2012 Trophée Éric Bompard

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2012 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.

Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following scores (3/5 of the top scores at the 2012 World Championships):[2]

The entries were as follows.[3]

Country	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
Azerbaijan				Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov
Belgium	Jorik Hendrickx
Canada			Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
China	Jinlin Guan Song Nan		Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao
Czech Republic	Tomáš Verner
Estonia		Jelena Glebova
France	Florent Amodio Chafik Besseghier Brian Joubert	Léna Marrocco Maé Bérénice Méité	Daria Popova / Bruno Massot Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès	Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
United Kingdom		Jenna McCorkell
Italy			Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
Japan	Takahito Mura
Russia		Polina Korobeynikova Yulia Lipnitskaya Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov	Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko
Sweden		Joshi Helgesson
United States	Jeremy Abbott	Ashley Wagner Christina Gao		Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Italy's Carolina Kostner withdrew from the ladies' event due to insufficient fitness,[4] the United States' Johnny Weir withdrew due to a right hip injury,[5] and Germany's Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy withdrew as a result of Savchenko's severe sinus infection.[6]

Jeremy Abbott of the United States was first in the men's short program, followed by Japan's Takahito Mura and France's Brian Joubert.[7][8][9] Mura was also second in the free skating but finished first overall and took his first Grand Prix title, while Abbott took silver, and France's Florent Amodio – 7th in the short – won the segment and rose to third overall.[10][11][12] Jorik Hendrickx withdrew before the free skating due to a twisted ankle in an off-ice warm up.[10]

Despite spraining her right ankle before the start of the competition, Russia's Yulia Lipnitskaya placed first in the ladies' short program ahead of the United States' Ashley Wagner and Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva.[9][13][14][15] Wagner won the free skating and her second Grand Prix title, Tuktamysheva rose to take the silver, and Lipnitskaia finished with the bronze.[12][16][17]

Russia's Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov won the pairs' short program by over four points ahead of Canada's Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, with China's Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao in third.[9][18][19] Kavaguti / Smirnov were second in the free skating but their lead from the short program took them to the gold medal, Duhamel / Radford were first in the free skating and finished second overall, and Italy's Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek rose to take the bronze medal despite placing 5th in the segment.[12][20][21]

France's Nathalie Pechalat were first in the short dance, followed by Italy's Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte and Russia's Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko.[9][22][23] In the free dance, Pechalat / Bourzat maintained their lead and won the gold medal, Cappellini / Lanotte were fourth in the segment but held on to second place overall, and Riazanova / Tkachenko finished in third.[12][24][25]

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