# 1986 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1986 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland from 18 to 23 March. 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 Josef Dědič (Czechoslovakia), and the ISU Technical Delegate was Elemér Terták (Hungary).
Soviet judge Natalia Danilenko was suspended for ignoring a new rule requiring mandatory deductions of 0.1 for falls; she gave Alexandr Fadeev a score of 5.9 after he fell twice, instead of a maximum of 5.8.

## Medal tables
### Medalists

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Brian Boitano | Brian Orser | Alexander Fadeev |
| Ladies | Debi Thomas | Katarina Witt | Tiffany Chin |
| Pair skating | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev | Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom |
| Ice dancing | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall |

### Medals by country

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

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FS | SP+FS | Total |
| 1 | Brian Boitano | United States | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5.4 |
| 2 | Brian Orser | Canada | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.4 |
| 3 | Alexander Fadeev | Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6.4 |
| 4 | Vladimir Kotin | Soviet Union | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9.6 |
| 5 | Viktor Petrenko | Soviet Union | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10.6 |
| 6 | Jozef Sabovčík | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 11.8 |
| 7 | Heiko Fischer | West Germany | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 14.6 |
| 8 | Daniel Doran | United States | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 15.6 |
| 9 | Scott Williams | United States | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 16.8 |
| 10 | Masaru Ogawa | Japan | 16 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 22.0 |
| 11 | Richard Zander | West Germany | 6 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 22.4 |
| 12 | Falko Kirsten | East Germany | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 24.6 |
| 13 | Grzegorz Filipowski | Poland | 12 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 26.2 |
| 14 | Oliver Höner | Switzerland | 13 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 27.2 |
| 15 | Laurent Depouilly | France | 8 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 29.6 |
| 16 | Petr Barna | Czechoslovakia | 19 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 30.6 |
| 17 | Lars Åkesson | Sweden | 15 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 34.6 |
| 18 | Neil Paterson | Canada | 17 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 35.2 |
| 19 | Lars Dresler | Denmark | 21 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 37.2 |
| 20 | Jaimee Eggleton | Canada | 24 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 38.4 |
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| 21 | Alessandro Riccitelli | Italy | 20 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 25.4 |
| 22 | Cameron Medhurst | Australia | 18 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 25.6 |
| 23 | Thomas Hlavik | Austria | 23 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 27.0 |
| 24 | Oula Jääskeläinen | Finland | 25 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 32.4 |
| 25 | Miljan Begović | Yugoslavia | 22 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 32.4 |
| 26 | András Száraz | Hungary | 27 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 35.2 |
| 27 | Boyko Aleksiev | Bulgaria | 26 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 36.4 |
| 28 | Fernando Soria | Spain | 28 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 37.4 |
Referee:
* Sonia Bianchetti Italy
Assistant Referee:
* Walburga Grimm East Germany
Judges:
* Tatiana Danilenko Soviet Union
* Maria Zuchowicz Poland
* Claire Ferguson United States
* Jean Matthews Canada
* Björn Elwin Sweden
* Junko Hiramatsu Japan
* Radovan Lipovšćak Yugoslavia
* Christiane Mörth Austria
* Miranda Marchi Italy
Substitute judge:
* Josette Betsch France

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FS | SP+FS | Total |
| 1 | Debi Thomas | United States | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.6 |
| 2 | Katarina Witt | East Germany | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4.4 |
| 3 | Tiffany Chin | United States | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7.2 |
| 4 | Kira Ivanova | Soviet Union | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11.0 |
| 5 | Elizabeth Manley | Canada | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12.4 |
| 6 | Claudia Leistner | West Germany | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 13.4 |
| 7 | Anna Kondrashova | Soviet Union | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 13.4 |
| 8 | Caryn Kadavy | United States | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 14.8 |
| 9 | Tracey Wainman | Canada | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 18.4 |
| 10 | Natalia Lebedeva | Soviet Union | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 18.8 |
| 11 | Midori Ito | Japan | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19.6 |
| 12 | Simone Koch | East Germany | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 26.8 |
| 13 | Agnès Gosselin | France | 13 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 28.0 |
| 14 | Katrien Pauwels | Belgium | 10 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 30.0 |
| 15 | Susanne Becher | West Germany | 12 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 30.2 |
| 16 | Claudia Villiger | Switzerland | 14 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 30.2 |
| 17 | Constanze Gensel | East Germany | 23 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 35.4 |
| 18 | Tamara Téglássy | Hungary | 22 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 36.0 |
| 19 | Elise Ahonen | Finland | 17 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 37.6 |
| WD | Susan Jackson | United Kingdom | 18 | 16 | | | |
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| 21 | Beatrice Gelmini | Italy | 21 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 23.2 |
| 22 | Željka Čižmešija | Yugoslavia | 15 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 23.8 |
| 23 | Lotta Falkenbäck | Sweden | 20 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 24.2 |
| 24 | Pauline Lee | Chinese Taipei | 24 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 32.0 |
| 25 | Lim Hye-kyung | South Korea | 26 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 32.6 |
| 26 | Sandra Escoda | Spain | 25 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 34.8 |
| 27 | Petya Gavazova | Bulgaria | 27 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 36.6 |
Referee:
* Benjamin T. Wright United States
Assistant Referee:
* Erika Schiechtl West Germany
Judges:
* Elfriede Beyer West Germany
* Jacqueline Itschner Switzerland
* Charles U. Foster United States
* Tjaša Andrée Yugoslavia
* Reinhard Mirmseker East Germany
* Alexander Vedenin Soviet Union
* Alexander Penchev Bulgaria
* Leena Vainio Finland
* Franco Benini Italy
Substitute judge:
* Monique Georgelin France

