The 1979

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 13 to 18. At the event, sanctioned by the

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, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič.

Medal tables

Medalists

Medals by country

Results

Men

Referee: * Sonia Bianchetti Assistant Referee: * Benjamin T. Wright Judges: * Eva von Gamm * Margaret Berezowski * Toshio Suzuki * Monique Georgelin * Yvonne Tutt *

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* Tatiana Danilenko * Pamela Davis * Tjasa Andrée * Václav Skála

Ladies

*: better placed due to the majority of the better placings Referee: * Hermann Schiechtl Assistant Referee: * Martin Felsenreich Judges: * Eugen Romminger * Berit Aarens * Evgenia Bogdanova * Lena Vainio * Jürg Wilhelm * Giordano Abbondati * Ingrid Linke * Jacqueline Kendall-Baker * Charles Foster * Suzanne Francis

Pairs

Referee: *

Elemér Terták Elemér Terták (born 2 November 1918 in Budapest, Hungary; died 8 July 1999 in Budapest) was a Hungarian figure skater who competed in men's singles. He won the bronze medal at the 1934 European Figure Skating Championships, the 1937 European C ...

Assistant Referee: * Emil Skákala Judges: * Thérèse Maisel * Liudmila Kubashevskaya * Jacqueline Kendall-Baker * Günter Teichmann * Mary Louise Wright * Willi Wernz * Oskar Urban * Junko Hiramatsu * Suzanne Fancis * Pamela Davis * Giordano Abbondati

Ice dance

* better placed due to the majority of the better placings Referee: * Hans Kutschera Assistant Referee: * Lawrence Demmy Judges: * Igor Kabanov * Brenda Long * Pál Vásárhelyi *

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* Lysiane Lauret * Virginia Le Fevre * Dennis McFarlane * Rudolf Zorn * Gerhardt Bubnik * Tsukasa Kimura

Sources

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

International figure skating competitions hosted by Austria Sports competitions in Vienna

1970s in Vienna