The 1986

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

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

from March 18 to 23. 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 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

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 ...

(Czechoslovakia), and the ISU Technical Delegate was

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 ...

(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

Medals by country

Results

Men

Referee: * Sonia Bianchetti Assistant Referee: *

Walburga Grimm Walpurga or Walburga ( ang, Wealdburg, la, Valpurga, Walpurga, Walpurgis, sv, Valborg; c. AD 71025 February 777 or 779), also spelled Valderburg or Guibor, was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to the Frankish Empire. She was canonized on 1 May c. 870 ...

Judges: *

Tatiana Danilenko Tatiana (or Tatianna, also romanized as Tatyana, Tatjana, Tatijana, etc.) is a female name of Sabine-Roman origin that became widespread in Eastern Europe. Variations * be, Тацця́на, Tatsiana * bg, Татяна, Tatyana * germ ...

Maria Zuchowicz Maria Zuchowicz (born in Poznań, in 1930 – 24 November 2020) was a Polish lawyer and figure skating official. She was Chairperson of Appeal Commission of the International Skating Union and Vice-President of the Polish Figure Skating Associa ...

Claire Ferguson Claire Waters Ferguson (born 1936) began skating at a young age and became a judge at age 16, working her way up to the national level and then to the Olympic level. She attended Michigan State University where she was a member of Alpha Phi and gr ...

* Jean Matthews * Björn Elwin *

Junko Hiramatsu is a Japanese former competitive figure skater who is now a coach and International Skating Union (ISU) official. She is a five-time Japanese national champion and represented Japan twice at the Winter Olympics, in 1960 and 1964. She was the ...

* Radovan Lipovšćak * Christiane Mörth * Miranda Marchi Substitute judge: * Josette Betsch

Ladies

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 thir ...

Assistant Referee: *

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 ...

Judges: *

Elfriede Beyer Elfriede, also known as Elfreda, Elfrida, Alfrida, Elfrieda, Elftrude, Elftraut among other variants, is a female given name, derived from ''Ælfþryð'' (Aelfthryth) meaning "elf-strength". The name fell out of fashion in the Middle Ages and was ...

* Jacqueline Itschner * Charles U. Foster * Tjaša Andrée *

Reinhard Mirmseker Reinhard is a German, Austrian, Danish, and to a lesser extent Norwegian surname (from Germanic ''ragin'', counsel, and ''hart'', strong), and a spelling variant of Reinhardt. Persons with the given name *Reinhard of Blankenburg (after 1107 – 11 ...

* Alexander Vedenin * Alexander Penchev *

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". In Persian, it means "light", "a ray of sunlight" or "beautiful g ...

Franco Benini Franco may refer to: Name * Franco (name) * Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975 * Franco Luambo (1938–1989), Congolese musician, the "Grand Maître" Prefix * Franco, a prefix used when ...

Substitute judge: * Monique Georgelin

Pairs

Referee: * Donald H. Gilchrist Assistant Referee: *

Markus Germann Markus Arthur Germann (born 9 May 1942) is a Swiss figure skater. He is the 1963 & 1964 Swiss national champion. He represented Switzerland at the 1964 Winter Olympics where he placed 19th. He has served as an ISU Referee for Switzerland. ...

Judges: *

Shirley Taylor Shirley may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Shirley'' (novel), an 1849 novel by Charlotte Brontë * ''Shirley'' (1922 film), a British silent film * ''Shirley'' (2020 film), an American film * ''Shirley'' (album), a 1961 album by Shirley Bas ...

* Monique Georgelin *

Eva von Gamm Eva von Gamm, née Neeb, ( 1933 – 3 April 2017) was a German pair skater and figure skating judge. With her skating partner, Karl Probst, she became a three-time West German national medalist and competed at five ISU Championships in the 19 ...

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 ...

* Mikhail Drei *

E. Newbold Black IV E is the fifth letter of the Latin alphabet. E or e may also refer to: Commerce and transportation * €, the symbol for the euro, the European Union's standard currency unit * ℮, the estimated sign, an EU symbol indicating that the weigh ...

* Ralph S. McCreath *

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 ...

* Günter Teichmann Substitute judge: *

Ice dancing

*: Semi-final Referee: *

Hans Kutschera Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi ...

Assistant Referee: * Roland Wehinger Judges: * Mary Parry * Judit Fürst * Kazuo Ohashi * Mary Louise Wright *

Lily Klapp ''Lilium'' () is a genus of Herbaceous plant, herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers. They are the true lilies. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in mu ...

* Irina Absaliamova * William McLachlan * Lysiane Lauret *

Gerhard Frey Gerhard Frey (; born 1 June 1944) is a German mathematician, known for his work in number theory. Following an original idea of Hellegouarch, he developed the notion of Frey–Hellegouarch curves, a construction of an elliptic curve from a pur ...

Substitute judge: * Heide Maritczak

References

External links

* Result list provided by the ISU
Debi Thomas Wins World Skating Title; Chin Takes Third

Figure Skating : Two Soviet Teen-Agers Win Pairs
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