Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating.

1978 Blue Swords
Date:15 – 18 November 1978
Season:1978–79
Location:Karl-Marx-Stadt
Champions
Men's singles:
 Hermann Schulz (GDR)
Ladies' singles:
 Katarina Witt (GDR)
Pairs:
 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach (GDR)
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Rank Name Nation
1 Hermann Schulz   East Germany
2 Heiko Fischer   West Germany
3 Torsten Ohlow   East Germany
4 Vladimir Rashetkov   Soviet Union
5 Falko Kirsten   East Germany
6 Patrice Macrez   France
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Ladies

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Rank Name Nation
1 Katarina Witt   East Germany
2 Sonja Stanek   Austria
3 Kerstin Wolf   East Germany
4 Marina Ignatova   Soviet Union
5 Brigitte Ostermeier   West Germany
6 Marina Schulz   East Germany
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Pairs

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Rank Name Nation
1 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach   East Germany
2 Kornelia Hauffe / Kersten Bellmann   East Germany
3 Elena Vasyukova / Alexei Pogodin   Soviet Union
4 Ines Heck / Mathias Clausner   East Germany
5 Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert   East Germany
6 Renata Kostkova / Jozef Komar   Czechoslovakia