1979 World Figure Skating Championships

1979 World Figure Skating Championships
1979 World Figure Skating Championships
Type of competition	tournament sponsored by ISU
date	03/13/1979 - 03/18/1979
Season	1978-1979
Location	Vein
Winners
Men's single skating
	Vladimir Kovalev
Women's single skating
	Linda Fratiani
Pair skating
	Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner
Dancing on Ice
	Natalia Linichuk and Gennady Karponosov
Competition
Previous	World Championship 1978
Subsequent	World Cup 1980

The 1979 World Figure Skating Championships were held by the International Skating Union on March 13-18 in Vienna , Austria . Competitions were held in the categories of women's single skating , men's single skating , pair skating and ice dancing . The world champion among women was the US representative Linda Fratiani , among the men the representative of the USSR Vladimir Kovalev , among the pairs the representatives of the USA Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner , the representatives of the USSR Natalya Linichuk and Gennady Karponosov won the dances.

Medal standings

A place	A country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
one	the USSR	2	one	one	four
2	GDR	one	2	0	3
3	USA	one	one	one	2
four	Hungary	0	one	0	one
four	Great Britain	0	one	0	one
6	Japan	0	0	one	one

Results

Men

A place	Name	A country	Mandatory program	Short program	Arbitrary program	Short program + Free program	Points	Sum of places
one	Vladimir Kovalev	the USSR	2	one	four	2	185.80	17
2	Robin Cousins	Great Britain	five	3	one	one	185.18	22
3	Ian Hoffman	GDR	one	five	3	four	185.10	23
four	Charles Tickner	USA	four	four	2	3	184.28	28
five	Scott Kramer	USA	eight	2	6	6	178.04	52
6	Fumio Igarashi	Japan	ten	eight	five	five	177.06	57
7	Jean Christoph Simon	France	6	12	7	7	175.58	67
eight	David santi	USA	3	13	ten	ten	174.58	71
9	Mitsuru Matsumura	Japan	eleven	ten	eight	eight	172.74	83
ten	Igor Bobrin	the USSR	7	eleven	12	12	172.04	87
eleven	Konstantin Kokora	the USSR	12	6	13	eleven	169.60	104
12	Herman Schulz	GDR	13	9	eleven	13	169.38	106
13	Brian Pocar	Canada	14	7	14	14	168.50	109
14	Mario libers	GDR	9	14	15	15	166.54	120
15	Vern Taylor	Canada	20	15	9	9	163.62	133
sixteen	Norbert Schramm	Germany	15	sixteen	nineteen	17	156.44	147
17	Thomas Eberg	Sweden	18	17	sixteen	sixteen	153.10	157
18	Helmut Christofich-Binder	Austria	sixteen	20	18	nineteen	151.78	162
nineteen	Joseph Sabowczyk	Czechoslovakia	17	18	20	20	148.16	175
20	Christopher Howarth	Great Britain	21	nineteen	17	18	148.62	175
21	William Schober	Australia	nineteen	22	21	21	146.40	182
22	Matthias Cruz	Yugoslavia	22	21	22	22	138.86	198

Women

A place	Name	A country	Mandatory program	Short program	Arbitrary program	Short program + Free program	Points	Sum of places
one	Linda Fratiani	USA	3	one	one	one	186.92	eleven
2	Anette Patch	GDR	one	five	3	3	184.36	18
3	Amy Watanabe	Japan	four	2	four	four	180.52	31
four	Dagmar Lurz	Germany	2	four	eight	6	179.96	33
five	Denise Bilmann	Switzerland	eleven	ten	2	2	177.28	49
6	Lisa-marie allen	USA	eight	7	five	five	176.68	54
7	Claudia Christofich-Binder	Austria	five	6	9	7	175.44	63
eight	Suzanne Driano	Italy	6	3	14	9	173.46	70
9	Carola Weissenberg	GDR	9	21	7	eleven	170.54	88
ten	Christina Vegelius	Finland	7	eight	18	15	169.26	98
eleven	Carrie rugh	USA	12	eleven	eleven	ten	169.34	97
12	Sanda Dubravcic	Yugoslavia	21	9	6	eight	166.96	115
13	Natalya Strelkova	the USSR	14	20	15	sixteen	164.94	134
14	Deborah Cotril	Great Britain	ten	sixteen	20	20	164.80	136
15	Karin Ridiger	Germany	15	12	sixteen	17	164.50	142
sixteen	Renata Bayerova	Czechoslovakia	18	15	13	13	164.00	144
17	Petra Ernert	Germany	nineteen	nineteen	12	14	163.24	149 *
18	Kira Ivanova	the USSR	20	13	ten	12	164.02	147
nineteen	Janet morrissey	Canada	17	17	17	18	162.04	162
20	Reiko Kobayashi	Japan	13	18	21	21	161.30	170 *
21	Jeanne chapman	Norway	sixteen	14	nineteen	nineteen	161.80	166
22	Anita Siegfried	Switzerland	22	28	24	26	150.34	207
23	Astrid Jansen in de Val	Netherlands	23	24	26	25	149.18	216
24	Franca Bianconi	Italy	26	23	22	22	149.04	218
25	Bodil olsson	Sweden	thirty	26	23	23	147.02	225
26	Corina Wirsch	Switzerland	24	22	28	27	146.76	233
27	Kim myo sil	DPRK	27	25	25	24	145.48	237
28	Bilinda Coulthard	Australia	25	27	27	28	145.92	238
29th	Katie Simmonds	New Zealand	23	29th	29th	29th	134.58	261
thirty	Shin Hae Sook	The Republic of Korea	29th	thirty	31	thirty	120.44	270
31	Gloria Mas	Spain	31	31	thirty	31	112.28	279

