The 1978

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 men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...

were held in

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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, N ...

, 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 Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

. 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

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 sk ...

of Czechoslovakia and Charles DeMore of the United States. Vern Taylor of Canada became the first person to land a triple axel (albeit over rotated), in competition.

Medal tables

Medalists

Medals by country

Results

Men

Referee: * Sonia Bianchetti Assistant Referee: *

Benjamin T. Wright Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right")blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thirt ...

Judges: *

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* Ludwig Gassner * Ramona McIntyre * Pamela Peat * Walburga Grimm *

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* Dorothy MacLeod * Monique Georgelin Substitute judge: * Ferenc Kertész

Ladies

Referee: * Elemér Terták Assistant Referee: *

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 ...

Judges: * Walter Hüttner * Pamela Davis * Margaret Berezowski * Goro Ishimaru * Ingrid Linke *

Markus Germann Markus Arthur Germann (born 9 May 1942) is a Swiss figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contes ...

* Eva von Gamm * Giorgio Siniscalco * E. Newbold Black IV Substitute judge: * Leena Vainio

Pairs

Referee: * Oskar Madl Assistant Referee: * Donald H. Gilchrist Judges: * Eva von Gamm * Walburga Grimm * Goro Ishimaru * Leena Vainio * Monique Georgelin *

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 ...

* Elaine DeMore *

* Giorgio Siniscalco Substitute judge: * Pamela Davis

Ice dancing

Referee: * George J. Blundun Assistant Referee: * Emil Skákala Judges: * Lino Clerici * Nancy Meiss *

* Roy Haines * Ferenc Kertész * Lysiane Lauret * Roy Mason * Ludwig Gassner Substitute judge: * Inkeri Soininen

Sources

* Result list provided by the ISU {{ISU Championships Figure skating World Figure Skating Championships

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