patricia Houghton Claudia Fassora Hermann Schulz Nikolai Ianev Alexei Shirshov Susan Johnson Deborah Islam Sviatoslav Babenko
Ladies
Referee: Marina Sanaya
Technical Controller: Charles Cyr
Technical Specialist: Ravi Walia
Assistant Technical Specialist: Isabel Duval de Navarre
Judges for the ladies' short program: Katalin Balczo Robert Rosenbluth Lenka Bohunicka Adriana Ordeanu Antica Grubisic Chihee Rhee Osman Sirvan Franco Benini Deborah Islam Nikolai Salnikov Mona Jonsson Christiane Mörth
Judges for the ladies' free skating: Adriana Ordeanu Robert Rosenbluth Katalin Balczo Deborah Islam Elisabeth Louesdon Mona Jonsson Masako Kubota Hely Abbondati Elena Fomina Lenka Bohunicka Nikolai Salnikov Christiane Mörth
Pairs
Referee: Igor Prokop
Technical Controller: Alexander Lakernik
Technical Specialist: David Kirby
Assistant Technical Specialist: David Moellenkamp
Judges for the pairs short program: Chihee Rhee Anna Sierocka Evgeni Rokhin Yumin Wang Jan Hoffmann Florence Catry De Surmont Vladislav Petukhov Susan Heffernan Linda Leaver Alexander Kogan Alexander Penchev Simone Moore
Judges for the pairs free skating: Christiane Mörth Anna Sierocka Simone Moore Alexander Kogan Lenka Bohunicka Franco Benini Nikolai Salnikov Yumin Wang Susan Heffernan Chihee Rhee Jan Hoffmann Evgeni Rokhin
Ice dancing
Referee: Mieko Fujimori
Technical Controller: Gilles Vandenbroeck
Technical Specialist: Andrzej Dostatni
Assistant Technical Specialist: April Sargent Silverstein
Judges for the compulsory dance (rumba): Rossella Ceccattini Irina Medvedeva Alla Shekhovtseva Garry Hoppe Maria Miller Shawn Rettstatt Jodi Abbott Evgeni Rokhin Hongguo Ren Elizabeth Ryan Olga Zakova Ulf Denzer
Judges for the original dance: Maria Miller Raia Bisserova-Bakalova Laimute Krauziene Mayumi Kato Alla Shekhovtseva Elizabeth Ryan Ulf Denzer Irina Medvedeva Jodi Abbott Olga Zakova Rossella Ceccattini Shawn Rettstatt
Judges for the free dance: Mayumi Kato Elizabeth Ryan Raia Bisserova-Bakalova Jodi Abbott Shawn Rettstatt Maria Miller Rossella Ceccattini Hongguo Ren Ulf Denzer Olga Zakova Laimute Krauziene Garry Hoppe
Multiple entries for 2008
The following countries secured multiple entries for the 2008 championships based on their performances at the 2007 Worlds.