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1978 World Figure Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition held in 1978
Annual figure skating competition held in 1978
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1978 World Figure Skating Championships |
| comptype | ISU Championship |
| startdate | March 7 |
| enddate | 12 |
| skatingseason | 1977–78 |
| location | Ottawa, Canada |
| venue | Ottawa Civic Centre |
| championmen | USA Charles Tickner |
| championladies | GDR Anett Pötzsch |
| championpairs | URS Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev |
| championdance | URS Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov |
| previouscomp | [1977 World Championships](1977-world-figure-skating-championships) |
| nextcomp | [1979 World Championships](1979-world-figure-skating-championships) |
The 1978 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from March 7 to 12. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
Vern Taylor of Canada became the first person to land a triple axel (albeit over rotated), in competition.
Medal tables
Medalists
| Ice dancing | URS Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov | URS Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | HUN Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay |
|---|
Medals by country
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | Age | CP | SP | FP | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | Charles Tickner | 24 | 3 | 42.56 | 3 | 41.16 | 2 | 103.60 | 187.32 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| **2** | Jan Hoffmann | 22 | 2 | 43.00 | 1 | 41.56 | 3 | 102.30 | 186.86 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| **3** | Robin Cousins | 20 | 4 | 39.80 | 2 | 41.72 | 1 | 105.10 | 186.62 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Vladimir Kovalev | 25 | 1 | 43.76 | 7 | 39.80 | 6 | 99.00 | 182.56 | 40 | |||||||||||||
| Igor Bobrin | 24 | 6 | 38.42 | 5 | 40.04 | 5 | 101.00 | 179.44 | 47 | |||||||||||||
| David Santee | 20 | 5 | 39.20 | 4 | 40.40 | 8 | 98.30 | 177.90 | 57 | |||||||||||||
| Fumio Igarashi | 19 | 8 | 37.04 | 6 | 39.08 | 4 | 101.00 | 177.12 | 56 | |||||||||||||
| Mitsuru Matsumura | 20 | 9 | 36.08 | 8 | 39.08 | 11 | 95.20 | 170.36 | 83 | |||||||||||||
| Mario Liebers | 18 | 7 | 37.32 | 11 | 38.24 | 12 | 93.00 | 168.56 | 86 | |||||||||||||
| Brian Pockar | 18 | 12 | 34.44 | 10 | 38.44 | 9 | 97.10 | 169.98 | 86 | |||||||||||||
| Scott Hamilton | 19 | 11 | 35.28 | 9 | 38.72 | 10 | 94.80 | 168.80 | 92 | |||||||||||||
| Vern Taylor | 15 | 30.56 | 12 | 7 | 166.50 | 105 | ||||||||||||||||
| Konstantin Kokora | 20 | 10 | 36.04 | 13 | 13 | 163.92 | 110 | |||||||||||||||
| Rudi Cerne | 19 | 13 | 33.84 | 14 | 14 | 159.16 | 127 | |||||||||||||||
| Gilles Beyer | 14 | 33.08 | 15 | 15 | 154.84 | 134 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brian Meek | 16 | 29.92 | 16 | 16 | 133.28 | 144 | ||||||||||||||||
| Han Soo-bong | 17 | 27.68 | 17 | 17 | 119.80 | 153 |
Referee:
- Sonia Bianchetti
Assistant Referee:
- Benjamin T. Wright
Judges:
- Gerhard Frey
- Oskar Urban
- Ludwig Gassner
- Ramona McIntyre
- Pamela Peat
- Walburga Grimm
- Kinuko Ueno
- Dorothy MacLeod
- Monique Georgelin
Substitute judge:
- Ferenc Kertész
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FP | Placings | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | Anett Pötzsch | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **2** | Linda Fratianne | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **3** | Susanna Driano | 4 | 6 | 6 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dagmar Lurz | 2 | 10 | 7 | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denise Biellmann | 16 | 3 | 2 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elena Vodorezova | 13 | 4 | 5 | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lisa-Marie Allen | 14 | 5 | 4 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emi Watanabe | 6 | 13 | 8 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Priscilla Hill | 5 | 8 | 10 | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carola Weißenberg | 9 | 7 | 9 | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Karena Richardson | 12 | 11 | 11 | 103 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heather Kemkaran | 10 | 9 | 14 | 118 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Claudia