1984 World Figure Skating Championships

1984 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	March 20 – 25
Season:	1983–84
Location:	Ottawa, Canada
Venue:	Ottawa Civic Centre
Champions
Men's singles: Scott Hamilton
Ladies' singles: Katarina Witt
Pairs: Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini
Ice dance: Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean
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The 1984 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Canada from March 20 to 25. 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 Olaf Poulsen (Norway), and the ISU Technical Delegate was Elemér Terták (Hungary).

Medal tables

Medalists

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Scott Hamilton	Brian Orser	Alexander Fadeev
Ladies	Katarina Witt	Anna Kondrashova	Elaine Zayak
Pair skating	Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini	Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev	Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
Ice dancing	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin	Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert

Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada  (CAN)	1	1	0	2
2	United States  (USA)	1	0	2	3
3	East Germany  (GDR)	1	0	1	2
4	Great Britain  (GBR)	1	0	0	1
5	Soviet Union  (URS)	0	3	1	4
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	4	12

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	CP	SP	FS	SP+FS	Points	Total
1	Scott Hamilton	United States	1	1	2	2		3.0
2	Brian Orser	Canada	7	2	1	1		6.0
3	Alexander Fadeev	Soviet Union	5	3	3	3		7.2
4	Jozef Sabovčík	Czechoslovakia	4	4	4	4		8.0
5	Rudi Cerne	West Germany	2	5	5	5		8.2
6	Brian Boitano	United States	6	6	7	7		13.0
7	Heiko Fischer	West Germany	3	8	9	9		14.0
8	Vladimir Kotin	Soviet Union	9	7	6	6		14.2
9	Gordon Forbes	Canada	10	9	8	8		17.6
10	Gary Beacom	Canada	11	10	10	10		20.6
11	Grzegorz Filipowski	Poland	12	12	12	11		24.0
12	Fernand Fédronic	France	8	11	15	14		24.2
13	Mark Cockerell	United States	13	13	13	13		26.0
14	Masaru Ogawa	Japan	16	16	11	12		27.0
15	Didier Monge	France	14	14	14	15		28.0
B Section
16	Petr Barna	Czechoslovakia	17	15	1	1		17.2
17	Thomas Hlavik	Austria	15	20	2	2		19.0
18	Alessandro Riccitelli	Italy	19	19	3	3		22.0
19	Miljan Begović	Yugoslavia	18	17	5	4		22.6
20	Paul Robinson	Great Britain	22	21	4	5		25.6
21	András Száraz	Hungary	20	22	6	7		26.8
22	Perry Meek	Australia	23	18	7	6		28.0
23	Lars Dresler	Denmark	21	24	8	8		30.2
24	Fernando Soria	Spain	24	23	9	9		32.6
25	Cho Jae-hyung	South Korea	25	25	10	10		35.0
WD	Norbert Schramm	West Germany

Referee:

• Sonia Bianchettei   Italy

Assistant Referee:

• Martin Felsenreich   Austria

Judges:

• Linda Petersen   Denmark
• Maria Zuchowicz   Poland
• Thérèse Maisel   France
• Vladimir Amšel   Yugoslavia
• Margaret Berezowski   Canada
• Eva von Gamm   West Germany
• Walter Hütter   Austria
• Vanessa Riley   Great Britain
• Joan Gruber   United States

Substitute judge:

• Kazuo Ohashi   Japan

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	CP	SP	FS [1]	SP+FS	Points	Total
1	Katarina Witt	East Germany	1	1	1	1		2.0
2	Anna Kondrashova	Soviet Union	4	2	3	2		6.2
3	Elaine Zayak	United States	9	5	2	3		9.4
4	Kira Ivanova	Soviet Union	2	3	7	6		9.4
5	Kay Thomson	Canada	7	6	5	5		11.6
6	Manuela Ruben	West Germany	3	7	8	8		12.6
7	Midori Ito	Japan	16	4	4	4		15.2
8	Elizabeth Manley	Canada	13	9	6	7		17.4
9	Sanda Dubravčić	Yugoslavia	6	11	10	10		18.0
10	Sandra Cariboni	Switzerland	5	14	15	15		23.6
11	Myriam Oberwiler	Switzerland	17	10	11	11		25.2
12	Susan Jackson	Great Britain	15	8	13	12		25.2
13	Karin Telser	Italy	10	15	14	14		26.0
14	Constanze Gensel	East Germany	20	13	9	9		26.2
15	Katrien Pauwels	Belgium	12	16	16	16		29.6
16	Parthena Sarafidis	Austria	8	17	19	19		30.6
17	Agnès Gosselin	France	19	20	12	13		31.4
18	Cornelia Tesch	West Germany	11	12	20	18		31.4
19	Elise Ahonen	Finland	18	18	17	17		35.0
20	Susanna Peltola	Finland	14	19	21	21		37.0
21	Tamara Téglássy	Hungary	21	22	18	20		39.4
22	Diana Zovko	Australia	23	21	22	22		44.2
23	Kim Hyi-sung	South Korea	22	23	23	23		45.4

