World Figure Skating Championships 1979

World Figure Skating Championships 1979
69th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	13-18 March 1979
Venue:	Vienna , Austria
Gold medalist
Men's:	Vladimir Kovalyov (2)
Women:	Linda Fratianne (2)
Couples:	Tai Babilonia & Randy Gardner
Ice dance:	Natalja Linitschuk & Gennady Karponosov (2)
World figure skating championships
1978 ◄ 1979 ► 1980

The 69th World Figure Skating Championships took place from March 13th to 18th, 1979 in Vienna ( Austria ).

Results

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

Men's

space	athlete	country	P	KP	K	KP + K	Pt.	B.
1	Vladimir Kovalyov	Soviet Union	2	1	4th	2	185.00	17th
2	Robin cousins	United Kingdom	5	3	1	1	185.18	22nd
3	Jan Hoffmann	GDR	1	5	3	4th	185.10	23
4th	Charles Tickner	United States	4th	4th	2	3	184.28	28
5	Scott Cramer	United States	8th	2	6th	6th	178.04	52
6th	Fumio Igarashi	Japan	10	8th	5	5	177.06	57
7th	Jean-Christophe Simond	France	6th	12	7th	7th	175.58	67
8th	David Santee	United States	3	13	10	10	174.58	71
9	Mitsuru Matsumura	Japan	11	10	8th	8th	172.74	83
10	Igor Bobrin	Soviet Union	7th	11	12	12	172.04	87
11	Constantine Kokora	Soviet Union	12	6th	13	11	169.60	104
12	Hermann Schulz	GDR	13	9	11	13	169.38	106
13	Brian Pockar	Canada	14th	7th	14th	14th	168.50	109
14th	Mario Liebers	GDR	9	14th	15th	15th	166.54	120
15th	Vern Taylor	Canada	20th	15th	9	9	163.62	133
16	Norbert Schramm	BR Germany	15th	16	19th	17th	156.44	147
17th	Thomas Öberg	Sweden	18th	17th	16	16	153.10	157
18th	Helmut Kristofics-Binder	Austria	16	20th	18th	19th	151.78	162
19th	Jozef Sabovčík	Czechoslovakia	17th	18th	20th	20th	148.16	175
20th	Christopher Howarth	United Kingdom	21st	19th	17th	18th	148.62	175
21st	William Schober	Australia	19th	22nd	21st	21st	146.40	182
22nd	Matjaž Krušec	Yugoslavia	22nd	21st	22nd	22nd	138.86	198

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

Judge:

• Eva von Gamm BR Germany 
• Margaret Berezowski Canada 
• Toshio Suzuki Japan 
• Monique Georgelin France 
• Yvonne Tutt United States 
• Walburga Grimm GDR 
• Tatiana Danilenko Soviet Union 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Tjasa Andrée Yugoslavia 
• Václav Skála Czechoslovakia 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country	P	KP	K	KP + K	Pt.	B.
1	Linda Fratianne	United States	3	1	1	1	186.92	11
2	Anett Pötzsch	GDR	1	5	3	3	184.36	18th
3	Emi Watanabe	Japan	4th	2	4th	4th	180.52	31
4th	Dagmar Lurz	BR Germany	2	4th	8th	6th	179.96	33
5	Denise Biellmann	Switzerland	11	10	2	2	177.28	49
6th	Lisa-Marie Allen	United States	8th	7th	5	5	176.68	54
7th	Claudia Kristofics-Binder	Austria	5	6th	9	7th	175.44	63
8th	Susanna Driano	Italy	6th	3	14th	9	173.46	70
9	Carola Weissenberg	GDR	9	21st	7th	11	170.54	88
10	Kristiina Wegelius	Finland	7th	8th	18th	15th	169.26	98
11	Carrie Rugh	United States	12	11	11	10	169.34	97
12	Sanda Dubravčić	Yugoslavia	21st	9	6th	8th	166.96	115
13	Natalia Strelkova	Soviet Union	14th	20th	15th	16	164.94	134
14th	Deborah Cottrill	United Kingdom	10	16	20th	20th	164.80	136
15th	Karin Riediger	BR Germany	15th	12	16	17th	164.50	142
16	Renata Baierová	Czechoslovakia	18th	15th	13	13	164.00	144
17th	Petra Ernert	BR Germany	19th	19th	12	14th	163.24	149
18th	Kira Ivanova	Soviet Union	20th	13	10	12	164.02	147
19th	Janet Morrissey	Canada	17th	17th	17th	18th	162.04	162
20th	Reiko Kobayashi	Japan	13	18th	21st	21st	161.30	170
21st	Jeanne Chapman	Norway	16	14th	19th	19th	161.80	166
22nd	Anita Siegfried	Switzerland	22nd	28	24	26th	150.34	207
23	Astrid Jansen in de Wal	Netherlands	23	24	26th	25th	149.18	216
24	Franca Bianconi	Italy	26th	23	22nd	22nd	149.04	218
25th	Bodil Olsson	Sweden	30th	26th	23	23	147.02	225
26th	Corine Wyrsch	Switzerland	24	22nd	28	27	146.76	233
27	Kim Myo Sil	North Korea	27	25th	25th	24	145.48	237
28	Belinda Coulthard	Australia	25th	27	27	28	145.92	238
29	Katie Symmonds	New Zealand	23	29	29	29	134.58	261
30th	Shin Hae Sook	South Korea	29	30th	31	30th	120.44	270
31	Gloria Mas	Spain	31	31	30th	31	112.28	279

