Figure Skating
- World Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion: Alexei Yagudin, Russia
- Ladies' champion: Michelle Kwan, United States
- Pairs' champions: Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov, Russia
- Ice dance champions: Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat, France
- First World Synchronized Skating Championships held in Minneapolis
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