1985 World Figure Skating Championships

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1985 World Figure Skating Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Date: March 3 – March 10
Season: 1984–1985
Location: Japan Tokyo
Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Champions
Men's singles:
Soviet Union Alexander Fadeev
Ladies' singles:
East Germany Katarina Witt
Pair skating:
Soviet Union Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev
Ice dancing:
Soviet Union Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin
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The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. This event is considered the most prestigious of the ISU Championships.

The 1985 Worlds were held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from 1985.

Contents

Medalists [edit]

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Soviet Union Alexander Fadeev Canada Brian Orser United States Brian Boitano
Ladies' singles East Germany Katarina Witt Soviet Union Kira Ivanova United States Tiffany Chin
Pair skating Soviet Union Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev Soviet Union Larisa Selezneva & Oleg Makarov Canada Katherina Matousek & Lloyd Eisler
Ice dancing Soviet Union Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin Soviet Union Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko United States Judy Blumberg & Michael Seibert

Medal table [edit]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 3 3 0 6
2  East Germany 1 0 0 1
3  Canada 0 1 1 2
4  United States 0 0 3 3

Results [edit]

Men [edit]

In winning Alexander Fadeev won the complusory figures and the long program. [1]

Rank Name Nation
1 Alexander Fadeev  Soviet Union
2 Brian Orser  Canada
3 Brian Boitano  United States
4 Jozef Sabovčík  Czechoslovakia
5 Vladimir Kotin  Soviet Union
6 Heiko Fischer  West Germany
7 Grzegorz Filipowski  Poland
8 Mark Cockerell  United States
9 Viktor Petrenko  Soviet Union
10 Neil Paterson  Canada
11 Richard Zander  West Germany
12 Falko Kirsten  East Germany
13 Petr Barna  Czechoslovakia
14 Masaru Ogawa  Japan
15 Fernand Fédronic  France
16 Lars Åkesson  Sweden
17 Gordon Forbes  Canada
18 Cameron Medhurst  Australia
19 Oliver Höner  Switzerland
20 Alessandro Riccitelli  Italy
21 Stephen Pickavance  United Kingdom
22 Oula Jääskeläinen  Finland
23 Xu Zhaoxiao  China
24 Lars Dresler  Denmark
25 Cho Jae-Hyung  South Korea
26 Fernando Soria  Spain
27 Cheukfai Lai  Hong Kong

Ladies [edit]

Rank Name Nation CF SP LP Total
1 Katarina Witt  East Germany 3 1 1 3.2
2 Kira Ivanova  Soviet Union 1 3 2 3.8
3 Tiffany Chin  United States 2 2 3 5.0
4 Anna Kondrashova  Soviet Union 4 4 5 9.0
5 Debi Thomas  United States 7 5 4 10.2
6 Claudia Leistner  West Germany 5 11 6 13.4
7 Natalia Lebedeva  Soviet Union 8 7 8 15.6
8 Agnès Gosselin  France 9 13 10 20.6
9 Elizabeth Manley  Canada 10 10 12 22.0
10 Cynthia Coull  Canada 18 8 9 23.0
11 Constanze Gensel  East Germany 21 9 7 23.2
12 Patricia Neske  West Germany 11 17 11 24.4
13 Susan Jackson  United Kingdom 14 12 13 26.2
14 Simone Koch  East Germany 17 6 15 27.6
15 Elise Ahonen  Finland 13 18 16 31.0
16 Claudia Villiger  Switzerland 12 15 18 31.2
17 Sandra Cariboni  Switzerland 6 19 20 31.2
18 Kato Masako  Japan 14 14 19 33.0
19 Lotta Falkenback  Sweden 19 22 14 34.2
20 Tamara Téglássy  Hungary 16 20 17 34.6
21 Lim Hye-Kyung  South Korea FNR
22 Amanda James  Australia FNR
23 Jiang Yibing  China FNR
24 Petia Gavazova  Bulgaria FNR
25 Marta Olozagarre  Spain FNR
26 Shukching Ngai  Hong Kong FNR

Pairs [edit]

Rank Name Nation SP FS Points Total
1 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev  Soviet Union 2 1 1.8
2 Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov  Soviet Union 1 2 2.4
3 Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler  Canada 3 3 4.2
4 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard  United States 6 4 6.4
5 Melinda Kunhegyi / Lyndon Johnston  Canada 7 5 7.8
6 Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov  Soviet Union 5 6 8.0
7 Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom  Canada 4 7 8.6
8 Manuela Landgraf / Ingo Steuer  East Germany 8 8 11.2
9 Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold  United States 9 9 12.6
10 Claudia Massari / Daniel Caprano  West Germany 10 10 14.0
11 Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr  Australia 12 11 16.4
12 Jun Fan / Jihong Sun  China 11 12 16.4
13 Shukling Ngai / Kwokyung Mak  Hong Kong 13 13 18.2

Judges were

Substitute judge:

Ice Dancing [edit]

Rank Name Nation
1 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin  Soviet Union
2 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko  Soviet Union
3 Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert  United States
4 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall  Canada
5 Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn  West Germany
6 Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater  United Kingdom
7 Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski  Soviet Union
8 Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola  Italy
9 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck  Austria
10 Karyn Garossino / Rod Garossino  Canada
11 Renée Roca / Donald Adair  United States
12 Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory  United States
13 Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi  Japan
14 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth  Hungary
15 Sharon Jones / Paul Askham  United Kingdom
16 Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer  West Germany
17 Martine Olivier / Philippe Boissier  France
18 Liu Luyang / Zhao Xiaolei  China
19 Liane Telling / Michael Fisher  Australia

References [edit]

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