1982 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1982 April 2020 1982 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship March 9 14 1981–82 Copenhagen, Denmark Brøndby Hall USA Scott Hamilton USA Elaine Zayak GDR Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach GBR Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean 1981 World Championships 1983 World Championships The 1982 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark from March 9 to 14. 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. It was the first worlds with different judging panels for compulsory figures, short programs, and compulsory dance on one side and for the free skatings and free dance on the other. Medal tables Medalists Men USA Scott Hamilton FRG Norbert Schramm CAN Brian Pockar Ladies USA Elaine Zayak GDR Katarina Witt AUT Claudia Kristofics-Binder Pair skating GDR Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach URS Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich USA Caitlin Carruthers / Peter Carruthers Ice dancing GBR Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean URS Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin URS Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov Medals by country 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Results Men Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Total 1 Scott Hamilton 2 1 1 1 2.6 2 Norbert Schramm 6 2 2 2 6.4 3 Brian Pockar 5 7 4 5 9.8 4 Brian Orser 12 3 3 3 11.4 5 Jean-Christophe Simond 1 8 8 7 11.8 6 Robert Wagenhoffer 9 4 5 4 12.0 7 Igor Bobrin 4 9 6 6 12.0 8 David Santee 3 16 7 9 15.2 9 Fumio Igarashi 8 14 9 10 19.4 10 Alexander Fadeev 15 6 10 8 21.4 11 Vladimir Kotin 11 12 12 13 23.4 12 Takashi Mura 14 11 11 11 23.8 13 Grzegorz Filipowski 10 13 13 14 24.2 14 Philippe Paulet 7 15 15 16 25.2 15 Rudi Cerne 16 5 14 12 25.6 16 Jozef Sabovčík 13 10 16 15 27.8 17 Didier Monge 19 17 17 17 35.2 18 Mitsuru Matsumura 18 18 18 18 36.0 19 Lars Åkesson 17 20 21 21 39.2 20 Thomas Hlavik 21 19 20 19 40.2 21 Mark Pepperday 27 25 19 20 45.2 22 Todd Sand 22 21 25 24 46.6 23 Bruno Delmaestro 24 28 22 22 47.6 24 Richard Furrer 25 23 24 23 48.2 25 Miljan Begović 20 24 29 28 50.6 26 Michael Pasfield 26 22 27 26 51.4 27 Xu Zhaoxiao 30 29 23 25 52.6 28 Eric Krol 23 27 28 29 52.6 29 Ed van Campen 28 26 26 27 53.2 30 Fernando Soria 29 30 30 30 59.4 Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Assistant Referee: Martin Flesenreich Judges for the compulsory figures and the short program: Markus Germann Maria Zuchowicz Elaine DeMore Walburga Grimm Monique Georgelin Giordano Abbondati Ludwig Gassner Substitute judge: Dennis McFarlane Judges for the free skating: Oskar Urban Tjaša Andrée Sally-Anne Stapleford Britta Lindgren Kinuko Ueno Norris Bowden Leena Vainio Substitute judge: Günter Teichmann Ladies Elaine Zayak, the 1981 World silver medalist, rose from seventh place after the compulsory figures and short program to win the event, although she did not initially appear to be in the lead after her free skate scores were given, due to the system of ordinal placements used at the time. The broadcast of the event in the US on the Wide World of Sports had to put additional effort into editing in order to explain to viewers how the judging system worked and explain her rise in the standings.Lawrence Kelli Skating on air: the broadcast history of an Olympic marquee sport 2011 McFarland 978-0-7864-4608-7 Jefferson, NC Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Total 1 Elaine Zayak 4 10 1 3 7.4 2 Katarina Witt 9 1 2 1 7.8 3 Claudia Kristofics-Binder 1 9 4 5 8.2 4 Claudia Leistner 14 2 3 2 12.2 5 Elena Vodorezova 5 3 8 7 12.2 6 Rosalynn Sumners 11 4 5 4 13.2 7 Vikki de Vries 8 7 6 6 13.6 8 Kay Thomson 6 6 9 9 15.0 9 Kristiina Wegelius 2 5 12 10 15.2 10 Deborah Cottrill 3 8 17 13 22.0 11 Carola Paul 13 12 10 11 22.6 12 Janina Wirth 12 13 11 12 23.4 13 Elizabeth Manley 23 11 7 8 25.2 14 Sanda Dubravčić 10 14 19 18 30.6 15 Manuela Ruben 18 19 13 14 31.4 16 Sandra Cariboni 15 20 16 17 33.0 17 Karen Wood 22 