The 2023 World Figure Skating Championships were held from March 22 to 26, 2023, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), the World Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figure skating. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The competition determined the entry quotas for each skating federation at the 2024 World Championships. Shoma Uno and Kaori Sakamoto, both of Japan, won the men's and women's events, respectively. Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan won the pairs event, and Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States won the ice dance event.

Background The World Figure Skating Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figure skating. The 2023 World Championships were held from March 22 to 26, 2023, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Qualification Based on the results of the 2022 World Championships, each ISU member nation could field one to three entries per discipline. Skaters from Russia and Belarus were banned from participating "until further notice" due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

+Number of entries per discipline Spots Men Women Pairs Ice dance 3 2

Changes to preliminary entries The International Skating Union published the initial list of entrants on February 28, 2023.

+Changes to preliminary entries Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason February 24 Ice dance Continued recovery March 18 Men Health problems

Required performance elements Single skating Women competing in single skating first performed their short programs on Wednesday, March 22, while men performed theirs on Thursday, March 23. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds, the short program had to include the following elements:

For men: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double jump or triple jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and a step sequence using the full ice surface.

For women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying spin; one layback spin, sideways leaning spin, camel spin, or sit spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.

Women performed their free skates on Friday, March 24, while men performed theirs on Saturday, March 25. The free skate could last no more than 4 minutes, and had to include the following: seven jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one a flying spin, and one a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence.

Pair skating Couples competing in pair skating performed their short programs on Wednesday, March 22. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds, the short program had to include the following elements: one pair lift, one double or triple twist lift, one double or triple throw jump, one double or triple solo jump, one solo spin combination with a change of foot, one death spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.

Couples performed their free skates on Thursday, March 23. The free skate could last no more than 4 minutes, and had to included the following elements: three pair lifts, of which one had to be a twist lift; two different throw jumps; one solo jump; one jump combination or sequence; one pair spin combination; one death spiral; and a choreographic sequence.

Ice dance

Couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on Friday, March 24. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds, the rhythm dance this season had to include at least two different Latin dance styles. Examples of applicable dance styles included the following: salsa, bachata, merengue, mambo, cha-cha-cha, rhumba, and samba. The required pattern dance element had to be skated to a different Latin style. The rhythm dance had to include the following elements: one pattern dance step sequence, one choreographic rhythm sequence, one dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence.

Couples then performed their free dances on Saturday, March 25. The free dance could last no longer than 4 minutes, and had to include the following: three short dance lifts or one short dance lift and one combination lift, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one turns sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three choreographic elements.

Judging All of the technical elements in any figure skating performancesuch as jumps and spinswere assigned a predetermined base point value and were then scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from –5 to 5 based on their quality of execution. The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (the average after discarding the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total element score. At the same time, the judges evaluated each performance based on five program componentsskating skills, transitions, performance, composition, and interpretation of the musicand assigned a score from 0.25 to 10 in 0.25-point increments. The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score. +Program component factoring Discipline Short program Rhythm dance Free skate Free dance Men 1.00 2.00 Women 0.08 1.60 Pairs 0.08 1.60 Ice dance 0.08 1.20 Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls. The total element score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.

Medal summary

Medalists Medals were awarded to the skaters or teams who achieved the highest overall placements in each discipline. +Medal recipients Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Women Pairs Ice dance

Small medals were awarded to the skaters or teams who achieved the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline. +Small medal recipients for highest short program or rhythm dance Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Women Pairs Ice dance

Small medals were awarded to the skaters or teams who achieved the highest free skate or free dance placements in each discipline. +Small medal recipients for highest free skate or free dance Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Women Pairs Ice dance

