1979 NHK Trophy

1979 NHK Trophy
Date: October 26 – 28
Season: 1979–80
Location: Tokyo
Venue: Yoyogi National Stadium
Champions
Men's singles:
United Kingdom Robin Cousins
Ladies' singles:
Japan Emi Watanabe
Pair skating:
Soviet Union Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski
Ice dancing:
Soviet Union Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov
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The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition. Elite figure skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The location changes yearly.

In 1979, the NHK Trophy was held in Tokyo, Japan. It was the first NHK Trophy competition to be held.

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation SP FS
1 Robin Cousins  United Kingdom 11
2 Fumio Igarashi  Japan 22
3 David Santee  United States 34
4 Scott Hamilton  United States 63
5 Mitsuru Matsumura  Japan 47
6 Takeshi Mura  Japan 85
7 Shinji Someya  Japan 96
8 Vladimir Kotin  Soviet Union 78
9 Alexander Fadeev  Soviet Union 59
10 Istvan Simon  Hungary 1110
11 Wenyi Cong  China 1011

Ladies

Rank Name Nation SP FS
1 Emi Watanabe  Japan 11
2 Lisa-Marie Allen  United States 32
3 Sandy Lenz  United States 43
4 Susan Driano  Italy 25
5 Karin Riediger  Germany 74
6 Mariko Yoshida  Japan 66
7 Myo Shil Kim  North Korea 57
8 Masako Kato  Japan 108
9 Anita Siegfried   Switzerland 1110
10 Megumi Yanagihara  Japan 129
11 Reiko Kobayashi  Japan 911
12 Yoko Yakushi  Japan 813
13 Svetlana Frantsuzova  Soviet Union 1312
14 Sonja Stanek  Austria 1414
15 Hae-sook Shin  South Korea 1515
16 Zhiying Liu  China 1616

Pairs

Rank Name Nation SP FS
1 Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski  Soviet Union 11
2 Vicki Heasley / Robert Waggenhoffer  United States 32
3 Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli  United States 43
4 Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov  Soviet Union 25
5 Yukiko Okabe / Takashi Mura  Japan 54
6 Kyoko Hagiwara / Hisao Ozaki  Japan 66

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation OSP FD
1 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov  Soviet Union 11
2 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean  United Kingdom 22
3 Natalia Karamisheva / Rostislav Sinitsin  Soviet Union 43
4 Stacey Smith / John Summers  United States 34
5 Jana Berankova / Jan Bartak  Czechoslovakia 55
6 Hola Jindra / Karel Foltan  Czechoslovakia 66
7 Michiko Abe / Nozomi Sakai  Japan 77

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