1979 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 1979 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held on March 27 – April 4, 1979 in Augsburg, West Germany.^[1] Sanctioned by the International Skating Union, it was the fourth edition of an annual competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of world junior champion. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

1979 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	March 27 – April 4, 1979
Season:	1978–79
Location:	Augsburg, West Germany
Champions
Men's singles: Vitali Egorov
Ladies' singles: Elaine Zayak
Pairs: Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov
Ice dance: Tatiana Durasova / Sergei Ponomarenko
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Results

Men

Rank	Name[2][3][1]	Nation	CF	SP	FS	SP+FS	Points	Places
1	Vitali Egorov	Soviet Union
2	Bobby Beauchamp	United States
3	Alexandre Fadeev	Soviet Union
4	Falko Kirsten	East Germany
5	Ivan Králík	Czechoslovakia
6	Grzegorz Filipowski	Poland
7	James Santee	United States
8	Fernand Fédronic	France
9	Lars Åkesson	Sweden
10	Oliver Höner	Switzerland
11	Raimund Volker	West Germany
12	Pierre-Michel Seveno	France
13	Brad Maclean	Canada
14	Darin Mathewson	Canada
15	Thomas Hlavik	Austria
16	Josef Šenk	Czechoslovakia
17	Thomas Wieser	West Germany
18	Eric Krol	Belgium
19	Thierry Michels	Luxembourg
20	Mark Basto	Australia
21	Fernando Soria	Spain
22	Fini Ravn	Denmark
23	Cameron Medhurst	Australia
24	Damir Velnić	Yugoslavia

Ladies

Rank	Name[2][4][1]	Nation	CF	SP	FS	SP+FS	Points	Places
1	Elaine Zayak	United States
2	Manuela Ruben	West Germany
3	Jacki Farrell	United States
4	Daniela Massanneck	West Germany
5	Petra Schruf	Austria
6	Kay Thomson	Canada
7	Andrea Rohm	Austria
8	Svetlana Frantsuzova	Soviet Union
9	Tatiana Mikhailova	Soviet Union
10	Simona Misovkova	Czechoslovakia
11	Vicki Holland	Australia
12	Yukiko Okabe	Japan
13	Alison Southwood	United Kingdom
14	Béatrice Farinacci	France
15	Karin Telser	Italy
16	Lisbeth Berckmans	Belgium
17	Hanne Gamborg	Denmark
18	Herma van der Horst	Netherlands
19	Sandra Cariboni	Switzerland
20	Catharina Lindgren	Sweden
21	Nevenka Lisak	Yugoslavia
22	Cristina Haas	Spain
23	Kathy Lindsay	New Zealand

Pairs

Rank	Name[2][5][1]	Nation	SP	FS	Points	Places
1	Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov	Soviet Union
2	Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov	Soviet Union
3	Lorri Baier / Lloyd Eisler	Canada
4	Beth Flora / Ken Flora	United States
5	Danelle Porter / Burt Lancon	United States
6	Marina Gurieva / Vladimir Radchenko	Soviet Union
7	Kathia Dubec / Xavier Douillard	France
8	Rosemary Sweeney / Daniel Salera	United States
9	Susan Garland / Robert Daw	United Kingdom
10	Ingrid Ženatá / René Novotný	Czechoslovakia
11	Svetlana Paliderová / Peter Bendicac	Czechoslovakia
12	Gaby Galambos / Jorg Galambos	Switzerland

Ice dance

Rank	Name[2][6][1]	Nation	CD	FD	Points	Places
1	Tatiana Durasova / Sergei Ponomarenko	Soviet Union
2	Elena Batanova / Andrei Antonov	Soviet Union
3	Kelly Johnson / Kris Barber	Canada
4	Judit Péterfy / Csaba Bálint	Hungary
5	Elisa Spitz / Stanley Makman	United States
6	Elke Kwiet / Dieter Kwiet	West Germany
7	Oksana Gusakova / Genrikh Sretenski	Soviet Union
8	Paola Casalotti / Sergio Ceserani	Italy
9	Maria Kniffer / Manfred Hübler	Austria
10	Catherine Coudert / Jean-Bernard Hamel	France
11	Iwona Bielas / Jacek Jasiaczek	Poland
12	Birgit Rothe / Rolf Rothe	West Germany
13	Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn	West Germany
14	Alison Wilson / Victor Farrow	United Kingdom
15	Sophie Schmidt / Eric Desplats	France
16	Isabella Micheli / Roberto Modoni	Italy
17	Monica Bernasconi / Raffaele Modoni	Italy
18	Karan Giles / Russell Green	United Kingdom
19	Esther Guiglia / Roland Mader	Switzerland
20	Brennice Coates / Leslie Boroczky	Australia
21	Natascha Devisch / Jan Tack	Belgium