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1978 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | March 7 – 12 |
Season: | 1977–78 |
Location: | Ottawa, Canada |
Venue: | Ottawa Civic Centre |
Champions | |
Men's singles: ![]() | |
Ladies' singles: ![]() | |
Pairs: ![]() | |
Ice dance: ![]() | |
Previous: 1977 World Championships | |
Next: 1979 World Championships |
The 1978 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from March 7 to 12. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
The ISU Representative was Jacques Favart of France. The ISU Technical Delegates were Josef Dědič of Czechoslovakia and Charles DeMore of the United States. Vern Taylor of Canada became the first person to land a triple axel (albeit over rotated), in competition.
Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Ladies' singles | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Pair skating | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Ice dancing | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Rank | Name | Nation | Age | CP | SP | FP | Points | Places | |||
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1 | Charles Tickner | ![]() | 24 | 3 | 42.56 | 3 | 41.16 | 2 | 103.60 | 187.32 | 17 |
2 | Jan Hoffmann | ![]() | 22 | 2 | 43.00 | 1 | 41.56 | 3 | 102.30 | 186.86 | 18 |
3 | Robin Cousins | ![]() | 20 | 4 | 39.80 | 2 | 41.72 | 1 | 105.10 | 186.62 | 22 |
4 | Vladimir Kovalev | ![]() | 25 | 1 | 43.76 | 7 | 39.80 | 6 | 99.00 | 182.56 | 40 |
5 | Igor Bobrin | ![]() | 24 | 6 | 38.42 | 5 | 40.04 | 5 | 101.00 | 179.44 | 47 |
6 | David Santee | ![]() | 20 | 5 | 39.20 | 4 | 40.40 | 8 | 98.30 | 177.90 | 57 |
7 | Fumio Igarashi | ![]() | 19 | 8 | 37.04 | 6 | 39.08 | 4 | 101.00 | 177.12 | 56 |
8 | Mitsuru Matsumura | ![]() | 20 | 9 | 36.08 | 8 | 39.08 | 11 | 95.20 | 170.36 | 83 |
9 | Mario Liebers | ![]() | 18 | 7 | 37.32 | 11 | 38.24 | 12 | 93.00 | 168.56 | 86 |
10 | Brian Pockar | ![]() | 18 | 12 | 34.44 | 10 | 38.44 | 9 | 97.10 | 169.98 | 86 |
11 | Scott Hamilton | ![]() | 19 | 11 | 35.28 | 9 | 38.72 | 10 | 94.80 | 168.80 | 92 |
12 | Vern Taylor | ![]() | 15 | 30.56 | 12 | 7 | 166.50 | 105 | |||
13 | Konstantin Kokora | ![]() | 20 | 10 | 36.04 | 13 | 13 | 163.92 | 110 | ||
14 | Rudi Cerne | ![]() | 19 | 13 | 33.84 | 14 | 14 | 159.16 | 127 | ||
15 | Gilles Beyer | ![]() | 14 | 33.08 | 15 | 15 | 154.84 | 134 | |||
16 | Brian Meek | ![]() | 16 | 29.92 | 16 | 16 | 133.28 | 144 | |||
17 | Han Soo-bong | ![]() | 17 | 27.68 | 17 | 17 | 119.80 | 153 |
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Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FP | Placings |
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1 | Anett Pötzsch | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
2 | Linda Fratianne | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
3 | Susanna Driano | ![]() | 4 | 6 | 6 | 33 |
4 | Dagmar Lurz | ![]() | 2 | 10 | 7 | 45 |
5 | Denise Biellmann | ![]() | 16 | 3 | 2 | 52 |
6 | Elena Vodorezova | ![]() | 13 | 4 | 5 | 50 |
7 | Lisa-Marie Allen | ![]() | 14 | 5 | 4 | 48 |
8 | Emi Watanabe | ![]() | 6 | 13 | 8 | 77 |
9 | Priscilla Hill | ![]() | 5 | 8 | 10 | 78 |
10 | Carola Weißenberg | ![]() | 9 | 7 | 9 | 87 |
11 | Karena Richardson | ![]() | 12 | 11 | 11 | 103 |
12 | Heather Kemkaran | ![]() | 10 | 9 | 14 | 118 |
13 | Claudia Kristofics-Binder | ![]() | 11 | 12 | 15 | 116 |
14 | Kristiina Wegelius | ![]() | 7 | 16 | 13 | 119 |
15 | Natalia Strelkova | ![]() | 15 | 15 | 12 | 132 |
16 | Danielle Rieder | ![]() | 8 | 14 | 18 | 141 |
17 | Cathie MacFarlane | ![]() | 17 | 17 | 20 | 159 |
18 | Astrid Jansen in de Wal | ![]() | 22 | 19 | 16 | 165 |
19 | Karin Riediger | ![]() | 18 | 20 | 19 | 169 |
20 | Bodil Olsson | ![]() | 21 | 18 | 17 | 171 |
21 | Robyn Burley | ![]() | 20 | 21 | 21 | 190 |
22 | Choo Young-soon | ![]() | 19 | 22 | 22 | 198 |
23 | Katie Symmonds | ![]() | 23 | 23 | 23 | 206 |
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Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FP | Placings |
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1 | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 9 |
2 | Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 19 |
3 | Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 28 |
4 | Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 39 |
5 | Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 46 |
6 | Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 50 |
7 | Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 65 |
8 | Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz | ![]() | 8 | 8 | 71 |
9 | Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli | ![]() | 9 | 9 | 83 |
10 | Gail Hamula / Frank Sweiding | ![]() | 10 | 10 | 85 |
11 | Lee-Ann Jackson / Paul Mills | ![]() | 13 | 11 | 105 |
12 | Sabine Fuchs / Xavier Videau | ![]() | 12 | 12 | 108 |
13 | Gabrielle Beck / Jochen Stahl | ![]() | 14 | 13 | 113 |
14 | Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain | ![]() | 16 | 14 | 127 |
15 | Kyoko Hagiwara / Sumio Murata | ![]() | 15 | 15 | 131 |
WD | Sherri Baier / Robin Cowan | ![]() | 11 |
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Rank | Name | Nation | CD | FD | Placings |
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1 | Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 11 |
2 | Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 16 |
3 | Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 29 |
4 | Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 35 |
5 | Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich | ![]() | 5 | 6 | 49 |
6 | Lorna Wighton / John Dowding | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 48 |
7 | Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 69 |
8 | Carol Fox / Richard Dalley | ![]() | 8 | 8 | 69 |
9 | Stacey Smith / John Summers | ![]() | 9 | 9 | 82 |
10 | Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann | ![]() | 11 | 10 | 93 |
11 | Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean | ![]() | 10 | 11 | 92 |
12 | Patricia Fletcher / Michael de la Penotiere | ![]() | 12 | 12 | 113 |
13 | Stefania Bertele / Walter Cecconi | ![]() | 13 | 13 | 114 |
14 | Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner | ![]() | 14 | 14 | 124 |
15 | Muriel Boucher / Yves Malatier | ![]() | 15 | 15 | 135 |
16 | Michiko Abe / Nozomu Sakai | ![]() | 16 | 16 | 144 |
WD | Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster | ![]() |
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