Artistic roller skating at the 1981 World Games

The artistic roller skating events of World Games I were held on July 27–30, 1981, at Cal Skate Roller Rink in Milpitas, California, in the United States. These were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were hosted by the city of Santa Clara.

Medalists

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Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Singles   Mike Glatz (USA)   Rick Elsworth (USA)   Michele Biserni (ITA)
Women
Singles   Anna Conklin (USA)   Elena Bonati (ITA)   Tina Kneisley (USA)
Mixed
Pairs   United States
Tina Kneisley
Paul Price
  United States
Ann Green
Rick Elsworth
  Canada
Sylvia Gingras
Guy Aubin
Dance couples   United States
Holly Valente
William Richardson
  United States
Cindy Smith
Mark Howard
  Great Britain
Kim Geoghegan
Eamon Geoghegan

Details

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Men’s singles

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Rank Athlete Nation Short program After free skate
  Mike Glatz   United States 1 1
  Rick Elsworth   United States 2 2
  Michele Biserni   Italy 3 3
Paul Irving   Australia 4 ?
Ivan Ragazzi   Italy 5 ?
Pierre Adjoury   Canada 6 ?
James Beaton   England 7 ?
Juan Carlos Hidalgo   Colombia 8 ?

Women’s singles

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Rank Athlete Nation Short program After free skate
  Anna Conklin   United States 2 1
  Elena Bonati   Italy 1 2
  Tina Kneisley   United States 3 3
Kathleen O’Brien Di Felice   United States 4 ?
Daniela Marinelli   Italy 5 ?
Irene Bates   New Zealand 6 ?
Barbara Pennington   Canada 7 ?

Dance couples

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Rank Athletes Nation Compulsory dances After free dance
  Bill Richardson
Holly Valenti
  United States 1 1
  Mark Howard
Cindy Smith
  United States 2 2
  Eamon Geoghegan
Kim Geoghegan
  Great Britain 3 3
Jim Crouch
Sherrie McCumber
  Canada 4 ?
Gianni Galetti
Azzurra Nascetti
  Spain 5 ?
Gary Irving
Tracy Ferris
  Australia 6 ?

Pairs

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Rank Athletes Nation Compulsory dances After free skate
  Paul Price
Tina Kneisley
  United States 1 1
  Rick Elsworth
Ann Marie Green
  United States 2 2
  Guy Aubin
Sylvia Gingras
  Canada 3 3
Michael Hanrahan
Louise Hawdon
  Australia 4 ?
Guglielmo Pistocchi
Sylvia Meco
  Italy no placing,
Pistocchi fell
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References

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  1. ^ SARGIS, JOE (July 30, 1981). "Darrell Hanegan of Montreal scored the biggest upset of..." United Press International.
  2. ^ SARGIS, JOE (July 31, 1981). "It's a long way from Olympic ice hockey to..." United Press International.
  3. ^ "Santa Clara, USA 1981 Calendar & Results". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  4. ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  5. ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 29, 1981. p. 10D.
  6. ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 31, 1981. p. 10E.
  7. ^ "Skating's big wheels compete in games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 24, 1981. p. 7E.
  8. ^ "U.S. pair takes lead in skating". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 29, 1981. p. 1D.
  9. ^ "U.S. roller skaters take early lead". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 29, 1981. p. 9D.