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.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: 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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