1979_World_Figure_Skating_Championships
1979 World Figure Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition held in 1979
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.
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| 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:  Vladimir Kovalev | |
Ladies' singles:  Linda Fratianne | |
| Pairs: Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner | |
| Ice dance: Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov | |
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| Next: 1980 World Championships | |
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The ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič.
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 |
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Medals by country
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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Men
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Referee:
- Sonia Bianchetti
Italy
Assistant Referee:
- Benjamin T. Wright
United States
Judges:
- Eva von Gamm
West Germany - Margaret Berezowski
Canada - Toshio Suzuki
Japan - Monique Georgelin
France - Yvonne Tutt United States
- Walburga Grimm
East Germany - Tatiana Danilenko
Soviet Union - Pamela Davis
United Kingdom - Tjasa Andrée
Yugoslavia - Václav Skála
Czechoslovakia
Ladies
*: better placed due to the majority of the better placings
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| 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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Referee:
- Hermann Schiechtl West Germany
Assistant Referee:
- Martin Felsenreich
Austria
Judges:
- Eugen Romminger West Germany
- Berit Aarens
Norway - Evgenia Bogdanova Soviet Union
- Lena Vainio
Finland - Jürg Wilhelm
Switzerland - Giordano Abbondati Italy
- Ingrid Linke East Germany
- Jacqueline Kendall-Baker
Australia - Charles Foster United States
- Suzanne Francis Canada
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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Referee:
Assistant Referee:
- Emil Skákala Czechoslovakia
Judges:
- Thérèse Maisel France
- Liudmila Kubashevskaya Soviet Union
- Jacqueline Kendall-Baker Australia
- Günter Teichmann East Germany
- Mary Louise Wright United States
- Willi Wernz West Germany
- Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia
- Junko Hiramatsu Japan
- Suzanne Fancis Canada
- Pamela Davis United Kingdom
- Giordano Abbondati Italy
Ice dance
* better placed due to the majority of the better placings
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Referee:
- Hans Kutschera Austria
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Igor Kabanov Soviet Union
- Brenda Long United Kingdom
- Pál Vásárhelyi
Hungary - Gerhard Frey West Germany
- Lysiane Lauret France
- Virginia Le Fevre United States
- Dennis McFarlane Canada
- Rudolf Zorn Austria
- Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia
- Tsukasa Kimura Japan
- Result list provided by the ISU