World Figure Skating Championships 1981

World Figure Skating Championships 1981
71st event
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	3rd-7th March 1981
Venue:	Hartford , USA
Gold medalist
Men's:	Scott Hamilton
Women:	Denise Biellmann
Couples:	Irina Vorobjowa & Igor Lisowski
Ice dance:	Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean
World figure skating championships
1980 ◄ 1981 ► 1982

The 71st World Figure Skating Championships were from 3 to 7 March 1981 Hartford in the US state of Connecticut instead.

The point system has been changed. The compulsory program became less important in the individual competitions and only made up 30% of the overall ranking. The short program was rated with 20% and the freestyle with 50%. The placement in each category was multiplied by the appropriate factor and the three results were added to the total score. The factors were 0.6 for the compulsory program, 0.4 for the short program and 1.0 for the freestyle. The judges determined the rank in the individual competitions according to the 6.0 point system. In the pair competition, the short program had a factor of 0.4 and the freestyle had a factor of 1.0. Here, too, the placements were determined by the judges according to the 6.0 point system.

Results

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

Men's

space	athlete	country	P	KP	K	KP + K	B.
1	Scott Hamilton	United States	4th	1	1	1	3.8
2	David Santee	United States	2	3	3	3	5.4
3	Igor Bobrin	Soviet Union	5	4th	2	2	6.6
4th	Fumio Igarashi	Japan	6th	2	4th	4th	8.4
5	Jean-Christophe Simond	France	1	5	6th	6th	8.6
6th	Brian Orser	Canada	9	6th	5	5	12.8
7th	Norbert Schramm	BR Germany	7th	7th	7th	7th	14.0
8th	Brian Pockar	Canada	3	8th	11	10	16.0
9	Vladimir Kotin	Soviet Union	10	10	10	9	20.0
10	Robert Wagenhoffer	United States	14th	12	8th	8th	21.2
11	Grzegorz Filipowski	Poland	8th	11	12	12	21.2
12	Jozef Sabovčík	Czechoslovakia	11	9	13	13	23.2
13	Falko Kirsten	GDR	15th	14th	9	11	23.6
14th	Thomas Öberg	Sweden	12	13	14th	14th	26.4
15th	Takashi Mura	Japan	17th	15th	15th	15th	31.2
16	Bruno Watschinger	Austria	13	16	17th	17th	31.2
17th	Christopher Howarth	United Kingdom	18th	18th	16	16	34.0
18th	Michael Pasfield	Australia	19th	17th	18th	18th	36.2
19th	Todd Sand	Denmark	20th	19th	19th	19th	38.6
20th	Zhaoxiao Xu	People's Republic of China	21st	20th	20th	20th	40.6
	Miljan Begović	Yugoslavia	16				Z

• Z = withdrawn

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

Judge:

• Walburga Grimm GDR 
• Junko Hiramatsu Japan 
• Monique Georgelin France 
• Gerhard Frey BR Germany 
• Maria Zuchowicz Poland 
• Sergei Kononychin Soviet Union 
• Linda Petersen Denmark 
• Hugh C. Graham Jr. United States 
• Geoffrey Yates United Kingdom 

Replacement judge:

• Bojan Lipovšćak Canada 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country	P	KP	K	KP + K	B.
1	Denise Biellmann	Switzerland	4th	2	1	1	4.2
2	Elaine Zayak	United States	7th	3	2	2	7.4
3	Claudia Kristofics-Binder	Austria	1	6th	5	5	8.0
4th	Deborah Cottrill	United Kingdom	2	8th	4th	4th	8.4
5	Katarina Witt	GDR	11	1	3	3	10.0
6th	Kristiina Wegelius	Finland	3	5	7th	7th	10.8
7th	Priscilla Hill	United States	5	10	9	8th	16.0
8th	Carola Paul	GDR	16	7th	6th	6th	18.4
9	Karin Riediger	BR Germany	9	14th	8th	9	19.0
10	Tracy Wainman	Canada	6th	15th	10	12	19.6
11	Sanda Dubravčić	Yugoslavia	8th	12	12	13	21.6
12	Kira Ivanova	Soviet Union	13	4th	13	11	22.4
13	Manuela Ruben	BR Germany	17th	9	11	10	24.8
14th	Anne-Sophie de Kristoffy	France	15th	11	16	15th	29.4
15th	Karen Wood	United Kingdom	18th	16	14th	14th	31.2
16	Andrea Rohm	Austria	14th	18th	17th	17th	32.6
17th	Reiko Kobayashi	Japan	10	13	22nd	19th	33.2
18th	Catarina Lindgren	Sweden	19th	20th	15th	16	34.4
19th	Corinne Wyrsch	Switzerland	20th	22nd	18th	18th	38.8
20th	Sonja Stanek	Austria	12	19th	24	23	38.8
21st	Masako Kato	Japan	21st	23	19th	21st	40.8
22nd	Editha Dotson	Belgium	23	17th	21st	20th	41.6
23	Päivi Nieminen	Finland	25th	21st	20th	22nd	43.4
24	Vicki Holland	Australia	26th	26th	23	24	49.0
25th	Rudina Pasveer	Netherlands	22nd	27	26th	26th	50.0
26th	Lisa Coppola	Italy	27	24	25th	25th	50.8
27	Hanne Gamborg	Denmark	24	25th	27	27	51.4
28	Hye Kyung Lim	South Korea	28	28	28	28	56.0
29	Rosario Esteban	Spain	30th	31	29	29	59.4
30th	Denyse Adam	New Zealand	29	30th	30th	30th	59.4
31	Zhanghua Bao	People's Republic of China	31	29	31	31	61.2

• Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Italy 
• Assistant Referee: Charles U. Foster

Judge:

• Tjaša Andrée Yugoslavia 
• Ludwig Gassner Austria 
• Karl-David Runeskog Sweden 
• Jane Sullivan United States 
• Kuniko Ueno Japan 
• Helga von Wiecki GDR 
• Marie Lundmark Finland 
• Eugen Romminger BR Germany 
• David Dore Canada 

Replacement judge:

• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 

Couples

space	athlete	country	KP	K	B.
1	Irina Vorobyova / Igor Lisowski	Soviet Union	1	1	1.4
2	Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach	GDR	2	2	2.8
3	Tina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz	BR Germany	4th	3	4.6
4th	Marina Cherkassova / Sergei Shachrai	Soviet Union	3	4th	5.2
5	Caitlin Carruthers / Peter Carruthers	United States	7th	5	7.8
6th	Weronika Perschina / Marat Akbarow	Soviet Union	5	6th	8.0
7th	Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini	Canada	10	7th	11.0
8th	Susan Garland / Robert Daw	United Kingdom	8th	8th	11.2
9	Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert	GDR	6th	9	11.4
10	Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver	United States	9	10	13.6
11	Luan Bo / Yao Bin	People's Republic of China	11	11	15.4

• Referee: Benjamin T. Wright United States 
• Assistant referee: Martin Felsenreich Austria 

Judge:

• Maya Reinhart Switzerland 
• Jacqueline Kendall-Baker Australia 
• Walburga Grimm GDR 
• Dorothy MacLeod Canada 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Lyudmila Kubashevskaya Soviet Union 
• Maria Zuchowicz Poland 
• E. Newbold Black IV. United States 
• Eugen Romminger BR Germany 

Replacement judge:

• Junko Hiramatsu Japan 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	PT	K	B.
1	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	United Kingdom	1	1	2
2	Irina Moissejewa / Andrei Minenkow	Soviet Union	2	2	4th
3	Natalja Bestemjanowa / Andrei Bukin	Soviet Union	4th	3	7th
4th	Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert	United States	3	4th	7th
5	Olga Woloschinskaja / Alexander Swinin	Soviet Union	6th	5	11
6th	Carol Fox / Richard Dalley	United States	5	6th	11
7th	Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater	United Kingdom	7th	7th	14th
8th	Nathalie Herve / Pierre Bechu	France	9	8th	17th
9	Jana Berankowa / Jan Bartak	Czechoslovakia	8th	9	17th
10	Birgit Goller / Peter Klisch	BR Germany	10	10	20th
11	Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams	United Kingdom	11	11	22nd
12	Kelly Johnson / Kris Barber	Canada	13	12	25th
13	Marie McNeil / Robert McCall	Canada	12	13	25th
14th	Judit Péterfy / Csaba Bálint	Hungary	14th	14th	28
15th	Elisabetta Parisi / Roberto Pelizzola	Italy	15th	15th	30th
16	Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi	Japan	17th	16	33
17th	Gabriella Remport / Sándor Nagy	Hungary	16	17th	33
18th	Maria Kniffer / Manfred Hübler	Austria	19th	18th	37
19th	Karen Mankovich / Douglas Mankovich	Belgium	18th	21st	39
20th	Marianne von Bommel / Wayne Deweyert	Netherlands	21st	19th	40
21st	Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn	BR Germany	20th	20th	40

• Referee: Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom 
• Assistant Referee: Edith M. Shoemaker United States 

Judge:

• Gerhard Frey BR Germany 
• Nancy Meiss United States 
• Klára Kozári Hungary 
• Lysiane Lauret France 
• Courtney Jones United Kingdom 
• Joyce Hisey Canada 
• Cia Bordogna Italy 
• Igor Kabanov Soviet Union 
• Vera Spurná Czechoslovakia 

Replacement judge:

• Ludwig Gassner Austria 

Medal table

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

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).