1979 European Figure Skating Championships
| 1979 European Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | January 30 – February 4 |
| Season: | 1978–79 |
| Location: | Zagreb, Yugoslavia |
| Venue: | Dom Sportova |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Jan Hoffmann | |
| Ladies' singles: Anett Pötzsch | |
Pairs:  Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai | |
| Ice dance: Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov | |
| Previous: 1978 European Championships | |
| Next: 1980 European Championships | |
The 1979 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia from January 30 to February 4. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles,[1] ladies' singles,[2] pair skating,[3] and ice dancing.[4]
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | CF | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Hoffmann | East Germany | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Vladimir Kovalev | Soviet Union | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Robin Cousins |  United Kingdom | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Jean-Christophe Simond |  France | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | Igor Bobrin | Soviet Union | |||
| 6 | Konstantin Kokora | Soviet Union | 12 | ||
| 7 | Hermann Schulz | East Germany | |||
| 8 | Mario Liebers | East Germany | |||
| 9 | Miroslav Šoška |  Czechoslovakia | |||
| 10 | László Vajda |  Hungary | |||
| 11 | Norbert Schramm |  West Germany | |||
| 12 | Thomas Nieder | West Germany | |||
| 13 | Helmut Kristofics-Binder |  Austria | |||
| 14 | Grzegorz Głowania |  Poland | |||
| 15 | Christopher Howarth | United Kingdom | |||
| 16 | Michel Lotz | France | |||
| 17 | Jozef Sabovčík | Czechoslovakia | |||
| 18 | Thomas Öberg |  Sweden | |||
| 19 | Matjaž Krušec | .svg.png){kind=small} Yugoslavia | |||
| 20 | Antti Kontiola |  Finland |
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FS | SP+FS | Points | Placings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anett Pötzsch | East Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Dagmar Lurz | West Germany | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Denise Biellmann | .svg.png){kind=small} Switzerland | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Kristiina Wegelius | Finland | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Carola Weißenberg | East Germany | 3 | |||||
| 6 | Karin Riediger | West Germany | ||||||
| 7 | Sanda Dubravčić | Yugoslavia | 15 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 8 | Susanna Driano |  Italy | 4 | |||||
| 9 | Deborah Cottrill | United Kingdom | 7 | |||||
| 10 | Kira Ivanova | Soviet Union | ||||||
| 11 | Renata Baierová | Czechoslovakia | ||||||
| 12 | Karena Richardson | United Kingdom | 6 | |||||
| 13 | Susan Broman | Finland | 5 | |||||
| 14 | Katarina Witt | East Germany | 18 | 7 | ||||
| 15 | Petra Ernert | West Germany | ||||||
| 16 | Jeanne Chapman |  Norway | ||||||
| 17 | Natalia Strelkova | Soviet Union | ||||||
| 18 | Sonja Stanek | Austria | ||||||
| 19 | Anita Siegfried | Switzerland | ||||||
| 20 | Astrid Jansen in de Wal |  Netherlands | ||||||
| 21 | Corine Wyrsch | Switzerland | ||||||
| 22 | Anne-Sophie de Kristoffy | France | ||||||
| 23 | Franca Bianconi | Italy | ||||||
| 24 | Christina Svensson | Sweden | ||||||
| 25 | Genevieve Schoumacker | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | ||||||
| 26 | Helena Chwila | Poland | ||||||
| 27 | Heidi Bartelsen |  Denmark | ||||||
| 28 | Margarita Dimitrova | .svg.png){kind=small} Bulgaria | ||||||
| 29 | Gloria Mas |  Spain |
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai | Soviet Union |
| 2 | Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski | Soviet Union |
| 3 | Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach | East Germany |
| 4 | Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich | Soviet Union |
| 5 | Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe | East Germany |
| 6 | Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl | Czechoslovakia |
| 7 | Kornelia Haufe / Kersten Bellmann | East Germany |
| 8 | Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz | West Germany |
| 9 | Maria Jeżak / Lech Matuszewski | Poland |
| 10 | Christine Eicher / Paul Huber | Switzerland |
Ice dancing
| Rank | Name | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov | Soviet Union |
| 2 | Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | Soviet Union |
| 3 | Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay | Hungary |
| 4 | Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich | Czechoslovakia |
| 5 | Natalia Karamysheva / Rostislav Sinitsyn | Soviet Union |
| 6 | Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean | United Kingdom |
| 7 | Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann | Austria |
| 8 | Isabella Rizzi / Luigi Freroni | Italy |
| 9 | Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner | West Germany |
| 10 | Anna Pisánská / Jiří Musil | Czechoslovakia |
| 11 | Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater | United Kingdom |
| 12 | Halina Gordon / Jacek Tascher | Poland |
| 13 | Martine Olivier / Yves Tarayre | France |
| 14 | Jindra Holá / Karol Foltán | Czechoslovakia |
| 15 | Regula Lattmann / Hanspeter Müller | Switzerland |
| 16 | Gabriella Remport / Sándor Nagy | Hungary |
| 17 | Claudia Koch / Peter Schubl | Austria |
References
- ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-03.
- ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-03.
- ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-12.
- ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-05.