| 1985 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 3 – 10 |
| Season: | 1984–85 |
| Location: | Tokyo,Japan |
| Venue: | Yoyogi National Gymnasium |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Alexander Fadeev | |
Ladies' singles: Katarina Witt | |
| Pairs:Elena Valova /Oleg Vasiliev | |
| Ice dance:Natalia Bestemianova /Andrei Bukin | |
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The1985World Figure Skating Championships were held at theYoyogi National Gymnasium inTokyo,Japan from March 3 to 10. At the event, sanctioned by theInternational Skating Union, medals were awarded inmen's singles, ladies' singles,pair skating, andice dancing.
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Alexander Fadeev |  Brian Orser |  Brian Boitano |
| Ladies | Katarina Witt | Kira Ivanova | Tiffany Chin |
| Pair skating | Elena Valova /Oleg Vasiliev | Larisa Selezneva /Oleg Makarov | Katherina Matousek /Lloyd Eisler |
| Ice dancing | Natalia Bestemianova /Andrei Bukin | Marina Klimova /Sergei Ponomarenko | Judy Blumberg /Michael Seibert |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CF | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Fadeev | Soviet Union | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Brian Orser | Canada | 5.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Brian Boitano | United States | 7.6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Jozef Sabovčík |  Czechoslovakia | 8.4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Vladimir Kotin | Soviet Union | 9.6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Heiko Fischer |  West Germany | 13.0 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 7 | Grzegorz Filipowski |  Poland | 13.6 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Mark Cockerell | United States | 20.4 | 16 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Viktor Petrenko | Soviet Union | 21.4 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
| 10 | Neil Paterson | Canada | 24.8 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
| 11 | Richard Zander | West Germany | 25.0 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
| 12 | Falko Kirsten | East Germany | 25.4 | 19 | 10 | 10 |
| 13 | Petr Barna | Czechoslovakia | 26.4 | 18 | 9 | 12 |
| 14 | Masaru Ogawa |  Japan | 27.0 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| 15 | Fernand Fédronic |  France | 27.0 | 3 | 18 | 18 |
| 16 | Lars Åkesson |  Sweden | 28.4 | 9 | 15 | 17 |
| 17 | Gordon Forbes | Canada | 30.2 | 13 | 16 | 16 |
| 18 | Cameron Medhurst |  Australia | 32.0 | 17 | 17 | 15 |
| 19 | Oliver Höner |  Switzerland | 33.8 | 10 | 22 | 19 |
| 20 | Alessandro Riccitelli |  Italy | 40.4 | 20 | 21 | 20 |
| Free skating not reached | ||||||
| 21 | Stephen Pickavance |  United Kingdom | 23 | 20 | ||
| 22 | Oula Jääskeläinen |  Finland | 21 | 19 | ||
| 23 | Xu Zhaoxiao |  China | 24 | 23 | ||
| 24 | Lars Dresler |  Denmark | 22 | 24 | ||
| 25 | Cho Jae-hyung |  South Korea | 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | Fernando Soria |  Spain | 26 | 26 | ||
| 27 | Cheukfai Lai |  Hong Kong | 27 | 27 | ||
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CF | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katarina Witt | East Germany | 3.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Kira Ivanova | Soviet Union | 3.8 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Tiffany Chin | United States | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Anna Kondrashova | Soviet Union | 9.0 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Debi Thomas | United States | 10.2 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Claudia Leistner | West Germany | 13.4 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| 7 | Natalia Lebedeva | Soviet Union | 15.6 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | Agnès Gosselin | France | 20.6 | 9 | 13 | 10 |
| 9 | Elizabeth Manley | Canada | 22.0 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| 10 | Cynthia Coull | Canada | 23.0 | 18 | 8 | 9 |
| 11 | Constanze Gensel | East Germany | 23.2 | 21 | 9 | 7 |
| 12 | Patricia Neske | West Germany | 24.4 | 11 | 17 | 11 |
| 13 | Susan Jackson | United Kingdom | 26.2 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | Simone Koch | East Germany | 27.6 | 17 | 6 | 15 |
