1985 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1985 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from March 3 to 10. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

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
Pair skating: Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev
Ice dance: Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
Previous: 1984 World Championships
Next: 1986 World Championships

Medal tables

Medalists

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

Medals by country

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 nations)		4	4	4	12

Results

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Men

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

Ladies

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

Pairs

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:

• Elemér Terták  Hungary

Assistant Referee:

• Donald H. Gilchrist  Canada

Judges:

• Eugen Romminger  West Germany
• Ingrid Linke  East Germany
• Sergei Kononykhin  Soviet Union
• Frances Dafoe  Canada
• Dagmar Řeháková  Czechoslovakia
• Shirly Taylor  Australia
• Hugh C. Graham Jr.  United States
• Klára Kozári  Hungary
• Jürg Badraun   Switzerland

Substitute judge:

• Thérèse Maisel  France

Ice dancing

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

References

1. CHIN 2D IN TOKYO SKATING New York Times

External links

• Result list provided by the ISU
• Ladies' placements per Skating Magazine April 1985
• skatabase