1978 World Figure Skating Championships

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 dancing:
Soviet Union Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov
Previous:

Next:

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 Charles DeMore of the United States.

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

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 2 1 0 3
2  East Germany 1 2 0 3
3  United States 1 1 1 3
4  Hungary 0 0 1 1
4  Italy 0 0 1 1
4  United Kingdom 0 0 1 1

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation CP SP FP Placings
1 Charles Tickner  United States 33217
2 Jan Hoffmann  East Germany 21318
3 Robin Cousins  United Kingdom 42122
4 Vladimir Kovalev  Soviet Union 17640
5 Igor Bobrin  Soviet Union 65547
6 David Santee  United States 54857
7 Fumio Igarashi  Japan 86456
8 Mitsuru Matsumura  Japan 981183
9 Mario Liebers  East Germany 7111286
10 Brian Pockar  Canada 1210986
11 Scott Hamilton  United States 1191092
12 Vern Taylor  Canada 15127105
13 Konstantin Kokora  Soviet Union 101313110
14 Rudi Cerne  West Germany 131414127
15 Gilles Beyer  France 141515134
16 Brian Meek  Australia 161616144
17 Han Soo-bong  South Korea 171717153

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

Substitute judge:

Ladies

Rank Name Nation CP SP FP Placings
1 Anett Pötzsch  East Germany 12311
2 Linda Fratianne  United States 31116
3 Susanna Driano  Italy 46633
4 Dagmar Lurz  West Germany 210745
5 Denise Biellmann   Switzerland 163252
6 Elena Vodorezova  Soviet Union 134550
7 Lisa-Marie Allen  United States 145448
8 Emi Watanabe  Japan 613877
9 Priscilla Hill  United States 581078
10 Carola Weißenberg  East Germany 97987
11 Karena Richardson  United Kingdom 121111103
12 Heather Kemkaran  Canada 10914118
13 Claudia Kristofics-Binder  Austria 111215116
14 Kristiina Wegelius  Finland 71613119
15 Natalia Strelkova  Soviet Union 151512132
16 Danielle Rieder   Switzerland 81418141
17 Cathie MacFarlane  Canada 171720159
18 Astrid Jansen in de Wal  Netherlands 221916165
19 Karin Riediger  West Germany 182019169
20 Bodil Olsson  Sweden 211817171
21 Robyn Burley  Australia 202121190
22 Choo Young-soon  South Korea 192222198
23 Katie Symmonds  New Zealand 232323206

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

Substitute judge:

Pairs

Rank Name Nation SP FP Placings
1 Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev  Soviet Union 119
2 Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf  East Germany 2219
3 Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner  United States 4328
4 Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai  Soviet Union 3439
5 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach  East Germany 5546
6 Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl  Czechoslovakia 6650
7 Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich  Soviet Union 7765
8 Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz  West Germany 8871
9 Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli  United States 9983
10 Gail Hamula / Frank Sweiding  United States 101085
11 Lee-Ann Jackson / Paul Mills  Canada 1311105
12 Sabine Fuchs / Xavier Videau  France 1212108
13 Gabrielle Beck / Jochen Stahl  West Germany 1413113
14 Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain  Australia 1614127
15 Kyoko Hagiwara / Sumio Murata  Japan 1515131
WD Sherri Baier / Robin Cowan  Canada 11

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

Substitute judge:

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation CD FD Placings
1 Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov  Soviet Union 1111
2 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov  Soviet Union 2216
3 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay  Hungary 3329
4 Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell  United Kingdom 4435
5 Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich  Czechoslovakia 5649
6 Lorna Wighton / John Dowding  Canada 6548
7 Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman  Soviet Union 7769
8 Carol Fox / Richard Dalley  United States 8869
9 Stacey Smith / John Summers  United States 9982
10 Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann  Austria 111093
11 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean  United Kingdom 101192
12 Patricia Fletcher / Michael de la Penotiere  Canada 1212113
13 Stefania Bertele / Walter Cecconi  Italy 1313114
14 Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner  West Germany 1414124
15 Muriel Boucher / Yves Malatier  France 1515135
16 Michiko Abe / Nozomu Sakai  Japan 1616144
WD Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster  United Kingdom

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

Substitute judge:

Sources

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, January 15, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.