1979 World Figure Skating Championships Explained

1979 World Figure Skating Championships
Comptype:	ISU Championship
Startdate:	March 13
Enddate:	18
Skatingseason:	1978–79
Location:	Vienna, Austria
Venue:	Wiener Stadthalle
Championmen:	Vladimir Kovalev
Championladies:	Linda Fratianne
Championpairs:	Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner
Championdance:	Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov
Previouscomp:	1978 World Championships
Nextcomp:	1980 World Championships

The 1979 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Vienna, Austria from March 13 to 18. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

The ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič.

Medal tables

Men's singles	Vladimir Kovalev	Robin Cousins	Jan Hoffmann
Ladies' singles	Linda Fratianne	Anett Pötzsch	Emi Watanabe
Pair skating	Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner	Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai	Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
Ice dance	Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov	Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay	Irina Moiseyeva / Andrei Minenkov

Rank	Name	CP	SP	FS	SP+FS	Points	Places
align=center	1		2	1	4	2	185.80	17
align=center	2		5	3	1	1	185.18	22
align=center	3		1	5	3	4	185.10	23
4		4	4	2	3	184.28	28
5		8	2	6	6	178.04	52
6		10	8	5	5	177.06	57
7		6	12	7	7	175.58	67
8		3	13	10	10	174.58	71
9		11	10	8	8	172.74	83
10		7	11	12	12	172.04	87
11		12	6	13	11	169.60	104
12		13	9	11	13	169.38	106
13		14	7	14	14	168.50	109
14		9	14	15	15	166.54	120
15		20	15	9	9	163.62	133
16		15	16	19	17	156.44	147
17		18	17	16	16	153.10	157
18		16	20	18	19	151.78	162
19		17	18	20	20	148.16	175
20		21	19	17	18	148.62	175
21		19	22	21	21	146.40	182
22		22	21	22	22	138.86	198

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better placed due to the majority of the better placings

Rank	Name	CP	SP	FS	SP+FS	Points	Places
align=center	1		3	1	1	1	186.92	11
align=center	2		1	5	3	3	184.36	18
align=center	3		4	2	4	4	180.52	31
4		2	4	8	6	179.96	33
5		11	10	2	2	177.28	49
6		8	7	5	5	176.68	54
7		5	6	9	7	175.44	63
8		6	3	14	9	173.46	70
9		9	21	7	11	170.54	88
10		7	8	18	15	169.26	98
11		12	11	11	10	169.34	97
12		21	9	6	8	166.96	115
13		14	20	15	16	164.94	134
14		10	16	20	20	164.80	136
15		15	12	16	17	164.50	142
16		18	15	13	13	164.00	144
17		19	19	12	14	163.24	149*
18		20	13	10	12	164.02	147
19		17	17	17	18	162.04	162
20		13	18	21	21	161.30	170*
21		16	14	19	19	161.80	166
22		22	28	24	26	150.34	207
23		23	24	26	25	149.18	216
24		26	23	22	22	149.04	218
25		30	26	23	23	147.02	225
26		24	22	28	27	146.76	233
27		27	25	25	24	145.48	237
28		25	27	27	28	145.92	238
29		23	29	29	29	134.58	261
30		29	30	31	30	120.44	270
31		31	31	30	31	112.28	279

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Rank	Name	SP	FS	Points	Places
align=center	1		1	1	144.54	12
align=center	2		2	2	142.22	16
align=center	3		4	3	137.74	32
4		3	4	138.72	33
5		5	5	133.98	46
6		6	6	132.50	54
7		7	10	128.98	70
8		9	8	128.56	75
9		8	9	127.64	77
10		11	7	125.92	84
11		10	11	123.92	94
12		14	12	117.62	114
13		12	13	115.32	117
14		13	14	114.02	120

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* better placed due to the majority of the better placings

Rank	Name	CD	FD	Points	Places
align=center	1		1	1	207.86	9
align=center	2		2	2	204.10	22
align=center	3		3	3	203.74	23
4		4	4	196.94	36
5		5	5	194.00	51
6		6	6	192.70	52
7		7	7	188.72	65
8		8	8	187.84	71
9		9	10	185.70	81
10		11	9	184.06	87
11		10	11	180.30	98
12		12	12	175.50	108
13		13	13	169.74	121
14		14	14	168.70	124
15		15	15	165.24	134
16		16	16	161.44	145
17		18	17	157.64	157
18		17	18	158.26	157
19		19	19	153.30	175*
20		20	20	151.94	174

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