1998 Sparkassen Cup on Ice
# 1998 Sparkassen Cup on Ice

The 1998 Sparkassen Cup on Ice was the third event of six in the 1998–99 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Gelsenkirchen on November 12–15. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 1998–99 Grand Prix Final.

## Results

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS | GPF Qualification Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alexei Yagudin | Russia | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Alexander Abt | Russia | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Andrejs Vlascenko | Germany | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Noaki Shigematsu | Japan | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Thierry Cerez | France | 7.0 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Jean-Francois Hebert | Canada | 9.5 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 7 | Sven Meyer | Germany | 10.0 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | Robert Grzegorczyk | Poland | 11.5 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | Patrick Schmit | Luxembourg | 13.5 | 9 | 9 | - |
| 10 | Jeff Langdon | Canada | 15.0 | 10 | 10 | - |
| 11 | Shepherd Clark | United States | 16.5 | 11 | 11 | - |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS | GPF Qualification Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Elena Sokolova | Russia | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Yulia Lavrenchuk | Ukraine | 3.5 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Maria Butyrskaya | Russia | 4.0 | 2 | 3 | Non-scoring event |
| 4 | Anna Rechnio | Poland | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Jennifer Robinson | Canada | 8.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Brittney McConn | United States | 9.5 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | Hanae Yokoya | Japan | 9.5 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | Eva-Maria Fitze | Germany | 12.0 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | Franziska Guenther | Germany | 13.5 | 9 | 9 | - |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS | GPF Qualification Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Russia | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Mueller | Germany | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler | United States | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola | Czech Republic | 5.5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Valerie Saurette / Jean-Sébastien Fecteau | Canada | 7.5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Mariana Kautz / Norman Jeschke | Germany | 9.0 | 6 | 6 | 3 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CD | OD | FD | GPF Qualification Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Russia | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz | Canada | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Kati Winkler / René Lohse | Germany | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Ukraine | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Galit Chait / Sergey Sakhnovsky | Israel | 10.4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviyski | Bulgaria | 11.6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | Olga Sharutenko / Dmitri Naumkin | Russia | 14.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon | Canada | 16.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo | France | 19.0 | 9 | 9 | 10 | - |
| 10 | Stephanie Rauer / Thomas Rauer | Germany | 19.4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | - |
| WD | Zuzana Merzova / Tomas Morbacher | Slovakia | | 10 | 11 | | |
