1978 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1978 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from March 7 to 12. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

1978 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	March 7 – 12
Season:	1977–78
Location:	Ottawa, Canada
Venue:	Ottawa Civic Centre
Champions
Men's singles: Charles Tickner
Ladies' singles: Anett Pötzsch
Pairs: Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev
Ice dance: Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov
Previous: 1977 World Championships
Next: 1979 World Championships

The ISU Representative was Jacques Favart of France. The ISU Technical Delegates were Josef Dědič of Czechoslovakia and Charles DeMore of the United States. Vern Taylor of Canada became the first person to land a triple axel (albeit over rotated), in competition.

Medal tables

Medalists

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Charles Tickner	Jan Hoffmann	Robin Cousins
Ladies' singles	Anett Pötzsch	Linda Fratianne	Susanna Driano
Pair skating	Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev	Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf	Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner
Ice dancing	Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay

Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	0	3
2	East Germany (GDR)	1	2	0	3
3	United States (USA)	1	1	1	3
4	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Age	CP		SP		FP		Points	Places
1	Charles Tickner	United States	24	3	42.56	3	41.16	2	103.60	187.32	17
2	Jan Hoffmann	East Germany	22	2	43.00	1	41.56	3	102.30	186.86	18
3	Robin Cousins	United Kingdom	20	4	39.80	2	41.72	1	105.10	186.62	22
4	Vladimir Kovalev	Soviet Union	25	1	43.76	7	39.80	6	99.00	182.56	40
5	Igor Bobrin	Soviet Union	24	6	38.42	5	40.04	5	101.00	179.44	47
6	David Santee	United States	20	5	39.20	4	40.40	8	98.30	177.90	57
7	Fumio Igarashi	Japan	19	8	37.04	6	39.08	4	101.00	177.12	56
8	Mitsuru Matsumura	Japan	20	9	36.08	8	39.08	11	95.20	170.36	83
9	Mario Liebers	East Germany	18	7	37.32	11	38.24	12	93.00	168.56	86
10	Brian Pockar	Canada	18	12	34.44	10	38.44	9	97.10	169.98	86
11	Scott Hamilton	United States	19	11	35.28	9	38.72	10	94.80	168.80	92
12	Vern Taylor	Canada		15	30.56	12		7		166.50	105
13	Konstantin Kokora	Soviet Union	20	10	36.04	13		13		163.92	110
14	Rudi Cerne	West Germany	19	13	33.84	14		14		159.16	127
15	Gilles Beyer	France		14	33.08	15		15		154.84	134
16	Brian Meek	Australia		16	29.92	16		16		133.28	144
17	Han Soo-bong	South Korea		17	27.68	17		17		119.80	153

Referee:

• Sonia Bianchetti Italy

Assistant Referee:

• Benjamin T. Wright United Kingdom

Judges:

• Gerhard Frey West Germany
• Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia
• Ludwig Gassner Austria
• Ramona McIntyre United States
• Pamela Peat United Kingdom
• Walburga Grimm East Germany
• Kinuko Ueno Japan
• Dorothy MacLeod Canada
• Monique Georgelin France

Substitute judge:

• Ferenc Kertész Hungary

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	CP	SP	FP	Placings
1	Anett Pötzsch	East Germany	1	2	3	11
2	Linda Fratianne	United States	3	1	1	16
3	Susanna Driano	Italy	4	6	6	33
4	Dagmar Lurz	West Germany	2	10	7	45
5	Denise Biellmann	Switzerland	16	3	2	52
6	Elena Vodorezova	Soviet Union	13	4	5	50
7	Lisa-Marie Allen	United States	14	5	4	48
8	Emi Watanabe	Japan	6	13	8	77
9	Priscilla Hill	United States	5	8	10	78
10	Carola Weißenberg	East Germany	9	7	9	87
11	Karena Richardson	United Kingdom	12	11	11	103
12	Heather Kemkaran	Canada	10	9	14	118
13	Claudia Kristofics-Binder	Austria	11	12	15	116
14	Kristiina Wegelius	Finland	7	16	13	119
15	Natalia Strelkova	Soviet Union	15	15	12	132
16	Danielle Rieder	Switzerland	8	14	18	141
17	Cathie MacFarlane	Canada	17	17	20	159
18	Astrid Jansen in de Wal	Netherlands	22	19	16	165
19	Karin Riediger	West Germany	18	20	19	169
20	Bodil Olsson	Sweden	21	18	17	171
21	Robyn Burley	Australia	20	21	21	190
22	Choo Young-soon	South Korea	19	22	22	198
23	Katie Symmonds	New Zealand	23	23	23	206

