1979 NHK Trophy

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1979 NHK Trophy
Date:October 26 – 28
Season:1979–80
Location: Tokyo
Venue: Yoyogi National Stadium
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robin Cousins
Ladies' singles:
Flag of Japan.svg Emi Watanabe
Pair skating:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski
Ice dance:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov
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The 1979 NHK Trophy was held at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo on October 26–28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

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Results

Men

RankNameNationSPFS
1 Robin Cousins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 11
2 Fumio Igarashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 22
3 David Santee Flag of the United States.svg  United States 34
4 Scott Hamilton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 63
5 Mitsuru Matsumura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 47
6 Takeshi Mura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 85
7 Shinji Someya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 96
8 Vladimir Kotin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 78
9 Alexander Fadeev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 59
10 Istvan Simon Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1110
11 Wenyi Cong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1011

Ladies

RankNameNationSPFS
1 Emi Watanabe Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 11
2 Lisa-Marie Allen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32
3 Sandy Lenz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 43
4 Susan Driano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25
5 Karin Riediger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 74
6 Mariko Yoshida Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 66
7 Kim Myo-shil Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 57
8 Masako Kato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 108
9 Anita Siegfried Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 1110
10 Megumi Yanagihara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 129
11 Reiko Kobayashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 911
12 Yoko Yakushi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 813
13 Svetlana Frantsuzova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1312
14 Sonja Stanek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1414
15 Shin Hae-sook Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1515
16 Zhiying Liu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1616

Pairs

RankNameNationSPFS
1 Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 11
2 Vicki Heasley / Robert Waggenhoffer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32
3 Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli Flag of the United States.svg  United States 43
4 Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 25
5 Yukiko Okabe / Takashi Mura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 54
6 Kyoko Hagiwara / Hisao Ozaki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 66

Ice dancing

RankNameNationOSPFD
1 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 11
2 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 22
3 Natalia Karamisheva / Rostislav Sinitsin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 43
4 Stacey Smith / John Summers Flag of the United States.svg  United States 34
5 Jana Berankova / Jan Bartak Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 55
6 Jindra Holá / Karol Foltán Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 66
7 Michiko Abe / Nozomi Sakai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 77

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