The 1977
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...
were held in
Tokyo
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,
Japan
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from March 1 to 6. At the event, sanctioned by the
International Skating Union
The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Net ...
, medals were awarded in
men's singles, ladies' singles,
pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
, and
ice dancing
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.
The ISU Representative was
Jacques Favart
Jacques Favart (30 July 1920 – 27 September 1980) was a French sports official and figure skater.
He won the French Figure Skating Championships in men's singles in 1942. As a pair skater, he competed with his wife Denise Favart from 1946 to ...
of France. The ISU Technical Delegates were
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of West Germany.
Medal tables
Medalists
Medals by country
Results
Men
Referee:
*
Josef Dědič
Josef Dědič (b. 1924; d. June 19, 1993 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak figure skater and sport official. He placed 9th at the 1948 European Figure Skating Championships and retired from competitive skating in that year.
In 1949, he became a ska ...
Assistant Referee:
*
Kinuko Ueno
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Judges:
*
Gerhardt Bubnik Gerhardt is a masculine name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It can refer to the following:
As a first name
* Ants Eskola (1908–1989), Soviet-Estonian actor and singer born Gerhardt Esperk
* Gerhardt Laves (1906–1993), American linguis ...
*
Erika Schiechtl
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*
Geoffrey Yates
Geoffrey Yates (16 May 1918 – 14 December 2007) was a British Figure skating, figure skater. He competed in the Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's singles, men's singles event at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Yates served in ...
*
David Dore
David Dore (August 9, 1940 – April 8, 2016) was a Canadian figure skating competitor and official. He won the 1964 Canadian national title in four skating. He later served as Skate Canada's president and director general and as vice-president of ...
*
Valentin Piseev
Valentin Nikolaevich Piseev (russian: Валентин Николаевич Писеев; born 28 September 1941 in Volokolamsk) is a former general director of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (until 2014) and the member of Russian Olym ...
*
Goro Ishimaru
*
Edith M. Shoemaker
*
Helga von Wiecki
*
Sydney R. Croll
Substitute judge:
*
Monique Georgelin
Ladies
Referee:
*
Sonia Bianchetti
Assistant Referee:
*
Benjamin Wright
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Judges:
*
Giovanni De Mori Giovanni may refer to:
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*
Günter Teichmann
*
Jürg Wilhelm
*
Geoffrey Yates
Geoffrey Yates (16 May 1918 – 14 December 2007) was a British Figure skating, figure skater. He competed in the Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's singles, men's singles event at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Yates served in ...
*
Yvonne S. McGowan
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*
Ludwig Gassner
Ludwig Gassner is an Austrian luger who competed in the early 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1962 FIL European Luge Championships in Weissenbach, Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the ...
*
Norris Bowden
Robert Norris Bowden (August 13, 1926 – April 9, 1991) was a Canadian figure skater.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Bowden won championships in every division of Canadian figure skating. He was national men's champion as a junior and senior (1947) ...
*
Leena Vainio Leena is a feminine given name. It is a variant spelling of Lina and Lena.
It is a direct Quranic Arabic name, meaning "young palm tree", or figuratively "tender, young, delicate".
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*
Eugen Romminger
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Substitute judge:
*
Tsukasa Kimura
Pairs
Referee:
*
Donald H. Gilchrist
Assistant Referee:
*
Kikuko Minami
Judges:
*
Gerhardt Bubnik Gerhardt is a masculine name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It can refer to the following:
As a first name
* Ants Eskola (1908–1989), Soviet-Estonian actor and singer born Gerhardt Esperk
* Gerhardt Laves (1906–1993), American linguis ...
*
Erika Schiechtl
Erika may refer to:
Arts and Entertainment
* Hayasaka Erika (''Megatokyo)''
* Erika (''Friends'')
* Erika (''Pokémon'')
* Erika (''Underworld'')
* Erika Itsumi ''(Girls und Panzer)''
* ''Erika'' (film), a 1971 Italian thriller film
* "E ...
*
Geoffrey Yates
Geoffrey Yates (16 May 1918 – 14 December 2007) was a British Figure skating, figure skater. He competed in the Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's singles, men's singles event at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Yates served in ...
*
David Dore
David Dore (August 9, 1940 – April 8, 2016) was a Canadian figure skating competitor and official. He won the 1964 Canadian national title in four skating. He later served as Skate Canada's president and director general and as vice-president of ...
*
Valentin Piseev
Valentin Nikolaevich Piseev (russian: Валентин Николаевич Писеев; born 28 September 1941 in Volokolamsk) is a former general director of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (until 2014) and the member of Russian Olym ...
*
Goro Ishimaru
*
Edith M. Shoemaker
*
Helga von Wiecki
*
Sydney R. Croll
Substitute judge:
*
Monique Georgelin
Ice dancing
Referee:
*
Lawrence Demmy
Lawrence Demmy (1931 – 9 December 2016) was a British ice dancer. With partner Jean Westwood, he was the World Champion for four consecutive years, 1952 to 1955[George J. Blundun
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Judges:
*
Ludwig Gassner
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Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the ...
*
Pamela Davis
*
Klára Kozári
*
Mary Louise Wright
*
Ennio Bernazzali
*
Irina Absliamova
*
Gerhardt Bubnik Gerhardt is a masculine name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It can refer to the following:
As a first name
* Ants Eskola (1908–1989), Soviet-Estonian actor and singer born Gerhardt Esperk
* Gerhardt Laves (1906–1993), American linguis ...
*
Tsukasa Kimura
*
Joyce Hisey
Substitute judge:
*
Eugen Romminger
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* Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923
* Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and pat ...
Sources
* Result list provided by the ISU
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The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...
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World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...