1986 World Figure Skating Championships

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1986 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:18 – 23 March
Season:1985–86
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Venue: Patinoire des Vernets
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Boitano
Ladies' singles:
Flag of the United States.svg Debi Thomas
Pairs:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov
Ice dance:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
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The 1986 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland from 18 to 23 March. 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 Josef Dědič (Czechoslovakia), and the ISU Technical Delegate was Elemér Terták (Hungary).

Soviet judge Natalia Danilenko was suspended for ignoring a new rule requiring mandatory deductions of 0.1 for falls; she gave Alexandr Fadeev a score of 5.9 after he fell twice, instead of a maximum of 5.8. [1]

Medal tables

Medalists

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Men Flag of the United States.svg Brian Boitano Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brian Orser Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Fadeev
Ladies Flag of the United States.svg Debi Thomas Flag of East Germany.svg Katarina Witt Flag of the United States.svg Tiffany Chin
Pair skating Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom
Ice dancing Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall

Medals by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)2215
2Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)2013
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0123
4Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)0101
Totals (4 entries)44412

Results

Men

RankNameNationCPSPFSSP+FSPointsTotal
1 Brian Boitano Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 45125.4
2 Brian Orser Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 51215.4
3 Alexander Fadeev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 12546.4
4 Vladimir Kotin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 93339.6
5 Viktor Petrenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 764510.6
6 Jozef Sabovčík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 249811.8
7 Heiko Fischer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 37101014.6
8 Daniel Doran Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1096615.6
9 Scott Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1187716.8
10 Masaru Ogawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 16118922.0
11 Richard Zander Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 612141222.4
12 Falko Kirsten Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1413111124.6
13 Grzegorz Filipowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1210151326.2
14 Oliver Höner Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1316131527.2
15 Laurent Depouilly Flag of France.svg  France 817181829.6
16 Petr Barna Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1918121430.6
17 Lars Åkesson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1514202034.6
18 Neil Paterson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1715191935.2
19 Lars Dresler Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2119171737.2
20 Jaimee Eggleton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2420161638.4
Free skating not reached
21 Alessandro Riccitelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20215525.4
22 Cameron Medhurst Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 18226625.6
23 Thomas Hlavik Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 23234427.0
24 Oula Jääskeläinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 25267732.4
25 Miljan Begović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 22288932.4
26 András Száraz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 27259835.2
27 Boyko Aleksiev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 2627101136.4
28 Fernando Soria Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2824111037.4

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Ladies

RankNameNationCPSPFSSP+FSPointsTotal
1 Debi Thomas Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 21213.6
2 Katarina Witt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 34124.4
3 Tiffany Chin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 42437.2
4 Kira Ivanova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 168811.0
5 Elizabeth Manley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1173412.4
6 Claudia Leistner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 956513.4
7 Anna Kondrashova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 629713.4
8 Caryn Kadavy Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 797914.8
9 Tracey Wainman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 511111118.4
10 Natalia Lebedeva Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 810101018.8
11 Midori Ito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1985619.6
12 Simone Koch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1613121226.8
13 Agnès Gosselin Flag of France.svg  France 1318131328.0
14 Katrien Pauwels Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1015181830.0
15 Susanne Becher Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1220151730.2
16 Claudia Villiger Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1412171530.2
17 Constanze Gensel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2319141435.4
18 Tamara Téglássy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2217161636.0
19 Elise Ahonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1721191937.6
WD Susan Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1816
Free skating not reached
21 Beatrice Gelmini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21145323.2
22 Željka Čižmešija Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 15226623.8
23 Lotta Falkenbäck Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 20233424.2
24 Pauline Lee Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 24248832.0
25 Lim Hye-kyung Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 26257732.6
26 Sandra Escoda Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25279934.8
27 Petya Gavazova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 2726101036.6

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Pairs

RankNameNationSPFSTotal
1 Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 111.4
2 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 222.8
3 Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 434.6
4 Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 345.2
5 Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 668.4
6 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 958.6
7 Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 579.0
8 Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 8811.2
9 Katrin Kanitz / Tobias Schröter Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 7911.8
10 Lenka Knapová / René Novotný Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 101014.0
11 Manuela Landgraf / Ingo Steuer Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 111115.4
12 Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 121216.8
13 Kerstin Kimminus / Stefan Pfrengle Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 141318.6
14 Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 131419.2
15 Sylvie Vaquero / Didier Manaud Flag of France.svg  France 151521.0

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Ice dancing

*: Semi-final

RankNameNationCDOSPFDTotal
1 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1212.4
2 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2123.6
3 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4437.0
4 Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3347.0
5 Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 55510.0
6 Renée Roca / Donald Adair Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 66612.0
7 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 77714.0
8 Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 88816.0
9 Karyn Garossino / Rodn Garossino Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 99918.0
10 Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10101020.0
11 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 11111122.0
12 Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay Flag of France.svg  France 12121224.0
13 Sharon Jones / Paul Askham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 13141326.4
14 Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 14131427.6
15 Stefania Calegari / Pasquale Camerlengo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15161530.4
16 Elizabeth Coates / Alan Abretti Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 16151631.6
17 Andrea Weppelmann / Hendryk Schamberger Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 17171734.0
18 Claudia Schmidlin / Daniel Schmidlin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 18181836.0
19 Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 19191938.0
20 Hristina Boyanova / Yavor Ivanov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 20202040.0
21* Susanna Pettola / Kim Jacobson Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2121425.0
22* Park Kyung-sook / Han Seung-jong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2222527.0

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References

  1. "SPORTS PEOPLE; Soviet Suspensions". The New York Times. June 1986.