1981 World Figure Skating Championships

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1981 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 3 – 8
Season:1980–81
Location: Hartford, USA
Venue: Hartford Civic Center
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hamilton
Ladies' singles:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Denise Biellmann
Pairs:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski
Ice dance:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean
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The 1981 World Figure Skating Championships was the 71st edition of World Figure Skating Championship, held in Hartford, Connecticut, United States from March 3 to 8. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

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The ISU Representative was Olaf Poulsen and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič.

The judging system was modified since 1980. For the singles events, the short program was worth 20% and the free skating 50% while the value of compulsory figures was reduced to 30% of the final result. The rank in each category was multiplied with a factor and these three numbers were added to the total score. The factor for the compulsory figures was 0.6, for the short program 0.4 and for the free skating 1.0. The rank within these three categories were judged according to the 6.0-judging system. In pairs, the short program had the factor 0.4 and the free skating 1.0. The ranks within the two pair categories were also judged according to the 6.0-judging system.

Medal tables

Medalists

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Men Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hamilton Flag of the United States.svg David Santee Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Bobrin
Ladies Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Denise Biellmann Flag of the United States.svg Elaine Zayak Flag of Austria.svg Claudia Kristofics-Binder
Pair skating Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Irina Vorobeva / Igor Lisovski Flag of East Germany.svg Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach Flag of Germany.svg Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz
Ice dancing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin

Medals by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)1203
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)1124
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)1001
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)1001
5Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)0101
6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0011
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)0011
Totals (7 entries)44412

Results

Men

RankNameNationCPSPFSSP+FSPointsTotal
1 Scott Hamilton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 41113.8
2 David Santee Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 23335.4
3 Igor Bobrin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 54226.6
4 Fumio Igarashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 62448.4
5 Jean-Christophe Simond Flag of France.svg  France 15668.6
6 Brian Orser Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 965512.8
7 Norbert Schramm Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 777714.0
8 Brian Pockar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 38111016.0
9 Vladimir Kotin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 101010920.0
10 Robert Wagenhoffer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 14128821.2
11 Grzegorz Filipowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 811121221.2
12 Jozef Sabovčík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 119131323.2
13 Falko Kirsten Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 151491123.6
14 Thomas Öberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1213141426.4
15 Takashi Mura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1715151531.2
16 Bruno Watschinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1316171731.2
17 Christopher Howarth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1818161634.0
18 Michael Pasfield Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1917181836.2
19 Todd Sand Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2019191938.6
20 Xu Zhaoxiao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2120202040.6
WD Miljan Begovic Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 16

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Ladies

RankNameNationCPSPFSSP+FSPointsTotal
1 Denise Biellmann Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 42114.2
2 Elaine Zayak Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 73227.4
3 Claudia Kristofics-Binder Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 16558.0
4 Deborah Cottrill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 28448.4
5 Katarina Witt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1113310.0
6 Kristiina Wegelius Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 357710.8
7 Priscilla Hill Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 5109816.0
8 Carola Paul Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1676618.4
9 Karin Riediger Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9148919.0
10 Tracey Wainman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 615101219.6
11 Sanda Dubravčić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 812121321.6
12 Kira Ivanova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 134131122.4
13 Manuela Ruben Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 179111024.8
14 Anne-Sophie de Kristoffy Flag of France.svg  France 1511161529.4
15 Karen Wood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1816141431.2
16 Andrea Rohm Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1418171732.6
17 Reiko Kobayashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1013221933.2
18 Catarina Lindgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1920151634.4
19 Corinne Wyrsch Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2022181838.8
20 Sonja Stanek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1219242338.8
21 Masako Kato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2123192140.8
22 Editha Dotson Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2317212041.6
23 Päivi Nieminen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2521202243.4
24 Vicki Holland Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2626232449.0
25 Rudina Pasveer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2227262650.0
26 Lisa Coppola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2724252550.8
27 Hanne Gamborg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2425272751.4
28 Lim Hye-kyung Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2828282856.0
29 Rosario Esteban Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3031292959.4
30 Denyse Adam Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2930303059.4
31 Bao Zhenghua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3129313161.2

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Pairs

RankNameNationSPFSPointsTotal
1 Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 111.4
2 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 222.8
3 Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 434.6
4 Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 345.2
5 Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 757.8
6 Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 568.0
7 Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10711.0
8 Susan Garland / Robert Daw Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 8811.2
9 Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 6911.4
10 Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 91013.6
11 Luan Bo / Yao Bin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 111115.4

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Ice dancing

RankNameNationCDFDTotal
1 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 112
2 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 224
3 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 437
4 Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 347
5 Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6511
6 Carol Fox / Richard Dalley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 5611
7 Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 7714
8 Nathalie Hervé / Pierre Béchu Flag of France.svg  France 9817
9 Jana Berankova / Jan Bartak Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 8917
10 Birgit Goller / Peter Klisch Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 101020
11 Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 111122
12 Kelly Johnson / Kris Barber Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 131225
13 Marie McNeil / Robert McCall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 121325
14 Judit Péterfy / Csaba Bálint Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 141428
15 Elisabetta Parisi / Roberto Pelizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 151530
16 Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 171633
17 Gabriella Remport / Sándor Nagy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 161733
18 Maria Kniffer / Manfed Hübler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 191837
19 Karen Mankovich / Douglas Mankovich Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 182139
20 Marianne van Bommel / Wayne Deweyert Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 211940
21 Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 202040

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