1981 World Figure Skating Championships

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. 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 === === Medals by country === == Results == === Men === Referee: Donald H. Gilchrist Canada Assistant Referee: Elemér Terták Hungary Judges: Walburga Grimm East Germany Junko Hiramatsu Japan Monique Georgelin France Gerhard Frey West Germany Maria Zuchowicz Poland Sergei Kononykhin Soviet Union Linda Petersen Denmark Hugh C. Graham jr. United States Geoffrey Yates United Kingdom Substitute judge: Bojan Lipovšćak Canada === Ladies === Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Italy Assistant Referee: Charles U. Foster United States Judges: Tjaša Andrée Yugoslavia Ludwig Gassner Austria Karl-David Runeskog Sweden Jane Sullivan United States Kuniko Ueno Japan Helga von Wiecki East Germany Marie Lundmark Finland Eugen Romminger West Germany David Dore Canada Substitute judge: Pamela Davis United Kingdom === Pairs === Referee: Benjamin T. Wright United States Assistant Referee: Martin Felsenreich Austria Judges: Maya Reinhart Switzerland Jacqueline Kendall-Baker Australia Walburga Grimm East Germany Dorothy MacLeod Canada Pamela Davis United Kingdom Liudmila Kubashevskaya Soviet Union Maria Zuchowicz Poland E. Newbold Black IV. United States Eugen Romminger West Germany Substitute judge: Junko Hiramatsu Japan === Ice dancing === == Sources == Result list provided by the ISU