18 14 15 34.4 18 Sonja Stanek 7 15 25 21 35.2 19 Catarina Lindgren 25 17 15 16 36.8 20 Myriam Oberwiler 20 21 18 19 38.4 21 Béatrice Farinacci 16 26 20 20 40.0 22 Mariko Joshida 21 23 22 22 43.8 23 Diana Rankin 19 16 28 26 45.8 24 Parthena Sarafidis 24 27 21 23 46.2 25 Hanne Gamborg 26 24 23 24 48.2 26 Karin Telser 17 25 29 28 49.2 27 Vicki Holland 30 22 24 25 50.8 28 Liisa Seitsonen 29 28 26 27 54.6 29 Li Scha Wang 28 31 27 29 56.2 30 Katrien Pauwels 27 29 32 31 59.8 31 Rosario Esteban 32 30 30 30 61.2 32 Zhenghua Bao 34 32 31 32 64.2 33 Lim Hye-kyung 33 33 33 33 66.0 WD Denyse Adam 31 Referee: Elemér Terták Assistant Referee: Berit Aarnes Judges for the compulsory figures and the short program: Leena Vainio Margaret Berezowski Elsbeth Bon Toshio Suzuki Jacqueline Kendall-Baker Eugen Romminger Tatiana Danilenko Substitute judge: Sally-Anne Stapleford Judges for the free skating: Markus Germann Maria Zuchowicz Elaine DeMore Walburga Grimm Monique Georgelin Giordano Abbondati Ludwig Gassner Substitute judge: Dennis McFarlane Pairs Rank Name Nation SP FS Points Total 1 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach 1 1 1.4 2 Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich 2 2 2.8 3 Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers 4 3 4.6 4 Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini 5 4 6.0 5 Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski 3 5 6.2 6 Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov 6 6 8.4 7 Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert 7 7 9.8 8 Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver 9 8 11.6 9 Lori Baier / Lloyd Eisler 8 9 12.2 10 Maria DiDomenico / Burt Lancon 10 10 14.0 11 Bettina Hage / Stefan Zins 12 11 15.8 12 Nathalie Tortel / Xavier Videau 11 12 16.4 13 Luan Bo / Yao Bin 13 13 18.2 Referee: Benjamin T. Wright Assistant Referee: Jürg Wilhelm Judges for the short program: Virginia LeFevre Sergei Kononykhin Norris Bowden Markus Germann Pamela Davis Kinuko Ueno Giordano Abbondati Substitute judge: Britta Lindgren Judges for the free skating: Elfriede Beyer Günter Teichmann Thérèse Maisel Tjaša Andrée Jacqueline Kendall-Baker Elsbeth Bon Gerhardt Bubnik Substitute judge: Britta Lindgren Ice dancing Rank Name Nation CD FD Total 1 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean 1 1 2 2 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin 2 2 4 3 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov 4 3 7 4 Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert 3 4 7 5 Carol Fox / Richard Dalley 5 5 10 6 Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin 6 6 12 7 Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater 7 8 15 8 Elisa Spitz / Scott Gregory 9 7 16 9 Jana Beránková / Jan Barták 8 9 17 10 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall 10 10 20 11 Nathalie Hervé / Pierre Béchu 11 11 22 12 Birgit Goller / Peter Klisch 13 12 25 13 Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams 12 13 25 14 Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn 14 14 28 15 Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi 16 15 31 16 Marianne van Bommel / Wayne Deweyert 15 16 31 17 Martine Olivier / Philippe Boissier 18 17 35 18 Graziella Ferpozzi / Marco Ferpozzi 19 18 37 19 Saila Saarinen / Kim Jacobson 20 19 39 20 Ulla Örnmarker / Thomas Svedberg 21 20 41 WD Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola 17 Referee: Lawrence Demmy Assistant Referee: Hans Kutschera Judges for the compulsory dance: Joyce Hisey István Sugár Gerhardt Bubnik Lysiane Lauret Brenda Long Ludwig Gassner Lily Klapp Substitute judge: Tsukasa Kimura Judges for the free dance: Gerhard Frey Igor Kabanov Lily Klapp Mary Louise Wright Cia Bordogna Tsukasa Kimura Maria Zuchowicz Substitute judge: Ludwig Gassner Sources Result list provided by the ISU References Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Denmark World Figure Skating Championships Category:International sports competitions hosted by Denmark Category:1980s in Copenhagen Category:Sport in Brøndby Municipality