1981 World Figure Skating Championships
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| 1981 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 3 – 8 |
| Season: | 1980–81 |
| Location: | Hartford, USA |
| Venue: | Hartford Civic Center |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Scott Hamilton | |
Ladies' singles:  Denise Biellmann | |
Pairs:  Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski | |
Ice dance:  Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean | |
| Previous: 1980 World Championships | |
| Next: 1982 World Championships | |
The 1981 World Figure Skating Championships was the 71st edition of World Figure Skating Championship, held in Hartford, Connecticut, United States from March 3 to 8. 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 Olaf Poulsen and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič.
The judging system was modified since 1980. For the singles events, the short program was worth 20% and the free skating 50% while the value of compulsory figures was reduced to 30% of the final result. The rank in each category was multiplied with a factor and these three numbers were added to the total score. The factor for the compulsory figures was 0.6, for the short program 0.4 and for the free skating 1.0. The rank within these three categories were judged according to the 6.0-judging system. In pairs, the short program had the factor 0.4 and the free skating 1.0. The ranks within the two pair categories were also judged according to the 6.0-judging system.
Medal tables
[edit]Medalists
[edit]| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Scott Hamilton
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David Santee
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Igor Bobrin
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| Ladies | Denise Biellmann
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Elaine Zayak
|
 Claudia Kristofics-Binder
|
| Pair skating | Irina Vorobeva / Igor Lisovski
|
 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
|
 Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz
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| Ice dancing | Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean
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Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov
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Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
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Medals by country
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Results
[edit]Men
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FS | SP+FS | Points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Hamilton | United States |
4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.8 | |
| 2 | David Santee | United States |
2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5.4 | |
| 3 | Igor Bobrin | Soviet Union |
5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6.6 | |
| 4 | Fumio Igarashi |  Japan |
6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8.4 | |
| 5 | Jean-Christophe Simond |  France |
1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8.6 | |
| 6 | Brian Orser |  Canada |
9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 12.8 | |
| 7 | Norbert Schramm | West Germany |
7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14.0 | |
| 8 | Brian Pockar | Canada |
3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 16.0 | |
| 9 | Vladimir Kotin | Soviet Union |
10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 20.0 | |
| 10 | Robert Wagenhoffer | United States |
14 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 21.2 | |
| 11 | Grzegorz Filipowski |  Poland |
8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 21.2 | |
| 12 | Jozef Sabovčík |  Czechoslovakia |
11 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 23.2 | |
| 13 | Falko Kirsten | East Germany |
15 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 23.6 | |
| 14 | Thomas Öberg |  Sweden |
12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 26.4 | |
| 15 | Takashi Mura | Japan |
17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 31.2 | |
| 16 | Bruno Watschinger | Austria |
13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 31.2 | |
| 17 | Christopher Howarth | United Kingdom |
18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 34.0 | |
| 18 | Michael Pasfield |  Australia |
19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 36.2 | |
| 19 | Todd Sand |  Denmark |
20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 38.6 | |
| 20 | Xu Zhaoxiao |  China |
21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 40.6 | |
| WD | Miljan Begovic |  Yugoslavia |
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Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Walburga Grimm
East Germany - Junko Hiramatsu
Japan - Monique Georgelin
France - Gerhard Frey
West Germany - Maria Zuchowicz
Poland - Sergei Kononykhin
Soviet Union - Linda Petersen
Denmark - Hugh C. Graham jr.
United States - Geoffrey Yates
United Kingdom
Substitute judge:
Ladies
[edit]
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Tjaša Andrée
Yugoslavia - Ludwig Gassner
Austria - Karl-David Runeskog
Sweden - Jane Sullivan United States
- Kuniko Ueno Japan
- Helga von Wiecki East Germany
- Marie Lundmark
Finland - Eugen Romminger West Germany
- David Dore
Canada
Substitute judge:
Pairs
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FS | Points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski | Soviet Union |
1 | 1 | 1.4 | |
| 2 | Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach | East Germany |
2 | 2 | 2.8 | |
| 3 | Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz | West Germany |
4 | 3 | 4.6 | |
| 4 | Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai | Soviet Union |
3 | 4 | 5.2 | |
| 5 | Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers | United States |
7 | 5 | 7.8 | |
| 6 | Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov | Soviet Union |
5 | 6 | 8.0 | |
| 7 | Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini | Canada |
10 | 7 | 11.0 | |
| 8 | Susan Garland / Robert Daw | United Kingdom |
8 | 8 | 11.2 | |
| 9 | Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert | East Germany |
6 | 9 | 11.4 | |
| 10 | Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver | United States |
9 | 10 | 13.6 | |
| 11 | Luan Bo / Yao Bin | China |
11 | 11 | 15.4 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Maya Reinhart
Switzerland - Jacqueline Kendall-Baker
Australia - Walburga Grimm East Germany
- Dorothy MacLeod Canada
- Pamela Davis United Kingdom
- Liudmila Kubashevskaya Soviet Union
- Maria Zuchowicz Poland
- E. Newbold Black IV. United States
- Eugen Romminger West Germany
Substitute judge:
Ice dancing
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Result list provided by the ISU