World Figure Skating Championships 1982

World Figure Skating Championships 1982
72nd edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	9-14 March 1982
Venue:	Copenhagen , Denmark
Gold medalist
Men's:	Scott Hamilton (2)
Women:	Elaine Zayak
Couples:	Sabine Baeß & Tassilo Thierbach
Ice dance:	Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (2)
World figure skating championships
1981 ◄ 1982 ► 1983

The 72nd World Figure Skating Championships took place from March 9-14, 1982 in the Danish capital, Copenhagen .

It was the first world championships with different judges for the compulsory program, short program and freestyle.

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	2	1	1	1	2.6
2	Norbert Schramm	BR Germany	6th	2	2	2	6.4
3	Brian Pockar	Canada	5	7th	4th	5	9.8
4th	Brian Orser	Canada	12	3	3	3	11.4
5	Jean-Christophe Simond	France	1	8th	8th	7th	11.8
6th	Robert Wagenhoffer	United States	9	4th	5	4th	12.0
7th	Igor Bobrin	Soviet Union	4th	9	6th	6th	12.0
8th	David Santee	United States	3	16	7th	9	15.2
9	Fumio Igarashi	Japan	8th	14th	9	10	19.4
10	Alexander Fadeev	Soviet Union	15th	6th	10	8th	21.4
11	Vladimir Kotin	Soviet Union	11	12	12	13	23.4
12	Takashi Mura	Japan	14th	11	11	11	23.8
13	Grzegorz Filipowski	Poland	10	13	13	14th	24.2
14th	Philipee Paulet	France	7th	15th	15th	16	25.2
15th	Rudi Cerne	BR Germany	16	5	14th	12	25.6
16	Jozef Sabovčík	Czechoslovakia	13	10	16	15th	27.8
17th	Didier Monge	France	19th	17th	17th	17th	35.2
18th	Mitsuru Matsumura	Japan	18th	18th	18th	18th	36.0
19th	Lars Åkesson	Sweden	17th	20th	21st	21st	39.2
20th	Thomas Hlavik	Austria	21st	19th	20th	19th	40.2
21st	Mark Pepperday	United Kingdom	27	25th	19th	20th	45.2
22nd	Todd Sand	Denmark	22nd	21st	25th	24	46.6
23	Bruno Del Maestro	Italy	24	28	22nd	22nd	47.6
24	Richard Furrer	Switzerland	25th	23	24	23	48.2
25th	Miljan Begović	Yugoslavia	20th	24	29	28	50.6
26th	Michael Pasfield	Australia	26th	22nd	27	26th	51.4
27	Zhaoxiao Xu	People's Republic of China	30th	29	23	25th	52.6
28	Eric Krol	Belgium	23	27	28	29	52.6
29	Ed van Campen	Netherlands	28	26th	26th	27	53.2
30th	Fernando Soria	Spain	29	30th	30th	30th	59.4

• Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Italy 
• Assistant referee : Martin Flesenreich Austria 

Judges for the compulsory program and the short program: Markus Germann Switzerland  Maria Zuchowicz Poland  Elaine DeMore United States  Walburga Grimm GDR  Monique Georgelin France  Giordano Abbondati Italy  Ludwig Gassner Austria  Replacement judge: Dennis McFarlane Canada

Judge for the freestyle: Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia  Tjaša Andrée Yugoslavia  Sally-Anne Stapleford United Kingdom  Britta Lindgren Sweden  Kinuko Ueno Japan  Norris Bowden Canada  Leena Vainio Finland  Replacement judge: Günter Teichmann GDR

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country	P	KP	K	KP + K	B.
1	Elaine Zayak	United States	4th	10	1	3	7.4
2	Katarina Witt	GDR	9	1	2	1	7.8
3	Claudia Kristofics-Binder	Austria	1	9	4th	5	8.2
4th	Claudia Leistner	BR Germany	14th	2	3	2	12.2
5	Elena Vodoresova	Soviet Union	5	3	8th	7th	12.2
6th	Rosalynn Sumners	United States	11	4th	5	4th	13.2
7th	Vikki de Vries	United States	8th	7th	6th	6th	13.6
8th	Kay Thomson	Canada	6th	6th	9	9	15.0
9	Kristiina Wegelius	Finland	2	5	12	10	15.2
10	Deborah Cottrill	United Kingdom	3	8th	17th	13	22.0
11	Carola Paul	GDR	13	12	10	11	22.6
12	Janina Wirth	GDR	12	13	11	12	23.4
13	Elizabeth Manley	Canada	23	11	7th	8th	25.2
14th	Sanda Dubravčić	Yugoslavia	10	14th	19th	18th	30.6
15th	Manuela Ruben	BR Germany	18th	19th	13	14th	31.4
16	Sandra Cariboni	Switzerland	15th	20th	16	17th	33.0
17th	Karen Wood	United Kingdom	22nd	18th	14th	15th	34.4
18th	Sonja Stanek	Austria	7th	15th	25th	21st	35.2
19th	Catarina Lindgren	Sweden	25th	17th	15th	16	36.8
20th	Myriam Oberwiler	Switzerland	20th	21st	18th	19th	38.4
21st	Béatrice Farinacci	France	16	26th	20th	20th	40.0
22nd	Mariko Joshida	Japan	21st	23	22nd	22nd	43.8
23	Diana Rankin	United Kingdom	19th	16	28	26th	45.8
24	Parthena Sarafidis	Austria	24	27	21st	23	46.2
25th	Hanne Gamborg	Denmark	26th	24	23	24	48.2
26th	Karin Telser	Italy	17th	25th	29	28	49.2
27	Vicki Holland	Australia	30th	22nd	24	25th	50.8
28	Liisa Seitsonen	Finland	29	28	26th	27	54.6
29	Li Scha Wang	Netherlands	28	31	27	29	56.2
30th	Katrien Pauwels	Belgium	27	29	32	31	59.8
31	Rosario Esteban	Spain	32	30th	30th	30th	61.2
32	Zhenghua Bao	People's Republic of China	34	32	31	32	64.2
33	Hye Kyung Lim	South Korea	33	33	33	33	66.0
	Denyse Adam	New Zealand	31				Z

