1981 European Figure Skating Championships
Figure skating competition
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The 1981 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held at the Olympia Hall in Innsbruck, Austria from February 3 to 8, 1981.[1] Figure skaters competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles,[2] ladies' singles,[3] pair skating,[4] and ice dancing.[5]
| 1981 European Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | February 3 – 8 |
| Season: | 1981 |
| Location: | Innsbruck, Austria |
| Venue: | Olympia Hall |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Igor Bobrin | |
Ladies' singles:  Denise Biellmann | |
| Pairs: Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski | |
Ice dance:  Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean | |
| Previous: 1980 European Championships | |
| Next: 1982 European Championships | |
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CF | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Igor Bobrin | Soviet Union | 3.8 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Jean-Christophe Simond |  France | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Norbert Schramm |  West Germany | 6.6 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Hermann Schulz |  East Germany | 6.6 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Jozef Sabovčík |  Czechoslovakia | 10.6 | |||
| 6 | Vladimir Kotin | Soviet Union | 11.8 | |||
| 7 | Grzegorz Filipowski |  Poland | 15.2 | |||
| 8 | Falko Kirsten | East Germany | 16.0 | |||
| 9 | Alexander Fadeev | Soviet Union | 17.2 | |||
| 10 | Patrice Macrez | France | 19.6 | |||
| 11 | Christopher Howarth |  United Kingdom | 24.2 | |||
| 12 | Thomas Öberg |  Sweden | 24.4 | |||
| 13 | Lars Åkesson | Sweden | 26.6 | |||
| 14 | Mark Pepperday | United Kingdom | 27.8 | |||
| 15 | Bruno Watschinger |  Austria | 28.2 | |||
| 16 | Richard Furrer | Switzerland | 30.2 | |||
| 17 | Ivan Králik | Czechoslovakia | 34.4 | |||
| 18 | Bruno Delmaestro |  Italy | 35.4 | |||
| 19 | Miljan Begovic |  Yugoslavia | 35.4 | |||
| 20 | Boyko Aleksiev |  Bulgaria | 40.0 | |||
| 21 | Jose Antonio Rodrigo |  Spain | 42.0 |
Panel of judges:
- Mary Groombridge
United Kingdom - Tatiana Danilenko
Soviet Union - Walburga Grimm
East Germany - Gerhardt Bubnik
Czechoslovakia - Walter Hüttner
Austria - Marianne Huguenin
Sweden - Alain Calmat
France - Maria Zuchowicz
Poland - Björn Elwin Sweden
Substitute judge:
- Heinz Müllenbach
West Germany
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FS | SP+FS | Points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denise Biellmann | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.8 | |
| 2 | Sanda Dubravčić | Yugoslavia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5.8 | |
| 3 | Claudia Kristofics-Binder | Austria | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7.4 | |
| 4 | Kristiina Wegelius |  Finland | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8.4 | |
| 5 | Katarina Witt | East Germany | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10.2 | |
| 6 | Deborah Cottrill | United Kingdom | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10.4 | |
| 7 | Kira Ivanova | Soviet Union | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11.6 | |
| 8 | Karin Riediger | West Germany | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 14.4 | |
| 9 | Carola Paul | East Germany | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 19.0 | |
| 10 | Manuela Ruben | West Germany | 11 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 20.8 | |
| 11 | Karen Wood | United Kingdom | 10 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 23.4 | |
| 12 | Anita Siegfried | Switzerland | 13 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 24.8 | |
| 13 | Karin Telser | Italy | 14 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 26.6 | |
| 14 | Pairi Nieminen | Finland | 20 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 28.8 | |
| 15 | Rudina Pasveer |  Netherlands | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 30.0 | |
| 16 | Catarina Lindgren | Sweden | 19 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 33.0 | |
| 17 | Franca Bianconi | Italy | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 34.6 | |
| 18 | Editha Dotson |  Belgium | 17 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 36.2 | |
| 19 | Petra Malivuk | Yugoslavia | 16 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 39.0 | |
| 20 | Beata Nachrzter | Poland | 22 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 39.4 | |
| 21 | Nevenka Lisak | Yugoslavia | 21 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 40.2 | |
| 22 | Tsvetanka Stefanova | Bulgaria | 23 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 45.4 | |
| 23 | Rosario Esteban | Spain | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 46.6 | |
| WD | Béatrice Farinacci | France | 12 | 22 |
- Referee: Sonia Bianchetti
Italy - Assistant Referee: Elemér Terták
Hungary
Panel of judges:
- Pamela Davis United Kingdom
- Ludwig Gassner Austria
- Ingrid Linke East Germany
- Liudmila Kubashevskaia Soviet Union
- Elsbeth Bon
Netherlands - Eva von Gamm West Germany
- Radovan Lipovšćak
Yugoslavia - Giovanni De Mori Italy
- Leena Vainio
Finland
Substitute judge:
- Jürg Wilhelm
Switzerland
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski | Soviet Union | 1.4 |
| 2 | Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz | West Germany | 3.2 |
| 3 | Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai | Soviet Union | 3.8 |
| 4 | Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert | East Germany | 6.0 |
| 5 | Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov | Soviet Union | 6.6 |
| 6 | Susan Garland / Robert Daw | United Kingdom | 8.4 |
Panel of judges:
- Monique Petis France
- Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland
- Pamela Davis United Kingdom
- Günter Teichmann East Germany
- Eva von Gamm West Germany
- Władysław Kołodziej Poland
- Liudmila Kubashevskaia Soviet Union
- Pál Vásárhelyi Hungary
- Luciana Brasa Italy
Substitute judge:
- Bojan Lipovscak Yugoslavia
Ice dancing
| Rank | Name | Nation | CD | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean | United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | Soviet Union | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater | United Kingdom | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Nathalie Herve / Pierre Bechu | France | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | Jana Beránková / Jan Barták | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | Birgit Goller / Peter Klisch | West Germany | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams | United Kingdom | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | Judit Péterfy / Csaba Bálint |  Hungary | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | Elisabetta Parisi / Roberto Pelizzola | Italy | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 12 | Gabriella Remport / Sándor Nagy | Hungary | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| 13 | Jindra Holá / Karol Foltán | Czechoslovakia | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| 14 | Maria Kniffer / Manfed Hübler | Austria | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| 15 | Regula Lattmann / Hanspeter Müller | Switzerland | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| 16 | Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn | West Germany | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| 17 | Marianne von Bommel / Wayne Deweyert | Netherlands | 17 | 17 | 34 |
| 18 | Iwona Bielas / Jacek Jasiaczek | Poland | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| 19 | Ulla Örnmarker / Thomas Svedberg | Sweden | 19 | 19 | 38 |
- Referee: Hans Kutschera Austria
- Assistant Referee: Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom
Panel of judges:
- Marie-Danielle Wilhelm Switzerland
- Armelle van Eybergen France
- Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia
- Heinz Müllenbach West Germany
- Roy Mason United Kingdom
- Ennio Bernazzali Italy
- Rolf Zorn Austria
- István Sugár Hungary
- Igor Kubanov Soviet Union
Substitute judge: