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{{Short description|Annual figure skating competition held in 1979}}
{{No footnotes|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title = 1979 World Figure Skating Championships
| image = 
| imagesize = 
| caption = 
| comptype = ISU Championship
| startdate = March 13
| enddate = 18
| skatingseason = 1978–79
| location = [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]
| host = 
| venue = [[Wiener Stadthalle]]
| prizemoney = 
| championmen = {{flagicon|URS}} [[Vladimir Kovalev]]
| championladies = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Linda Fratianne]]
| championpairs = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tai Babilonia]] / [[Randy Gardner (figure skater)|Randy Gardner]]
| championdance = {{flagicon|URS}} [[Natalia Linichuk]] / [[Gennadi Karponosov]]
| previouscomp = [[1978 World Figure Skating Championships|1978 World Championships]]
| nextcomp = [[1980 World Figure Skating Championships|1980 World 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 [[Single skating|men's singles, ladies' singles]], [[pair skating]], and [[ice dance]].

==Medal tables==
===Medalists===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Discipline}}
|-
| Men's singles
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Vladimir Kovalev]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Robin Cousins]]
| {{flagicon|GDR}} [[Jan Hoffmann]]
|-
| Ladies' singles
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Linda Fratianne]]
| {{flagicon|GDR}} [[Anett Pötzsch]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Emi Watanabe]]
|-
| Pair skating
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tai Babilonia]] / [[Randy Gardner (figure skater)|Randy Gardner]]
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Marina Cherkasova]] / [[Sergei Shakhrai]]
| {{flagicon|GDR}} [[Sabine Baeß]] / [[Tassilo Thierbach]]
|-
| Ice dance
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Natalia Linichuk]] / [[Gennadi Karponosov]]
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Krisztina Regőczy]] / [[András Sallay]]
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Irina Moiseyeva]] / [[Andrei Minenkov]]
|}

===Medals by country===
{{Medals table
| caption = 
| host = 
| flag_template = 
| event = 
| team = 
| gold_URS = 2 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 1
| gold_GDR = 0 | silver_GDR = 1 | bronze_GDR = 2
| gold_USA = 2 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 0
| gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 0
| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 0
| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 1
}}

==Results==
===Men===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! CP
! SP
! FS
! SP+FS
! Points
! Places
|- bgcolor=gold
| align=center | '''1'''
| [[Vladimir Kovalev]] || {{URS}} || 2 || 1 || 4 || 2 || 185.80 || 17
|- bgcolor=silver
| align=center | '''2'''
| [[Robin Cousins]] || {{GBR}} || 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 185.18 || 22
|- bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | '''3'''
| [[Jan Hoffmann]] || {{GDR}} || 1 || 5 || 3 || 4 || 185.10 || 23
|-
! 4
| [[Charles Tickner]] || {{USA}} || 4 || 4 || 2 || 3 || 184.28 || 28
|-
! 5
| [[Scott Cramer]] || {{USA}} || 8 || 2 || 6 || 6 || 178.04 || 52
|-
! 6
| [[Fumio Igarashi]] || {{JPN}} || 10 || 8 || 5 || 5 || 177.06 || 57
|-
! 7
| [[Jean-Christophe Simond]] || {{FRA}} || 6 || 12 || 7 || 7 || 175.58 || 67
|-
! 8
| [[David Santee]] || {{USA}} || 3 || 13 || 10 || 10 || 174.58 || 71
|-
! 9
| [[Mitsuru Matsumura]] || {{JPN}} || 11 || 10 || 8 || 8 || 172.74 || 83
|-
! 10
| [[Igor Bobrin]] || {{URS}} || 7 || 11 || 12 || 12 || 172.04 || 87
|-
! 11
| [[Konstantin Kokora]] || {{URS}} || 12 || 6 || 13 || 11 || 169.60 || 104
|-
! 12
| [[Hermann Schulz]] || {{GDR}} || 13 || 9 || 11 || 13 || 169.38 || 106
|-
! 13
| [[Brian Pockar]] || {{CAN}} || 14 || 7 || 14 || 14 || 168.50 || 109
|-
! 14
| [[Mario Liebers]] || {{GDR}} || 9 || 14 || 15 || 15 || 166.54 || 120
|-
! 15
| [[Vern Taylor]] || {{CAN}} || 20 || 15 || 9 || 9 || 163.62 || 133
|-
! 16
| [[Norbert Schramm]] || {{FRG}} || 15 || 16 || 19 || 17 || 156.44 || 147
|-
! 17
| [[Thomas Öberg (figure skater)|Thomas Öberg]] || {{SWE}} || 18 || 17 || 16 || 16 || 153.10 || 157
|-
! 18
| [[Helmut Kristofics-Binder]] || {{AUT}} || 16 || 20 || 18 || 19 || 151.78 || 162
|-
! 19
| [[Jozef Sabovčík]] || {{TCH}} || 17 || 18 || 20 || 20 || 148.16 || 175
|-
! 20
| [[Christopher Howarth]] || {{GBR}} || 21 || 19 || 17 || 18 || 148.62 || 175
|-
! 21
| [[William Schober]] || {{AUS}} || 19 || 22 || 21 || 21 || 146.40 || 182
|-
! 22
| [[Matjaž Krušec]] || {{YUG}} || 22 || 21 || 22 || 22 || 138.86 || 198
|}

Referee:
* [[Sonia Bianchetti]] {{ITA}}

Assistant Referee:
* [[Benjamin T. Wright]] {{USA}}

Judges:
* [[Eva von Gamm]] {{FRG}}
* [[Margaret Berezowski]] {{CAN}}
* [[Toshio Suzuki (figure skater)|Toshio Suzuki]] {{JPN}}
* [[Monique Georgelin]] {{FRA}}
* [[Yvonne Tutt]] {{USA}}
* [[Walburga Grimm]] {{GDR}}
* [[Tatiana Danilenko]] {{URS}}
* [[Pamela Davis (figure skater)|Pamela Davis]] {{GBR}}
* [[Tjasa Andrée]] {{YUG}}
* [[Václav Skála]] {{TCH}}

===Ladies===
<nowiki>*</nowiki>: better placed due to the majority of the better placings

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! CP
! SP
! FS
! SP+FS
! Points
! Places
|- bgcolor=gold
| align=center | '''1'''
| [[Linda Fratianne]] || {{USA}} || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 186.92 || 11
|- bgcolor=silver
| align=center | '''2'''
| [[Anett Pötzsch]] || {{GDR}} || 1 || 5 || 3 || 3 || 184.36 || 18
|- bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | '''3'''
| [[Emi Watanabe]] || {{JPN}} || 4 || 2 || 4 || 4 || 180.52 || 31
|-
! 4
| [[Dagmar Lurz]] || {{FRG}} || 2 || 4 || 8 || 6 || 179.96 || 33
|-
! 5
| [[Denise Biellmann]] || {{SUI}} || 11 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 177.28 || 49
|-
! 6
| [[Lisa-Marie Allen]] || {{USA}} || 8 || 7 || 5 || 5 || 176.68 || 54
|-
! 7
| [[Claudia Kristofics-Binder]] || {{AUT}} || 5 || 6 || 9 || 7 || 175.44 || 63
|-
! 8
| [[Susanna Driano]] || {{ITA}} || 6 || 3 || 14 || 9 || 173.46 || 70
|-
! 9
| [[Carola Weißenberg]] || {{GDR}} || 9 || 21 || 7 || 11 || 170.54 || 88
|-
! 10
| [[Kristiina Wegelius]] || {{FIN}} || 7 || 8 || 18 || 15 || 169.26 || 98
|-
! 11
| [[Carrie Rugh]] || {{USA}} || 12 || 11 || 11 || 10 || 169.34 || 97
|-
! 12
| [[Sanda Dubravčić]] || {{YUG}} || 21 || 9 || 6 || 8 || 166.96 || 115
|-
! 13
| [[Natalia Strelkova]] || {{URS}} || 14 || 20 || 15 || 16 || 164.94 || 134
|-
! 14
| [[Deborah Cottrill]] || {{GBR}} || 10 || 16 || 20 || 20 || 164.80 || 136
|-
! 15
| [[Karin Riediger]] || {{FRG}} || 15 || 12 || 16 || 17 || 164.50 || 142
|-
! 16
| [[Renata Baierová]] || {{TCH}} || 18 || 15 || 13 || 13 || 164.00 || 144
|-
! 17
| [[Petra Ernert]] || {{FRG}} || 19 || 19 || 12 || 14 || 163.24 || 149*
|-
! 18
| [[Kira Ivanova]] || {{URS}} || 20 || 13 || 10 || 12 || 164.02 || 147
|-
! 19
| [[Janet Morrissey]] || {{CAN}} || 17 || 17 || 17 || 18 || 162.04 || 162
|-
! 20
| [[Reiko Kobayashi]] || {{JPN}} || 13 || 18 || 21 || 21 || 161.30 || 170*
|-
! 21
| [[Jeanne Chapman]] || {{NOR}} || 16 || 14 || 19 || 19 || 161.80 || 166
|-
! 22
| [[Anita Siegfried]] || {{SUI}} || 22 || 28 || 24 || 26 || 150.34 || 207
|-
! 23
| [[Astrid Jansen in de Wal]] || {{NED}} || 23 || 24 || 26 || 25 || 149.18 || 216
|-
! 24
| [[Franca Bianconi]] || {{ITA}} || 26 || 23 || 22 || 22 || 149.04 || 218
|-
! 25
| [[Bodil Olsson]] || {{SWE}} || 30 || 26 || 23 || 23 || 147.02 || 225
|-
! 26
| [[Corinne Wyrsch]] || {{SUI}} || 24 || 22 || 28 || 27 || 146.76 || 233
|-
! 27
| [[Kim Myo-sil]] || {{PRK}} || 27 || 25 || 25 || 24 || 145.48 || 237
|-
! 28
| [[Belinda Coulthard]] || {{AUS}} || 25 || 27 || 27 || 28 || 145.92 || 238
|-
! 29
| [[Katie Symmonds]] || {{NZL}} || 23 || 29 || 29 || 29 || 134.58 || 261
|-
! 30
| [[Shin Hea-sook]] || {{KOR}} || 29 || 30 || 31 || 30 || 120.44 || 270
|-
! 31
| [[Gloria Mas]] || {{ESP}} || 31 || 31 || 30 || 31 || 112.28 || 279
|}

