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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: Jan Hoffmann | |
| Ladies' singles:Anett Pötzsch | |
Pairs: Marina Cherkasova /Sergei Shakhrai | |
Ice dance: Krisztina Regőczy /András Sallay | |
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The1980World Figure Skating Championships were held inDortmund,West Germany from March 11 to 16. At the event, sanctioned by theInternational Skating Union, medals were awarded inmen's singles, ladies' singles,pair skating, andice dance.
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Jan Hoffmann |  Robin Cousins |  Charles Tickner |
| Ladies | Anett Pötzsch |  Dagmar Lurz | Linda Fratianne |
| Pair skating | Marina Cherkasova /Sergei Shakhrai | Manuela Mager /Uwe Bewersdorf | Marina Pestova /Stanislav Leonovich |
| Ice dance | Krisztina Regőczy /András Sallay | Natalia Linichuk /Gennadi Karponosov | Irina Moiseyeva /Andrei Minenkov |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| 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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Finland| 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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Yugoslavia Soviet Union United Kingdom Czechoslovakia Canada Japan East Germany West Germany United States France| 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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