1979 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1979 May 2026 1979 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship March 13 March 18 1978–79 Vienna, Austria Wiener Stadthalle URS Vladimir Kovalev USA Linda Fratianne USA Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner URS Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov 1978 World Championships 1980 World Championships The 1979 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Vienna, Austria, 13–18 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's singles URS Vladimir Kovalev GBR Robin Cousins GDR Jan Hoffmann Ladies' singles USA Linda Fratianne GDR Anett Pötzsch JPN Emi Watanabe Pair skating USA Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner URS Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai GDR Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach Ice dance URS Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov HUN Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay URS Irina Moiseyeva / Andrei Minenkov Medals by country 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Results Men Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Places 1 Vladimir Kovalev 2 1 4 2 185.80 17 2 Robin Cousins 5 3 1 1 185.18 22 3 Jan Hoffmann 1 5 3 4 185.10 23 4 Charles Tickner 4 4 2 3 184.28 28 5 Scott Cramer 8 2 6 6 178.04 52 6 Fumio Igarashi 10 8 5 5 177.06 57 7 Jean-Christophe Simond 6 12 7 7 175.58 67 8 David Santee 3 13 10 10 174.58 71 9 Mitsuru Matsumura 11 10 8 8 172.74 83 10 Igor Bobrin 7 11 12 12 172.04 87 11 Konstantin Kokora 12 6 13 11 169.60 104 12 Hermann Schulz 13 9 11 13 169.38 106 13 Brian Pockar 14 7 14 14 168.50 109 14 Mario Liebers 9 14 15 15 166.54 120 15 Vern Taylor 20 15 9 9 163.62 133 16 Norbert Schramm 15 16 19 17 156.44 147 17 Thomas Öberg 18 17 16 16 153.10 157 18 Helmut Kristofics-Binder 16 20 18 19 151.78 162 19 Jozef Sabovčík 17 18 20 20 148.16 175 20 Christopher Howarth 21 19 17 18 148.62 175 21 William Schober 19 22 21 21 146.40 182 22 Matjaž Krušec 22 21 22 22 138.86 198 Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Assistant Referee: Benjamin T. Wright Judges: Eva von Gamm Margaret Berezowski Toshio Suzuki Monique Georgelin Yvonne Tutt Walburga Grimm Tatiana Danilenko Pamela Davis Tjasa Andrée Václav Skála Ladies *: better placed due to the majority of the better placingsAugust 2026 Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Places 1 Linda Fratianne 3 1 1 1 186.92 11 2 Anett Pötzsch 1 5 3 3 184.36 18 3 Emi Watanabe 4 2 4 4 180.52 31 4 Dagmar Lurz 2 4 8 6 179.96 33 5 Denise Biellmann 11 10 2 2 177.28 49 6 Lisa-Marie Allen 8 7 5 5 176.68 54 7 Claudia Kristofics-Binder 5 6 9 7 175.44 63 8 Susanna Driano 6 3 14 9 173.46 70 9 Carola Weißenberg 9 21 7 11 170.54 88 10 Kristiina Wegelius 7 8 18 15 169.26 98 11 Carrie Rugh 12 11 11 10 169.34 97 12 Sanda Dubravčić 21 9 6 8 166.96 115 13 Natalia Strelkova 14 20 15 16 164.94 134 14 Deborah Cottrill 10 16 20 20 164.80 136 15 Karin Riediger 15 12 16 17 164.50 142 16 Renata Baierová 18 15 13 13 164.00 144 17 Petra Ernert 19 19 12 14 163.24 149* 18 Kira Ivanova 20 13 10 12 164.02 147 19 Janet Morrissey 17 17 17 18 162.04 162 20 Reiko Kobayashi 13 18 21 21 161.30 170* 21 Jeanne Chapman 16 14 19 19 161.80 166 22 Anita Siegfried 22 28 24 26 150.34 207 23 Astrid Jansen in de Wal 23 24 26 25 149.18 216 24 Franca Bianconi 26 23 22 22 149.04 218 25 Bodil Olsson 30 26 23 23 147.02 225 26 Corinne Wyrsch 24 22 28 27 146.76 233 27 Kim Myo-sil 27 25 25 24 145.48 237 28 Belinda Coulthard 