Notes provided by Klaus Reinhold Kany.
| Skater | SP | FS | Final |
| Michelle Kwan, USA | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Maria Butyrskaya, RUS | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Tara Lipinski, USA | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Vanessa Gusmeroli, FRA | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Krisztina Czako, HUN | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Andrea Diewald, GER | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Karen Kwan, USA | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Hanae Yokoya, JPN | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Marta Andrade, SPN | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Tony Sabrina Bombardieri, ITA | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Cathy Belnager, CAN | 10 | 11 | 11 |
17 Nov 96:
Michelle Kwan landed six triples, although three were a little shakey and she doubled a triple loop. Her interpretation was excellent and she received marks of 5.6-5.8 in the first mark and 5.7-5.9 in the second mark. Butyrskaya landed five different triples and skated much better than at Skate America. Her triple flip was a little shakey, and she put a hand down on triple Lutz. Lipinski landed four good triples, but fell on triple Salchow, and she did not complete the triple Salchow - triple loop she landed at Skate Canada. Karen Kwan landed three triples but made several mistakes. Her style, however, was outstanding.
15 Nov 96:
Michelle Kwan leads after the short program. Her performance was without serious mistakes, but her jumps were not outstanding, and had two shakey landings. Butyrskaya skated without serious errors, and Lipinski skated a clean program. Michelle's sister, Karen, had two errors; stepping out of two triple jumps.
| Skater | SP | FS | Final |
| Todd Eldredge, USA | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Viacheslav Zagorodniuk, UKR | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Weiss, USA | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Thierry Cerez, FRA | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Eric Millot, FRA | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Laurent Tobel, FRA | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Gilberto Viadana, ITA | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Makoto Okazaki, JPN | 10 | 7 | 8 |
| Jens Ter Laak | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Patrick Schmit, LUX | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| Elvis Stojko, CAN |
17 Nov 96:
Eldredge began with a good triple Axel, but almost fell on the double toe. He went on to land 6 more triples, but did not have quite the edge that he showed at Skate America. Zagorodniuk did the best free skate of his life [his description, as well as that of observers], landing eight perfect triples - among them triple Axel - triple Toe. It was a close decition between the top two finishers. Weiss skated very well also, but "only" landed triple Axel - double toe, and put his hand down on his first triple Axel. Cerez also gave the best performance of his life with seven triples, including two triple Axels; while Millot had a tough skate, missing two triple Axels and a triple toe loop. Tobel landed six triples and put on a great show, but was criticized for his style.
15 Nov 96:
Eldredge is in outstanding shape with a clean program that included triple Axel - triple toe. He received marks of 5.9 in the first mark and 5.8 in the second mark. Zagorodniuk also skated clean and landed triple Axel - triple toe. Weiss completed his short without error, including the combination triple Axel - double toe.
Elvis Stojko withdrew due to stomach problems resulting from a bad meal before arriving in France. He had been ill for three days prior to the start of the Short Program.
| Skater | SP | FS | Final |
| Kazakova/Dmitriev, RUS | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Meno/Sand, USA | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Bereznaia/Sikharulidze, RUS | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Abitbol/Bernadis, FRA | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Shen/Zhao, CHN | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Stiegler/Zimmerman, USA | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Carr/Carr, AUS | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Asanakis/McKeever, GRE | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Savard Gagnon/Bradet, CAN | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Guestault/Guestault, FRA | 8 | 10 | 10 |
17 Nov 96:
Kazakova and Dmitriev skated better than at Skate America, performing a clean long program with two triple throws, and triple toe loops; but were still a little slow. Meno and Sand again landed triple toes. They also completed throw triple Salchow and throw double Axel. The main strength of their long program, however, remains their style. Bereznaia and Sikharulidze skated very well in their first competition together, but were overmarked. Their triple toes were excelent as was a double twist, but they had problems on the jumps and throws. She singled double Axel, landed throw triple Salchow on two feet and fell on throw triple loop.
Abitbol and Bernedis started out with Bernadis having a painfull fall on his right knee, and they were allowed to restart their program at the end of the group. Technically they skated very well, with speed, but their style was not a good as the higher placed skaters. Were it not for that, they would have merited second or third place. Shen and Zhao had some of the best pair elements of the group, but their spins were slow and their style mediocre. Stiegler and Zimmerman had a good triple twist and throw triple Salchow, but Stiegler singled a double Axel and they left out their throw triple toe loop.
15 Nov 96:
Meno and Sand lead, skating a clean program with side-by-side triple toes and brilliant style. Bereznaia and Sikharulidze looked very good in their first competition together. Bereznaia seems to have recovered well from her serious accident last season while training for Europeans. Kazakova and Dmitriev had problems on their side-by-side triple toes, with Kazakova falling and Dmitriev doubling the jump. Both the Chinese team and Stiegler and Zimmerman skated well with clean programs, and the overall level of the competition is better than what was seen at Skate America.
| Skater | CD | OD | FD | Final |
| Anissina/Peizerat, FRA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Punsalan/Swallow, USA | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Romanova/Yaroshenko, UKR | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Gerencser/Camerlengo, ITA | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Winkler/Lohse, GER | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Mrazova/Simecek, CZE | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Delobel/Schoenfelder, FRA | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Lefebvre/Brunet, CAN | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Deniaud/Jaffredo, FRA | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Wing/Lowe, CAN | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Robinson/Breen, USA | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Kawai/Tanaka, JPN | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
17 Nov 96:
Anissina and Peizerat skated a brilliant free dance, using new costumes. Punsalan and Swallow skated their sexy Latin number with speed, for another strong finish. As at Skate America, Romanova and Yaroshenko skated with good technique, but lacked speed. Gerencser and Camerlengo, in their first competition together, skated a "nice", but simple program, and were felt by some to have been overmarked. Winkler and Lohse gave a good performance and skated better than they did at Skate America.
15 Nov 96:
OD - Tango
No notes provided to us.
14 Nov 96:
Compulsory Dance - The Golden Waltz
The three top teams were described as skating brilliantly, with a strong performance also being given by the Italian team. (Gerenscer is actually Swiss. Both team members competed internationally previously with other partners for their respective countries). Mrazova and Simecek, and Wing and Lowe apparently had a tough go of it, both teams falling in this difficult dance.