1981 World Figure Skating Championships

1981 World Figure Skating Championships
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
	Pair skating: ; Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski
	Ice dance: ; Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean
	Previous: ; 1980 World Championships
	Next: ; 1982 World Championships

The 1981 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Hartford, Connecticut, USA 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

Medalists

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Scott Hamilton	David Santee	Igor Bobrin
Ladies	Denise Biellmann	Elaine Zayak	Claudia Kristofics-Binder
Pair skating	Irina Vorobeva / Igor Lisovski	Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach	Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz
Ice dancing	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin

Medals by country


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
3	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
5	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	0	1
6	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
6	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		4	4	4	12

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	CP	SP	FS	SP+FS	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	16

Referee:

Donald H. Gilchrist Canada

Assistant Referee:

Elemér Terták Hungary

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:

Bojan Lipovšćak Canada

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	CP	SP	FS	SP+FS	Total
1	Denise Biellmann	Switzerland	4	2	1	1	4.2
2	Elaine Zayak	United States	7	3	2	2	7.4
3	Claudia Kristofics-Binder	Austria	1	6	5	5	8.0
4	Deborah Cottrill	United Kingdom	2	8	4	4	8.4
5	Katarina Witt	East Germany	11	1	3	3	10.0
6	Kristiina Wegelius	Finland	3	5	7	7	10.8
7	Priscilla Hill	United States	5	10	9	8	16.0
8	Carola Paul	East Germany	16	7	6	6	18.4
9	Karin Riediger	West Germany	9	14	8	9	19.0
10	Tracey Wainman	Canada	6	15	10	12	19.6
11	Sanda Dubravčić	Yugoslavia	8	12	12	13	21.6
12	Kira Ivanova	Soviet Union	13	4	13	11	22.4
13	Manuela Ruben	West Germany	17	9	11	10	24.8
14	Anne-Sophie de Kristoffy	France	15	11	16	15	29.4
15	Karen Wood	United Kingdom	18	16	14	14	31.2
16	Andrea Rohm	Austria	14	18	17	17	32.6
17	Reiko Kobayashi	Japan	10	13	22	19	33.2
18	Catarina Lindgren	Sweden	19	20	15	16	34.4
19	Corinne Wyrsch	Switzerland	20	22	18	18	38.8
20	Sonja Stanek	Austria	12	19	24	23	38.8
21	Masako Kato	Japan	21	23	19	21	40.8
22	Editha Dotson	Belgium	23	17	21	20	41.6
23	Päivi Nieminen	Finland	25	21	20	22	43.4
24	Vicki Holland	Australia	26	26	23	24	49.0
25	Rudina Pasveer	Netherlands	22	27	26	26	50.0
26	Lisa Coppola	Italy	27	24	25	25	50.8
27	Hanne Gamborg	Denmark	24	25	27	27	51.4
28	Lim Hye-kyung	South Korea	28	28	28	28	56.0
29	Rosario Esteban	Spain	30	31	29	29	59.4
30	Denyse Adam	New Zealand	29	30	30	30	59.4
31	Zhanghua Bao	China	31	29	31	31	61.2

Referee:

Sonia Bianchetti Italy

Assistant Referee:

Charles U. Foster United States

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:

Pamela Davis United Kingdom

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	SP	FS	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:

Benjamin T. Wright United States

Assistant Referee:

Martin Felsenreich Austria

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:

Junko Hiramatsu Japan

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	CD	FD	Total
1	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	United Kingdom	1	1	2
2	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Soviet Union	2	2	4
3	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin	Soviet Union	4	3	7
4	Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert	United States	3	4	7
5	Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin	Soviet Union	6	5	11
6	Carol Fox / Richard Dalley	United States	5	6	11
7	Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater	United Kingdom	7	7	14
8	Nathalie Hervé / Pierre Béchu	France	9	8	17
9	Jana Berankova / Jan Bartak	Czechoslovakia	8	9	17
10	Birgit Goller / Peter Klisch	West Germany	10	10	20
11	Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams	United Kingdom	11	11	22
12	Kelly Johnson / Kris Barber	Canada	13	12	25
13	Marie McNeil / Robert McCall	Canada	12	13	25
14	Judit Péterfy / Csaba Bálint	Hungary	14	14	28
15	Elisabetta Parisi / Roberto Pelizzola	Italy	15	15	30
16	Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi	Japan	17	16	33
17	Gabriella Remport / Sándor Nagy	Hungary	16	17	33
18	Maria Kniffer / Manfed Hübler	Austria	19	18	37
19	Karen Mankovich / Douglas Mankovich	Belgium	18	21	39
20	Marianne von Bommel / Wayne Deweyert	Netherlands	21	19	40
21	Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn	West Germany	20	20	40

Sources

Result list provided by the ISU

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