World Figure Skating Championships 1987

World Figure Skating Championships 1987
77th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	10-14 March 1987
Venue:	Cincinnati , USA
Gold medalist
Men's:	Brian Orser
Women:	Katarina Witt (3)
Couples:	Ekaterina Gordejewa & Sergei Grinkow (2)
Ice dance:	Natalja Bestemjanowa & Andrei Bukin (3)
World figure skating championships
1986 ◄ 1987 ► 1988

The 77th World Figure Skating Championships took place from March 10-14, 1987 in Cincinnati ( USA ).

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Brian Orser	Canada
2	Brian Boitano	United States
3	Alexander Fadeev	Soviet Union
4th	Vladimir Kotin	Soviet Union
5	Grzegorz Filipowski	Poland
6th	Viktor Petrenko	Soviet Union
7th	Christopher Bowman	United States
8th	Petr Barna	Czechoslovakia
9	Richard Zander	BR Germany
10	Scott Williams	United States
11	Makoto Kano	Japan
12	Masaru Ogawa	Japan
13	Falko Kirsten	GDR
14th	Oliver Höner	Switzerland
15th	Kurt Browning	Canada
16	Lars Dresler	Denmark
17th	Paul Robinson	United Kingdom
18th	Philippe Roncoli	France
19th	Alessandro Riccitelli	Italy
20th	Michael Slipchuk	Canada
21st	Peter Johansson	Sweden
22nd	Cameron Medhurst	Australia
23	Oula Jaaskelainen	Finland
24	Oliver Dechert	BR Germany
Freestyle not achieved
25th	Boiko Alexiev	Bulgaria
26th	Tomislav Čižmešija	Yugoslavia
27	Chi-Man Wong	Hong Kong

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Katarina Witt	GDR
2	Debi Thomas	United States
3	Caryn Kadavy	United States
4th	Elizabeth Manley	Canada
5	Kira Ivanova	Soviet Union
6th	Claudia Leistner	BR Germany
7th	Jill Trenary	United States
8th	Midori Itō	Japan
9	Anna Kondrashova	Soviet Union
10	Joanne Conway	United Kingdom
11	Patricia Schmidt	Canada
12	Susanne Becher	BR Germany
13	Claudia Villiger	Switzerland
14th	Agnes Gosselin	France
15th	Iveta Voralová	Czechoslovakia
16	Željka Čižmešija	Yugoslavia
17th	Beatrice Gelmini	Italy
18th	Tracy Brook	Australia
19th	Elina Hanninen	Finland
20th	Yvonne Pokorny	Austria
21st	Helene Persson	Sweden
22nd	Ji Hyun-jun	South Korea
23	Sandra Escoda	Spain
	Tamara Téglássy (Z)	Hungary
Freestyle not achieved
25th	Pauline Lee	Chinese Taipei
26th	Petia Gawasova	Bulgaria

• Z = withdrawn

Couples

space	athlete	country
1	Ekaterina Gordejewa / Sergei Grinkow	Soviet Union
2	Jelena Walowa / Oleg Wassiljew	Soviet Union
3	Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard	United States
4th	Larissa Selesnjowa / Oleg Makarow	Soviet Union
5	Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston	Canada
6th	Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom	Canada
7th	Gillian Wachsman / Todd Wagoner	United States
8th	Christine Hough / Doug Ladret	Canada
9	Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor	United Kingdom
10	Lenka Knapová / René Novotný	Czechoslovakia
11	Sonja Adalbert / Daniele Caprano	BR Germany
12	Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr	Australia
13	Shuk-Ching Ngai / Cheuk-Fai Lai	Hong Kong

Ice dance

space	athlete	country
1	Natalja Bestemjanowa / Andrei Bukin	Soviet Union
2	Marina Klimowa / Sergei Ponomarenko	Soviet Union
3	Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall	Canada
4th	Natalja Annenko / Genrich Sretensky	Soviet Union
5	Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory	United States
6th	Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck	Austria
7th	Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer	BR Germany
8th	Klára Engi / Attila Tóth	Hungary
9	Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay	France
10	Karyn Garossino / Rodney Garossino	Canada
11	Lia Trovati / Robert Pelizzola	Italy
12	Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar	United States
13	Sharon Jones / Paul Askham	United Kingdom
14th	Michela Malingambi / Andrea Gilardi	Italy
15th	Honarata Górna / Andrzej Dostatni	Poland
16	Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki	Japan
17th	Jo Ann Borlase / Scott Chalmers	Canada
18th	Andrea Weppelmann / Hendryk Schamberger	BR Germany
19th	Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke	Australia
20th	Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko	Finland
21st	Christina Bojanowa / Jawor Ivanov	Bulgaria
22nd	Park Kyung-sook / Han Seung-jong	South Korea

Medal table

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

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).