# 1982 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1982 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark from March 9 to 14. 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. It was the first worlds with different judging panels for compulsory figures, short programs, and compulsory dance on one side and for the free skatings and free dance on the other.

## Medal tables
### Medalists

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Scott Hamilton | Norbert Schramm | Brian Pockar |
| Ladies | Elaine Zayak | Katarina Witt | Claudia Kristofics-Binder |
| Pair skating | Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach | Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich | Caitlin Carruthers / Peter Carruthers |
| Ice dancing | Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov |

### Medals by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FS | SP+FS | Total |
| 1 | Scott Hamilton | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.6 |
| 2 | Norbert Schramm | West Germany | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6.4 |
| 3 | Brian Pockar | Canada | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9.8 |
| 4 | Brian Orser | Canada | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11.4 |
| 5 | Jean-Christophe Simond | France | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11.8 |
| 6 | Robert Wagenhoffer | United States | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12.0 |
| 7 | Igor Bobrin | Soviet Union | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12.0 |
| 8 | David Santee | United States | 3 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 15.2 |
| 9 | Fumio Igarashi | Japan | 8 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 19.4 |
| 10 | Alexander Fadeev | Soviet Union | 15 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 21.4 |
| 11 | Vladimir Kotin | Soviet Union | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 23.4 |
| 12 | Takashi Mura | Japan | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 23.8 |
| 13 | Grzegorz Filipowski | Poland | 10 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 24.2 |
| 14 | Philippe Paulet | France | 7 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 25.2 |
| 15 | Rudi Cerne | West Germany | 16 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 25.6 |
| 16 | Jozef Sabovčík | Czechoslovakia | 13 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 27.8 |
| 17 | Didier Monge | France | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 35.2 |
| 18 | Mitsuru Matsumura | Japan | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 36.0 |
| 19 | Lars Åkesson | Sweden | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 39.2 |
| 20 | Thomas Hlavik | Austria | 21 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 40.2 |
| 21 | Mark Pepperday | United Kingdom | 27 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 45.2 |
| 22 | Todd Sand | Denmark | 22 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 46.6 |
| 23 | Bruno Delmaestro | Italy | 24 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 47.6 |
| 24 | Richard Furrer | Switzerland | 25 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 48.2 |
| 25 | Miljan Begović | Yugoslavia | 20 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 50.6 |
| 26 | Michael Pasfield | Australia | 26 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 51.4 |
| 27 | Xu Zhaoxiao | China | 30 | 29 | 23 | 25 | 52.6 |
| 28 | Eric Krol | Belgium | 23 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 52.6 |
| 29 | Ed van Campen | Netherlands | 28 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 53.2 |
| 30 | Fernando Soria | Spain | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 59.4 |
Referee:
* Sonia Bianchetti Italy
Assistant Referee:
* Martin Flesenreich Austria
Judges for the compulsory figures and the short program:
* Markus Germann Switzerland
* Maria Zuchowicz Poland
* Elaine DeMore United States
* Walburga Grimm East Germany
* Monique Georgelin France
* Giordano Abbondati Italy
* Ludwig Gassner Austria
Substitute judge:
* Dennis McFarlane Canada
Judges for the free skating:
* Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia
* Tjaša Andrée Yugoslavia
* Sally-Anne Stapleford United Kingdom
* Britta Lindgren Sweden
* Kinuko Ueno Japan
* Norris Bowden Canada
* Leena Vainio Finland
Substitute judge:
* Günter Teichmann East Germany

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FS | SP+FS | Total |
| 1 | Elaine Zayak | United States | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7.4 |
| 2 | Katarina Witt | East Germany | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7.8 |
| 3 | Claudia Kristofics-Binder | Austria | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8.2 |
| 4 | Claudia Leistner | West Germany | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12.2 |
| 5 | Elena Vodorezova | Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12.2 |
| 6 | Rosalynn Sumners | United States | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13.2 |
| 7 | Vikki de Vries | United States | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 13.6 |
| 8 | Kay Thomson | Canada | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 15.0 |
| 9 | Kristiina Wegelius | Finland | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 15.2 |
| 10 | Deborah Cottrill | United Kingdom | 3 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 22.0 |
| 11 | Carola Paul | East Germany | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 22.6 |
| 12 | Janina Wirth | East Germany | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 23.4 |
| 13 | Elizabeth Manley | Canada | 23 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 25.2 |
| 14 | Sanda Dubravčić | Yugoslavia | 10 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 30.6 |
| 15 | Manuela Ruben | West Germany | 18 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 31.4 |
| 16 | Sandra Cariboni | Switzerland | 15 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 33.0 |
| 17 | Karen Wood | United Kingdom | 22 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 34.4 |
| 18 | Sonja Stanek | Austria | 7 | 15 | 25 | 21 | 35.2 |
| 19 | Catarina Lindgren | Sweden | 25 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 36.8 |
| 20 | Myriam Oberwiler | Switzerland | 20 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 38.4 |
| 21 | Béatrice Farinacci | France | 16 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 40.0 |
| 22 | Mariko Joshida | Japan | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 43.8 |
| 23 | Diana Rankin | United Kingdom | 19 | 16 | 28 | 26 | 45.8 |
| 24 | Parthena Sarafidis | Austria | 24 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 46.2 |
| 25 | Hanne Gamborg | Denmark | 26 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 48.2 |
| 26 | Karin Telser | Italy | 17 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 49.2 |
| 27 | Vicki Holland | Australia | 30 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 50.8 |
| 28 | Liisa Seitsonen | Finland | 29 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 54.6 |
| 29 | Li Scha Wang | Netherlands | 28 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 56.2 |
| 30 | Katrien Pauwels | Belgium | 27 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 59.8 |
| 31 | Rosario Esteban | Spain | 32 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 61.2 |
| 32 | Zhenghua Bao | China | 34 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 64.2 |
| 33 | Lim Hye-kyung | South Korea | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 66.0 |
| WD | Denyse Adam | New Zealand | 31 | | | | |
Referee:
* Elemér Terták Hungary
Assistant Referee:
* Berit Årnes Norway
Judges for the compulsory figures and the short program:
* Leena Vainio Finland
* Margaret Berezowski Canada
* Elsbeth Bon Netherlands
* Toshio Suzuki Japan
* Jacqueline Kendall-Baker Australia
* Eugen Romminger West Germany
* Tatiana Danilenko Soviet Union
Substitute judge:
* Sally-Anne Stapleford United Kingdom
Judges for the free skating:
* Markus Germann Switzerland
* Maria Zuchowicz Poland
* Elaine DeMore United States
* Walburga Grimm East Germany
* Monique Georgelin France
* Giordano Abbondati Italy
* Ludwig Gassner Austria
Substitute judge:
* Dennis McFarlane Canada