| 15 | Elise Ahonen | Finland | 31.0 | 13 | 18 | 16 |
| 16 | Claudia Villiger | Switzerland | 31.2 | 12 | 15 | 18 |
| 17 | Sandra Cariboni | Switzerland | 31.2 | 6 | 19 | 20 |
| 18 | Masako Kato | Japan | 33.0 | 14 | 14 | 19 |
| 19 | Lotta Falkenback | Sweden | 34.2 | 19 | 22 | 14 |
| 20 | Tamara Téglássy |  Hungary | 34.6 | 16 | 20 | 17 |
| Free skating not reached | ||||||
| 21 | Lim Hye-kyung | South Korea | 23 | 16 | ||
| 22 | Amanda James | Australia | 20 | 24 | ||
| 23 | Jiang Yibing | China | 24 | 21 | ||
| 24 | Petya Gavazova |  Bulgaria | 25 | 23 | ||
| 25 | Marta Olozagarre | Spain | 22 | 25 | ||
| 26 | Shukching Ngai | Hong Kong | 26 | 26 | ||
| WD | Midori Ito | Japan | ||||
| WD | Katrien Pauwels |  Belgium | ||||
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elena Valova /Oleg Vasiliev | Soviet Union | 1.8 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Larisa Selezneva /Oleg Makarov | Soviet Union | 2.4 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Katherina Matousek /Lloyd Eisler | Canada | 4.2 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Jill Watson /Peter Oppegard | United States | 6.4 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Melinda Kunhegyi /Lyndon Johnston | Canada | 7.8 | 7 | 5 |
| 6 | Veronika Pershina /Marat Akbarov | Soviet Union | 8.0 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Cynthia Coull /Mark Rowsom | Canada | 8.6 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Manuela Landgraf /Ingo Steuer | East Germany | 11.2 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Natalie Seybold /Wayne Seybold | United States | 12.6 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Claudia Massari /Daniel Caprano | West Germany | 14.0 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Danielle Carr /Stephen Carr | Australia | 16.4 | 12 | 11 |
| 12 | Jun Fan /Jihong Sun | China | 16.4 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | Shukling Ngai /Kwokyung Mak | Hong Kong | 18.2 | 13 | 13 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
West Germany East Germany Soviet Union Canada Czechoslovakia Australia United States Hungary SwitzerlandSubstitute judge:
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CD | OSP | FD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalia Bestemianova /Andrei Bukin | Soviet Union | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Marina Klimova /Sergei Ponomarenko | Soviet Union | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Judy Blumberg /Michael Seibert | United States | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Tracy Wilson /Robert McCall | Canada | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Petra Born /Rainer Schönborn | West Germany | 10.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Karen Barber /Nicholas Slater | United Kingdom | 12.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Natalia Annenko /Genrikh Sretenski | Soviet Union | 14.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Isabella Micheli /Roberto Pelizzola | Italy | 16.4 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | Kathrin Beck /Christoff Beck |  Austria | 17.6 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | Karyn Garossino /Rod Garossino | Canada | 20.0 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Renée Roca /Donald Adair | United States | 22.0 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Suzanne Semanick /Scott Gregory | United States | 24.0 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Noriko Sato /Tadayuki Takahashi | Japan | 26.0 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Klára Engi /Attila Tóth | Hungary | 28.0 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Sharon Jones /Paul Askham | United Kingdom | 31.0 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| 16 | Antonia Becherer /Ferdinand Becherer | West Germany | 31.0 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | Martine Olivier /Philippe Boissier | France | 34.0 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | Liu Luyang /Zhao Xiaolei | China | 37.0 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| 19 | Liane Telling /Michael Fisher | Australia | 37.0 | 18 | 18 | 19 |