1978 World Figure Skating Championships
{{Short description|Annual figure skating competition held in 1978}}
{{No footnotes|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title = 1978 World Figure Skating Championships
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| comptype = ISU Championship
| startdate = March 7
| enddate = 12
| skatingseason = 1977–78
| host =
| venue = Ottawa Civic Centre
| prizemoney =
| championmen = {{flagicon|USA}} Charles Tickner
| championladies = {{flagicon|GDR}} Anett Pötzsch
| championpairs = {{flagicon|URS}} Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev
| championdance = {{flagicon|URS}} Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov
| previouscomp = 1977 World Championships
| nextcomp = 1979 World 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.
Vern Taylor of Canada became the first person to land a triple axel (albeit over rotated), in competition.
Medal tables
=Medalists=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Discipline}} |
| Men's singles
| {{flagicon|USA}} Charles Tickner | {{flagicon|GDR}} Jan Hoffmann | {{flagicon|GBR}} Robin Cousins |
| Ladies' singles
| {{flagicon|GDR}} Anett Pötzsch | {{flagicon|USA}} Linda Fratianne | {{flagicon|ITA}} Susanna Driano |
| Pair skating
| {{flagicon|URS}} Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | {{flagicon|GDR}} Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf | {{flagicon|USA}} Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner |
| Ice dancing
| {{flagicon|URS}} Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov | {{flagicon|URS}} Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | {{flagicon|HUN}} Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay |
=Medals by country=
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template =
| event =
| team =
| gold_URS = 2 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 0
| gold_GDR = 1 | silver_GDR = 2 | bronze_GDR = 0
| gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 1
| gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 1
| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1
| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 1
}}
Results
=Men=
| class="wikitable" |
| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! Age ! colspan=2 | CP ! colspan=2 | SP ! colspan=2 | FP ! Points ! Places |
|---|
| bgcolor=gold
| align=center | 1 | {{USA}} | align=center | 24 | align=center | 3 | align=center | 42.56 | align=center | 3 | align=center | 41.16 | align=center | 2 | align=center | 103.60 | align=center | 187.32 | align=center | 17 |
| bgcolor=silver
| align=center | 2 | {{GDR}} | align=center | 22 | align=center | 2 | align=center | 43.00 | align=center | 1 | align=center | 41.56 | align=center | 3 | align=center | 102.30 | align=center | 186.86 | align=center | 18 |
| bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | 3 | {{GBR}} | align=center | 20 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 39.80 | align=center | 2 | align=center | 41.72 | align=center | 1 | align=center | 105.10 | align=center | 186.62 | align=center | 22 |
| 4
| {{URS}} | align=center | 25 | align=center | 1 | align=center | 43.76 | align=center | 7 | align=center | 39.80 | align=center | 6 | align=center | 99.00 | align=center | 182.56 | align=center | 40 |
| 5
| {{URS}} | align=center | 24 | align=center | 6 | align=center | 38.42 | align=center | 5 | align=center | 40.04 | align=center | 5 | align=center | 101.00 | align=center | 179.44 | align=center | 47 |
| 6
| {{USA}} | align=center | 20 | align=center | 5 | align=center | 39.20 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 40.40 | align=center | 8 | align=center | 98.30 | align=center | 177.90 | align=center | 57 |
| 7
| {{JPN}} | align=center | 19 | align=center | 8 | align=center | 37.04 | align=center | 6 | align=center | 39.08 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 101.00 | align=center | 177.12 | align=center | 56 |
| 8
