1979 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1979 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Vienna, Austria from March 13 to 18. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
The ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič.
Medal tables
Medalists
Medals by country
Results
Men
Referee:Assistant Referee:
- Benjamin T. Wright
- Eva von Gamm
- Margaret Berezowski
- Toshio Suzuki
- Monique Georgelin
- Yvonne Tutt
- Walburga Grimm
- Tatiana Danilenko
- Pamela Davis
- Tjasa Andrée
- Václav Skála
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FS | SP+FS | Points | Places |
| 1 | Linda Fratianne | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 186.92 | 11 | |
| 2 | Anett Pötzsch | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 184.36 | 18 | |
| 3 | Emi Watanabe | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 180.52 | 31 | |
| 4 | Dagmar Lurz | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 179.96 | 33 | |
| 5 | Denise Biellmann | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 177.28 | 49 | |
| 6 | Lisa-Marie Allen | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 176.68 | 54 | |
| 7 | Claudia Kristofics-Binder | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 175.44 | 63 | |
| 8 | Susanna Driano | 6 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 173.46 | 70 | |
| 9 | Carola Weißenberg | 9 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 170.54 | 88 | |
| 10 | Kristiina Wegelius | 7 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 169.26 | 98 | |
| 11 | Carrie Rugh | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 169.34 | 97 | |
| 12 | Sanda Dubravčić | 21 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 166.96 | 115 | |
| 13 | Natalia Strelkova | 14 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 164.94 | 134 | |
| 14 | Deborah Cottrill | 10 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 164.80 | 136 | |
| 15 | Karin Riediger | 15 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 164.50 | 142 | |
| 16 | Renata Baierová | 18 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 164.00 | 144 | |
| 17 | Petra Ernert | 19 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 163.24 | 149* | |
| 18 | Kira Ivanova | 20 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 164.02 | 147 | |
| 19 | Janet Morrissey | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 162.04 | 162 | |
| 20 | Reiko Kobayashi | 13 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 161.30 | 170* | |
| 21 | Jeanne Chapman | 16 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 161.80 | 166 | |
| 22 | Anita Siegfried | 22 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 150.34 | 207 | |
| 23 | Astrid Jansen in de Wal | 23 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 149.18 | 216 | |
| 24 | Franca Bianconi | 26 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 149.04 | 218 | |
| 25 | Bodil Olsson | 30 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 147.02 | 225 | |
| 26 | Corine Wyrsch | 24 | 22 | 28 | 27 | 146.76 | 233 | |
| 27 | Kim Myo-sil | 27 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 145.48 | 237 | |
| 28 | Belinda Coulthard | 25 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 145.92 | 238 | |
| 29 | Katie Symmonds | 23 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 134.58 | 261 | |
| 30 | Shin Hea-sook | 29 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 120.44 | 270 | |
| 31 | Gloria Mas | 31 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 112.28 | 279 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Eugen Romminger
- Berit Aarens
- Evgenia Bogdanova
- Lena Vainio
- Jürg Wilhelm
- Giordano Abbondati
- Ingrid Linke
- Jacqueline Kendall-Baker
- Charles Foster
- Suzanne Francis
Pairs
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Thérèse Maisel
- Liudmila Kubashevskaya
- Jacqueline Kendall-Baker
- Günter Teichmann
- Mary Louise Wright
- Willi Wernz
- Oskar Urban
- Junko Hiramatsu
- Suzanne Fancis
- Pamela Davis
- Giordano Abbondati
Ice dance
| Rank | Name | Nation | CD | FD | Points | Places |
| 1 | Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov | 1 | 1 | 207.86 | 9 | |
| 2 | Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay | 2 | 2 | 204.10 | 22 | |
| 3 | Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | 3 | 3 | 203.74 | 23 | |
| 4 | Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich | 4 | 4 | 196.94 | 36 | |
| 5 | Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell | 5 | 5 | 194.00 | 51 | |
| 6 | Lorna Wighton / John Dowding | 6 | 6 | 192.70 | 52 | |
| 7 | Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann | 7 | 7 | 188.72 | 65 | |
| 8 | Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean | 8 | 8 | 187.84 | 71 | |
| 9 | Stacey Smith / John Summers | 9 | 10 | 185.70 | 81 | |
| 10 | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | 11 | 9 | 184.06 | 87 | |
| 11 | Carol Fox / Richard Dalley | 10 | 11 | 180.30 | 98 | |
| 12 | Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner | 12 | 12 | 175.50 | 108 | |
| 13 | Karen Barber / Nicky Slater | 13 | 13 | 169.74 | 121 | |
| 14 | Anna Pisánská / Jiří Musil | 14 | 14 | 168.70 | 124 | |
| 15 | Patricia Fletcher / Michael de la Penotiere | 15 | 15 | 165.24 | 134 | |
| 16 | Martine Olivier / Yves Tarayre | 16 | 16 | 161.44 | 145 | |
| 17 | Jindra Holá / Karol Foltán | 18 | 17 | 157.64 | 157 | |
| 18 | Gabriella Remport / Sándor Nagy | 17 | 18 | 158.26 | 157 | |
| 19 | Yumiko Kage / Tadayuki Takahashi | 19 | 19 | 153.30 | 175* | |
| 20 | Claudia Koch / Peter Schübl | 20 | 20 | 151.94 | 174 |
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