1979 Prize of Moscow News
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{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title= 1979 Prize of Moscow News
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| startdate= November 28
| enddate= December 1
| skatingseason= 1979-80
| location= Moscow
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| championmen= {{flagathlete|Igor Bobrin|URS}}
| championladies= {{flagathlete| Kira Ivanova|URS}}
| championpairs= {{flagathlete|Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski|URS}}
| championdance= {{flagathlete|Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov|URS}}
| previouscomp= 1978 Prize of Moscow News
| nextcomp= 1980 Prize of Moscow News
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The 1979 Prize of Moscow News was the 14th edition of the Prize of Moscow News, an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow in the Soviet Union. It was held November 28 – December 1, 1979. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing.
Men
| class="wikitable" | |
| Rank
! Nation | |
|---|---|
| bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | {{URS}} |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{URS}} |
| bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | {{URS}} |
| 4
| Falko Kirsten || {{GDR}} | |
| 5
| Grzegorz Głowania || {{POL}} | |
| 6
| Ludwik Jankowski || {{POL}} | |
| ...
| || |
Ladies
| class="wikitable" | |
| Rank
! Nation | |
|---|---|
| bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | {{URS}} |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{URS}} |
| bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | {{TCH}} |
| 4
| Marina Ignatova || {{URS}} | |
| 5
| Deborah Albright || {{CAN}} | |
| 6
| P. Snellman || {{FIN}} | |
| ...
| || |
Pairs
| class="wikitable" | |
| Rank
! Nation | |
|---|---|
| bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | {{URS}} |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{URS}} |
| bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | {{URS}} |
| 4
| Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert || {{GDR}} | |
| 5
| Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini || {{CAN}} | |
| 6
| Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev || {{URS}} | |
| ...
| || |
Ice dancing
| class="wikitable" | |
| Rank
! Nation | |
|---|---|
| bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | {{URS}} |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{URS}} |
| bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | {{URS}} |
| 4
| Elena Garanina / Igor Zavozin || {{URS}} | |
| 5
| Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman || {{URS}} | |
| 6
| Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin || {{URS}} | |
| 7
| || | |
| 8
| Gina Aucoin / Hans Peter Ponikau || {{CAN}} | |
| 9
| Kelly Johnson / Kris Barber || {{CAN}} | |
| ...
| || |