1978 European Figure Skating Championships
Introduction The '''1978 European Figure Skating Championships''' was a senior-level international competition held in Strasbourg, France from January 31 to February 5.Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
Competition notes 15-year-old Denise Biellmann became the first female skater to land the triple lutz in competition. She underrotated it, with two-foot landing. At the same event, she became the first woman to receive a 6.0 in technical merit, receiving the score from British judge Pauline Borrajo. She was 12th in figures, first in the free skating, and finished fourth overall. Another triple lutz was performed only by Jan Hoffmann.
Results ===Men=== Rank Name Nation    '''1''' Jan Hoffmann    2  2  '''2''' Vladimir Kovalev    1  3  '''3''' Robin Cousins    5  1  4 Igor Bobrin    3  4  5 Yuri Ovchinnikov      6 Mario Liebers      7 Rudi Cerne      8 Miroslav Šoška      9 Gerd-Walter Gräbner      10 Gilles Beyer      11 Grzegorz Głowania      12 Andrew Bestwick      13 Thomas Öberg      14 Bruno Watschinger      15 Matjaž Krušec      16 Francis Demarteau      17 Jan Glerup      WD Helmut Kristofics-Binder     ===Ladies=== Rank Name Nation '''1''' Anett Pötzsch   '''2''' Dagmar Lurz   '''3''' Elena Vodorezova   4 Denise Biellmann   5 Susanna Driano   6 Kristiina Wegelius   7 Carola Weißenberg   8 Danielle Rieder   9 Natalia Strelkova   10 Karena Richardson   11 Renata Baierová   12 Karin Riediger   13 Zhanna Ilina   14 Garnet Ostermeier   15 Susan Broman   16 Sanda Dubravčić   17 Astrid Jansen in de Wal   18 Franca Bianconi   19 Cecile Antonelli   20 Christina Svensson   21 Helena Chwila   22 Patricia Fiorucci  ===Pairs=== Rank Name Nation '''1''' Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev   '''2''' Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai   '''3''' Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf   4 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach   5 Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl   6 Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe   7 Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich   8 Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz   9 Sabine Fuchs / Xavier Videau   10 Elżbieta Łuczyńska / Marek Chrolenko   11 Gabriele Beck / Jochen Stahl   12 Catherine Brunet / Philippe Brunet  ===Ice dancing=== Rank Name Nation '''1''' Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov   '''2''' Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov   '''3''' Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay   4 Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell   5 Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich   6 Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman   7 Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster   8 Isabella Rizzi / Luigi Freroni   9 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean   10 Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann   11 Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner   12 Halina Gordon / Jacek Tascher   13 Muriel Boucher / Yves Malatier   14 Elisabetta Parisi / Marco Gobbo   15 Elisabeth Luksch / Peter Schubl   16 Rita Karpat / Istvan Palasthy   WD Jolanta Wesołowska / Andrzej Alberciak
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