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Closest finishes of all time at World Championships and Grand Prix events - COP system

sowcow

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Closest finishes of all time at World Championships and Grand Prix events - COP system

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Closest finishes of all time at the World Figure Skating Championships (under the COP judging system)



~~ 2014 World Figure Skating Championships (Saitama, Japan) - DANCE ~~
175.43 - Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE (ITA)
175.41 - Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE (CAN)
175.37 - Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT (FRA)
Δ¹˙² = 0.02
Δ²˙³ = 0.04



~~ 2012 World Figure Skating Championships (Nice, France) - PAIRS ~~
201.49 - Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (GER)
201.38 - Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov (RUS)
Δ = 0.11


~~ 2014 World Figure Skating Championships (Saitama, Japan) - MEN ~~
282.59 - Yuzuru HANYU (JPN)
282.26 - Tatsuki MACHIDA (JPN)
Δ = 0.33


From memory, I believe the above are the closest finishes ever at the World Figure Skating Championships (under the COP judging system). Am I missing any?

Have there ever been any closer finishes at any of the Grand Prix or other Championship events? Specifically at:
Four Continents
European Championships
Grand Prix Final
Skate America
Skate Canada
Cup of China
NHK Trophy
Trophée Eric Bompard
Rostelecom Cup

:points:
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hyperinflation

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i guess this is what happens when the olympic medalists decide to take a vacation instead, i can't believe this is happening across all the disciplines at the SAME world championships

(well up until mao blows everyone away by twenty points later, kNOCK ON WOOD!!!!!)
 

Meoima

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If I remember correctly, Hanyu won against Javi with a tiny tiny gap in Rostelecom cup a couple of years ago.
 

pohatta

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Mar 15, 2005
Another anomaly in the dance competition was that the LP winner didn't get a medal. I don't think that has happened in a major competition since Euros 2009 (Yannick Ponsero).
 

dorispulaski

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And never in dance, AFAIR.

When it's this close, it tells you the judges haven't a clue. Really, they should round to +/- 1, since GOE can only be given in those increments. If they rounded, then there would be 3 gold medals, which would be a trip. Would all of them stand on the top step of the podium for the whole medal ceremony? Would all 3 anthems be played?

I'm smiling just picturing it.
 
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FSGMT

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In the GP, for Ladies maybe we should consider this season's Rostelecom Cup, where Carolina lost to Julia because of 0.68
 

dorispulaski

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In twosies, it's been that close. At 2009 Worlds D&W missed the bronze by 0.09 to V&M.

And there was the Weir / Lysacek tie at US Nationals that Lysacek won by tie breakers.
 
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deneb

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At 2012 Euros Cappellini-Lanotte missed the bronze by 0.03 to Ilinykh-Katsalapov
At 2013 Euros Bobrova-Soloviev beat Ilinykh-Katsalapov by 0.11
At 2011 GPF Savchenko-Szolkowy and Volosozhar-Trankov divided by 0.18
 

Buttercup

Record Breaker
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Mar 25, 2008
I remember Kevin Vad der perren winning Bronze at Europeans twice by about 0.15 each time
I think you mean by less than 0.15 in total - he won by 0.07 over Davydov in 2007 and by 0.06 over Ponsero in 2009; Ponsero won the FS to move up from 9th place after the short.

DelSchoes won 2007 Euros by 0.31 points over DomShabs in an all D/S dance podium.

Miki Ando won 2007 Worlds by 0.64, finishing second in both the SP and the LP, and there was a fifth place tie between Nakano and Kostner (advantage: Nakano); in ice dance, Belbin/Agosto won their bronze by 0.24 points over DelSchoes. One year later, Mao Asada's margin of victory at Worlds was also less than a point, while Khokhlova/Novitski beat out Belbin/Agosto for the bronze by 0.26 points. Laura Lepisto's 2010 Worlds bronze was won by 0.20 points over Miki Ando, and only 1.31 points separated the 3-6th place ladies (Phaneuf and Kostner being the other two).
 

desertskates

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Nov 19, 2013
Certainly not one of the closest ever, but it is of note: the logjam of the 5th through 7th place ladies at the Saitama Worlds. Only 1.42 points separated the three.

5 Gracie GOLD
USA
194.58 5 7
6 Akiko SUZUKI
JPN
193.72 4 8
7 Ashley WAGNER
USA
193.16 7 4

Has to be frustrating knowing that one tiny mistake could have made a big difference in placement.
 
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