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1984 World Figure Skating Championships

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Type:
  
ISU Championship

Season:
  
1983–84

Date:
  
March 20 – 25

Venue:
  
Ottawa Civic Centre

Location:
  
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

The 1984 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from March 20 to 25. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

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The ISU Representative was Olaf Poulsen (Norway), and the ISU Technical Delegate was Elemér Terták (Hungary).

Men

Referee:

  • Sonia Bianchettei  Italy

    • Assistant Referee:

  • Martin Felsenreich  Austria

    • Judges:

  • Linda Petersen  Denmark
  • Maria Zuchowicz  Poland
  • Thérèse Maisel  France
  • Vladimir Amšel  Yugoslavia
  • Margaret Berezowski  Canada
  • Eva von Gamm  West Germany
  • Walter Hütter  Austria
  • Vanessa Riley  United Kingdom
  • Joan Gruber  United States

    • Substitute judge:

  • Kazuo Ohashi  Japan

    • Ladies

    Referee:

  • Josef Dědič  Czechoslovakia

    • Assistant Referee:

  • Benjamin T. Wright  United States

    • Judges:

  • Ludwig Gassner  Austria
  • Marie Lundmark  Finland
  • Giovanni De Mori  Italy
  • Shirley Taylor  Australia
  • Jürg Badraun   Switzerland
  • Charles U. Foster  United States
  • Alexandr Vedenin  Soviet Union
  • Elfriede Beyer  West Germany
  • Radovan Lipovšćak  Yugoslavia

    • Substitute judge:

  • Reinhard Mirmseker  East Germany

    • Pairs

    Olympic champions Valova/Vasiliev led after the short program, followed by Underhill/Martini and Selezneva/Makarov. Underhill/Martini placed first in the free skate and won Canada's first world figure skating title since Karen Magnussen in 1973.

    Two pairs withdrew before the free skate – Massari/Azzola, due to Massari's recurring knee problem, and Watson/Lancon, due to Lancon's back injury from a fall in the short program.

    Referee:

  • Donald H. Gilchrist  Canada

    • Assistant referee:

  • Erika Schiechtl  West Germany

    • Judges:

  • Claire Ferguson  United States
  • Peter Moser   Switzerland
  • Sally-Anne Stapleford  United Kingdom
  • Mikhail Drei  Soviet Union
  • Frances Dafoe  Canada
  • Junko Hiramatsu  Japan
  • Gerhardt Bubnik  Czechoslovakia
  • Günter Teichmann  East Germany
  • Eugen Romminger  West Germany

    • Substitute judge:

  • Mária Veres  Hungary

    • Ice dancing

    Referee:

  • Wolfgang Kunz  West Germany

    • Assistant referee:

  • Joyce Hisey  Canada

    • Judges:

  • Ludwig Gassner  Austria
  • Irina Absaliamova  Soviet Union
  • Katalin Alpern  Hungary
  • Vinicio Toncelli  Italy
  • Mary Louise Wright  United States
  • Pamela Davis  United Kingdom
  • Kazuo Ohashi  Japan
  • Suzanne Francis  Canada
  • Lily Klapp   Switzerland

    • Substitute judge:

  • Eugen Romminger  West Germany

    • References

    1984 World Figure Skating Championships Wikipedia
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