1978 World Figure Skating Championships

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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
Pair skating:
Soviet Union Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev
Ice dance:
Soviet Union Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov
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The 1978 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from March 1 to 6. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

The ISU Representative was Jacques Favart of France. The ISU Technical Delegates were Josef Dědič of Czechoslovakia and of the United States. Vern Taylor of Canada became the first person to land a triple axel (albeit over rotated), in competition.

Medal tables[]

Medalists[]

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

Medals by country[]

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 nations)44412

Results[]

Men[]

Rank Name Nation Age CP SP FP Points Places
1 Charles Tickner  United States 24 3 42.56 3 41.16 2 103.6 187.32 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  Australia 16 29.92 16 16 133.28 144
17  South Korea 17 27.68 17 17 119.80 153

Referee:

  •  Italy

Assistant Referee:

  •  United Kingdom

Judges:

  •  West Germany
  •  Czechoslovakia
  • Ludwig Gassner  Austria
  •  United States
  •  United Kingdom
  •  East Germany
  •  Japan
  •  Canada
  •  France

Substitute judge:

  •  Hungary

Ladies[]

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  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  Sweden 21 18 17 171
21  Australia 20 21 21 190
22  South Korea 19 22 22 198
23  New Zealand 23 23 23 206

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

Substitute judge:

  • Leena Vainio  Finland

Pairs[]

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 / Andreas Nischwitz  West Germany 8 8 71
9 Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli  United States 9 9 83
10 /  United States 10 10 85
11 / Paul Mills  Canada 13 11 105
12 / Xavier Videau  France 12 12 108
13 /  West Germany 14 13 113
14 Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain  Australia 16 14 127
15 /  Japan 15 15 131
WD Sherri Baier / Robin Cowan  Canada 11

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

  • Donald H. Gilchrist  Canada

Judges:

  • Eva von Gamm  West Germany
  •  East Germany
  •  Japan
  • Leena Vainio  Finland
  •  France
  • Norris Bowden  Canada
  •  United States
  •  Czechoslovakia
  •  Italy

Substitute judge:

  •  United Kingdom

Ice dancing[]

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 /  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 /  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 /  Japan 16 16 144
WD Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster  United Kingdom

Referee:

  •  Canada

Assistant Referee:

  •  Czechoslovakia

Judges:

  •  Italy
  •  United States
  •  West Germany
  •  Czechoslovakia
  •  Canada
  •  Hungary
  •  France
  • Roy Mason  United Kingdom
  •  Austria

Substitute judge:

  •  Finland

Sources[]

  • Result list provided by the ISU
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