2001 World Figure Skating Championships

The 2001 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from March 17 to 25. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

This event was the primary means of deciding the number of entries each country would have to the 2002 Olympics.

Competition notes
Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B. The ice dancers were also split into two groups for the compulsory dances, which were the same for both groups. Group B skated both compulsory dances, followed immediately by Group A skating both compulsory dances.

The national anthem of Russia was played for the first time at a World Figure Skating Championships.

Men
Referee:
 * Marina Sanaya International_Skating_Union.svg

Assistant Referee:
 * Ronald T. Pfenning International_Skating_Union.svg

Judges:
 * Alexander Pentchev International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Nicolae Bellu International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Susan Lynch International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Peter Moser International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Matjaz Kruzec International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Fabio Bianchetti International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Deborah Islam International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Mieko Fujimori International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Felicitas Babusikova International_Skating_Union.svg

Substitute judge:
 * Marie-Reine Le Gougne International_Skating_Union.svg

Ladies
Referee:
 * John Greenwood International_Skating_Union.svg

Assistant Referee:
 * Britta Lindgren International_Skating_Union.svg

Judges:
 * Zoya Yordanova International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Igor Prokop International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Florin Gafencu International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Joseph L. Inman International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Jiasheng Yang International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Hermi Ottemann International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Davorin Orban International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Lone Villefrance International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Hideo Sugita International_Skating_Union.svg

Substitute judge:
 * Judit Fьrst-Tombor International_Skating_Union.svg

Pairs
Referee:
 * Walburga Grimm International_Skating_Union.svg

Assistant Referee:
 * Lucy J. Brennan International_Skating_Union.svg

Judges:
 * Volker Waldeck International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Jarmila Portova International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Vladislav Petukhov International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Alain Miquel International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Evgenia Bogdanova International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Benoit Lavoie International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Paolo Pizzocari International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Ubavka Novakovic-Kytinoy International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Roger Glenn International_Skating_Union.svg

Substitute judge:
 * Tatiana Danilenko International_Skating_Union.svg

Ice dancing
Referee:
 * Courtney Jones International_Skating_Union.svg

Assistant Referee:
 * Ann Shaw International_Skating_Union.svg

Judges:
 * Christine Hurth International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Alla Shekhovtseva International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Ulf Denzer International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Walter Zuccaro International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Istvan Sugar International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Yuri Balkov International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Verena Diener International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Hilary Selby International_Skating_Union.svg
 * Irina Nechkina International_Skating_Union.svg

Substitute judge:
 * Linda K. Leaver International_Skating_Union.svg