World Figure Skating Championships 1986

World Figure Skating Championships 1986
76th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	18.-23. March 1986
Venue:	Geneva , Switzerland
Gold medalist
Men's:	Brian Boitano
Women:	Debi Thomas
Couples:	Ekaterina Gordejewa & Sergei Grinkow
Ice dance:	Natalja Bestemjanowa & Andrei Bukin (2)
World figure skating championships
1985 ◄ 1986 ► 1987

The 76th World Figure Skating Championships took place from March 18 to 23, 1986 in Geneva ( Switzerland ).

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	Brian Boitano	United States	4th	5	1	2	5.4
2	Brian Orser	Canada	5	1	2	1	5.4
3	Alexander Fadeev	Soviet Union	1	2	5	4th	6.4
4th	Vladimir Kotin	Soviet Union	9	3	3	3	9.6
5	Viktor Petrenko	Soviet Union	7th	6th	4th	5	10.6
6th	Jozef Sabovčík	Czechoslovakia	2	4th	9	8th	11.8
7th	Heiko Fischer	BR Germany	3	7th	10	10	14.6
8th	Daniel Doran	United States	10	9	6th	6th	15.6
9	Scott Williams	United States	11	8th	7th	7th	16.8
10	Masaru Ogawa	Japan	16	11	8th	9	22.0
11	Richard Zander	BR Germany	9	12	14th	12	22.4
12	Falko Kirsten	GDR	14th	13	11	11	24.6
13	Grzegorz Filipowski	Poland	12	10	15th	13	26.2
14th	Oliver Höner	Switzerland	13	16	13	15th	27.2
15th	Laurent Depouilly	France	8th	17th	18th	18th	29.6
16	Petr Barna	Czechoslovakia	19th	18th	12	14th	30.6
17th	Lars Åkesson	Sweden	15th	14th	20th	20th	34.6
18th	Neil Paterson	Canada	17th	15th	19th	19th	35.2
19th	Lars Dresler	Denmark	21st	19th	17th	17th	37.2
20th	Jaimee Eggleton	Canada	24	20th	16	16	38.4
Not qualified for the freestyle
21st	Alessandro Riccitelli	Italy	20th	21st	5	5	25.4
22nd	Cameron Medhurst	Australia	18th	22nd	6th	6th	25.6
23	Thomas Hlavik	Austria	23	23	4th	4th	27.0
24	Oula Jääskeläinen	Finland	25th	26th	7th	7th	32.4
25th	Miljan Begović	Yugoslavia	22nd	28	8th	9	32.4
26th	András Száraz	Hungary	27	25th	9	8th	35.2
27	Boiko Alexiev	Bulgaria	26th	27	10	11	36.4
28	Fernando Soria	Spain	28	24	11	10	37.4

• Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Italy 
• Assistant referee: Walburga Grimm GDR 

Judge:

• Tatiana Danilenko Soviet Union 
• Maria Zuchowicz Poland 
• Claire Ferguson United States 
• Jean Matthews Canada 
• Björn Elwin Sweden 
• Junko Hiramatsu Japan 
• Radovan Lipovšćak Yugoslavia 
• Christiane Mörth Austria 
• Miranda Marchi Italy 

Replacement judge:

• Josette Betsch France 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country	P	KP	K	KP + K	B.
1	Debi Thomas	United States	2	1	2	1	3.6
2	Katarina Witt	GDR	3	4th	1	2	4.4
3	Tiffany Chin	United States	4th	2	4th	3	7.2
4th	Kira Ivanova	Soviet Union	1	6th	8th	8th	11.0
5	Elizabeth Manley	Canada	11	7th	3	4th	12.4
6th	Claudia Leistner	BR Germany	9	5	6th	5	13.4
7th	Anna Kondrashova	Soviet Union	6th	2	9	7th	13.4
8th	Caryn Kadavy	United States	7th	9	7th	9	14.8
9	Tracy Wainman	Canada	5	11	11	11	18.4
10	Natalia Lebedeva	Soviet Union	8th	10	10	10	18.8
11	Midori Itō	Japan	19th	8th	5	6th	19.6
12	Simone Koch	GDR	16	13	12	12	26.8
13	Agnes Gosselin	France	13	18th	13	13	28.0
14th	Katrien Pauwels	Belgium	10	15th	18th	18th	30.0
15th	Susanne Becher	BR Germany	12	20th	15th	17th	30.2
16	Claudia Villiger	Switzerland	14th	12	17th	15th	30.2
17th	Constanze Gensel	GDR	23	19th	14th	14th	35.4
18th	Tamara Téglássy	Hungary	22nd	17th	16	16	36.0
19th	Elise Ahonen	Finland	17th	21st	19th	19th	37.6
Not qualified for the freestyle
20th	Beatrice Gelmini	Italy	21st	14th	5	3	23.2
21st	Željka Čižmešija	Yugoslavia	15th	22nd	6th	6th	23.8
22nd	Lotta Falkenbäck	Sweden	20th	23	3	4th	24.2
23	Beatrice Gelmini	Italy	21st	14th	5	3	23.2
24	Pauline Lee	Chinese Taipei	24	24	8th	8th	32.0
25th	Hye Kyung Lim	South Korea	26th	25th	7th	7th	32.6
26th	Sandra Escoda	Spain	25th	27	9	9	34.8
27	Petia Gawazowa	Bulgaria	27	26th	10	10	36.6
	Susan Jackson	United Kingdom	18th	16			Z

