The 2009 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2008–09 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Results from these World Championships were used to determine the majority of the spots available for each country at the 2010 Winter Olympics: 24 spots in singles, 16 in pairs, and 19 in ice dancing, with the remaining spots determined at an Olympic qualifying event in the fall of 2009. As every year, Worlds also determined the entries by country for the following year's event.

The event was held in the Staples Center at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California, USA from March 23 to 29, 2009.

The compulsory dance was the Paso Doble.

Qualification The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2008. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2009 World Junior Championships.

Based on the results of the 2008 World Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.

Countries which qualified more than one country per discipline:

Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance 3 2

Schedule (Local time, UTC-7)

Tuesday, March 24 13:00 - 17:05 Compulsory dance 18:15 - 18:40 Opening ceremonies 19:00 - 23:40 Pairs' short program Wednesday, March 25 09:00 - 12:55 Men's short program (1st Half) 13:30 - 18:20 Men's short program (2nd Half) 19:00 - 23:00 Pairs' free skating Thursday, March 26 12:30 - 16:50 Original dance 17:35 - 21:45 Men's free skating Friday, March 27 08:45 - 12:50 Ladies' short program (1st Half) 13:20 - 17:30 Ladies' short program (2nd Half) 18:30 - 23:00 Free dance Saturday, March 28 16:00 - 20:00 Ladies' free skating Sunday, March 29 14:00 - 16:30 Gala Exhibition

Competition notes It was the first time that skaters represented Montenegro at an ISU Championship and the first time skaters represented Brazil and Ireland at the World Championships.

Kim Yuna set an ISU world record of 76.12 points for the ladies short program and a world record of 207.71 points for the ladies overall score.

In the men's short program, Sergei Voronov and Jeremy Abbott tied with a total score of 72.15. The tie was broken by the technical mark and so Voronov placed 9th in that segment and Abbott 10th.

It was the second year in a row that the world champion did not attempt or complete a quadruple jump, leading to continued criticism from bronze medalist Brian Joubert. Patrick Chan, the silver medalist, would then criticize Joubert, saying he was only concerned about quads and not the whole program.France's Joubert hits back at Chan's quad dig AFP Mar 24, 2009 See also quadruple jump controversy for more.

Results Men's singles Evan Lysacek became the first American to win since Todd Eldredge in 1996. His victory was described as unexpected, since he was not able to attempt a quadruple jump due to injury.

Men's short program Pl. Name Nation TSS TES PCS SS TR PE CH IN 1 Brian Joubert 84.4046.0038.407.807.307.757.707.85 2 Evan Lysacek 82.7044.4038.307.807.357.707.707.75 3 Patrick Chan 82.5545.6036.957.557.157.507.357.40 4 Tomáš Verner 80.3644.0636.307.406.957.357.157.45 5 Takahiko Kozuka 79.3544.2035.157.356.906.957.056.90 6 Samuel Contesti 78.5044.5034.006.856.406.856.907.00 7 Nobunari Oda 76.4941.9435.557.356.857.157.107.10 8 Brandon Mroz 76.1042.3033.806.956.456.806.856.75 9 Sergei Voronov 72.1540.4031.756.556.056.406.406.35 10 Jeremy Abbott 72.1535.7036.457.357.107.307.257.45 11 Yannick Ponsero 71.8338.2833.556.906.456.706.756.75 12 Vaughn Chipeur 70.4538.2032.256.706.106.506.506.45 13 Takahito Mura 70.3539.1031.256.556.006.206.256.25 14 Kevin van der Perren 70.1536.6033.556.956.506.656.806.65 15 Andrei Lutai 68.9539.1029.856.205.606.055.956.05 16 Kristoffer Berntsson 68.6136.6631.956.506.056.406.506.50 17 Denis Ten 68.5438.2430.306.105.656.156.156.25 18 Adrian Schultheiss 65.2035.9029.306.155.605.905.855.80 19 Anton Kovalevski 64.2839.4825.805.454.755.105.205.30 20 Javier Fernández 63.7535.4028.355.855.305.705.755.75 21 Jeremy Ten 60.9031.1030.806.405.856.156.256.15 22 Gregor Urbas 58.7032.8025.905.505.055.105.205.05 23 Igor Macypura 58.3032.5026.805.605.105.355.405.35 24 Przemysław Domański 57.0033.8023.205.004.454.504.704.55 25 Peter Liebers 56.7330.8825.855.504.905.105.205.15 26 Jamal Othman 56.3229.1227.205.705.205.505.505.30 27 Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari 55.6031.5024.105.104.554.754.904.80 28 Wu Jialiang 55.4329.2827.155.755.205.405.505.30 29 Viktor Pfeifer 54.0128.8625.155.304.705.055.055.05 30 Elliot Hilton 53.3530.7022.654.854.304.504.554.45 31 Tigran Vardanjan 53.1531.3021.854.404.104.404.454.50 32 Zoltan Kelemen 49.3429.9420.404.253.754.004.254.15 33 Damjan Ostojič 47.2727.1220.154.353.703.954.104.05 34 Luis Hernández 46.1124.8621.254.503.954.254.354.20 35 Alper Uçar 45.5725.0220.554.253.754.154.204.20 36 Maxim Shipov 44.8525.2020.654.403.854.154.154.10 37 Kevin Alves 44.5124.2621.254.253.904.404.354.35 38 Charles Shou-San Pao 43.8925.6419.254.253.503.853.903.75 39 Kim Min-seok 43.2824.8819.404.303.603.953.803.75 40 Beka Shankulashvili 42.8025.6017.203.853.203.403.453.30 41 Boris Martinec 42.3721.8220.554.253.804.104.254.15 42 Mikael Redin 42.2923.8419.454.153.603.953.953.80 43 Alexandr Kazakov 40.7419.0422.704.854.304.504.604.45 44 Justin Pietersen 40.3923.1417.253.753.253.503.453.30 45 Georgi Kenchadze 39.9021.3018.604.003.353.653.853.75 46 Mark Webster 37.3518.4018.954.053.503.703.903.80 47 Andrew Huertas 36.9119.2617.653.703.253.603.553.55 48 Gegham Vardanyan 34.8717.3217.553.903.253.553.453.40 49 Saulius Ambrulevičius 34.6817.2817.403.753.303.453.453.45 50 Michael Dimalanta 27.5311.9815.553.502.853.103.152.95

