World Figure Skating Championships 1980

World Figure Skating Championships 1980
70th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	11-16 March 1980
Venue:	Dortmund , Germany
Gold medalist
Men's:	Jan Hoffmann (2)
Women:	Anett Poetzsch (2)
Couples:	Marina Cherkassova & Sergei Shachrai
Ice dance:	Krisztina Regőczy & András Sallay
World figure skating championships
1979 ◄ 1980 ► 1981

The 70th World Figure Skating Championships took place from March 11th to 16th, 1980 in the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund ( Germany ).

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	Jan Hoffmann	GDR	1	2	2	2	189.94	11
2	Robin cousins	United Kingdom	5	1	1	1	188.82	17th
3	Charles Tickner	United States	3	7th	3	3	185.12	30th
4th	David Santee	United States	2	3	6th	5	185.16	32
5	Scott Hamilton	United States	8th	5	4th	4th	179.94	49
6th	Mitsuru Matsumura	Japan	9	6th	5	6th	177.14	58
7th	Igor Bobrin	Soviet Union	6th	4th	8th	7th	176.66	59
8th	Fumio Igarashi	Japan	13	10	7th	8th	171.86	82
9	Brian Pockar	Canada	10	9	10	10	171.56	83
10	Hermann Schulz	GDR	7th	8th	11	11	171.08	88
11	Rudi Cerne	BR Germany	12	11	9	9	170.60	91
12	Mario Liebers	GDR	11	12	12	12	166.86	108
13	Jean-Christophe Simond	France	4th	14th	16	15th	164.56	115
14th	Alexander Fadeev	Soviet Union	16	15th	14th	14th	158.84	129
15th	Grzegorz Filipowski	Poland	18th	13	13	13	160.12	129
16	Jozef Sabovčík	Czechoslovakia	14th	16	15th	16	155.82	142
17th	William Schober	Australia	19th	19th	17th	17th	144.60	161
18th	Helmut Kristofics-Binder	Austria	17th	20th	19th	19th	142.90	166
19th	Thomas Öberg	Sweden	15th	18th	20th	20th	142.44	167
20th	Eric Krol	Belgium	21st	17th	18th	18th	140.32	172
21st	Miljan Begovic	Yugoslavia	20th	21st	21st	21st	127.68	189
22nd	Wang Zhili	People's Republic of China	22nd	22nd	22nd	22nd	111.56	198

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

Judge:

• Geoffrey Yates United Kingdom 
• Tatiana Danilenko Soviet Union 
• Jane Sullivan United States 
• David Dore Canada 
• Walburga Grimm GDR 
• Eva von Gamm BR Germany 
• Monique Georgelin France 
• Tsukasa Kimura Japan 
• Marie-Louise of Friedrichs Sweden 
• Václav Skála Czechoslovakia 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country	P	KP	K	KP + K	Pt.	B.
1	Anett Pötzsch	GDR	1	6th	2	4th	188.38	12
2	Dagmar Lurz	BR Germany	2	4th	5	5	186.22	23
3	Linda Fratianne	United States	4th	3	1	1	187.04	22nd
4th	Emi Watanabe	Japan	5	2	3	2	184.82	33
5	Claudia Kristofics-Binder	Austria	3	7th	9	9	180.48	47
6th	Denise Biellmann	Switzerland	10	1	6th	3	178.56	57
7th	Lisa-Marie Allen	United States	8th	5	8th	8th	178.22	58
8th	Kristiina Wegelius	Finland	6th	11	12	13	172.68	79
9	Deborah Cottrill	United Kingdom	9	8th	14th	10	172.14	85
10	Katarina Witt	GDR	20th	9	7th	7th	170.86	95
11	Elaine Zayak	United States	22nd	10	4th	6th	170.70	94
12	Sanda Dubravčić	Yugoslavia	12	12	11	11	169.30	107
13	Carola Weissenberg	GDR	13	14th	13	12	168.68	111
14th	Tracy Wainman	Canada	21st	17th	10	14th	164.00	128
15th	Sonja Stanek	Austria	16	22nd	16	16	158.90	142
16	Renata Baierova	Czechoslovakia	23	19th	15th	15th	158.20	143
17th	Susan Broman	Finland	17th	16	18th	17th	156.68	158
18th	Anne-Sophie de Kristoffy	France	14th	21st	19th	20th	155.72	160
19th	Christina Riegel	BR Germany	18th	26th	17th	18th	154.90	164
20th	Yoko Yakushi	Japan	25th	18th	21st	19th	151.48	179
21st	Reiko Kobavashi	Japan	19th	25th	22nd	21st	150.74	188
22nd	Anita Siegfried	Switzerland	26th	23	20th	22nd	147.98	194
23	Bodil Olsson	Sweden	28	24	23	23	144.64	208
24	Belinda Coulthard	Australia	27	27	24	24	140.82	216
25th	Rudina Pasveer	Netherlands	24	28	26th	25th	136.12	222
26th	Barbara Toffolo	Italy	30th	29	27	26th	129.60	237
27	Hanne Gamborg	Denmark	29	31	25th	27	128.52	240
28	Shin Hae Sook	South Korea	31	32	28	29	119.50	255
29	Liu Zhiying	People's Republic of China	32	30th	29	28	117.56	258
	Danielle Rieder	Switzerland	7th	13				Z
	Elena Vodoresova	Soviet Union	11	15th				Z
	Karin Riediger	BR Germany	15th	20th				Z
	Susanna Driano	Italy						Z