Referee:
* [[Hermann Schiechtl]] {{FRG}}

Assistant Referee:
* [[Martin Felsenreich]] {{AUT}}

Judges:
* [[Eugen Romminger]] {{FRG}}
* [[Berit Aarens]] {{NOR}}
* [[Evgenia Bogdanova]] {{URS}}
* [[Lena Vainio]] {{FIN}}
* [[Jürg Wilhelm]] {{SUI}}
* [[Giordano Abbondati]] {{ITA}}
* [[Ingrid Linke]] {{GDR}}
* [[Jacqueline Kendall-Baker]] {{AUS}}
* [[Charles Foster (figure skater)|Charles Foster]] {{USA}}
* [[Suzanne Francis (figure skater)|Suzanne Francis]] {{CAN}}

===Pairs===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! SP
! FS
! Points
! Places
|- bgcolor=gold
| align=center | '''1'''
| [[Tai Babilonia]] / [[Randy Gardner (figure skater)|Randy Gardner]] || {{USA}} || 1 || 1 || 144.54 || 12
|- bgcolor=silver
| align=center | '''2'''
| [[Marina Cherkasova]] / [[Sergei Shakhrai]] || {{URS}} || 2 || 2 || 142.22 || 16
|- bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | '''3'''
| [[Sabine Baeß]] / [[Tassilo Thierbach]] || {{GDR}} || 4 || 3 || 137.74 || 32
|-
! 4
| [[Irina Vorobieva]] / [[Igor Lisovski]] || {{URS}} || 3 || 4 || 138.72 || 33
|-
! 5
| [[Marina Pestova]] / [[Stanislav Leonovich]] || {{URS}} || 5 || 5 || 133.98 || 46
|-
! 6
| [[Vicki Heasley]] / [[Robert Wagenhoffer]] || {{USA}} || 6 || 6 || 132.50 || 54
|-
! 7
| [[Cornelia Haufe]] / [[Kersten Bellmann]] || {{GDR}} || 7 || 10 || 128.98 || 70
|-
! 8
| [[Christina Riegel]] / [[Andreas Nischwitz]] || {{FRG}} || 9 || 8 || 128.56 || 75
|-
! 9
| [[Sheryl Franks]] / [[Michael Botticelli (figure skater)|Michael Botticelli]] || {{USA}} || 8 || 9 || 127.64 || 77
|-
! 10
| [[Kerstin Stolfig]] / [[Veit Kempe]] || {{GDR}} || 11 || 7 || 125.92 || 84
|-
! 11
| [[Barbara Underhill]] / [[Paul Martini]] || {{CAN}} || 10 || 11 || 123.92 || 94
|-
! 12
| [[Gabriele Beck]] / [[Jochen Stahl]] || {{FRG}} || 14 || 12 || 117.62 || 114
|-
! 13
| [[Elizabeth Cain]] / [[Peter Cain (figure skater)|Peter Cain]] || {{AUS}} || 12 || 13 || 115.32 || 117
|-
! 14
| [[Kyoko Hagiwara]] / [[Hisao Ozaki]] || {{JPN}} || 13 || 14 || 114.02 || 120
|}