• Referee: Hermann Schiechtl BR Germany 
• Assistant referee: Martin Felsenreich Austria 

Judge:

• Eugen Romminger BR Germany 
• Berit Aarens Norway 
• Yevgenia Bogdanova Soviet Union 
• Lena Vainio Finland 
• Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland 
• Giordano Abbondati Italy 
• Ingrid Linke DDR 
• Jacqueline Kendall-Baker Australia 
• Charles Foster United States 
• Suzanne Francis Canada 

Couples

space	athlete	country	KP	K	Pt.	B.
1	Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner	United States	1	1	144.54	12
2	Marina Cherkassova / Sergei Shachrai	Soviet Union	2	2	142.22	16
3	Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach	GDR	4th	3	137.74	32
4th	Irina Vorobyova / Igor Lisowski	Soviet Union	3	4th	138.72	33
5	Marina Pestowa / Stanislaw Leonowitsch	Soviet Union	5	5	133.98	46
6th	Vicki Heasley / Robert Wagenhoffer	United States	6th	6th	132.50	54
7th	Cornelia Haufe / Kersten Bellmann	GDR	7th	10	128.98	70
8th	Tina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz	BR Germany	9	8th	128.56	75
9	Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli	United States	8th	9	127.64	77
10	Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe	GDR	11	7th	125.92	84
11	Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini	Canada	10	11	123.92	94
12	Gabriele Beck / Jochen Stahl	BR Germany	14th	12	117.62	114
13	Elisabeth Cain / Peter Cain	Australia	12	13	115.32	117
14th	Kyoko Hagiwara / Hisao Ozaki	Japan	13	14th	114.02	120

• Referee: Elemér Terták Hungary 
• Assistant Referee : Emil Skákala Czechoslovakia 

Judge:

• Thérèse Maisel France 
• Lyudmila Kubashevskaya Soviet Union 
• Jacqueline Kendall-Baker Australia 
• Günter Teichmann GDR 
• Mary Louise Wright United States 
• Willi Wernz BR Germany 
• Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia 
• Junko Hiramatsu Japan 
• Suzanne Francis Canada 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Giordano Abbondati Italy 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	PT	K	Pt.	B.
1	Natalja Linitschuk / Gennady Karponosov	Soviet Union	1	1	207.86	9
2	Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay	Hungary	2	2	204.10	22nd
3	Irina Moissejewa / Andrei Minenkow	Soviet Union	3	3	203.74	23
4th	Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich	Czechoslovakia	4th	4th	196.94	36
5	Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell	United Kingdom	5	5	194.00	51
6th	Lorne Wighton / John Dowding	Canada	6th	6th	192.70	52
7th	Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann	Austria	7th	7th	188.72	65
8th	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	United Kingdom	8th	8th	187.84	71
9	Stacey Smith / John Summers	United States	9	10	185.70	81
10	Natalja Bestemjanowa / Andrei Bukin	Soviet Union	11	9	184.06	87
11	Carol Fox / Richard Dalley	United States	10	11	180.30	98
12	Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner	BR Germany	12	12	175.50	108
13	Karen Barber / Nicky Slater	United Kingdom	13	13	169.74	121
14th	Anna Pisánská / Jiří Musil	Czechoslovakia	14th	14th	168.70	124
15th	Patricia Fletcher / Michael de la Penotiere	Canada	15th	15th	165.24	134
16	Martine Olivier / Yves Tarayre	France	16	16	161.44	145
17th	Jindra Holá / Karol Foltán	Czechoslovakia	18th	17th	157.64	157
18th	Gabriella Remport / Sándor Nagy	Hungary	17th	18th	158.26	157
19th	Yumiko Kage / Tadeyuki Takahashi	Japan	19th	19th	153.30	175
20th	Claudia Koch / Peter Schübl	Austria	20th	20th	151.94	174

• Referee: Hans Kutschera Austria 
• Assistant Referee : Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom 

Judge:

• Igor Kabanov Soviet Union 
• Brenda Long United Kingdom 
• Pál Vásárhelyi Hungary 
• Gerhard Frey BR Germany 
• Lysiane Lauret France 
• Virginia Le Fevre United States 
• Dennis McFarlane Canada 
• Rudolf Zorn Austria 
• Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia 
• Tsukasa Kimura Japan 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Soviet Union	2	1	1	4th
2	United States	2	-	-	2
3	GDR	-	1	2	3
4th	Hungary	-	1	-	1
	United Kingdom	-	1	-	1
6th	Japan	-	-	1	1

Web links

• World figure skating championships 1970–1979 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 26, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1970–1979 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 26, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1970–1979 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on August 28, 2008 ; accessed on May 26, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1970–1979 (dance). Skatabase, archived from the original on September 24, 2008 ; accessed on May 26, 2018 (English).