Referee:

• Elemér Terták Hungary

Assistant Referee:

• David Dore Canada

Judges:

• Walter Hüttner Austria
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom
• Margaret Berezowski Canada
• Goro Ishimaru Japan
• Ingrid Linke East Germany
• Markus Germann Switzerland
• Eva von Gamm West Germany
• Giorgio Siniscalco Italy
• E. Newbold Black IV United States

Substitute judge:

• Leena Vainio Finland

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	SP	FP	Placings
1	Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev	Soviet Union	1	1	9
2	Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf	East Germany	2	2	19
3	Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner	United States	4	3	28
4	Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai	Soviet Union	3	4	39
5	Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach	East Germany	5	5	46
6	Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl	Czechoslovakia	6	6	50
7	Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich	Soviet Union	7	7	65
8	Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz	West Germany	8	8	71
9	Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli	United States	9	9	83
10	Gail Hamula / Frank Sweiding	United States	10	10	85
11	Lee-Ann Jackson / Paul Mills	Canada	13	11	105
12	Sabine Fuchs / Xavier Videau	France	12	12	108
13	Gabrielle Beck / Jochen Stahl	West Germany	14	13	113
14	Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain	Australia	16	14	127
15	Kyoko Hagiwara / Sumio Murata	Japan	15	15	131
WD	Sherri Baier / Robin Cowan	Canada	11

Referee:

• Oskar Madl Austria

Assistant Referee:

• Donald H. Gilchrist Canada

Judges:

• Eva von Gamm West Germany
• Walburga Grimm East Germany
• Goro Ishimaru Japan
• Leena Vainio Finland
• Monique Georgelin France
• Norris Bowden Canada
• Elaine DeMore United States
• Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia
• Giorgio Siniscalco Italy

Substitute judge:

• Pamela Davis United Kingdom

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	CD	FD	Placings
1	Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov	Soviet Union	1	1	11
2	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Soviet Union	2	2	16
3	Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay	Hungary	3	3	29
4	Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell	United Kingdom	4	4	35
5	Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich	Czechoslovakia	5	6	49
6	Lorna Wighton / John Dowding	Canada	6	5	48
7	Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman	Soviet Union	7	7	69
8	Carol Fox / Richard Dalley	United States	8	8	69
9	Stacey Smith / John Summers	United States	9	9	82
10	Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann	Austria	11	10	93
11	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	United Kingdom	10	11	92
12	Patricia Fletcher / Michael de la Penotiere	Canada	12	12	113
13	Stefania Bertele / Walter Cecconi	Italy	13	13	114
14	Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner	West Germany	14	14	124
15	Muriel Boucher / Yves Malatier	France	15	15	135
16	Michiko Abe / Nozomu Sakai	Japan	16	16	144
WD	Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster	United Kingdom

Referee:

• George J. Blundun Canada

Assistant Referee:

• Emil Skákala Czechoslovakia

Judges:

• Lino Clerici Italy
• Nancy Meiss United States
• Gerhard Frey West Germany
• Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia
• Roy Haines Canada
• Ferenc Kertész Hungary
• Lysiane Lauret France
• Roy Mason United Kingdom
• Ludwig Gassner Austria

Substitute judge:

• Inkeri Soininen Finland

Sources

• Result list provided by the ISU