| 2003 NHK Trophy | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 26 – 30 |
| Season: | 2003–04 |
| Location: | Asahikawa |
| Venue: | Asahikawa Taisetsu Ice Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: .svg.png){kind=small} Jeffrey Buttle | |
Ladies' singles:  Fumie Suguri | |
Pair skating:  Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | |
Ice dance:  Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski | |
| Previous: 2002 NHK Trophy | |
| Next: 2004 NHK Trophy | |
| Previous GP: 2003 Cup of Russia | |
| Next GP: 2003–04 Grand Prix Final | |
The 2003 NHK Trophy was the final event of six in the 2003–04 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. It was held at the Asahikawa Taisetsu Ice Arena in Asahikawa on November 27–30. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2003–04 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Yankee Polka.
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey Buttle | Canada | 211.00 | 2 | 71.70 | 1 | 139.30 |
| 2 | Timothy Goebel |  United States | 205.51 | 1 | 73.65 | 2 | 131.86 |
| 3 | Gao Song |  China | 192.89 | 5 | 64.29 | 3 | 128.60 |
| 4 | Brian Joubert |  France | 191.16 | 4 | 64.80 | 5 | 126.36 |
| 5 | Alexander Abt | Russia | 188.86 | 3 | 67.46 | 7 | 121.40 |
| 6 | Ben Ferreira | Canada | 188.83 | 7 | 62.15 | 4 | 126.68 |
| 7 | Gheorge Chiper |  Romania | 186.09 | 10 | 60.55 | 6 | 125.54 |
| 8 | Li Yunfei | China | 181.19 | 6 | 63.97 | 8 | 117.22 |
| 9 | Matthew Savoie | United States | 179.02 | 8 | 62.02 | 9 | 117.00 |
| 10 | Yamato Tamura | Japan | 149.74 | 11 | 53.95 | 10 | 95.79 |
| 11 | Kensuke Nakaniwa | Japan | 145.29 | 9 | 61.85 | 11 | 83.44 |
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fumie Suguri | Japan | 165.52 | 2 | 57.94 | 1 | 107.58 |
| 2 | Elena Liashenko |  Ukraine | 163.14 | 1 | 58.20 | 2 | 104.94 |
| 3 | Yoshie Onda | Japan | 154.42 | 3 | 56.38 | 3 | 98.04 |
| 4 | Susanna Pöykiö |  Finland | 147.04 | 6 | 50.08 | 4 | 96.96 |
| 5 | Jennifer Kirk | United States | 140.08 | 5 | 51.36 | 5 | 88.72 |
| 6 | Yukina Ota | Japan | 133.79 | 7 | 47.72 | 6 | 86.07 |
| 7 | Diána Póth |  Hungary | 130.37 | 4 | 52.24 | 10 | 78.13 |
| 8 | Anne-Sophie Calvez | France | 125.19 | 9 | 41.80 | 7 | 83.39 |
| 9 | Fang Dan | China | 123.74 | 8 | 42.00 | 9 | 81.74 |
| 10 | Michelle Currie | Canada | 123.70 | 10 | 41.06 | 8 | 82.64 |
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Russia | 181.96 | 1 | 63.24 | 1 | 118.72 |
| 2 | Anabelle Langlois / Patrice Archetto | Canada | 169.06 | 4 | 55.62 | 2 | 113.44 |
| 3 | Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek |  Poland | 164.04 | 2 | 57.68 | 3 | 106.36 |
| 4 | Rena Inoue / John Baldwin, Jr. | United States | 158.88 | 3 | 57.28 | 4 | 101.60 |
| 5 | Utako Wakamatsu / Jean-Sébastien Fecteau | Canada | 141.46 | 5 | 51.00 | 5 | 90.46 |
| 6 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Petr Kharchenko | Ukraine | 129.31 | 6 | 44.68 | 7 | 84.63 |
| 7 | Ding Yang / Ren Zongfei | China | 127.44 | 8 | 41.72 | 6 | 85.72 |
| 8 | Milica Brozovic / Vladimir Futas |  Slovakia | 119.76 | 7 | 42.16 | 8 | 77.60 |
| 9 | Julia Beloglazova / Andrei Bekh | Ukraine | 114.78 | 9 | 39.88 | 9 | 74.90 |
| 10 | Marina Aganina / Artem Knyazev |  Uzbekistan | 105.04 | 10 | 37.76 | 10 | 67.28 |
Ice dancing
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | OD | FD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski | Bulgaria | 207.51 | 1 | 39.59 | 2 | 60.63 | 1 | 107.29 |
| 2 | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Ukraine | 205.73 | 2 | 37.93 | 1 | 61.24 | 2 | 106.56 |
| 3 | Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski |  Israel | 194.08 | 4 | 35.69 | 4 | 54.90 | 3 | 103.49 |
| 4 | Kati Winkler / René Lohse |  Germany | 193.01 | 3 | 37.18 | 3 | 60.32 | 4 | 95.51 |
| 5 | Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe | Canada | 167.44 | 5 | 32.18 | 5 | 48.82 | 5 | 86.44 |
| 6 | Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski | Russia | 148.53 | 6 | 28.42 | 8 | 37.20 | 6 | 82.91 |
| 7 | Loren Galler-Rabinowitz / David Mitchell | United States | 145.04 | 7 | 27.04 | 6 | 44.24 | 7 | 73.76 |
| 8 | Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido | Japan | 141.98 | 8 | 27.03 | 7 | 42.89 | 8 | 72.06 |
| 9 | Julia Golovina / Oleg Voiko | Ukraine | 129.83 | 11 | 24.13 | 10 | 36.67 | 9 | 69.03 |
| 10 | Nakako Tsuzuki / Kenji Miyamoto | Japan | 127.86 | 10 | 25.89 | 11 | 33.71 | 10 | 68.26 |
| 11 | Yang Fang / Gao Chongbo | China | 127.00 | 9 | 26.05 | 9 | 37.09 | 11 | 63.86 |
| 12 | Jessica Huot / Juha Valkama | Finland | 114.25 | 12 | 23.92 | 12 | 31.32 | 12 | 59.01 |
External links
- 2003 NHK Trophy
- Official site (in English)