1978 World Figure Skating Championships

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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:
United States Charles Tickner
Ladies' singles:
East Germany Anett Pötzsch
Pairs:
Soviet Union Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev
Ice dance:
Soviet Union Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov
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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.

Vern Taylor of Canada became the first person to land a triple axel (albeit over rotated), in competition.

Medal tables

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Medalists

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

Medals by country

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (URS)2103
2File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany (GDR)1203
3 United States (USA)1113
4File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (GBR)0011
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (HUN)0011
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Results

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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 File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 22 2 43.00 1 41.56 3 102.30 186.86 18
3 Robin Cousins File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 20 4 39.80 2 41.72 1 105.10 186.62 22
4 Vladimir Kovalev File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 25 1 43.76 7 39.80 6 99.00 182.56 40
5 Igor Bobrin File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 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 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 19 8 37.04 6 39.08 4 101.00 177.12 56
8 Mitsuru Matsumura File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 20 9 36.08 8 39.08 11 95.20 170.36 83
9 Mario Liebers File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 18 7 37.32 11 38.24 12 93.00 168.56 86
10 Brian Pockar File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 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 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 15 30.56 12 7 166.50 105
13 Konstantin Kokora File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 20 10 36.04 13 13 163.92 110
14 Rudi Cerne File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 19 13 33.84 14 14 159.16 127
15 Gilles Beyer File:Flag of France.svg France 14 33.08 15 15 154.84 134
16 Brian Meek File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 16 29.92 16 16 133.28 144
17 Han Soo-bong File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 17 27.68 17 17 119.80 153

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Ladies

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

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Pairs

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Rank Name Nation SP FP Placings
1 Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1 1 9
2 Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 2 2 19
3 Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner  United States 4 3 28
4 Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 3 4 39
5 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 5 5 46
6 Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 6 6 50
7 Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 7 7 65
8 Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz File:Flag of Germany.svg 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 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 13 11 105
12 Sabine Fuchs / Xavier Videau File:Flag of France.svg France 12 12 108
13 Gabrielle Beck / Jochen Stahl File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 14 13 113
14 Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 16 14 127
15 Kyoko Hagiwara / Sumio Murata File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 15 15 131
WD Sherri Baier / Robin Cowan File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 11

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Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation CD FD Placings
1 Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1 1 11
2 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 2 2 16
3 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 3 3 29
4 Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 4 4 35
5 Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 5 6 49
6 Lorna Wighton / John Dowding File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 6 5 48
7 Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 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 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 11 10 93
11 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 10 11 92
12 Patricia Fletcher / Michael de la Penotiere File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 12 12 113
13 Stefania Bertele / Walter Cecconi File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 13 13 114
14 Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 14 14 124
15 Muriel Boucher / Yves Malatier File:Flag of France.svg France 15 15 135
16 Michiko Abe / Nozomu Sakai File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 16 16 144

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