| {{JPN}} | align=center | 20 | align=center | 9 | align=center | 36.08 | align=center | 8 | align=center | 39.08 | align=center | 11 | align=center | 95.20 | align=center | 170.36 | align=center | 83 |
| 9
| {{GDR}} | align=center | 18 | align=center | 7 | align=center | 37.32 | align=center | 11 | align=center | 38.24 | align=center | 12 | align=center | 93.00 | align=center | 168.56 | align=center | 86 |
| 10
| {{CAN}} | align=center | 18 | align=center | 12 | align=center | 34.44 | align=center | 10 | align=center | 38.44 | align=center | 9 | align=center | 97.10 | align=center | 169.98 | align=center | 86 |
| 11
| {{USA}} | align=center | 19 | align=center | 11 | align=center | 35.28 | align=center | 9 | align=center | 38.72 | align=center | 10 | align=center | 94.80 | align=center | 168.80 | align=center | 92 |
| 12
| {{CAN}} | align=center | | align=center | 15 | align=center | 30.56 | align=center | 12 | align=center | | align=center | 7 | align=center | | align=center | 166.50 | align=center | 105 |
| 13
| {{URS}} | align=center | 20 | align=center | 10 | align=center | 36.04 | align=center | 13 | align=center | | align=center | 13 | align=center | | align=center | 163.92 | align=center | 110 |
| 14
| {{FRG}} | align=center | 19 | align=center | 13 | align=center | 33.84 | align=center | 14 | align=center | | align=center | 14 | align=center | | align=center | 159.16 | align=center | 127 |
| 15
| {{FRA}} | align=center | | align=center | 14 | align=center | 33.08 | align=center | 15 | align=center | | align=center | 15 | align=center | | align=center | 154.84 | align=center | 134 |
| 16
| {{AUS}} | align=center | | align=center | 16 | align=center | 29.92 | align=center | 16 | align=center | | align=center | 16 | align=center | | align=center | 133.28 | align=center | 144 |
| 17
| {{KOR}} | align=center | | align=center | 17 | align=center | 27.68 | align=center | 17 | align=center | | align=center | 17 | align=center | | align=center | 119.80 | align=center | 153 |
Referee:
- Sonia Bianchetti {{ITA}}
Assistant Referee:
- Benjamin T. Wright {{GBR}}
Judges:
- Gerhard Frey {{FRG}}
- Oskar Urban {{TCH}}
- Ludwig Gassner {{AUT}}
- Ramona McIntyre {{USA}}
- Pamela Peat {{GBR}}
- Walburga Grimm {{GDR}}
- Kinuko Ueno {{JPN}}
- Dorothy MacLeod {{CAN}}
- Monique Georgelin {{FRA}}
Substitute judge:
- Ferenc Kertész {{HUN}}
=Ladies=
| class="wikitable" | |||||
| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! CP ! SP ! FP ! Placings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=gold
| align=center | 1 | {{GDR}} | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| bgcolor=silver
| align=center | 2 | {{USA}} | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | 3 | {{ITA}} | 4 | 6 | 6 | 33 |
| 4
| Dagmar Lurz || {{FRG}} || 2 || 10 || 7 || 45 | |||||
| 5
| Denise Biellmann || {{SUI}} || 16 || 3 || 2 || 52 | |||||
| 6
| Elena Vodorezova || {{URS}} || 13 || 4 || 5 || 50 | |||||
| 7
| Lisa-Marie Allen || {{USA}} || 14 || 5 || 4 || 48 | |||||
| 8
| Emi Watanabe || {{JPN}} || 6 || 13 || 8 || 77 | |||||
| 9
| Priscilla Hill || {{USA}} || 5 || 8 || 10 || 78 | |||||
| 10
| Carola Weißenberg || {{GDR}} || 9 || 7 || 9 || 87 | |||||
| 11
| Karena Richardson || {{GBR}} || 12 || 11 || 11 || 103 | |||||
| 12
| Heather Kemkaran || {{CAN}} || 10 || 9 || 14 || 118 | |||||
| 13
| Claudia Kristofics-Binder || {{AUT}} || 11 || 12 || 15 || 116 | |||||
| 14
| Kristiina Wegelius || {{FIN}} || 7 || 16 || 13 || 119 | |||||
| 15
| Natalia Strelkova || {{URS}} || 15 || 15 || 12 || 132 | |||||
| 16
| Danielle Rieder || {{SUI}} || 8 || 14 || 18 || 141 | |||||
| 17
| Cathie MacFarlane || {{CAN}} || 17 || 17 || 20 || 159 | |||||
| 18
| Astrid Jansen in de Wal || {{NED}} || 22 || 19 || 16 || 165 | |||||
| 19
| Karin Riediger || {{FRG}} || 18 || 20 || 19 || 169 | |||||
| 20
| Bodil Olsson || {{SWE}} || 21 || 18 || 17 || 171 | |||||
| 21
| Robyn Burley || {{AUS}} || 20 || 21 || 21 || 190 | |||||
| 22
| Choo Young-soon || {{KOR}} || 19 || 22 || 22 || 198 | |||||
| 23
| Katie Symmonds || {{NZL}} || 23 || 23 || 23 || 206 |
Referee:
