# 1984 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1984 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Canada from March 20 to 25. 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 (Norway), and the ISU Technical Delegate was Elemér Terták (Hungary).

## Medal tables
### Medalists

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Scott Hamilton | Brian Orser | Alexander Fadeev |
| Ladies | Katarina Witt | Anna Kondrashova | Elaine Zayak |
| Pair skating | Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev | Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach |
| Ice dancing | Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert |

### Medals by country

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

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FS | SP+FS | Total |
| 1 | Scott Hamilton | United States | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 2 | Brian Orser | Canada | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 3 | Alexander Fadeev | Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7.2 |
| 4 | Jozef Sabovčík | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Rudi Cerne | West Germany | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8.2 |
| 6 | Brian Boitano | United States | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 13.0 |
| 7 | Heiko Fischer | West Germany | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 14.0 |
| 8 | Vladimir Kotin | Soviet Union | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 14.2 |
| 9 | Gordon Forbes | Canada | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 17.6 |
| 10 | Gary Beacom | Canada | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20.6 |
| 11 | Grzegorz Filipowski | Poland | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 24.0 |
| 12 | Fernand Fédronic | France | 8 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 24.2 |
| 13 | Mark Cockerell | United States | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 26.0 |
| 14 | Masaru Ogawa | Japan | 16 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 27.0 |
| 15 | Didier Monge | France | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 28.0 |
| B Section |||||||||
| 16 | Petr Barna | Czechoslovakia | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 17.2 |
| 17 | Thomas Hlavik | Austria | 15 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 19.0 |
| 18 | Alessandro Riccitelli | Italy | 19 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 22.0 |
| 19 | Miljan Begović | Yugoslavia | 18 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 22.6 |
| 20 | Paul Robinson | Great Britain | 22 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 25.6 |
| 21 | András Száraz | Hungary | 20 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 26.8 |
| 22 | Perry Meek | Australia | 23 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 28.0 |
| 23 | Lars Dresler | Denmark | 21 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 30.2 |
| 24 | Fernando Soria | Spain | 24 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 32.6 |
| 25 | Cho Jae-hyung | South Korea | 25 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 35.0 |
| WD | Norbert Schramm | West Germany | | | | | |
Referee:
* Sonia Bianchettei Italy
Assistant Referee:
* Martin Felsenreich Austria
Judges:
* Linda Petersen Denmark
* Maria Zuchowicz Poland
* Thérèse Maisel France
* Vladimir Amšel Yugoslavia
* Margaret Berezowski Canada
* Eva von Gamm West Germany
* Walter Hütter Austria
* Vanessa Riley Great Britain
* Joan Gruber United States
Substitute judge:
* Kazuo Ohashi Japan

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FS | SP+FS | Total |
| 1 | Katarina Witt | East Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 2 | Anna Kondrashova | Soviet Union | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6.2 |
| 3 | Elaine Zayak | United States | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9.4 |
| 4 | Kira Ivanova | Soviet Union | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9.4 |
| 5 | Kay Thomson | Canada | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11.6 |
| 6 | Manuela Ruben | West Germany | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12.6 |
| 7 | Midori Ito | Japan | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15.2 |
| 8 | Elizabeth Manley | Canada | 13 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 17.4 |
| 9 | Sanda Dubravčić | Yugoslavia | 6 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 18.0 |
| 10 | Sandra Cariboni | Switzerland | 5 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 23.6 |
| 11 | Myriam Oberwiler | Switzerland | 17 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 25.2 |
| 12 | Susan Jackson | Great Britain | 15 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 25.2 |
| 13 | Karin Telser | Italy | 10 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 26.0 |
| 14 | Constanze Gensel | East Germany | 20 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 26.2 |
| 15 | Katrien Pauwels | Belgium | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 29.6 |
| 16 | Parthena Sarafidis | Austria | 8 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 30.6 |
| 17 | Agnès Gosselin | France | 19 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 31.4 |
| 18 | Cornelia Tesch | West Germany | 11 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 31.4 |
| 19 | Elise Ahonen | Finland | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 35.0 |
| 20 | Susanna Peltola | Finland | 14 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 37.0 |
| 21 | Tamara Téglássy | Hungary | 21 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 39.4 |
| 22 | Diana Zovko | Australia | 23 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 44.2 |
| 23 | Kim Hyi-sung | South Korea | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 45.4 |
Referee:
* Josef Dědič Czechoslovakia
Assistant Referee:
* Benjamin T. Wright United States
Judges:
* Ludwig Gassner Austria
* Marie Lundmark Finland
* Giovanni De Mori Italy
* Shirley Taylor Australia
* Jürg Badraun Switzerland
* Charles U. Foster United States
* Alexandr Vedenin Soviet Union
* Elfriede Beyer West Germany
* Radovan Lipovšćak Yugoslavia
Substitute judge:
* Reinhard Mirmseker East Germany

