1978 World Figure Skating Championships Explained

1978 World Figure Skating Championships
Comptype:ISU Championship
Startdate:March 7
Enddate:12
Skatingseason:1977–78
Location:Ottawa, Canada
Venue:Ottawa Civic Centre
Championmen: Charles Tickner
Championladies: Anett Pötzsch
Championpairs: Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev
Championdance: 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.

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

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

Results

Men

RankNameNationAgeCPSPFPPointsPlaces
align=center 1Charles Tickneralign=center 24align=center 3align=center 42.56align=center 3align=center 41.16align=center 2align=center 103.60align=center 187.32align=center 17
align=center 2Jan Hoffmannalign=center 22align=center 2align=center 43.00align=center 1align=center 41.56align=center 3align=center 102.30align=center 186.86align=center 18
align=center 3Robin Cousinsalign=center 20align=center 4align=center 39.80align=center 2align=center 41.72align=center 1align=center 105.10align=center 186.62align=center 22
4Vladimir Kovalevalign=center 25align=center 1align=center 43.76align=center 7align=center 39.80align=center 6align=center 99.00align=center 182.56align=center 40
5Igor Bobrinalign=center 24align=center 6align=center 38.42align=center 5align=center 40.04align=center 5align=center 101.00align=center 179.44align=center 47
6David Santeealign=center 20align=center 5align=center 39.20align=center 4 align=center 40.40align=center 8align=center 98.30align=center 177.90align=center 57
7Fumio Igarashialign=center 19align=center 8align=center 37.04align=center 6align=center 39.08align=center 4align=center 101.00align=center 177.12align=center 56
8Mitsuru Matsumuraalign=center 20align=center 9align=center 36.08align=center 8align=center 39.08align=center 11align=center 95.20align=center 170.36align=center 83
9Mario Liebersalign=center 18align=center 7align=center 37.32align=center 11align=center 38.24align=center 12align=center 93.00align=center 168.56align=center 86
10Brian Pockaralign=center 18align=center 12align=center 34.44align=center 10align=center 38.44align=center 9align=center 97.10align=center 169.98align=center 86
11Scott Hamiltonalign=center 19align=center 11align=center 35.28align=center 9align=center 38.72align=center 10align=center 94.80align=center 168.80align=center 92
12Vern Tayloralign=center align=center 15align=center 30.56align=center 12align=center align=center 7align=center align=center 166.50align=center 105
13Konstantin Kokoraalign=center 20align=center 10align=center 36.04align=center 13align=center align=center 13align=center align=center 163.92align=center 110
14Rudi Cernealign=center 19align=center 13align=center 33.84align=center 14align=center align=center 14align=center align=center 159.16align=center 127
15Gilles Beyeralign=center align=center 14align=center 33.08align=center 15align=center align=center 15align=center align=center 154.84align=center 134
16Brian Meekalign=center align=center 16align=center 29.92align=center 16align=center align=center 16align=center align=center 133.28align=center 144
17Han Soo-bongalign=center align=center 17align=center 27.68align=center 17align=center align=center 17align=center align=center 119.80align=center 153

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Ladies

RankNameNationCPSPFPPlacings
align=center 11 2 3 11
align=center 23 1 1 16
align=center 34 6 6 33
42 10 7 45
516 3 2 52
613 4 5 50
714 5 4 48
86 13 8 77
95 8 10 78
109 7 9 87
1112 11 11 103
1210 9 14 118
1311 12 15 116
147 16 13 119
1515 15 12 132
168 14 18 141
1717 17 20 159
1822 19 16 165
1918 20 19 169
2021 18 17 171
2120 21 21 190
2219 22 22 198
2323 23 23 206

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Pairs

RankNameNationSPFPPlacings
align=center 11 1 9
align=center 22 2 19
align=center 34 3 28
43 4 39
55 5 46
66 6 50
77 7 65
88 8 71
99 9 83
1010 10 85
1113 11 105
1212 12 108
1314 13 113
1416 14 127
1515 15 131
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Ice dancing

RankNameNationCDFDPlacings
align=center 11 1 11
align=center 22 2 16
align=center 33 3 29
44 4 35
55 6 49
66 5 48
77 7 69
88 8 69
99 9 82
1011 10 93
1110 11 92
1212 12 113
1313 13 114
1414 14 124
1515 15 135
1616 16 144
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