World Figure Skating Championships 1978

World Figure Skating Championships 1978
68th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	March 1-6, 1978
Venue:	Ottawa , Canada
Gold medalist
Men's:	Charles Tickner
Women:	Anett Pötzsch
Couples:	Irina Rodnina & Alexander Saizew (6)
Ice dance:	Natalja Linitschuk & Gennady Karponosov
World figure skating championships
1977 ◄ 1978 ► 1979

The 68th World Figure Skating Championships in 1978 took place from March 1 to 6, 1978 in Ottawa ( Canada ).

In the men's competition, the Canadian Vern Taylor was a triple axel and was the first figure skater to do this in a competition.

Results

• P = compulsory
• PT = compulsory dance
• K = freestyle
• KP = short program
• B = rating

Men's

space	athlete	country	P	KP	K	B.
1	Charles Tickner	United States	3	3	2	17th
2	Jan Hoffmann	GDR	2	1	3	18th
3	Robin cousins	United Kingdom	4th	2	1	22nd
4th	Vladimir Kovalyov	Soviet Union	1	7th	6th	40
5	Igor Bobrin	Soviet Union	6th	5	5	47
6th	David Santee	United States	5	4th	8th	57
7th	Fumio Igarashi	Japan	8th	6th	4th	56
8th	Mitsuru Matsumura	Japan	9	8th	11	83
9	Mario Liebers	GDR	7th	11	12	86
10	Brian Pockar	Canada	12	10	9	86
11	Scott Hamilton	United States	11	9	10	92
12	Vern Taylor	Canada	15th	12	7th	105
13	Constantine Kokora	Soviet Union	10	13	13	110
14th	Rudi Cerne	BR Germany	13	14th	14th	127
15th	Gilles Beyer	France	14th	15th	15th	134
16	Brian Meek	Australia	16	16	16	144
17th	Soo Bong Han	South Korea	17th	17th	17th	153

• Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Italy 
• Assistant Referee: Benjamin T. Wright United Kingdom 

Judge:

• Gerhard Frey BR Germany 
• Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia 
• Ludwig Gassner Austria 
• Ramona McIntyre United States 
• Pamela Peat United Kingdom 
• Walburga Grimm GDR 
• Kinuko Ueno Japan 
• Dorothy MacLeod Canada 
• Monique Georgelin France 

Replacement judge:

• Ferenc Kertész Hungary 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country	P	KP	K	B.
1	Anett Pötzsch	GDR	1	2	3	11
2	Linda Fratianne	United States	3	1	1	16
3	Susanna Driano	Italy	4th	6th	6th	33
4th	Dagmar Lurz	BR Germany	2	10	7th	45
5	Denise Biellmann	Switzerland	16	3	2	52
6th	Elena Vodoresova	Soviet Union	13	4th	5	50
7th	Lisa-Marie Allen	United States	14th	5	4th	48
8th	Emi Watanabe	Japan	6th	13	8th	77
9	Priscilla Hill	United States	5	8th	10	78
10	Carola Weissenberg	GDR	9	7th	9	87
11	Karena Richardson	Canada	12	11	11	103
12	Heather Kemkaran	Canada	10	9	14th	118
13	Claudia Kristofics-Binder	Austria	11	12	15th	116
14th	Kristiina Wegelius	Finland	7th	16	13	119
15th	Natalia Strelkova	Soviet Union	15th	15th	12	132
16	Danielle Rieder	Switzerland	8th	14th	18th	141
17th	Cathie MacFarlane	Canada	17th	17th	20th	159
18th	Astrid Jansen in de Wal	Netherlands	22nd	19th	16	165
19th	Karin Riediger	BR Germany	18th	20th	19th	169
20th	Bodil Olsson	Sweden	21st	18th	17th	171
21st	Robyn Burley	Australia	20th	21st	21st	190
22nd	Young Soon Choo	South Korea	19th	22nd	22nd	198
23	Katie Symmonds	New Zealand	23	23	23	206

• Referee: Elemér Terták Hungary 
• Assistant Referee: David Dore Canada 

Judge:

• Walter Hüttner Austria 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Margaret Berezowski Canada 
• Goro Ishimaru Japan 
• Ingrid Linke DDR 
• Markus Germann Switzerland 
• Eva von Gamm BR Germany 
• Giorgio Siniscalco Italy 
• E. Newbold Black IV United States 

Replacement judge:

• Leena Vainio Finland 

Couples

space	athlete	country	KP	K	B.
1	Irina Rodnina / Alexander Saizew	Soviet Union	1	1	9
2	Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf	GDR	2	2	19th
3	Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner	United States	4th	3	28
4th	Marina Cherkassova / Sergei Shachrai	Soviet Union	3	4th	39
5	Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach	GDR	5	5	46
6th	Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl	Czechoslovakia	6th	6th	50
7th	Marina Pestowa / Stanislaw Leonowitsch	Soviet Union	7th	7th	65
8th	Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz	BR Germany	8th	8th	71
9	Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli	United States	9	9	83
10	Gail Hamula / Frank Sweiding	United States	10	10	85
11	Lee-Ann Jackson / Pauls Mills	Canada	13	11	105
12	Sabine Fuchs / Xavier Videau	France	12	12	108
13	Gabrielle Beck / Jochen Stahl	BR Germany	14th	13	113
14th	Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain	Australia	16	14th	127
15th	Kyoko Hagiwara / Sumio Murata	Japan	15th	15th	131
Z	Sherri Baier / Robin Cowan	Canada	11	-	-

• Z = withdrawn

• Referee: Oskar Madl Austria 
• Assistant Referee: Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 

Judge:

• Eva von Gamm BR Germany 
• Walburga Grimm GDR 
• Goro Ishimaru Japan 
• Leena Vainio Finland 
• Monique Georgelin France 
• Norris Bowden Canada 
• Elaine DeMore United States 
• Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia 
• Giorgio Siniscalco Italy 

Replacement judge:

• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	PT	K	B.
1	Natalja Linitschuk / Gennady Karponosov	Soviet Union	1	1	11
2	Irina Moissejewa / Andrei Minenkow	Soviet Union	2	2	16
3	Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay	Hungary	3	3	29
4th	Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell	United Kingdom	4th	4th	35
5	Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich	Czechoslovakia	5	6th	49
6th	Lorna Wighton / John Dowding	Canada	6th	5	48
7th	Marina Sujewa / Andrei Witman	Soviet Union	7th	7th	69
8th	Carol Fox / Richard Dalley	United States	8th	8th	69
9	Stacey Smith / John Summers	United States	9	9	82
10	Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann	Austria	11	10	93
11	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	United Kingdom	10	11	92
12	Patricia Fletcher / Michael de la Penotiere	Canada	12	12	113
13	Stefania Bertele / Walter Cecconi	Italy	13	13	114
14th	Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner	BR Germany	14th	14th	124
15th	Muriel Boucher / Yves Malatier	France	15th	15th	135
16	Michiko Abe / Nozomu Sakai	Japan	16	16	144
Z	Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster	United Kingdom	-	-	-

• Z = withdrawn

• Referee: George J. Blundun Canada 
• Assistant Referee : Emil Skákala Czechoslovakia 

Judge:

• Lino Clerici Italy 
• Nancy Meiss United States 
• Gerhard Frey BR Germany 
• Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia 
• Roy Haines Canada 
• Ferenc Kertész Hungary 
• Lysiane Lauret France 
• Roy Mason United Kingdom 
• Ludwig Gassner Austria 

Replacement judge:

• Inkeri Soininen Finland 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Soviet Union	2	1	-	3
2	GDR	1	2	-	3
3	United States	1	1	1	3
4th	Italy	-	-	1	1
	Hungary	-	-	1	1
	United Kingdom	-	-	1	1

Web links

• World figure skating championships 1970–1979 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 25, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1970–1979 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 25, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1970–1979 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on August 28, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1970–1979 (dance). Skatabase, archived from the original on September 24, 2008 ; accessed on May 25, 2018 (English).