1986 World Figure Skating Championships
Introduction The 1986 '''World Figure Skating Championships''' were held in Geneva, Switzerland from March 18 to 23.At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.The ISU Representative was Josef Dědič (Czechoslovakia), and the ISU Technical Delegate was Elemér Terták (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=== Men  Brian Boitano  Brian Orser  Alexander Fadeev Ladies  Debi Thomas  Katarina Witt  Tiffany Chin Pair skating  Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov  Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev  Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom Ice dancing  Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin  Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko  Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall===Medals by country===
Results ===Men=== Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Total '''1''' Brian Boitano    4  5  1  2   5.4 '''2''' Brian Orser    5  1  2  1   5.4 '''3''' Alexander Fadeev    1  2  5  4   6.4 4 Vladimir Kotin    9  3  3  3   9.6 5 Viktor Petrenko    7  6  4  5   10.6 6 Jozef Sabovčík    2  4  9  8   11.8 7 Heiko Fischer    3  7  10  10   14.6 8 Daniel Doran    10  9  6  6   15.6 9 Scott Williams    11  8  7  7   16.8 10 Masaru Ogawa    16  11  8  9   22.0 11 Richard Zander    6  12  14  12   22.4 12 Falko Kirsten    14  13  11  11   24.6 13 Grzegorz Filipowski    12  10  15  13   26.2 14 Oliver Höner    13  16  13  15   27.2 15 Laurent Depouilly    8  17  18  18   29.6 16 Petr Barna    19  18  12  14   30.6 17 Lars Åkesson    15  14  20  20   34.6 18 Neil Paterson    17  15  19  19   35.2 19 Lars Dresler    21  19  17  17   37.2 20 Jaimee Eggleton    24  20  16  16   38.4 Free skating not reached 21 Alessandro Riccitelli    20  21  5  5   25.4 22 Cameron Medhurst    18  22  6  6   25.6 23 Thomas Hlavik    23  23  4  4   27.0 24 Oula Jääskeläinen    25  26  7  7   32.4 25 Miljan Begović    22  28  8  9   32.4 26 András Száraz    27  25  9  8   35.2 27 Boyko Aleksiev    26  27  10  11   36.4 28 Fernando Soria    28  24  11  10   37.4Referee:* Sonia Bianchetti Assistant Referee:* Walburga Grimm Judges:* Tatiana Danilenko * Maria Zuchowicz * Claire Ferguson * Jean Matthews * Björn Elwin * Junko Hiramatsu * Radovan Lipovšćak * Christiane Mörth * Miranda Marchi Substitute judge:* Josette Betsch ===Ladies=== Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Total '''1''' Debi Thomas    2  1  2  1   3.6 '''2''' Katarina Witt    3  4  1  2   4.4 '''3''' Tiffany Chin    4  2  4  3   7.2 4 Kira Ivanova    1  6  8  8   11.0 5 Elizabeth Manley    11  7  3  4   12.4 6 Claudia Leistner    9  5  6  5   13.4 7 Anna Kondrashova    6  2  9  7   13.4 8 Caryn Kadavy    7  9  7  9   14.8 9 Tracey Wainman    5  11  11  11   18.4 10 Natalia Lebedeva    8  10  10  10   18.8 11 Midori Ito    19  8  5  6   19.6 12 Simone Koch    16  13  12  12   26.8 13 Agnès Gosselin    13  18  13  13   28.0 14 Katrien Pauwels    10  15  18  18   30.0 15 Susanne Becher    12  20  15  17   30.2 16 Claudia Villiger    14  12  17  15   30.2 17 Constanze Gensel    23  19  14  14   35.4 18 Tamara Téglássy    22  17  16  16   36.0 19 Elise Ahonen    17  21  19  19   37.6 WD Susan Jackson    18  16     Free skating not reached 21 Beatrice Gelmini    21  14  5  3   23.2 22 Željka Čižmešija    15  22  6  6   23.8 23 Lotta Falkenbäck    20  23  3  4   24.2 24 Pauline Lee    24  24  8  8   32.0 25 Lim Hye-kyung    26  25  7  7   32.6 26 Sandra Escoda    25  27  9  9   34.8 27 Petya Gavazova    27  26  10  10   36.6Referee:* Benjamin T. Wright Assistant Referee:* Erika Schiechtl Judges:* Elfriede Beyer * Jacqueline Itschner * Charles U. Foster * Tjaša Andrée * Reinhard Mirmseker * Alexander Vedenin * Alexander Penchev * Leena Vainio * Franco Benini Substitute judge:* Monique Georgelin ===Pairs=== Rank Name Nation SP FS Total '''1''' Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov    1  1  1.4 '''2''' Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev    2  2  2.8 '''3''' Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom    4  3  4.6 4 Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov    3  4  5.2 5 Denise Benning / Lyndon Johnston    6  6  8.4 6 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard    9  5  8.6 7 Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner    5  7  9.0 8 Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold    8  8  11.2 9 Katrin Kanitz / Tobias Schröter    7  9  11.8 10 Lenka Knapová / René Novotný    10  10  14.0 11 Manuela Landgraf / Ingo Steuer    11  11  15.4 12 Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor    12  12  16.8 13 Kerstin Kimminus / Stefan Pfrengle    14  13  18.6 14 Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr    13  14  19.2 15 Sylvie Vaquero / Didier Manaud    15  15  21.0Referee:* Donald H. Gilchrist Assistant Referee:* Markus Germann Judges:* Shirley Taylor * Monique Georgelin * Eva von Gamm * Gerhardt Bubnik * Mikhail Drei * E. Newbold Black IV * Ralph S. McCreath * Geoffrey Yates * Günter Teichmann Substitute judge:* Franco Benini ===Ice dancing===: Semi-final Rank Name Nation CD OSP FD Total '''1''' Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin    1  2  1  2.4 '''2''' Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko    2  1  2  3.6 '''3''' Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall    4  4  3  7.0 4 Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski    3  3  4  7.0 5 Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory    5  5  5  10.0 6 Renée Roca / Donald Adair    6  6  6  12.0 7 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck    7  7  7  14.0 8 Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer    8  8  8  16.0 9 Karyn Garossino / Rodn Garossino    9  9  9  18.0 10 Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola    10  10  10  20.0 11 Klára Engi / Attila Tóth    11  11  11  22.0 12 Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay    12  12  12  24.0 13 Sharon Jones / Paul Askham    13  14  13  26.4 14 Tomoko Tanaka / Hiroyuki Suzuki    14  13  14  27.6 15 Stefania Calegari / Pasquale Camerlengo    15  16  15  30.4 16 Elizabeth Coates / Alan Abretti    16  15  16  31.6 17 Andrea Weppelmann / Hendryk Schamberger    17  17  17  34.0 18 Claudia Schmidlin / Daniel Schmidlin    18  18  18  36.0 19 Monica MacDonald / Rodney Clarke    19  19  19  38.0 20 Hristina Boyanova / Yavor Ivanov    20  20  20  40.0 21* Susanna Pettola / Kim Jacobson    21  21  4  25.0 22* Park Kyung-sook / Han Seung-jong    22  22  5  27.0Referee:* Hans Kutschera Assistant Referee:* Roland Wehinger Judges:* Mary Parry * Judit Fürst * Kazuo Ohashi * Mary Louise Wright * Lily Klapp * Irina Absaliamova * William McLachlan * Lysiane Lauret * Gerhard Frey 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