• Z = withdrawn

• Referee: Benjamin T. Wright United States 
• Assistant referee : Erika Schiechtl BR Germany 

Judge:

• Elfriede Beyer BR Germany 
• Jacqueline Itschner Switzerland 
• Charles U. Foster United States 
• Tjaša Andrée Yugoslavia 
• Reinhard Mirmseker GDR 
• Alexander Vedenin Soviet Union 
• Alexander Penchev Bulgaria 
• Leena Vainio Finland 
• Franco Benini Italy 

Replacement judge:

• Monique Georgelin France 

Couples

space	athlete	country	KP	K	B.
1	Ekaterina Gordejewa / Sergei Grinkow	Soviet Union	1	1	1.4
2	Jelena Walowa / Oleg Wassiljew	Soviet Union	2	2	2.8
3	Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom	Canada	4th	3	4.6
4th	Larissa Selesnjowa / Oleg Makarow	Soviet Union	3	4th	5.2
5	Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston	Canada	6th	6th	8.4
6th	Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard	United States	9	5	8.6
7th	Gillian Wachsman / Todd Wagoner	United States	5	7th	9.0
8th	Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold	United States	8th	8th	11.2
9	Katrin Kanitz / Tobias Schröter	GDR	7th	9	11.8
10	Lenka Knapová / René Novotný	Czechoslovakia	10	10	14.0
11	Manuela Landgraf / Ingo Steuer	GDR	11	11	15.4
12	Cheryl Peak / Andrew Naylor	United Kingdom	12	12	16.8
13	Kerstin Kimminus / Stefan Pfrengle	BR Germany	14th	13	18.6
14th	Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr	Australia	13	14th	19.2
15th	Sylvie Vaquero / Didier Manaud	France	15th	15th	21.0

• Referee: Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 
• Assistant referee: Markus Germann Switzerland 

Judge:

• Shirley Taylor Australia 
• Monique Georgelin France 
• Eva von Gamm BR Germany 
• Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia 
• Mikhail Three Soviet Union 
• E. Newbold Black IV United States 
• Ralph S. McCreath Canada 
• Geoffrey Yates United Kingdom 
• Günter Teichmann GDR 

Substitute judge

• Franco Benini Italy 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	PT	K	PT + K	Total
1	Natalja Bestemjanowa / Andrei Bukin	Soviet Union	1	2	1	2.4
2	Marina Klimowa / Sergei Ponomarenko	Soviet Union	2	1	2	3.6
3	Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall	Canada	4th	4th	3	7.0
4th	Natalja Annenko / Genrich Sretensky	Soviet Union	3	3	4th	7.0
5	Susanne Semanick / Scott Gregory	United States	5	5	5	10.0
6th	Renée Roca / Donald Adair	United States	6th	6th	6th	12.0
7th	Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck	Austria	7th	7th	7th	14.0
8th	Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer	BR Germany	8th	8th	8th	16.0
9	Karyn Garossino / Rodney Garossino	Canada	9	9	9	18.0
10	Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola	Italy	10	10	10	20.0
11	Klará Engi / Attila Tóth	Hungary	11	11	11	22.0
12	Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay	France	12	12	12	24.0
13	Sharon Jones / Paul Askham	United Kingdom	13	14th	13	26.4
14th	Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki	Japan	14th	13	14th	27.6
15th	Stefania Calegari / Pasquale Camerlengo	Italy	15th	16	15th	30.4
16	Elisabeth Coates / Alan Abretti	United Kingdom	16	15th	16	31.6
17th	Andrea Weppelmann / Hendryk Schamberger	BR Germany	17th	17th	17th	34.0
18th	Claudia Schmidlin / Daniel Schmidlin	Switzerland	18th	18th	18th	36.0
19th	Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke	Australia	19th	19th	19th	38.0
20th	Christina Bojanowa / Jawor Ivanov	Bulgaria	20th	20th	20th	40.0
Not qualified for the freestyle
21st	Susanna Pettola / Kim Jacobson	Finland	21st	21st	4th	25.0
22nd	Kyung Sook Park / Seung Jong Han	South Korea	22nd	22nd	5	27.0

• Referee: Hans Kutschera Austria 
• Assistant arbitrator : Roland Wehinger Austria 

Judge:

• Mary Parry United Kingdom 
• Judit Prince Hungary 
• Kazuo Ohashi Japan 
• Mary Louise Wright United States 
• Lily Klapp Switzerland 
• Irina Absaliamova Soviet Union 
• William McLachlan Canada 
• Lysiane Lauret France 
• Gerhard Frey BR Germany 

Replacement judge:

• Heide Maritczak Austria 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Soviet Union	2	2	1	5
2	United States	2	-	1	3
3	Canada	-	1	2	3
4th	GDR	-	1	-	1

Web links

• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 27, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 27, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 27, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (dance). Skatabase, archived from the original on September 24, 2008 ; accessed on May 27, 2018 (English).