• Z = withdrawn

• Referee: Elemér Terták Hungary 
• Assistant Referee: Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 

Judge:

• Yvonne Tutt United States 
• Ludwig Gassner Austria 
• Lyudmila Kubashevskaya Soviet Union 
• Giorgio Siniscalco Italy 
• Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland 
• Ingrid Linke DDR 
• Junko Hiramatsu Japan 
• Elsbeth Bon Netherlands 
• Gerhard Frey BR Germany 
• Hely Abbondati Finland 

Couples

space	athlete	country	KP	K	Pt.	B.
1	Marina Cherkassova / Sergei Shachrai	Soviet Union	1	1	144.64	10
2	Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf	GDR	2	2	142.92	20th
3	Marina Pestowa / Stanislaw Leonowitsch	Soviet Union	3	3	141.08	25th
4th	Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach	GDR	4th	4th	138.98	38
5	Tina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz	BR Germany	6th	5	135.92	46
6th	Weronika Perschina / Marat Akbarow	Soviet Union	5	7th	134.32	55
7th	Caitlin Carruthers / Peter Carruthers	United States	8th	6th	134.10	58
8th	Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl	Czechoslovakia	7th	8th	130.56	76
9	Cornelia Haufe / Kersten Bellmann	GDR	9	10	128.14	84
10	Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli	United States	10	11	127.68	90
11	Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini	Canada	11	9	127.86	91
12	Yukiko Okabe / Takashi Mura	Japan	12	13	119.74	113
13	Susan Garland / Robert Daw	United Kingdom	13	12	119.06	115
14th	Elisabeth Cain / Peter Cain	Australia	14th	14th	116.38	123
15th	Yao Bin / Luan Bo	People's Republic of China	15th	15th	88.06	135

• Referee: Oskar Madl Austria 
• Assistant referee : Eugen Romminger BR Germany 

Judge:

• Tiasha Andrée Yugoslavia 
• Lyudmila Kubashevskaya Soviet Union 
• Sally-Anne Stapleford United Kingdom 
• Václav Skála Czechoslovakia 
• Audrey Williams Canada 
• Junko Hiramatsu Japan 
• Helga von Wiecki GDR 
• Willi Wenz BR Germany 
• Mary Louise Wright United States 
• Thérèse Maisel France 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	PT	K	Pt.	B.
1	Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay	Hungary	2	1	205.58	13
2	Natalja Linitschuk / Gennady Karponosov	Soviet Union	1	3	204.50	18th
3	Irina Moissejewa / Andrei Minenkow	Soviet Union	3	2	202.42	24
4th	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	United Kingdom	4th	4th	199.12	35
5	Lorne Wighton / John Dowding	Canada	5	6th	195.18	48
6th	Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert	United States	6th	5	194.12	52
7th	Natalja Karamysheva / Rostislaw Sinitsyn	Soviet Union	7th	7th	189.66	63
8th	Stacey Smith / John Summers	United States	8th	8th	187.12	72
9	Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner	BR Germany	9	9	184.02	80
10	Karen Barber / Nicky Slater	United Kingdom	10	10	178.94	92
11	Jana Beránková / Jan Barták	Czechoslovakia	11	11	176.16	97
12	Nathalie Herve / Pierre Bechu	France	12	12	171.24	108
13	Marie McNeil / Robert McCall	Canada	13	13	168.58	116
14th	Jindra Holá / Karol Foltán	Czechoslovakia	14th	15th	162.60	132
15th	Noriko Sato / Tadeyuki Takahashi	Japan	15th	14th	162.02	133
16	Gabriella Remport / Sándor Nagy	Hungary	16	16	159.52	142
17th	Paola Casalotti / Sergio Ceserani	Italy	17th	17th	158.50	150

• Referee: Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom 
• Assistant referee : Erika Schiechtl BR Germany 

Judge:

• Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia 
• Elaine DeMore United States 
• Willi Wenz BR Germany 
• Ferenc Kertész Hungary 
• Lysiane Lauret France 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Igor Kabanov Soviet Union 
• Suzanne Francis Canada 
• Tsukasa Kimura Japan 
• Cia Bordogna Italy 

Medal table

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

Web links

• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 26, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 26, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 26, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (dance). Skatabase, archived from the original on September 24, 2008 ; accessed on May 26, 2018 (English).