Referee:
* [[Elemér Terták]] {{HUN}}

Assistant Referee:
* [[Emil Skákala]] {{TCH}}

Judges:
* [[Thérèse Maisel]] {{FRA}}
* [[Liudmila Kubashevskaya]] {{URS}}
* [[Jacqueline Kendall-Baker]] {{AUS}}
* [[Günter Teichmann]] {{GDR}}
* [[Mary Louise Wright]] {{USA}}
* [[Willi Wernz]] {{FRG}}
* [[Oskar Urban]] {{TCH}}
* [[Junko Hiramatsu]] {{JPN}}
* [[Suzanne Fancis]] {{CAN}}
* [[Pamela Davis (figure skater)|Pamela Davis]] {{GBR}}
* [[Giordano Abbondati]] {{ITA}}

===Ice dance===
<nowiki>*</nowiki> better placed due to the majority of the better placings

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! CD
! FD
! Points
! Places
|- bgcolor=gold
| align=center | '''1'''
| [[Natalia Linichuk]] / [[Gennadi Karponosov]] || {{URS}} || 1 || 1 || 207.86 || 9
|- bgcolor=silver
| align=center | '''2'''
| [[Krisztina Regőczy]] / [[András Sallay]] || {{HUN}} || 2 || 2 || 204.10 || 22
|- bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | '''3'''
| [[Irina Moiseeva]] / [[Andrei Minenkov]] || {{URS}} || 3 || 3 || 203.74 || 23
|-
! 4
| [[Liliana Řeháková]] / [[Stanislav Drastich]] || {{TCH}} || 4 || 4 || 196.94 || 36
|-
! 5
| [[Janet Thompson (figure skater)|Janet Thompson]] / [[Warren Maxwell]] || {{GBR}} || 5 || 5 || 194.00 || 51
|-
! 6
| [[Lorna Wighton]] / [[John Dowding (figure skater)|John Dowding]] || {{CAN}} || 6 || 6 || 192.70 || 52
|-
! 7
| [[Susi Handschmann]] / [[Peter Handschmann]] || {{AUT}} || 7 || 7 || 188.72 || 65
|-
! 8
| [[Jayne Torvill]] / [[Christopher Dean]] || {{GBR}} || 8 || 8 || 187.84 || 71
|-
! 9
| [[Stacey Smith (figure skater)|Stacey Smith]] / [[John Summers (figure skater)|John Summers]] || {{USA}} || 9 || 10 || 185.70 || 81
|-
! 10
| [[Natalia Bestemianova]] / [[Andrei Bukin]] || {{URS}} || 11 || 9 || 184.06 || 87
|-
! 11
| [[Carol Fox (figure skater)|Carol Fox]] / [[Richard Dalley]] || {{USA}} || 10 || 11 || 180.30 || 98
|-
! 12
| [[Henriette Fröschl]] / [[Christian Steiner (ice dancer)|Christian Steiner]] || {{FRG}} || 12 || 12 || 175.50 || 108
|-
! 13
| [[Karen Barber]] / [[Nicky Slater]] || {{GBR}} || 13 || 13 || 169.74 || 121
|-
! 14
| [[Anna Pisánská]] / [[Jiří Musil (figure skater)|Jiří Musil]] || {{TCH}} || 14 || 14 || 168.70 || 124
|-
! 15
| [[Patricia Fletcher]] / [[Michael de la Penotiere]] || {{CAN}} || 15 || 15 || 165.24 || 134
|-
! 16
| [[Martine Olivier]] / [[Yves Tarayre]] || {{FRA}} || 16 || 16 || 161.44 || 145
|-
! 17
| [[Jindra Holá]] / [[Karol Foltán]] || {{TCH}} || 18 || 17 || 157.64 || 157
|-
! 18
| [[Gabriella Remport]] / [[Sándor Nagy (figure skater)|Sándor Nagy]] || {{HUN}} || 17 || 18 || 158.26 || 157
|-
! 19
| [[Yumiko Kage]] / [[Tadayuki Takahashi]] || {{JPN}} || 19 || 19 || 153.30 || 175*
|-
! 20
| [[Claudia Koch]] / [[Peter Schübl]] || {{AUT}} || 20 || 20 || 151.94 || 174
|}

Referee:
* [[Hans Kutschera]] {{AUT}}

Assistant Referee:
* [[Lawrence Demmy]] {{GBR}}

Judges:
* [[Igor Kabanov]] {{URS}}
* [[Brenda Long]] {{GBR}}
* [[Pál Vásárhelyi]] {{HUN}}
* [[Gerhard Frey (figure skater)|Gerhard Frey]] {{FRG}}
* [[Lysiane Lauret]] {{FRA}}
* [[Virginia Le Fevre]] {{USA}}
* [[Dennis McFarlane]] {{CAN}}
* [[Rudolf Zorn]] {{AUT}}
* [[Gerhardt Bubnik]] {{TCH}}
* [[Tsukasa Kimura]] {{JPN}}

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