Couples

A place	Name	A country	Short program	Arbitrary program	Points	Sum of places
one	Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner	USA	one	one	144.54	12
2	Marina Cherkasova / Sergey Shakhrai	the USSR	2	2	142.22	sixteen
3	Sabine Bass / Tassilo Tirbach	GDR	four	3	137.74	32
four	Irina Vorobyova / Igor Lisovsky	the USSR	3	four	138.72	33
five	Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich	the USSR	five	five	133.98	46
6	Wicky Heasley / Robert Wagenhoffer	USA	6	6	132.50	54
7	Cornelia Haufe / Kersten Bellman	GDR	7	ten	128.98	70
eight	Christina Rigel / Andreas Nischwitz	Germany	9	eight	128.56	75
9	Cheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli	USA	eight	9	127.64	77
ten	Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe	GDR	eleven	7	125.92	84
eleven	Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini	Canada	ten	eleven	123.92	94
12	Gabriela Beck / Johan Stagl	Germany	14	12	117.62	114
13	Elizabeth Kane / Peter Kane	Australia	12	13	115.32	117
14	Kyoko Hagiwara / Hisao Ozaki	Japan	13	14	114.02	120

Dancing

A place	Name	A country	Required dance	Arbitrary dance	Points	Sum of places
one	Natalia Linichuk / Gennady Karponosov	the USSR	one	one	207.86	9
2	Christina Regetsi / Andras Shallai	Hungary	2	2	204.10	22
3	Irina Moiseeva / Andrey Minenkov	the USSR	3	3	203.74	23
four	Liliana Regakova / Stanislav Drastikh	Czechoslovakia	four	four	196.94	36
five	Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell	Great Britain	five	five	194.00	51
6	Lorna Wigton / John Dowding	Canada	6	6	192.70	52
7	Suzy Handsman / Peter Handsman	Austria	7	7	188.72	65
eight	Jane Torville / Christopher Dean	Great Britain	eight	eight	187.84	71
9	Stacy Smith / John Summers	USA	9	ten	185.70	81
ten	Natalya Bestemyanova / Andrey Bukin	the USSR	eleven	9	184.06	87
eleven	Carol Fox / Richard Dolly	USA	ten	eleven	180.30	98
12	Henritte Freschl / Christian Steiner	Germany	12	12	175.50	108
13	Karin Barber / Nicholas Slater	Great Britain	13	13	169.74	121
14	Anna Pisanska / Jiri Musil	Czechoslovakia	14	14	168.70	124
15	Patricia Fletcher / Michael de la Penotiere	Canada	15	15	165.24	134
sixteen	Martine Olivier / Yves Tarayre	France	sixteen	sixteen	161.44	145
17	Jindra hola / karol foltan	Czechoslovakia	18	17	157.64	157
18	Gabriella Remport / Sandor Nagy	Hungary	17	18	158.26	157
nineteen	Yumiko Kage / Tadayuki Takahashi	Japan	nineteen	nineteen	153.30	175 *
20	Claudia Koch / Peter Schüble	Austria	20	20	151.94	174

Links

ISU List of World Championship Medalists (Men) PDF (9.95 KB)
ISU List of World Championship Medalists (Women) PDF (14.2 KB)
ISU List of World Championship medalists (pairs) PDF (19.4 KB)
ISU List of World Championship Medalists (Dances) PDF (15.5 KB)