1978 Blue Swords

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1978 Blue Swords
Date:15 – 18 November 1978
Season:1978–79
Location: Karl-Marx-Stadt
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of East Germany.svg  Hermann Schulz  (GDR)
Ladies' singles:
Flag of East Germany.svg  Katarina Witt  (GDR)
Pairs:
Flag of East Germany.svg  Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach  (GDR)
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The 1978 Blue Swords Cup ( Pokal der Blauen Schwerter ) international figure skating championship took place in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating.

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On 16 November 1978, Sabine Baeß and Tassilo Thierbach of East Germany placed first in the pair skating competition. [1] On 17 November, Hermann Schulz of East Germany placed first in the men's singles, making a dramatic comeback after a three-year hiatus from competition due to injuries and illness. [2]

In the women's singles competition, Katarina Witt of East Germany won the cup, while Kerstin Wolf, also of East Germany, placed third. [3]

Men

RankNameNation
1 Hermann Schulz Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
2 Heiko Fischer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
3 Torsten Ohlow Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
4 Vladimir Rashetkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
5 Falko Kirsten Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
6 Patrice Macrez Flag of France.svg  France
...

Ladies

RankNameNation
1 Katarina Witt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
2 Sonja Stanek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
3 Kerstin Wolf Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
4 Marina Ignatova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
5 Brigitte Ostermeier Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
6 Marina Schulz Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
...

Pairs

RankNameNation
1 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
2 Kornelia Hauffe / Kersten Bellmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
3 Elena Vasyukova / Alexei Pogodin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
4 Ines Heck / Mathias Clausner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
5 Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
6 Renata Kostkova / Jozef Komar Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia

References

  1. Ahnert (17 November 1978). "Eiskunstläufer, Paarlauf (Bild 183-T1117-0023)". Das Bundesarchiv (in German). ADN-ZB . Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  2. Ahnert (18 November 1978). "Hermann Schulz (Bild 183-T1118-0031)". Das Bundesarchiv (in German). ADN-ZB . Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  3. Widder, Michaela (2 December 2015). "Kleine Sünde, große Folgen". Sächsische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2025.