TSS: Total Segment Score TES: Technical Element Score PCS: Program Component Score SS: Skating Skills TR: Transitions PE: Performance/Execution CH: Choreography IN: Interpretation Ded: Deductions StN: Starting Number

Men's free skating Pl. Name Nation TSS TES PCS SS TR PE CH IN 1 Evan Lysacek 159.5380.5379.007.707.708.107.908.10 2 Patrick Chan 155.0378.9376.107.707.457.607.707.60 3 Brian Joubert 151.5775.7776.807.807.507.657.707.75 4 Tomáš Verner 151.3575.3576.007.657.457.607.607.70 5 Samuel Contesti 148.4773.6774.807.307.157.607.557.80 6 Denis Ten 142.8977.8965.006.656.206.656.556.45 7 Takahiko Kozuka 142.8372.2370.607.356.907.107.056.90 8 Nobunari Oda 141.6772.2769.407.306.557.006.906.95 9 Andrei Lutai 136.0475.1461.906.356.006.106.256.25 10 Jeremy Abbott 132.5260.0272.507.257.107.157.357.40 11 Jeremy Ten 132.2671.4660.806.305.906.056.056.10 12 Vaughn Chipeur 131.6366.7364.906.856.256.456.506.40 13 Brandon Mroz 131.0965.8965.206.656.356.456.556.60 14 Sergei Voronov 129.8966.0963.806.556.106.456.456.35 15 Kevin van der Perren 128.2064.5063.706.456.056.406.456.50 16 Takahito Mura 124.6265.6260.006.405.606.056.005.95 17 Yannick Ponsero 122.0158.7164.306.656.156.456.456.45 18 Adrian Schultheiss 121.2363.6357.605.955.505.805.755.80 19 Javier Fernández 119.8064.1055.705.705.455.705.505.50 20 Kristoffer Berntsson 113.7055.9058.806.005.555.805.956.10 21 Gregor Urbas 109.0158.8151.205.454.605.305.255.00 22 Przemysław Domański 104.6655.5650.105.254.755.055.005.00 23 Anton Kovalevski 101.4549.5552.905.505.105.205.355.30 24 Igor Macypura 100.5651.9649.605.154.704.905.104.95

Men's final standings

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Evan Lysacek 242.23282.701159.53 2 Patrick Chan 237.58382.552155.03 3 Brian Joubert 235.97184.403151.57 4 Tomáš Verner 231.71480.364151.35 5 Samuel Contesti 226.97678.505148.47 6 Takahiko Kozuka 222.18579.357142.83 7 Nobunari Oda 218.16776.498141.67 8 Denis Ten 211.431768.546142.89 9 Brandon Mroz 207.19876.1013131.09 10 Andrei Lutai 204.991568.959136.04 11 Jeremy Abbott 204.671072.1510132.52 12 Vaughn Chipeur 202.081270.4512131.63 13 Sergei Voronov 202.04972.1514129.89 14 Kevin van der Perren 198.351470.1515128.20 15 Takahito Mura 194.971370.3516124.62 16 Yannick Ponsero 193.841171.8317122.01 17 Jeremy Ten 193.162160.9011132.26 18 Adrian Schultheiss 186.431865.2018121.23 19 Javier Fernández 183.552063.7519119.80 20 Kristoffer Berntsson 182.311668.6120113.70 21 Gregor Urbas 167.712258.7021109.01 22 Anton Kovalevski 165.731964.2823101.45 23 Przemysław Domański 161.662457.0022104.66 24 Igor Macypura 158.862358.3024100.56 25 Peter Liebers 56.732556.73 26 Jamal Othman 56.322656.32 27 Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari 55.602755.60 28 Wu Jialiang 55.432855.43 29 Viktor Pfeifer 54.012954.01 30 Elliot Hilton 53.353053.35 31 Tigran Vardanjan 53.153153.15 32 Zoltán Kelemen 49.343249.34 33 Damjan Ostojič 47.273347.27 34 Luis Hernández 46.113446.11 35 Alper Uçar 45.573545.57 36 Maxim Shipov 44.853644.85 37 Kevin Alves 44.513744.51 38 Charles Shou-San Pao 43.893843.89 39 Kim Min-seok 43.283943.28 40 Beka Shankulashvili 42.804042.80 41 Boris Martinec 42.374142.37 42 Mikael Redin 42.294242.29 43 Alexandr Kazakov 40.744340.74 44 Justin Pietersen 40.394440.39 45 Georgi Kenchadze 39.904539.90 46 Mark Webster 37.354637.35 47 Andrew Huertas 36.914736.91 48 Gegham Vardanyan 34.874834.87 49 Saulius Ambrulevičius 34.684934.68 50 Michael Dimalanta 27.535027.53

Women's singles

Ladies' short program