1979 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1979 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Vienna, Austria from March 13 to 18. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

1979 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 13 – 18
Season:1978–79
Location:Vienna, Austria
Venue:Wiener Stadthalle
Champions
Men's singles:
Soviet Union Vladimir Kovalev
Ladies' singles:
United States Linda Fratianne
Pairs:
United States Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner
Ice dance:
Soviet Union Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov
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The ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič.

Medal tables

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Medalists

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles   Vladimir Kovalev   Robin Cousins   Jan Hoffmann
Ladies' singles   Linda Fratianne   Anett Pötzsch   Emi Watanabe
Pair skating   Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner   Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai   Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
Ice dance   Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov   Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay   Irina Moiseyeva / Andrei Minenkov

Medals by country

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)2114
2  United States (USA)2002
3  East Germany (GDR)0123
4  Great Britain (GBR)0101
  Hungary (HUN)0101
6  Japan (JPN)0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Results

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Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Places
1 Vladimir Kovalev   Soviet Union 2 1 4 2 185.80 17
2 Robin Cousins   United Kingdom 5 3 1 1 185.18 22
3 Jan Hoffmann   East Germany 1 5 3 4 185.10 23
4 Charles Tickner   United States 4 4 2 3 184.28 28
5 Scott Cramer   United States 8 2 6 6 178.04 52
6 Fumio Igarashi   Japan 10 8 5 5 177.06 57
7 Jean-Christophe Simond   France 6 12 7 7 175.58 67
8 David Santee   United States 3 13 10 10 174.58 71
9 Mitsuru Matsumura   Japan 11 10 8 8 172.74 83
10 Igor Bobrin   Soviet Union 7 11 12 12 172.04 87
11 Konstantin Kokora   Soviet Union 12 6 13 11 169.60 104
12 Hermann Schulz   East Germany 13 9 11 13 169.38 106
13 Brian Pockar   Canada 14 7 14 14 168.50 109
14 Mario Liebers   East Germany 9 14 15 15 166.54 120
15 Vern Taylor   Canada 20 15 9 9 163.62 133
16 Norbert Schramm   West Germany 15 16 19 17 156.44 147
17 Thomas Öberg   Sweden 18 17 16 16 153.10 157
18 Helmut Kristofics-Binder   Austria 16 20 18 19 151.78 162
19 Jozef Sabovčík   Czechoslovakia 17 18 20 20 148.16 175
20 Christopher Howarth   United Kingdom 21 19 17 18 148.62 175
21 William Schober   Australia 19 22 21 21 146.40 182
22 Matjaž Krušec   Yugoslavia 22 21 22 22 138.86 198

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Ladies

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*: better placed due to the majority of the better placings

Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Places
1 Linda Fratianne   United States 3 1 1 1 186.92 11
2 Anett Pötzsch   East Germany 1 5 3 3 184.36 18
3 Emi Watanabe   Japan 4 2 4 4 180.52 31
4 Dagmar Lurz   West Germany 2 4 8 6 179.96 33
5 Denise Biellmann   Switzerland 11 10 2 2 177.28 49
6 Lisa-Marie Allen   United States 8 7 5 5 176.68 54
7 Claudia Kristofics-Binder   Austria 5 6 9 7 175.44 63
8 Susanna Driano   Italy 6 3 14 9 173.46 70
9 Carola Weißenberg   East Germany 9 21 7 11 170.54 88
10 Kristiina Wegelius   Finland 7 8 18 15 169.26 98
11 Carrie Rugh   United States 12 11 11 10 169.34 97
12 Sanda Dubravčić   Yugoslavia 21 9 6 8 166.96 115
13 Natalia Strelkova   Soviet Union 14 20 15 16 164.94 134
14 Deborah Cottrill   United Kingdom 10 16 20 20 164.80 136
15 Karin Riediger   West Germany 15 12 16 17 164.50 142
16 Renata Baierová   Czechoslovakia 18 15 13 13 164.00 144
17 Petra Ernert   West Germany 19 19 12 14 163.24 149*
18 Kira Ivanova   Soviet Union 20 13 10 12 164.02 147
19 Janet Morrissey   Canada 17 17 17 18 162.04 162
20 Reiko Kobayashi   Japan 13 18 21 21 161.30 170*
21 Jeanne Chapman   Norway 16 14 19 19 161.80 166
22 Anita Siegfried   Switzerland 22 28 24 26 150.34 207
23 Astrid Jansen in de Wal   Netherlands 23 24 26 25 149.18 216
24 Franca Bianconi   Italy 26 23 22 22 149.04 218
25 Bodil Olsson   Sweden 30 26 23 23 147.02 225
26 Corinne Wyrsch   Switzerland 24 22 28 27 146.76 233
27 Kim Myo-sil   North Korea 27 25 25 24 145.48 237
28 Belinda Coulthard   Australia 25 27 27 28 145.92 238
29 Katie Symmonds   New Zealand 23 29 29 29 134.58 261
30 Shin Hea-sook   South Korea 29 30 31 30 120.44 270
31 Gloria Mas   Spain 31 31 30 31 112.28 279

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Pairs

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Rank Name Nation SP FS Points Places
1 Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner   United States 1 1 144.54 12
2 Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai   Soviet Union 2 2 142.22 16
3 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach   East Germany 4 3 137.74 32
4 Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski   Soviet Union 3 4 138.72 33
5 Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich   Soviet Union 5 5 133.98 46
6 Vicki Heasley / Robert Wagenhoffer   United States 6 6 132.50 54
7 Cornelia Haufe / Kersten Bellmann   East Germany 7 10 128.98 70
8 Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz   West Germany 9 8 128.56 75
9 Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli   United States 8 9 127.64 77
10 Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe   East Germany 11 7 125.92 84
11 Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini   Canada 10 11 123.92 94
12 Gabriele Beck / Jochen Stahl   West Germany 14 12 117.62 114
13 Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain   Australia 12 13 115.32 117
14 Kyoko Hagiwara / Hisao Ozaki   Japan 13 14 114.02 120

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Ice dance

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* better placed due to the majority of the better placings

Rank Name Nation CD FD Points Places
1 Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov   Soviet Union 1 1 207.86 9
2 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay   Hungary 2 2 204.10 22
3 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov   Soviet Union 3 3 203.74 23
4 Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich   Czechoslovakia 4 4 196.94 36
5 Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell   United Kingdom 5 5 194.00 51
6 Lorna Wighton / John Dowding   Canada 6 6 192.70 52
7 Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann   Austria 7 7 188.72 65
8 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean   United Kingdom 8 8 187.84 71
9 Stacey Smith / John Summers   United States 9 10 185.70 81
10 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin   Soviet Union 11 9 184.06 87
11 Carol Fox / Richard Dalley   United States 10 11 180.30 98
12 Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner   West Germany 12 12 175.50 108
13 Karen Barber / Nicky Slater   United Kingdom 13 13 169.74 121
14 Anna Pisánská / Jiří Musil   Czechoslovakia 14 14 168.70 124
15 Patricia Fletcher / Michael de la Penotiere   Canada 15 15 165.24 134
16 Martine Olivier / Yves Tarayre   France 16 16 161.44 145
17 Jindra Holá / Karol Foltán   Czechoslovakia 18 17 157.64 157
18 Gabriella Remport / Sándor Nagy   Hungary 17 18 158.26 157
19 Yumiko Kage / Tadayuki Takahashi   Japan 19 19 153.30 175*
20 Claudia Koch / Peter Schübl   Austria 20 20 151.94 174

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Sources

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  • Result list provided by the ISU