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FS | Total |
| 1 | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 2 | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 3 | Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom | Canada | 4 | 3 | 4.6 |
| 4 | Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov | Soviet Union | 3 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 5 | Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston | Canada | 6 | 6 | 8.4 |
| 6 | Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard | United States | 9 | 5 | 8.6 |
| 7 | Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner | United States | 5 | 7 | 9.0 |
| 8 | Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold | United States | 8 | 8 | 11.2 |
| 9 | Katrin Kanitz / Tobias Schröter | East Germany | 7 | 9 | 11.8 |
| 10 | Lenka Knapová / René Novotný | Czechoslovakia | 10 | 10 | 14.0 |
| 11 | Manuela Landgraf / Ingo Steuer | East Germany | 11 | 11 | 15.4 |
| 12 | Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor | United Kingdom | 12 | 12 | 16.8 |
| 13 | Kerstin Kimminus / Stefan Pfrengle | West Germany | 14 | 13 | 18.6 |
| 14 | Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr | Australia | 13 | 14 | 19.2 |
| 15 | Sylvie Vaquero / Didier Manaud | France | 15 | 15 | 21.0 |
Referee:
* Donald H. Gilchrist Canada
Assistant Referee:
* Markus Germann Switzerland
Judges:
* Shirley Taylor Australia
* Monique Georgelin France
* Eva von Gamm West Germany
* Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia
* Mikhail Drei Soviet Union
* E. Newbold Black IV United States
* Ralph S. McCreath Canada
* Geoffrey Yates United Kingdom
* Günter Teichmann East Germany
Substitute judge:
* Franco Benini Italy

### Ice dancing

*: Semi-final
| Rank | Name | Nation | CD | OSP | FD | Total |
| 1 | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.4 |
| 2 | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.6 |
| 3 | Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall | Canada | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory | United States | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10.0 |
| 6 | Renée Roca / Donald Adair | United States | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12.0 |
| 7 | Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck | Austria | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14.0 |
| 8 | Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer | West Germany | 8 | 8 | 8 | 16.0 |
| 9 | Karyn Garossino / Rodn Garossino | Canada | 9 | 9 | 9 | 18.0 |
| 10 | Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola | Italy | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20.0 |
| 11 | Klára Engi / Attila Tóth | Hungary | 11 | 11 | 11 | 22.0 |
| 12 | Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay | France | 12 | 12 | 12 | 24.0 |
| 13 | Sharon Jones / Paul Askham | United Kingdom | 13 | 14 | 13 | 26.4 |
| 14 | Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki | Japan | 14 | 13 | 14 | 27.6 |
| 15 | Stefania Calegari / Pasquale Camerlengo | Italy | 15 | 16 | 15 | 30.4 |
| 16 | Elizabeth Coates / Alan Abretti | United Kingdom | 16 | 15 | 16 | 31.6 |
| 17 | Andrea Weppelmann / Hendryk Schamberger | West Germany | 17 | 17 | 17 | 34.0 |
| 18 | Claudia Schmidlin / Daniel Schmidlin | Switzerland | 18 | 18 | 18 | 36.0 |
| 19 | Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke | Australia | 19 | 19 | 19 | 38.0 |
| 20 | Hristina Boyanova / Yavor Ivanov | Bulgaria | 20 | 20 | 20 | 40.0 |
| 21* | Susanna Pettola / Kim Jacobson | Finland | 21 | 21 | 4 | 25.0 |
| 22* | Park Kyung-sook / Han Seung-jong | South Korea | 22 | 22 | 5 | 27.0 |
Referee:
* Hans Kutschera Austria
Assistant Referee:
* Roland Wehinger Austria
Judges:
* Mary Parry United Kingdom
* Judit Fürst Hungary
* Kazuo Ohashi Japan
* Mary Louise Wright United States
* Lily Klapp Switzerland
* Irina Absaliamova Soviet Union
* William McLachlan Canada
* Lysiane Lauret France
* Gerhard Frey West Germany
Substitute judge:
* Heide Maritczak Austria