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2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 2008 Four Continents Championships |
| comptype | ISU Championship |
| startdate | February 11 |
| enddate | 17 |
| skatingseason | 2007–08 |
| location | Goyang, South Korea |
| venue | Seongsa Ice Rink |
| championmen | JPN Daisuke Takahashi |
| championladies | JPN Mao Asada |
| championpairs | CHN Pang Qing / Tong Jian |
| championdance | CAN Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir |
| previouscomp | [2007 Four Continents Championships](2007-four-continents-figure-skating-championships) |
| nextcomp | [2009 Four Continents Championships](2009-four-continents-figure-skating-championships) |
The 2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2007–08 season. It was held at the Seongsa Ice Rink in Goyang, South Korea on February 11–17. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
Notes
- Unlike the other three ISU championships, each nation was allowed to enter 3 skaters/couples in each event, regardless of its skaters performance in the previous year's championships.
- The corresponding competition for European skaters was the 2008 European Figure Skating Championships.
- Skaters must have reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2007 in order to compete.
Medals table
Results
Men

Daisuke Takahashi set a new world record for the free skating (175.84) and the combined total (264.41).
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | Daisuke Takahashi | 264.41 | 1 | 88.57 | 1 | 175.84 | |||||||||||||||||
| **2** | Jeffrey Buttle | 234.02 | 3 | 83.85 | 2 | 150.17 | |||||||||||||||||
| **3** | Evan Lysacek | 233.11 | 2 | 84.06 | 3 | 149.05 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Carriere | 218.30 | 4 | 74.08 | 5 | 144.22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jeremy Abbott | 206.40 | 9 | 60.87 | 4 | 145.53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Li Chengjiang | 197.98 | 5 | 72.25 | 9 | 125.73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vaughn Chipeur | 196.57 | 6 | 70.83 | 8 | 125.74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Takahiko Kozuka | 196.38 | 7 | 67.48 | 6 | 128.90 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shawn Sawyer | 187.18 | 10 | 60.79 | 7 | 126.39 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wu Jialiang | 182.94 | 8 | 64.35 | 11 | 118.59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Xu Ming | 169.17 | 12 | 49.08 | 10 | 120.09 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kensuke Nakaniwa | 167.37 | 11 | 55.82 | 12 | 111.55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Abzal Rakimgaliev | 138.88 | 13 | 43.17 | 13 | 95.71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tristan Thode | 115.99 | 14 | 42.16 | 16 | 73.83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Luis Hernández | 112.05 | 16 | 39.39 | 17 | 72.66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Justin Pietersen | 111.16 | 18 | 36.39 | 14 | 74.77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholas Fernandez | 109.77 | 15 | 41.14 | 20 | 68.63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joel Watson | 109.03 | 19 | 35.02 | 15 | 74.01 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Alves | 108.12 | 17 | 37.05 | 18 | 71.07 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert McNamara | 102.23 | 21 | 32.42 | 19 | 69.81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Humberto Contreras | 95.50 | 20 | 34.20 | 21 | 61.30 |
Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Free Skating Not Reached | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | Mao Asada | 193.25 | 1 | 60.94 | 1 | 132.31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| **2** | Joannie Rochette | 179.54 | 3 | 60.04 | 2 | 119.50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| **3** | Miki Ando | 177.66 | 2 | 60.07 | 3 | 117.59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kim Na-young | 158.49 | 6 | 53.08 | 4 | 105.41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mira Leung | 157.36 | 7 | 53.01 | 6 | 104.35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Katrina Hacker | 153.86 | 10 | 49.86 | 7 | 104.