Kristofics-Binder | 11 | 12 | 15 | 116 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kristiina Wegelius | 7 | 16 | 13 | 119 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Natalia Strelkova | 15 | 15 | 12 | 132 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danielle Rieder | 8 | 14 | 18 | 141 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cathie MacFarlane | 17 | 17 | 20 | 159 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Astrid Jansen in de Wal | 22 | 19 | 16 | 165 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Karin Riediger | 18 | 20 | 19 | 169 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bodil Olsson | 21 | 18 | 17 | 171 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robyn Burley | 20 | 21 | 21 | 190 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choo Young-soon | 19 | 22 | 22 | 198 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Katie Symmonds | 23 | 23 | 23 | 206 |
Referee:
- Elemér Terták
Assistant Referee:
- David Dore
Judges:
- Walter Hüttner
- Pamela Davis
- Margaret Berezowski
- Goro Ishimaru
- Ingrid Linke
- Markus Germann
- Eva von Gamm
- Giorgio Siniscalco
- E. Newbold Black IV
Substitute judge:
- Leena Vainio
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FP | Placings | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| **2** | Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf | 2 | 2 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| **3** | Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner | 4 | 3 | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai | 3 | 4 | 39 | |||||||||||||||
| Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach | 5 | 5 | 46 | |||||||||||||||
| Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl | 6 | 6 | 50 | |||||||||||||||
| Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich | 7 | 7 | 65 | |||||||||||||||
| Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz | 8 | 8 | 71 | |||||||||||||||
| Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli | 9 | 9 | 83 | |||||||||||||||
| Gail Hamula / Frank Sweiding | 10 | 10 | 85 | |||||||||||||||
| Lee-Ann Jackson / Paul Mills | 13 | 11 | 105 | |||||||||||||||
| Sabine Fuchs / Xavier Videau | 12 | 12 | 108 | |||||||||||||||
| Gabrielle Beck / Jochen Stahl | 14 | 13 | 113 | |||||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain | 16 | 14 | 127 | |||||||||||||||
| Kyoko Hagiwara / Sumio Murata | 15 | 15 | 131 | |||||||||||||||
| Sherri Baier / Robin Cowan | 11 |
Referee:
- Oskar Madl
Assistant Referee:
- Donald H. Gilchrist
Judges:
- Eva von Gamm
- Walburga Grimm
- Goro Ishimaru
- Leena Vainio
- Monique Georgelin
- Norris Bowden
- Elaine DeMore
- Oskar Urban
- Giorgio Siniscalco
Substitute judge:
- Pamela Davis
Ice dancing
| Rank | Name | Nation | CD | FD | Placings | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| **2** | Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | 2 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| **3** | Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay | 3 | 3 | 29 | ||||||||||||||
| Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell | 4 | 4 | 35 | |||||||||||||||
| Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich | 5 | 6 | 49 | |||||||||||||||
| Lorna Wighton / John Dowding | 6 | 5 | 48 | |||||||||||||||
| Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman | 7 | 7 | 69 | |||||||||||||||
| Carol Fox / Richard Dalley | 8 | 8 | 69 | |||||||||||||||
| Stacey Smith / John Summers | 9 | 9 | 82 | |||||||||||||||
| Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann | 11 | 10 | 93 | |||||||||||||||
| Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean | 10 | 11 | 92 | |||||||||||||||
| Patricia Fletcher / Michael de la Penotiere | 12 | 12 | 113 | |||||||||||||||
| Stefania Bertele / Walter Cecconi | 13 | 13 | 114 | |||||||||||||||
| Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner | 14 | 14 | 124 | |||||||||||||||
| Muriel Boucher / Yves Malatier | 15 | 15 | 135 | |||||||||||||||
| Michiko Abe / Nozomu Sakai | 16 | 16 | 144 |
Referee:
- George J. Blundun
Assistant Referee:
- Emil Skákala
Judges:
- Lino Clerici
- Nancy Meiss
- Gerhard Frey
- Oskar Urban
- Roy Haines
- Ferenc Kertész
- Lysiane Lauret
- Roy Mason
- Ludwig Gassner
Substitute judge:
-
Inkeri Soininen
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