1980 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1980 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Dortmund, West Germany from March 11 to 16. 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
- Geoffrey Yates
- Tatiana Danilenko
- Jane Sullivan
- David Dore
- Walburga Grimm
- Eva von Gamm
- Monique Georgelin
- Tsukasa Kimura
- Marie-Louise von Friedrichs
- Václav Skála
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FS | SP+FS | Points | Placings |
| 1 | Anett Pötzsch | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 188.38 | 12 | |
| 2 | Dagmar Lurz | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 186.22 | 23* | |
| 3 | Linda Fratianne | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 187.04 | 22 | |
| 4 | Emi Watanabe | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 184.82 | 33 | |
| 5 | Claudia Kristofics-Binder | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 180.48 | 47 | |
| 6 | Denise Biellmann | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 178.56 | 57 | |
| 7 | Lisa-Marie Allen | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 178.22 | 58 | |
| 8 | Kristiina Wegelius | 6 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 172.68 | 79 | |
| 9 | Deborah Cottrill | 9 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 172.14 | 85 | |
| 10 | Katarina Witt | 20 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 170.86 | 95* | |
| 11 | Elaine Zayak | 22 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 170.70 | 94 | |
| 12 | Sanda Dubravčić | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 169.30 | 107 | |
| 13 | Carola Weißenberg | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 168.68 | 111 | |
| 14 | Tracey Wainman | 21 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 164.00 | 128 | |
| 15 | Sonja Stanek | 16 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 158.90 | 142 | |
| 16 | Renata Baierová | 23 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 158.20 | 143 | |
| 17 | Susan Broman | 17 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 156.68 | 158 | |
| 18 | Anne-Sophie de Kristoffy | 14 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 155.72 | 160 | |
| 19 | Christina Riegel | 18 | 26 | 17 | 18 | 154.90 | 164 | |
| 20 | Yoko Yakushi | 25 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 151.48 | 179 | |
| 21 | Reiko Kobayashi | 19 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 150.74 | 188 | |
| 22 | Anita Siegfried | 26 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 147.98 | 194 | |
| 23 | Bodil Olsson | 28 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 144.64 | 208 | |
| 24 | Belinda Coulthard | 27 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 140.82 | 216 | |
| 25 | Rudina Pasveer | 24 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 136.12 | 222 | |
| 26 | Barbara Toffolo | 30 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 129.60 | 237 | |
| 27 | Hanne Gamborg | 29 | 31 | 25 | 27 | 128.52 | 240 | |
| 28 | Shin Hea-sook | 31 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 119.50 | 255 | |
| 29 | Liu Zhiying | 32 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 117.56 | 258 | |
| WD | Danielle Rieder | 7 | 13 | |||||
| WD | Elena Vodorezova | 11 | 15 | |||||
| WD | Karin Riediger | 15 | 20 | |||||
| WD | Susanna Driano |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
- Donald H. Gilchrist
- Yvonne Tutt
- Ludwig Gassner
- Liudmila Kubashevskaia
- Giorgio Siniscalco
- Jürg Wilhelm
- Ingrid Linke
- Junko Hiramatsu
- Elsbeth Bon
- Gerhard Frey
- Hely Abbondati
Pairs
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Tiasha Andrée
- Liudmila Kubashevskaya
- Sally-Anne Stapleford
- Václav Skála
- Audrey Williams
- Junko Hiramatsu
- Helga von Wiecki
- Willi Wenz
- Mary Louise Wright
- Thérèse Maisel
Ice dance
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Oskar Urban
- Elaine DeMore
- Willi Wenz
- Ferenc Kertész
- Lysiane Lauret
- Pamela Davis
- Igor Kabanov
- Suzanne Francis
- Tsukasa Kimura
- Cia Bordogna