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FS | Total |
| 1 | Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach | East Germany | 1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 2 | Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 3 | Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers | United States | 4 | 3 | 4.6 |
| 4 | Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini | Canada | 5 | 4 | 6.0 |
| 5 | Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski | Soviet Union | 3 | 5 | 6.2 |
| 6 | Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov | Soviet Union | 6 | 6 | 8.4 |
| 7 | Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert | East Germany | 7 | 7 | 9.8 |
| 8 | Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver | United States | 9 | 8 | 11.6 |
| 9 | Lori Baier / Lloyd Eisler | Canada | 8 | 9 | 12.2 |
| 10 | Maria DiDomenico / Burt Lancon | United States | 10 | 10 | 14.0 |
| 11 | Bettina Hage / Stefan Zins | West Germany | 12 | 11 | 15.8 |
| 12 | Nathalie Tortel / Xavier Videau | France | 11 | 12 | 16.4 |
| 13 | Luan Bo / Yao Bin | China | 13 | 13 | 18.2 |
Referee:
* Benjamin T. Wright United States
Assistant Referee:
* Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland
Judges for the short program:
* Virginia LeFevre United States
* Sergei Kononykhin Soviet Union
* Norris Bowden Canada
* Markus Germann Switzerland
* Pamela Davis United Kingdom
* Kinuko Ueno Japan
* Giordano Abbondati Italy
Substitute judge:
* Britta Lindgren Sweden
Judges for the free skating:
* Elfriede Beyer West Germany
* Günter Teichmann East Germany
* Thérèse Maisel France
* Tjaša Andrée Yugoslavia
* Jacqueline Kendall-Baker Australia
* Elsbeth Bon Netherlands
* Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia
Substitute judge:
* Britta Lindgren Sweden

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | CD | FD | Total |
| 1 | Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean | United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert | United States | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Carol Fox / Richard Dalley | United States | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin | Soviet Union | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater | United Kingdom | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | Elisa Spitz / Scott Gregory | United States | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | Jana Beránková / Jan Barták | Czechoslovakia | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 | Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall | Canada | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | Nathalie Hervé / Pierre Béchu | France | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 12 | Birgit Goller / Peter Klisch | West Germany | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 13 | Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams | United Kingdom | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| 14 | Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn | West Germany | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| 15 | Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi | Japan | 16 | 15 | 31 |
| 16 | Marianne van Bommel / Wayne Deweyert | Netherlands | 15 | 16 | 31 |
| 17 | Martine Olivier / Philippe Boissier | France | 18 | 17 | 35 |
| 18 | Graziella Ferpozzi / Marco Ferpozzi | Switzerland | 19 | 18 | 37 |
| 19 | Saila Saarinen / Kim Jacobson | Finland | 20 | 19 | 39 |
| 20 | Ulla Örnmarker / Thomas Svedberg | Sweden | 21 | 20 | 41 |
| WD | Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola | Italy | 17 | | |
Referee:
* Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom
Assistant Referee:
* Hans Kutschera Austria
Judges for the compulsory dance:
* Joyce Hisey Canada
* István Sugár Hungary
* Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia
* Lysiane Lauret France
* Brenda Long United Kingdom
* Ludwig Gassner Austria
* Lily Klapp Switzerland
Substitute judge:
* Tsukasa Kimura Japan
Judges for the free dance:
* Gerhard Frey West Germany
* Igor Kabanov Soviet Union
* Lily Klapp Switzerland
* Mary Louise Wright United States
* Cia Bordogna Italy
* Tsukasa Kimura Japan
* Maria Zuchowicz Poland
Substitute judge:
* Ludwig Gassner Austria

## Sources

* Result list provided by the ISU