1985 World Figure Skating Championships

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1985 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 3 – 10
Season:1984–85
Location:Tokyo, Japan
Venue:Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Champions
Men's singles:
Soviet Union Alexander Fadeev
Ladies' singles:
East Germany Katarina Witt
Pair skating:
Soviet Union Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev
Ice dance:
Soviet Union Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
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The 1985 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from March 3 to 10. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Medal tables[]

Medalists[]

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Soviet Union Alexander Fadeev Canada Brian Orser United States Brian Boitano
Ladies East Germany Katarina Witt Soviet Union Kira Ivanova United States Tiffany Chin
Pair skating Soviet Union Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev Soviet Union Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov Canada Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler
Ice dancing Soviet Union Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Soviet Union Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko United States Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert

Medals by country[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)3306
2 East Germany (GDR)1001
3 Canada (CAN)0112
4 United States (USA)0033
Totals (4 nations)44412

Results[]

[1]

Men[]

Rank Name Nation TFP CF SP FS
1 Alexander Fadeev  Soviet Union 2.0 1 1 1
2 Brian Orser  Canada 5.2 4 2 2
3 Brian Boitano  United States 7.6 5 4 3
4 Jozef Sabovčík  Czechoslovakia 8.4 2 3 6
5 Vladimir Kotin  Soviet Union 9.6 6 5 4
6 Heiko Fischer  West Germany 13.0 8 8 5
7 Grzegorz Filipowski  Poland 13.6 7 6 7
8 Mark Cockerell  United States 20.4 16 7 8
9 Viktor Petrenko  Soviet Union 21.4 12 13 9
10 Neil Paterson  Canada 24.8 15 12 11
11 Richard Zander  West Germany 25.0 11 11 14
12 Falko Kirsten  East Germany 25.4 19 10 10
13 Petr Barna  Czechoslovakia 26.4 18 9 12
14 Masaru Ogawa  Japan 27.0 14 14 13
15 Fernand Fédronic  France 27.0 3 18 18
16 Lars Åkesson  Sweden 28.4 9 15 17
17 Gordon Forbes  Canada 30.2 13 16 16
18 Cameron Medhurst  Australia 32.0 17 17 15
19 Oliver Höner   Switzerland 33.8 10 22 19
20 Alessandro Riccitelli  Italy 40.4 20 21 20
Free skating not reached
21 Stephen Pickavance  United Kingdom 23 20
22 Oula Jääskeläinen  Finland 21 19
23 Xu Zhaoxiao  China 24 23
24 Lars Dresler  Denmark 22 24
25 Cho Jae-hyung  South Korea 25 25
26  Spain 26 26
27  Hong Kong 27 27

Ladies[]

Rank Name Nation TFP CF SP FS
1 Katarina Witt  East Germany 3.2 3 1 1
2 Kira Ivanova  Soviet Union 3.8 1 3 2
3 Tiffany Chin  United States 5.0 2 2 3
4 Anna Kondrashova  Soviet Union 9.0 4 4 5
5 Debi Thomas  United States 10.2 7 5 4
6 Claudia Leistner  West Germany 13.4 5 11 6
7 Natalia Lebedeva  Soviet Union 15.6 8 7 8
8 Agnès Gosselin  France 20.6 9 13 10
9 Elizabeth Manley  Canada 22.0 10 10 12
10 Cynthia Coull  Canada 23.0 18 8 9
11 Constanze Gensel  East Germany 23.2 21 9 7
12 Patricia Neske  West Germany 24.4 11 17 11
13 Susan Jackson  United Kingdom 26.2 14 12 13
14 Simone Koch  East Germany 27.6 17 6 15
15 Elise Ahonen  Finland 31.0 13 18 16
16 Claudia Villiger   Switzerland 31.2 12 15 18
17 Sandra Cariboni   Switzerland 31.2 6 19 20
18 Masako Kato  Japan 33.0 14 14 19
19 Lotta Falkenback  Sweden 34.2 19 22 14
20 Tamara Téglássy  Hungary 34.6 16 20 17
Free skating not reached
21  South Korea 23 16
22 Amanda James  Australia 20 24
23 Jiang Yibing  China 24 21
24 Petya Gavazova  Bulgaria 25 23
25  Spain 22 25
26  Hong Kong 26 26
WD Midori Ito  Japan
WD Katrien Pauwels  Belgium

Pairs[]

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev  Soviet Union 1.8 2 1
2 Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov  Soviet Union 2.4 1 2
3 Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler  Canada 4.2 3 3
4 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard  United States 6.4 6 4
5 Melinda Kunhegyi / Lyndon Johnston  Canada 7.8 7 5
6 Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov  Soviet Union 8.0 5 6
7 Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom  Canada 8.6 4 7
8 Manuela Landgraf / Ingo Steuer  East Germany 11.2 8 8
9 Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold  United States 12.6 9 9
10 Claudia Massari /  West Germany 14.0 10 10
11 Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr  Australia 16.4 12 11
12 /  China 16.4 11 12
13 /  Hong Kong 18.2 13 13

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

  • Donald H. Gilchrist  Canada

Judges:

  •  West Germany
  •  East Germany
  •  Soviet Union
  • Frances Dafoe  Canada
  • Dagmar Řeháková  Czechoslovakia
  •  Australia
  • Hugh C. Graham Jr.  United States
  •  Hungary
  •   Switzerland

Substitute judge:

  •  France

Ice dancing[]

Rank Name Nation TFP CD OSP FD
1 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin  Soviet Union 2.0 1 1 1
2 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko  Soviet Union 4.0 2 2 2
3 Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert  United States 6.0 3 3 3
4 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall  Canada 8.0 4 4 4
5 Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn  West Germany 10.0 5 5 5
6 Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater  United Kingdom 12.0 6 6 6
7 Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski  Soviet Union 14.0 7 7 7
8 Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola  Italy 16.4 8 9 8
9 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck  Austria 17.6 9 8 9
10 Karyn Garossino / Rod Garossino  Canada 20.0 10 10 10
11 Renée Roca / Donald Adair  United States 22.0 11 11 11
12 Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory  United States 24.0 12 12 12
13 Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi  Japan 26.0 13 13 13
14 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth  Hungary 28.0 14 14 14
15 Sharon Jones / Paul Askham  United Kingdom 31.0 16 16 15
16 Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer  West Germany 31.0 15 15 16
17 Martine Olivier /  France 34.0 17 17 17
18 Liu Luyang / Zhao Xiaolei  China 37.0 19 19 18
19 /  Australia 37.0 18 18 19

References[]

  1. ^ CHIN 2D IN TOKYO SKATING New York Times

External links[]

  • Result list provided by the ISU
  • Ladies' placements per Skating Magazine April 1985
  • skatabase
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