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cynthia Phaneuf | 152.67 | 8 | 50.63 | 8 | 102.04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ashley Wagner | 152.46 | 12 | 47.29 | 5 | 105.17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anastasia Gimazetdinova | 150.07 | 4 | 55.49 | 10 | 94.58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fumie Suguri | 145.06 | 9 | 50.24 | 9 | 94.82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beatrisa Liang | 144.25 | 5 | 54.05 | 11 | 90.20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wang Yueren | 129.88 | 15 | 44.69 | 13 | 85.19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xu Binshu | 128.39 | 11 | 49.62 | 14 | 78.77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liu Yan | 124.09 | 16 | 37.33 | 12 | 86.76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Melinda Sherilyn Wang | 119.58 | 14 | 45.95 | 15 | 73.63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kim Chae-hwa | 115.85 | 13 | 46.76 | 16 | 69.09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loretta Hamui | 99.89 | 18 | 34.87 | 17 | 65.02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ana Cecilia Cantu | 94.76 | 17 | 37.10 | 20 | 57.66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tina Wang | 94.28 | 21 | 30.57 | 18 | 63.71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lejeanne Marais | 90.52 | 22 | 29.38 | 19 | 61.14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tamami Ono | 88.96 | 20 | 31.97 | 21 | 56.99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gracielle Jeanne Tan | 80.88 | 24 | 28.50 | 22 | 52.38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charissa Tansomboon | 79.28 | 19 | 32.31 | 24 | 46.97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corenne Bruhns | 76.89 | 23 | 28.63 | 23 | 48.26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crystal Wynewyne Kiang | 25 | 28.12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abigail Pietersen | 26 | 27.44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan Figgins | 27 | 26.92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phoebe Di Tommaso | 28 | 25.76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Siobhan McColl | 29 | 23.40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stacy Perfetti | 30 | 21.97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kristine Y. Lee | 31 | 20.53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tiffany Ting-Ye Wu | 32 | 18.64 |
Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | 187.33 | 2 | 67.70 | 1 | 119.63 | |||||
| **2** | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | 181.84 | 1 | 70.45 | 2 | 111.39 | |||||
| **3** | Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski | 159.99 | 4 | 56.44 | 3 | 103.55 | |||||
| Rena Inoue / John Baldwin | 156.00 | 3 | 57.40 | 4 | 98.60 | ||||||
| Jessica Miller / Ian Moram | 149.24 | 5 | 54.88 | 5 | 94.36 | ||||||
| Li Jiaqi / Xu Jiankun | 144.53 | 6 | 53.26 | 6 | 91.27 | ||||||
| Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall | 141.46 | 7 | 52.50 | 7 | 88.96 | ||||||
| Tiffany Vise / Derek Trent | 134.41 | 8 | 45.82 | 8 | 88.59 | ||||||
| Marina Aganina / Dmitri Zobnin | 93.77 | 9 | 36.82 | 9 | 56.95 |
Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | OD | FD | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | 207.32 | 1 | 38.22 | 1 | 65.02 | 1 | 104.08 | ||||||||
| **2** | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | 199.45 | 2 | 37.36 | 2 | 61.93 | 2 | 100.16 | ||||||||
| **3** | Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre | 180.65 | 3 | 34.36 | 3 | 56.67 | 3 | 89.62 | ||||||||
| Jennifer Wester / Daniil Barantsev | 174.37 | 4 | 30.95 | 4 | 55.44 | 5 | 87.98 | |||||||||
| Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | 174.36 | 5 | 30.94 | 5 | 54.95 | 4 | 88.47 | |||||||||
| Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno | 164.02 | 6 | 29.73 | 6 | 50.53 | 6 | 83.76 | |||||||||
| Cathy Reed / Chris Reed | 158.47 | 7 | 27.06 | 7 | 49.64 | 7 | 81.77 | |||||||||
| Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen | 148.19 | 8 | 25.61 | 8 | 45.60 | 8 | 76.98 | |||||||||
| Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun | 147.02 | 9 | 25.22 | 9 | 45.35 | 9 | 76.45 | |||||||||
| Danielle O'Brien / Gregory Merriman | 121.86 | 11 | 21.26 | 10 | 37.44 | 10 | 63.16 | |||||||||
| Guo Jiameimei / Meng Fei | 112.29 | 12 | 20.96 | 11 | 36.80 | 12 | 54.53 | |||||||||
| Yu Sun Hye / Ramil Sarkulov | 109.56 | 10 | 22.46 | 13 | 33.78 | 13 | 53.32 | |||||||||
| Maria Borounov / Evgeni Borounov | 107.52 | 13 | 17.78 | 12 | 34.93 | 11 | 54.81 |
References
References
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