• Z = withdrawn

• Referee: Elemér Terták Hungary 
• Assistant Referee : Berit Årnes Norway 

Judges for the compulsory program and the short program: Leena Vainio Finland  Margaret Berezowski Canada  Elsbeth Bon Netherlands  Toshio Suzuki Japan  Jacqueline Kendall-Baker Australia  Eugen Romminger BR Germany  Tatiana Danilenko Soviet Union  Replacement judge: Sally-Anne Stapleford United Kingdom

Judge for the freestyle: Markus Germann Switzerland  Maria Zuchowicz Poland  Elaine DeMore United States  Walburga Grimm GDR  Monique Georgelin France  Giordano Abbondati Italy  Ludwig Gassner Austria  Replacement judge: Dennis McFarlane Canada

Couples

space	athlete	country	KP	K	B.
1	Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach	GDR	1	1	1.4
2	Marina Pestowa / Stanislaw Leonowitsch	Soviet Union	2	2	2.8
3	Caitlin Carruthers / Peter Carruthers	United States	4th	3	4.6
4th	Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini	Canada	5	4th	6.0
5	Irina Vorobyova / Igor Lisowski	Soviet Union	3	5	6.2
6th	Weronika Perschina / Marat Akbarow	Soviet Union	6th	6th	8.4
7th	Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert	GDR	7th	7th	9.8
8th	Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver	United States	9	8th	11.6
9	Lori Baier / Lloyd Eisler	Canada	8th	9	12.2
10	Maria Di Domenico / Burt Lancon	United States	10	10	14.0
11	Bettina Hage / Stefan Zins	BR Germany	12	11	15.8
12	Nathalie Tortel / Xavier Videau	France	11	12	16.4
13	Luan Bo / Yao Bin	People's Republic of China	13	13	18.2

• Referee: Benjamin T. Wright United States 
• Assistant arbitrator: Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland 

Judge for the short program: Virginia LeFevre United States  Sergei Kononychin Soviet Union  Norris Bowden Canada  Markus Germann Switzerland  Pamela Davis United Kingdom  Kinuko Ueno Japan  Giordano Abbondati Italy  Replacement judge: Britta Lindgren Sweden

Judge for the freestyle: Elfriede Beyer BR Germany  Günter Teichmann GDR  Thérèse Maisel France  Tjaša Andrée Yugoslavia  Jacqueline Kendall-Baker Australia  Elsbeth Bon Netherlands  Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia  Replacement judge: Britta Lindgren Sweden

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	PT	K	B.
1	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	United Kingdom	1	1	2
2	Natalja Bestemjanowa / Andrei Bukin	Soviet Union	2	2	4th
3	Irina Moissejewa / Andrei Minenkow	Soviet Union	4th	3	7th
4th	Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert	United States	3	4th	7th
5	Carol Fox / Richard Dalley	United States	5	5	10
6th	Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexandr Svinin	Soviet Union	6th	6th	12
7th	Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater	United Kingdom	7th	8th	15th
8th	Elisa Spitz / Scott Gregory	United States	9	7th	16
9	Jana Beranková / Jan Barták	Czechoslovakia	8th	9	17th
10	Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall	Canada	10	10	20th
11	Nathalie Herve / Pierre Bechu	France	11	11	22nd
12	Birgit Goller / Peter Klisch	BR Germany	13	12	25th
13	Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams	United Kingdom	12	13	25th
14th	Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn	BR Germany	14th	14th	28
15th	Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi	Japan	16	15th	31
16	Marianne von Bommel / Wayne Deweyert	Netherlands	15th	16	31
17th	Martine Olivier / Philippe Boissier	France	18th	17th	35
18th	Graziella Ferpozzi / Marco Ferpozzi	Switzerland	19th	18th	37
19th	Saila Saarinen / Kim Jacobson	Finland	20th	19th	39
20th	Ulla Örnmarker / Thomas Svedberg	Sweden	21st	20th	41
	Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola	Italy	17th		Z

• Z = withdrawn

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

Judge for the compulsory program: Joyce Hisey Canada  István Sugár Hungary  Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia  Lysiane Lauret France  Brenda Long United Kingdom  Ludwig Gassner Austria  Lily Klapp Switzerland  Replacement judge: Tsukasa Kimura Japan

Judge for the freestyle: Gerhard Frey BR Germany  Igor Kabanov Soviet Union  Lily Klapp Switzerland  Mary Louise Wright United States  Cia Bordogna Italy  Tsukasa Kimura Japan  Maria Zuchowicz Poland  Replacement judge: Ludwig Gassner Austria

Medal table

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