- Elemér Terták {{HUN}}
Assistant Referee:
- David Dore {{CAN}}
Judges:
- Walter Hüttner {{AUT}}
- Pamela Davis {{GBR}}
- Margaret Berezowski {{CAN}}
- Goro Ishimaru {{JPN}}
- Ingrid Linke {{GDR}}
- Markus Germann {{SUI}}
- Eva von Gamm {{FRG}}
- Giorgio Siniscalco {{ITA}}
- E. Newbold Black IV {{USA}}
Substitute judge:
- Leena Vainio {{FIN}}
=Pairs=
| class="wikitable" | ||||
| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! SP ! FP ! Placings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=gold
| align=center | 1 | {{URS}} | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| bgcolor=silver
| align=center | 2 | {{GDR}} | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | 3 | {{USA}} | 4 | 3 | 28 |
| 4
| Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai || {{URS}} || 3 || 4 || 39 | ||||
| 5
| Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach || {{GDR}} || 5 || 5 || 46 | ||||
| 6
| Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl || {{TCH}} || 6 || 6 || 50 | ||||
| 7
| Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich || {{URS}} || 7 || 7 || 65 | ||||
| 8
| Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz || {{FRG}} || 8 || 8 || 71 | ||||
| 9
| Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli || {{USA}} || 9 || 9 || 83 | ||||
| 10
| Gail Hamula / Frank Sweiding || {{USA}} || 10 || 10 || 85 | ||||
| 11
| Lee-Ann Jackson / Paul Mills || {{CAN}} || 13 || 11 || 105 | ||||
| 12
| Sabine Fuchs / Xavier Videau || {{FRA}} || 12 || 12 || 108 | ||||
| 13
| Gabrielle Beck / Jochen Stahl || {{FRG}} || 14 || 13 || 113 | ||||
| 14
| Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain || {{AUS}} || 16 || 14 || 127 | ||||
| 15
| Kyoko Hagiwara / Sumio Murata || {{JPN}} || 15 || 15 || 131 | ||||
| WD
| Sherri Baier / Robin Cowan || {{CAN}} || 11 || || |
Referee:
- Oskar Madl {{AUT}}
Assistant Referee:
- Donald H. Gilchrist {{CAN}}
Judges:
- Eva von Gamm {{FRG}}
- Walburga Grimm {{GDR}}
- Goro Ishimaru {{JPN}}
- Leena Vainio {{FIN}}
- Monique Georgelin {{FRA}}
- Norris Bowden {{CAN}}
- Elaine DeMore {{USA}}
- Oskar Urban {{TCH}}
- Giorgio Siniscalco {{ITA}}
Substitute judge:
- Pamela Davis {{GBR}}
=Ice dancing=
| class="wikitable" | ||||
| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! CD ! FD ! Placings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=gold
| align=center | 1 | {{URS}} | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| bgcolor=silver
| align=center | 2 | {{URS}} | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | 3 | {{HUN}} | 3 | 3 | 29 |
| 4
| Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell || {{GBR}} || 4 || 4 || 35 | ||||
| 5
| Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich || {{TCH}} || 5 || 6 || 49 | ||||
| 6
| Lorna Wighton / John Dowding || {{CAN}} || 6 || 5 || 48 | ||||
| 7
| Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman || {{URS}} || 7 || 7 || 69 | ||||
| 8
| Carol Fox / Richard Dalley || {{USA}} || 8 || 8 || 69 | ||||
| 9
| Stacey Smith / John Summers || {{USA}} || 9 || 9 || 82 | ||||
| 10
| Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann || {{AUT}} || 11 || 10 || 93 | ||||
| 11
| Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean || {{GBR}} || 10 || 11 || 92 | ||||
| 12
| Patricia Fletcher / Michael de la Penotiere || {{CAN}} || 12 || 12 || 113 | ||||
| 13
| Stefania Bertele / Walter Cecconi || {{ITA}} || 13 || 13 || 114 | ||||
| 14
| Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner || {{FRG}} || 14 || 14 || 124 | ||||
| 15
| Muriel Boucher / Yves Malatier || {{FRA}} || 15 || 15 || 135 | ||||
| 16
| Michiko Abe / Nozomu Sakai || {{JPN}} || 16 || 16 || 144 |
Referee:
- George J. Blundun {{CAN}}
Assistant Referee:
- Emil Skákala {{TCH}}
Judges:
- Lino Clerici {{ITA}}
- Nancy Meiss {{USA}}
- Gerhard Frey {{FRG}}
- Oskar Urban {{TCH}}
- Roy Haines {{CAN}}
- Ferenc Kertész {{HUN}}
- Lysiane Lauret {{FRA}}
- Roy Mason {{GBR}}
- Ludwig Gassner {{AUT}}
Substitute judge:
- Inkeri Soininen {{FIN}}
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