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1978 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1978 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from March 7 to 12. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

1978 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 7 – 12
Season:1977–78
Location:Ottawa, Canada
Venue:Ottawa Civic Centre
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Charles Tickner
Ladies' singles:
East Germany Anett Pötzsch
Pairs:
Soviet Union Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev
Ice dance:
Soviet Union Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov
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The ISU Representative was Jacques Favart of France. The ISU Technical Delegates were Josef Dědič of Czechoslovakia and Charles DeMore of the United States. Vern Taylor of Canada became the first person to land a triple axel (albeit over rotated), in competition.

Medal tables edit

Medalists edit

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles   Charles Tickner   Jan Hoffmann   Robin Cousins
Ladies' singles   Anett Pötzsch   Linda Fratianne   Susanna Driano
Pair skating   Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev   Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf   Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner
Ice dancing   Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov   Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov   Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay

Medals by country edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)2103
2  East Germany (GDR)1203
3  United States (USA)1113
4  Great Britain (GBR)0011
  Hungary (HUN)0011
  Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Results edit

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Age CP SP FP Points Places
1 Charles Tickner   United States 24 3 42.56 3 41.16 2 103.60 187.32 17
2 Jan Hoffmann   East Germany 22 2 43.00 1 41.56 3 102.30 186.86 18
3 Robin Cousins   United Kingdom 20 4 39.80 2 41.72 1 105.10 186.62 22
4 Vladimir Kovalev   Soviet Union 25 1 43.76 7 39.80 6 99.00 182.56 40
5 Igor Bobrin   Soviet Union 24 6 38.42 5 40.04 5 101.00 179.44 47
6 David Santee   United States 20 5 39.20 4 40.40 8 98.30 177.90 57
7 Fumio Igarashi   Japan 19 8 37.04 6 39.08 4 101.00 177.12 56
8 Mitsuru Matsumura   Japan 20 9 36.08 8 39.08 11 95.20 170.36 83
9 Mario Liebers   East Germany 18 7 37.32 11 38.24 12 93.00 168.56 86
10 Brian Pockar   Canada 18 12 34.44 10 38.44 9 97.10 169.98 86
11 Scott Hamilton   United States 19 11 35.28 9 38.72 10 94.80 168.80 92
12 Vern Taylor   Canada 15 30.56 12 7 166.50 105
13 Konstantin Kokora   Soviet Union 20 10 36.04 13 13 163.92 110
14 Rudi Cerne   West Germany 19 13 33.84 14 14 159.16 127
15 Gilles Beyer   France 14 33.08 15 15 154.84 134
16 Brian Meek   Australia 16 29.92 16 16 133.28 144
17 Han Soo-bong   South Korea 17 27.68 17 17 119.80 153

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Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation CP SP FP Placings
1 Anett Pötzsch   East Germany 1 2 3 11
2 Linda Fratianne   United States 3 1 1 16
3 Susanna Driano   Italy 4 6 6 33
4 Dagmar Lurz   West Germany 2 10 7 45
5 Denise Biellmann   Switzerland 16 3 2 52
6 Elena Vodorezova   Soviet Union 13 4 5 50
7 Lisa-Marie Allen   United States 14 5 4 48
8 Emi Watanabe   Japan 6 13 8 77
9 Priscilla Hill   United States 5 8 10 78
10 Carola Weißenberg   East Germany 9 7 9 87
11 Karena Richardson   United Kingdom 12 11 11 103
12 Heather Kemkaran   Canada 10 9 14 118
13 Claudia Kristofics-Binder   Austria 11 12 15 116
14 Kristiina Wegelius   Finland 7 16 13 119
15 Natalia Strelkova   Soviet Union 15 15 12 132
16 Danielle Rieder   Switzerland 8 14 18 141
17 Cathie MacFarlane   Canada 17 17 20 159
18 Astrid Jansen in de Wal   Netherlands 22 19 16 165
19 Karin Riediger   West Germany 18 20 19 169
20 Bodil Olsson   Sweden 21 18 17 171
21 Robyn Burley   Australia 20 21 21 190
22 Choo Young-soon   South Korea 19 22 22 198
23 Katie Symmonds   New Zealand 23 23 23 206

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Pairs edit

Rank Name Nation SP FP Placings
1 Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev   Soviet Union 1 1 9
2 Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf   East Germany 2 2 19
3 Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner   United States 4 3 28
4 Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai   Soviet Union 3 4 39
5 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach   East Germany 5 5 46
6 Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl   Czechoslovakia 6 6 50
7 Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich   Soviet Union 7 7 65
8 Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz   West Germany 8 8 71
9 Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli   United States 9 9 83
10 Gail Hamula / Frank Sweiding   United States 10 10 85
11 Lee-Ann Jackson / Paul Mills   Canada 13 11 105
12 Sabine Fuchs / Xavier Videau   France 12 12 108
13 Gabrielle Beck / Jochen Stahl   West Germany 14 13 113
14 Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain   Australia 16 14 127
15 Kyoko Hagiwara / Sumio Murata   Japan 15 15 131
WD Sherri Baier / Robin Cowan   Canada 11

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Ice dancing edit

Rank Name Nation CD FD Placings
1 Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov   Soviet Union 1 1 11
2 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov   Soviet Union 2 2 16
3 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay   Hungary 3 3 29
4 Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell   United Kingdom 4 4 35
5 Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich   Czechoslovakia 5 6 49
6 Lorna Wighton / John Dowding   Canada 6 5 48
7 Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman   Soviet Union 7 7 69
8 Carol Fox / Richard Dalley   United States 8 8 69
9 Stacey Smith / John Summers   United States 9 9 82
10 Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann   Austria 11 10 93
11 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean   United Kingdom 10 11 92
12 Patricia Fletcher / Michael de la Penotiere   Canada 12 12 113
13 Stefania Bertele / Walter Cecconi   Italy 13 13 114
14 Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner   West Germany 14 14 124
15 Muriel Boucher / Yves Malatier   France 15 15 135
16 Michiko Abe / Nozomu Sakai   Japan 16 16 144
WD Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster   United Kingdom

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Sources edit

  • Result list provided by the ISU
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