Referee:

• Josef Dědič   Czechoslovakia

Assistant Referee:

• Benjamin T. Wright   United States

Judges:

• Ludwig Gassner   Austria
• Marie Lundmark   Finland
• Giovanni De Mori   Italy
• Shirley Taylor   Australia
• Jürg Badraun   Switzerland
• Charles U. Foster   United States
• Alexandr Vedenin   Soviet Union
• Elfriede Beyer   West Germany
• Radovan Lipovšćak   Yugoslavia

Substitute judge:

• Reinhard Mirmseker   East Germany

Pairs

Olympic champions Valova / Vasiliev led after the short program, followed by Underhill / Martini and Selezneva / Makarov. ^[2] Underhill / Martini placed first in the free skating and won Canada's first world figure skating title since Karen Magnussen in 1973. ^[3]

Two pairs withdrew before the free skating – Massari / Azzola, due to Massari's recurring knee problem, and Watson / Lancon, due to Lancon's back injury from a fall in the short program. ^[3]

Rank	Name	Nation	SP [2]	FS	Points	Total
1	Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini	Canada	2	1		1.8
2	Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev	Soviet Union	1	2		2.4
3	Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach	East Germany	4	3		4.6
4	Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov	Soviet Union	3	4		5.2
5	Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler	Canada	5	5		7.0
6	Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert	East Germany	8	6		9.2
7	Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom	Canada	7	7		9.8
8	Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov	Soviet Union	6	8		10.4
9	Babette Preußler / Tobias Schröter	East Germany	11	9		13.4
10	Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver	United States	9	10		13.6
WD	Claudia Massari / Leonardo Azzola	West Germany	10
WD	Jill Watson / Burt Lancon	United States	12

Referee:

• Donald H. Gilchrist   Canada

Assistant referee:

• Erika Schiechtl   West Germany

Judges:

• Claire Ferguson   United States
• Peter Moser   Switzerland
• Sally-Anne Stapleford   Great Britain
• Mikhail Drei   Soviet Union
• Frances Dafoe   Canada
• Junko Hiramatsu   Japan
• Gerhardt Bubnik   Czechoslovakia
• Günter Teichmann   East Germany
• Eugen Romminger   West Germany

Substitute judge:

• Mária Veres   Hungary

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	CD	OD	FD	Total
1	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	Great Britain	1	1	1	2.0
2	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin	Soviet Union	2	3	2	4.4
3	Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert	United States	3	2	3	5.6
4	Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko	Soviet Union	4	4	4	8.0
5	Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater	Great Britain	5	5	5	10.0
6	Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall	Canada	6	8	6	12.8
7	Elena Batanova / Alexei Soloviev	Soviet Union	7	7	7	14.0
8	Carol Fox / Richard Dalley	United States	8	6	7	14.2
9	Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn	West Germany	9	9	9	18.0
10	Elisa Spitz / Scott Gregory	United States	10	11	10	20.4
11	Kelly Johnson / John Thomas	Canada	12	10	11	22.2
12	Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams	Great Britain	11	12	12	23.4
13	Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola	Italy	13	13	13	26.0
14	Marianne van Bommel / Wayne Deweyert	Netherlands	14	14	14	28.0
15	Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer	West Germany	15	15	15	30.0
16	Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck	Austria	16	16	16	32.0
17	Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi	Japan	17	17	17	34.0
18	Klára Engi / Attila Tóth	Hungary	18	18	18	36.0
19	Salome Brunner / Markus Merz	Switzerland	20	19	19	38.6
20	Martine Olivier / Philippe Boissier	France	19	20	20	39.4
21	Liane Telling / Michael Fisher	Australia	21	21	21	42.0

Referee:

• Wolfgang Kunz   West Germany

Assistant referee:

• Joyce Hisey   Canada

Judges:

• Ludwig Gassner   Austria
• Irina Absaliamova   Soviet Union
• Katalin Alpern   Hungary
• Vinicio Toncelli   Italy
• Mary Louise Wright   United States
• Pamela Davis   Great Britain
• Kazuo Ohashi   Japan
• Suzanne Francis   Canada
• Lily Klapp   Switzerland

Substitute judge:

• Eugen Romminger   West Germany

References

1. "Figure Skating Results;NEWLN:1984 World Championships At Ottawa, March 21". UPI. March 22, 1984. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016.
2. "Pairs short program". UPI. March 21, 1984. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
3. Goldstein, Wesley (March 23, 1984). "For Canada's Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini, two weeks..." UPI. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.