### Pairs

Olympic champions Valova / Vasiliev led after the short program, followed by Underhill / Martini and Selezneva / Makarov. Underhill / Martini placed first in the free skating and won Canada's first world figure skating title since Karen Magnussen in 1973.
Two pairs withdrew before the free skating – Massari / Azzola, due to Massari's recurring knee problem, and Watson / Lancon, due to Lancon's back injury from a fall in the short program.
| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FS | Total |
| 1 | Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini | Canada | 2 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 2 | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev | Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 3 | Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach | East Germany | 4 | 3 | 4.6 |
| 4 | Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov | Soviet Union | 3 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 5 | Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler | Canada | 5 | 5 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert | East Germany | 8 | 6 | 9.2 |
| 7 | Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom | Canada | 7 | 7 | 9.8 |
| 8 | Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov | Soviet Union | 6 | 8 | 10.4 |
| 9 | Babette Preußler / Tobias Schröter | East Germany | 11 | 9 | 13.4 |
| 10 | Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver | United States | 9 | 10 | 13.6 |
| WD | Claudia Massari / Leonardo Azzola | West Germany | 10 | | |
| WD | Jill Watson / Burt Lancon | United States | 12 | | |
Referee:
* Donald H. Gilchrist Canada
Assistant referee:
* Erika Schiechtl West Germany
Judges:
* Claire Ferguson United States
* Peter Moser Switzerland
* Sally-Anne Stapleford Great Britain
* Mikhail Drei Soviet Union
* Frances Dafoe Canada
* Junko Hiramatsu Japan
* Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia
* Günter Teichmann East Germany
* Eugen Romminger West Germany
Substitute judge:
* Mária Veres Hungary

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | CD | OD | FD | Total |
| 1 | Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 2 | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | Soviet Union | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4.4 |
| 3 | Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert | United States | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5.6 |
| 4 | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | Soviet Union | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater | Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10.0 |
| 6 | Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall | Canada | 6 | 8 | 6 | 12.8 |
| 7 | Elena Batanova / Alexei Soloviev | Soviet Union | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14.0 |
| 8 | Carol Fox / Richard Dalley | United States | 8 | 6 | 7 | 14.2 |
| 9 | Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn | West Germany | 9 | 9 | 9 | 18.0 |
| 10 | Elisa Spitz / Scott Gregory | United States | 10 | 11 | 10 | 20.4 |
| 11 | Kelly Johnson / John Thomas | Canada | 12 | 10 | 11 | 22.2 |
| 12 | Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams | Great Britain | 11 | 12 | 12 | 23.4 |
| 13 | Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola | Italy | 13 | 13 | 13 | 26.0 |
| 14 | Marianne van Bommel / Wayne Deweyert | Netherlands | 14 | 14 | 14 | 28.0 |
| 15 | Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer | West Germany | 15 | 15 | 15 | 30.0 |
| 16 | Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck | Austria | 16 | 16 | 16 | 32.0 |
| 17 | Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi | Japan | 17 | 17 | 17 | 34.0 |
| 18 | Klára Engi / Attila Tóth | Hungary | 18 | 18 | 18 | 36.0 |
| 19 | Salome Brunner / Markus Merz | Switzerland | 20 | 19 | 19 | 38.6 |
| 20 | Martine Olivier / Philippe Boissier | France | 19 | 20 | 20 | 39.4 |
| 21 | Liane Telling / Michael Fisher | Australia | 21 | 21 | 21 | 42.0 |
Referee:
* Wolfgang Kunz West Germany
Assistant referee:
* Joyce Hisey Canada
Judges:
* Ludwig Gassner Austria
* Irina Absaliamova Soviet Union
* Katalin Alpern Hungary
* Vinicio Toncelli Italy
* Mary Louise Wright United States
* Pamela Davis Great Britain
* Kazuo Ohashi Japan
* Suzanne Francis Canada
* Lily Klapp Switzerland
Substitute judge:
* Eugen Romminger West Germany