1985 World Figure Skating Championships Explained

1985 World Figure Skating Championships
Comptype:	ISU Championship
Startdate:	March 3
Enddate:	10
Skatingseason:	1984–85
Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Venue:	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Championmen:	Alexander Fadeev
Championladies:	Katarina Witt
Championpairs:	Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev
Championdance:	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
Previouscomp:	1984 World Championships
Nextcomp:	1986 World Championships

The 1985 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from March 3 to 10. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Medal tables

Medalists

align=center	Men	Alexander Fadeev	Brian Orser	Brian Boitano
align=center	Ladies	Katarina Witt	Kira Ivanova	Tiffany Chin
align=center	Pair skating	Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev	Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov	Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler
align=center	Ice dancing	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin	Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko	Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert

Medals by country

Results

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Men

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	CF	SP	FS
align=center	1			2.0	1	1	1
align=center	2			5.2	4	2	2
align=center	3			7.6	5	4	3
4			8.4	2	3	6
5			9.6	6	5	4
6			13.0	8	8	5
7			13.6	7	6	7
8			20.4	16	7	8
9			21.4	12	13	9
10			24.8	15	12	11
11			25.0	11	11	14
12			25.4	19	10	10
13			26.4	18	9	12
14			27.0	14	14	13
15			27.0	3	18	18
16			28.4	9	15	17
17			30.2	13	16	16
18			32.0	17	17	15
19			33.8	10	22	19
20			40.4	20	21	20
Free skating not reached
21				23	20
22				21	19
23				24	23
24				22	24
25				25	25
26				26	26
27				27	27

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	CF	SP	FS
align=center	1			3.2	3	1	1
align=center	2			3.8	1	3	2
align=center	3			5.0	2	2	3
4			9.0	4	4	5
5			10.2	7	5	4
6			13.4	5	11	6
7			15.6	8	7	8
8			20.6	9	13	10
9			22.0	10	10	12
10			23.0	18	8	9
11			23.2	21	9	7
12			24.4	11	17	11
13			26.2	14	12	13
14			27.6	17	6	15
15			31.0	13	18	16
16			31.2	12	15	18
17			31.2	6	19	20
18			33.0	14	14	19
19			34.2	19	22	14
20			34.6	16	20	17
Free skating not reached
21				23	16
22				20	24
23				24	21
24				25	23
25				22	25
26				26	26
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WD

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	SP	FS
align=center	1			1.8	2	1
align=center	2			2.4	1	2
align=center	3			4.2	3	3
4			6.4	6	4
5			7.8	7	5
6			8.0	5	6
7			8.6	4	7
8			11.2	8	8
9			12.6	9	9
10			14.0	10	10
11			16.4	12	11
12			16.4	11	12
13			18.2	13	13

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

Substitute judge:

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	CD	OSP	FD
align=center	1			2.0	1	1	1
align=center	2			4.0	2	2	2
align=center	3			6.0	3	3	3
4			8.0	4	4	4
5			10.0	5	5	5
6			12.0	6	6	6
7			14.0	7	7	7
8			16.4	8	9	8
9			17.6	9	8	9
10			20.0	10	10	10
11			22.0	11	11	11
12			24.0	12	12	12
13			26.0	13	13	13
14			28.0	14	14	14
15			31.0	16	16	15
16			31.0	15	15	16
17			34.0	17	17	17
18			37.0	19	19	18
19			37.0	18	18	19

External links

• Result list provided by the ISU
• Ladies' placements per Skating Magazine April 1985
• skatabase

Notes and References

1. Web site: CHIN 2D IN TOKYO SKATING (Published 1985) . . https://web.archive.org/web/20190823225735/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/08/sports/chin-2d-in-tokyo-skating.html?scp=2 . 2019-08-23 . live .