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1980 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 11 – 16
Season:1979–80
Location:Dortmund, West Germany
Venue:Westfalenhallen
Champions
Men's singles:
East Germany Jan Hoffmann
Ladies' singles:
East Germany Anett Pötzsch
Pairs:
Soviet Union Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai
Ice dance:
Hungary Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay
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The 1980 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Dortmund, West Germany from March 11 to 16. 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

Medalists

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men East Germany Jan Hoffmann United Kingdom Robin Cousins United States Charles Tickner
Ladies East Germany Anett Pötzsch West Germany Dagmar Lurz United States Linda Fratianne
Pair skating Soviet Union Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai East Germany Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf Soviet Union Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich
Ice dance Hungary Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay Soviet Union Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov Soviet Union Irina Moiseyeva / Andrei Minenkov

Medals by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany (GDR)2103
2 Soviet Union (URS)1124
3 Hungary (HUN)1001
4 Great Britain (GBR)0101
 West Germany (FRG)0101
6 United States (USA)0022
Totals (6 entries)44412

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Placings
1 Jan Hoffmann  East Germany 1 2 2 2 189.94 11
2 Robin Cousins  United Kingdom 5 1 1 1 188.82 17
3 Charles Tickner  United States 3 7 3 3 185.12 30
4 David Santee  United States 2 3 6 5 185.16 32
5 Scott Hamilton  United States 8 5 4 4 179.94 49
6 Mitsuru Matsumura  Japan 9 6 5 6 177.14 58
7 Igor Bobrin  Soviet Union 6 4 8 7 176.66 59
8 Fumio Igarashi  Japan 13 10 7 8 171.86 82
9 Brian Pockar  Canada 10 9 10 10 171.56 83
10 Hermann Schulz  East Germany 7 8 11 11 171.08 88
11 Rudi Cerne  West Germany 12 11 9 9 170.60 91
12 Mario Liebers  East Germany 11 12 12 12 166.86 108
13 Jean-Christophe Simond  France 4 14 16 15 164.56 115
14 Alexander Fadeev  Soviet Union 16 15 14 14 158.84 129
15 Grzegorz Filipowski  Poland 18 13 13 13 160.12 129
16 Jozef Sabovčík  Czechoslovakia 14 16 15 16 155.82 142
17 William Schober  Australia 19 19 17 17 144.60 161
18 Helmut Kristofics-Binder  Austria 17 20 19 19 142.90 166
19 Thomas Öberg  Sweden 15 18 20 20 142.44 167
20 Eric Krol  Belgium 21 17 18 18 140.32 172
21 Miljan Begovic  Yugoslavia 20 21 21 21 127.68 189
22 Wang Zhili  China 22 22 22 22 111.56 198

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Ladies

*: better placed due to the majority of the better placings

Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Placings
1 Anett Pötzsch  East Germany 1 6 2 4 188.38 12
2 Dagmar Lurz  West Germany 2 4 5 5 186.22 23*
3 Linda Fratianne  United States 4 3 1 1 187.04 22
4 Emi Watanabe  Japan 5 2 3 2 184.82 33
5 Claudia Kristofics-Binder  Austria 3 7 9 9 180.48 47
6 Denise Biellmann  Switzerland 10 1 6 3 178.56 57
7 Lisa-Marie Allen  United States 8 5 8 8 178.22 58
8 Kristiina Wegelius  Finland 6 11 12 13 172.68 79
9 Deborah Cottrill  United Kingdom 9 8 14 10 172.14 85
10 Katarina Witt  East Germany 20 9 7 7 170.86 95*
11 Elaine Zayak  United States 22 10 4 6 170.70 94
12 Sanda Dubravčić  Yugoslavia 12 12 11 11 169.30 107
13 Carola Weißenberg  East Germany 13 14 13 12 168.68 111
14 Tracey Wainman  Canada 21 17 10 14 164.00 128
15 Sonja Stanek  Austria 16 22 16 16 158.90 142
16 Renata Baierová  Czechoslovakia 23 19 15 15 158.20 143
17 Susan Broman  Finland 17 16 18 17 156.68 158
18 Anne-Sophie de Kristoffy  France 14 21 19 20 155.72 160
19 Christina Riegel  West Germany 18 26 17 18 154.90 164
20 Yoko Yakushi  Japan 25 18 21 19 151.48 179
21 Reiko Kobayashi  Japan 19 25 22 21 150.74 188
22 Anita Siegfried  Switzerland 26 23 20 22 147.98 194
23 Bodil Olsson  Sweden 28 24 23 23 144.64 208
24 Belinda Coulthard  Australia 27 27 24 24 140.82 216
25 Rudina Pasveer  Netherlands 24 28 26 25 136.12 222
26 Barbara Toffolo  Italy 30 29 27 26 129.60 237
27 Hanne Gamborg  Denmark 29 31 25 27 128.52 240
28 Shin Hea-sook  South Korea 31 32 28 29 119.50 255
29 Liu Zhiying  China 32 30 29 28 117.56 258
WD Danielle Rieder  Switzerland 7 13
WD Elena Vodorezova  Soviet Union 11 15
WD Karin Riediger  West Germany 15 20
WD Susanna Driano  Italy

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Pairs

Rank Name Nation SP FS Points Placings
1 Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai  Soviet Union 1 1 144.64 10
2 Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf  East Germany 2 2 142.92 20
3 Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich  Soviet Union 3 3 141.08 25
4 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach  East Germany 4 4 138.98 38
5 Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz  West Germany 6 5 135.92 46
6 Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov  Soviet Union 5 7 134.32 55
7 Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers  United States 8 6 134.10 58
8 Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl  Czechoslovakia 7 8 130.56 76
9 Cornelia Haufe / Kersten Bellmann  East Germany 9 10 128.14 84
10 Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli  United States 10 11 127.68 90
11 Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini  Canada 11 9 127.86 91
12 Yukiko Okabe / Takashi Mura  Japan 12 13 119.74 113
13 Susan Garland / Robert Daw  United Kingdom 13 12 119.06 115
14 Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain  Australia 14 14 116.38 123
15 Luan Bo / Yao Bin  China 15 15 88.06 135

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Ice dance

Rank Name Nation CD FD Points Placings
1 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay  Hungary 2 1 205.58 13
2 Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov  Soviet Union 1 3 204.50 18
3 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov  Soviet Union 3 2 202.42 24
4 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean  United Kingdom 4 4 199.12 35
5 Lorna Wighton / John Dowding  Canada 5 6 195.18 48
6 Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert  United States 6 5 194.12 52
7 Natalia Karamysheva / Rostislav Sinitsyn  Soviet Union 7 7 189.66 63
8 Stacey Smith / John Summers  United States 8 8 187.12 72
9 Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner  West Germany 9 9 184.02 80
10 Karen Barber / Nicky Slater  United Kingdom 10 10 178.94 92
11 Jana Berankova / Jan Bartak  Czechoslovakia 11 11 176.16 97
12 Nathalie Herve / Pierre Bechu  France 12 12 171.24 108
13 Marie McNeil / Robert McCall  Canada 13 13 168.58 116
14 Jindra Holá / Karol Foltán  Czechoslovakia 14 15 162.60 132
15 Noriko Sato / Tadeyuki Takahashi  Japan 15 14 162.02 133
16 Gabriella Remport / Sándor Nagy  Hungary 16 16 159.52 142
17 Paola Casalotti / Sergio Ceserani  Italy 17 17 158.50 150

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