Medals by country

Results Men's singles +Men's results Rank Skater Nation Total SP FS Shoma Uno 301.14 1 104.63 1 196.51 Cha Jun-hwan 296.03 3 99.64 2 196.39 Ilia Malinin 288.44 2 100.38 3 188.06 4 Kévin Aymoz 282.97 5 95.56 4 187.41 5 Jason Brown 280.04 6 94.17 5 185.87 6 Kazuki Tomono 273.41 7 92.68 6 180.73 7 Keegan Messing 265.16 4 98.75 11 166.41 8 Lukas Britschgi 257.34 9 86.18 9 171.16 9 Matteo Rizzo 256.04 13 79.28 7 176.76 10 Adam Siao Him Fa 253.11 12 79.78 8 173.33 11 Vladimir Litvintsev 251.76 10 82.71 10 169.05 12 Daniel Grassl 244.43 8 86.50 14 157.93 13 Deniss Vasiļjevs 243.15 11 82.37 13 160.78 14 Mikhail Shaidorov 236.93 18 75.41 12 161.52 15 Sōta Yamamoto 232.39 17 75.48 15 156.91 16 Mark Gorodnitsky 232.13 14 77.89 16 154.24 17 Mihhail Selevko 230.94 15 76.81 17 154.13 18 Andreas Nordebäck 223.52 20 73.45 18 150.07 19 Nikita Starostin 217.87 16 75.53 19 142.34 20 Morisi Kvitelashvili 212.32 21 73.05 20 139.27 21 Andrew Torgashev 210.59 22 71.41 21 139.18 22 Jin Boyang 204.22 19 75.04 23 129.18 23 Adam Hagara 203.26 24 70.29 22 132.97 24 Maurizio Zandron 194.31 23 70.36 24 123.95 25 Kyrylo Marsak 68.60 25 68.60 Did not advanceto free skate 26 Conrad Orzel 67.65 26 67.65 27 Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté 67.60 27 67.60 28 Burak Demirboğa 65.73 28 65.73 29 Nika Egadze 65.17 29 65.17 30 Alexander Zlatkov 62.31 30 62.31 31 Jari Kessler 61.94 31 61.94 32 Graham Newberry 61.70 32 61.70 33 Vladimir Samoilov 61.48 33 61.48 34 Georgii Reshtenko 59.93 34 59.93

Women's singles +Women's results Rank Skater Nation Total SP FS Kaori Sakamoto 224.61 1 79.24 2 145.37 Lee Hae-in 220.94 2 73.62 1 147.32 Loena Hendrickx 210.42 5 71.94 4 138.48 4 Isabeau Levito 207.65 4 73.03 5 134.62 5 Mai Mihara 205.70 3 73.46 6 132.24 6 Kim Chae-yeon 203.51 12 64.06 3 139.45 7 Nicole Schott 197.76 7 67.29 9 130.47 8 Kimmy Repond 194.09 13 62.75 8 131.34 9 Niina Petrõkina 193.49 6 68.00 12 125.49 10 Rinka Watanabe 192.81 15 60.90 7 131.91 11 Nina Pinzarrone 191.78 14 62.04 10 129.74 12 Amber Glenn 188.33 10 65.52 14 122.81 13 Madeline Schizas 187.49 16 60.02 11 127.47 14 Anastasiia Gubanova 184.92 11 65.40 15 119.52 15 Bradie Tennell 184.14 8 66.45 16 117.69 16 Ekaterina Kurakova 181.43 9 65.69 17 115.74 17 Lara Naki Gutmann 178.43 23 55.22 13 123.21 18 Kim Ye-lim 174.30 17 60.02 19 114.28 19 Olga Mikutina 172.31 20 57.05 18 115.26 20 Julia Sauter 165.62 22 56.02 20 109.60 21 Janna Jyrkinen 160.91 21 56.06 21 104.85 22 Lindsay van Zundert 159.55 19 57.56 22 101.99 23 Sofja Stepčenko 158.38 18 58.87 24 99.51 24 Alexandra Feigin 155.74 24 54.65 23 101.09 25 Lorine Schild 54.35 25 54.35Did not advanceto free skate 26 Jade Hovine 54.10 26 54.10 27 Kristen Spours 53.38 27 53.38 28 Ema Doboszová 53.01 28 53.01 29 Kristina Isaev 52.93 29 52.93 30 Anastasia Gracheva 50.55 30 50.55 31 Marilena Kitromilis 48.92 31 48.92 32 Eliška Březinová 47.29 32 47.29 33 Daša Grm 47.04 33 47.04 34 Júlia Láng 44.26 34 44.26 35 Mia Risa Gomez 43.54 35 43.54

Pairs +Pairs' results Rank Team Nation Total SP FS 222.16 1 80.72 2 141.44 217.48 2 74.64 1 142.84 208.08 3 73.24 3 134.84 4 199.97 4 72.81 6 127.16 5 194.73 5 70.23 8 124.50 6 193.00 6 65.31 4 127.69 7 190.67 8 64.43 7 126.24 8 189.47 11 61.95 5 127.52 9 184.60 15 60.89 9 123.71 10 184.46 7 65.23 10 119.23 11 181.95 10 63.33 11 118.62 12 175.59 9 63.40 13 112.19 13 173.85 12 61.24 12 112.61 14 172.29 13 61.07 14 111.22 15 157.19 16 58.12 15 99.07 16 153.38 17 55.42 16 97.96 17 148.23 20 50.32 17 97.91 18 147.07 19 53.29 18 93.78 19 146.99 14 60.98 20 86.01 20 146.27 18 54.93 19 91.34 21 49.59 21 49.59Did not advanceto free skate 22 44.74 22 44.74 23 43.82 23 43.82

Ice dance