1980 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1980October 2025 1980 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship 11–16 March 1979–80 Dortmund, West Germany Westfalenhallen GDR Jan Hoffmann GDR Anett Pötzsch URS Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai HUN Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay 1979 World Championships 1981 World Championships The 1980 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Dortmund, West Germany, 11–16 March. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Medal tables Medalists Men GDR Jan Hoffmann GBR Robin Cousins USA Charles Tickner Ladies GDR Anett Pötzsch FRG Dagmar Lurz USA Linda Fratianne Pair skating URS Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai GDR Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf URS Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich Ice dance HUN Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay URS Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov URS Irina Moiseyeva / Andrei Minenkov Medals by country 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Results Men Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Placings 1 Jan Hoffmann 1 2 2 2 189.94 11 2 Robin Cousins 5 1 1 1 188.82 17 3 Charles Tickner 3 7 3 3 185.12 30 4 David Santee 2 3 6 5 185.16 32 5 Scott Hamilton 8 5 4 4 179.94 49 6 Mitsuru Matsumura 9 6 5 6 177.14 58 7 Igor Bobrin 6 4 8 7 176.66 59 8 Fumio Igarashi 13 10 7 8 171.86 82 9 Brian Pockar 10 9 10 10 171.56 83 10 Hermann Schulz 7 8 11 11 171.08 88 11 Rudi Cerne 12 11 9 9 170.60 91 12 Mario Liebers 11 12 12 12 166.86 108 13 Jean-Christophe Simond 4 14 16 15 164.56 115 14 Alexander Fadeev 16 15 14 14 158.84 129 15 Grzegorz Filipowski 18 13 13 13 160.12 129 16 Jozef Sabovčík 14 16 15 16 155.82 142 17 William Schober 19 19 17 17 144.60 161 18 Helmut Kristofics-Binder 17 20 19 19 142.90 166 19 Thomas Öberg 15 18 20 20 142.44 167 20 Eric Krol 21 17 18 18 140.32 172 21 Miljan Begovic 20 21 21 21 127.68 189 22 Wang Zhili 22 22 22 22 111.56 198 Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Assistant Referee: Benjamin T. Wright Judges: Geoffrey Yates Tatiana Danilenko Jane Sullivan David Dore Walburga Grimm Eva von Gamm Monique Georgelin Tsukasa Kimura Marie-Louise von Friedrichs Václav Skála Ladies *: better placed due to the majority of the better placingsAugust 2026 Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Placings 1 Anett Pötzsch 1 6 2 4 188.38 12 2 Dagmar Lurz 2 4 5 5 186.22 23* 3 Linda Fratianne 4 3 1 1 187.04 22 4 Emi Watanabe 5 2 3 2 184.82 33 5 Claudia Kristofics-Binder 3 7 9 9 180.48 47 6 Denise Biellmann 10 1 6 3 178.56 57 7 Lisa-Marie Allen 8 5 8 8 178.22 58 8 Kristiina Wegelius 6 11 12 13 172.68 79 9 Deborah Cottrill 9 8 14 10 172.14 85 10 Katarina Witt 20 9 7 7 170.86 95* 11 Elaine Zayak 22 10 4 6 170.70 94 12 Sanda Dubravčić 12 12 11 11 169.30 107 13 Carola Weißenberg 13 14 13 12 168.68 111 14 Tracey Wainman 21 17 10 14 164.00 128 15 Sonja Stanek 16 22 16 16 158.90 142 16 Renata Baierová 23 19 15 15 158.20 143 17 Susan Broman 17 16 18 17 156.68 158 18 Anne-Sophie de Kristoffy 14 21 19 20 155.72 160 19 Christina Riegel 18 26 17 18 154.90 164 20 Yoko Yakushi 25 18 21 19 151.48 179 21 Reiko Kobayashi 19 25 22 21 150.74 188 22 Anita Siegfried 26 23 20 22 147.98 194 23 Bodil Olsson 28 24 23 23 144.64 208 24 Belinda Coulthard 27 27 24 24 140.82 216 25 Rudina Pasveer 24 28 26 25 136.12 222 26 Barbara Toffolo 30 29 27 26 129.60 237 27 Hanne Gamborg 29 31 25 27 128.52 240 28 Shin Hea-sook 31 32 28 29 119.50 255 29 Liu Zhiying 32 30 29 28 117.56 258 WD Danielle Rieder 7 13 WD Elena Vodorezova 11 15 WD Karin Riediger 15 20 Referee: Elemér Terták Assistant Referee: Donald H. Gilchrist Judges: Yvonne Tutt Ludwig Gassner Liudmila Kubashevskaia Giorgio Siniscalco Jürg Wilhelm Ingrid Linke Junko Hiramatsu Elsbeth Bon Gerhard Frey Hely Abbondati Pairs Rank Name Nation SP FS Points Placings 1 Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai 1 1 144.64 10 2 Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf 2 2 142.92 20 3 Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich 3 3 141.08 25 4 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach 4 4 138.98 38 5 Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz 6 5 135.92 46 6 Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov 5 7 134.32 55 7 Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers 8 6 134.10 58 8 Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl 7 8 130.56 76 9 Cornelia Haufe / Kersten Bellmann 9 10 128.14 84 10 Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli 10 11 127.68 90 11 Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini 11 9 127.86 91 12 Yukiko Okabe / Takashi Mura 12 13 119.74 113 13 Susan Garland / Robert Daw 13 12 119.06 115 14 Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain 14 14 116.38 123 15 Luan Bo / Yao Bin 15 15 88.06 135 Referee: Oskar Madl Assistant Referee: Eugen Romminger Judges: Tiasha Andrée Liudmila Kubashevskaya Sally-Anne Stapleford Václav Skála Audrey Williams Junko Hiramatsu Helga von Wiecki Willi Wenz Mary Louise Wright Thérèse Maisel Ice dance Rank Name Nation CD FD Points Placings 1 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay 2 1 205.58 13 2 Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov 1 3 204.50 18 3 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov 3 2 202.42 24 4 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean 4 4 199.12 35 5 Lorna Wighton / John Dowding 5 6 195.18 48 6 Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert 6 5 194.12 52 7 Natalia Karamysheva / Rostislav Sinitsyn 7 7 189.66 63 8 Stacey Smith / John Summers 8 8 187.12 72 9 Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner 9 9 184.02 80 10 Karen Barber / Nicky Slater 10 10 178.94 92 11 Jana Berankova / Jan Bartak 11 11 176.16 97 12 Nathalie Herve / Pierre Bechu 12 12 171.24 108 13 Marie McNeil / Robert McCall 13 13 168.58 116 14 Jindra Holá / Karol Foltán 14 15 162.60 132 15 Noriko Sato / Tadeyuki Takahashi 15 14 162.02 133 16 Gabriella Remport / Sándor Nagy 16 16 159.52 142 17 Paola Casalotti / Sergio Ceserani 17 17 158.50 150 Referee: Lawrence Demmy Assistant Referee: Erika Schiechtl Judges: Oskar Urban Elaine DeMore Willi Wenz Ferenc Kertész Lysiane Lauret Pamela Davis Igor Kabanov Suzanne Francis Tsukasa Kimura Cia Bordogna References Figure Skating 17 March 1980 The Globe and Mail Associated Press Toronto, Ontario S9 386973893 Soviet skaters grab pairs title German maintains men's lead 13 March 1980 The Globe and Mail Reuters Toronto, Ontario 52 386984374 Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by West Germany Category:March 1980 sports events in Europe Category:Sports competitions in Dortmund Category:1980s in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:20th century in Dortmund