25 27 27 28 145.92 238 29 Katie Symmonds 23 29 29 29 134.58 261 30 Shin Hea-sook 29 30 31 30 120.44 270 31 Gloria Mas 31 31 30 31 112.28 279 Referee: Hermann Schiechtl Assistant Referee: Martin Felsenreich Judges: Eugen Romminger Berit Aarnes Evgenia Bogdanova Lena Vainio Jürg Wilhelm Giordano Abbondati Ingrid Linke Jacqueline Kendall-Baker Charles Foster Suzanne Francis Pairs Rank Name Nation SP FS Points Places 1 Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner 1 1 144.54 12 2 Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai 2 2 142.22 16 3 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach 4 3 137.74 32 4 Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski 3 4 138.72 33 5 Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich 5 5 133.98 46 6 Vicki Heasley / Robert Wagenhoffer 6 6 132.50 54 7 Cornelia Haufe / Kersten Bellmann 7 10 128.98 70 8 Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz 9 8 128.56 75 9 Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli 8 9 127.64 77 10 Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe 11 7 125.92 84 11 Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini 10 11 123.92 94 12 Gabriele Beck / Jochen Stahl 14 12 117.62 114 13 Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain 12 13 115.32 117 14 Kyoko Hagiwara / Hisao Ozaki 13 14 114.02 120 Referee: Elemér Terták Assistant Referee: Emil Skákala Judges: Thérèse Maisel Liudmila Kubashevskaya Jacqueline Kendall-Baker Günter Teichmann Mary Louise Wright Willi Wernz Oskar Urban Junko Hiramatsu Suzanne Fancis Pamela Davis Giordano Abbondati Ice dance * better placed due to the majority of the better placingsAugust 2026 Rank Name Nation CD FD Points Places 1 Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov 1 1 207.86 9 2 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay 2 2 204.10 22 3 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov 3 3 203.74 23 4 Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich 4 4 196.94 36 5 Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell 5 5 194.00 51 6 Lorna Wighton / John Dowding 6 6 192.70 52 7 Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann 7 7 188.72 65 8 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean 8 8 187.84 71 9 Stacey Smith / John Summers 9 10 185.70 81 10 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin 11 9 184.06 87 11 Carol Fox / Richard Dalley 10 11 180.30 98 12 Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner 12 12 175.50 108 13 Karen Barber / Nicky Slater 13 13 169.74 121 14 Anna Pisánská / Jiří Musil 14 14 168.70 124 15 Patricia Fletcher / Michael de la Penotiere 15 15 165.24 134 16 Martine Olivier / Yves Tarayre 16 16 161.44 145 17 Jindra Holá / Karol Foltán 18 17 157.64 157 18 Gabriella Remport / Sándor Nagy 17 18 158.26 157 19 Yumiko Kage / Tadayuki Takahashi 19 19 153.30 175* 20 Claudia Koch / Peter Schübl 20 20 151.94 174 Referee: Hans Kutschera Assistant Referee: Lawrence Demmy Judges: Igor Kabanov Brenda Long Pál Vásárhelyi Gerhard Frey Lysiane Lauret Virginia Le Fevre Dennis McFarlane Rudolf Zorn Gerhardt Bubnik Tsukasa Kimura References Tickner's free skating not enough Kovalev plays it safe for men's title 16 March 1979 The Canadian Press The Globe and Mail Toronto, Ontario 33 387035742 Skating 19 March 1979 The Globe and Mail Toronto, Ontario S 27 387118580 Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Austria Category:Sports competitions in Vienna World Figure Skating Championships Category:1970s in Vienna