The 1980 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Dortmund, West Germany from March 11 to 16. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
Medal tables
Medalists
Medals by country
Results
Men
Referee:
- Sonia Bianchetti Italy
Assistant Referee:
- Benjamin T. Wright United States
Judges:
- Geoffrey Yates United Kingdom
- Tatiana Danilenko Soviet Union
- Jane Sullivan United States
- David Dore Canada
- Walburga Grimm East Germany
- Eva von Gamm West Germany
- Monique Georgelin France
- Tsukasa Kimura Japan
- Marie-Louise von Friedrichs Sweden
- Václav Skála Czechoslovakia
Ladies
*: better placed due to the majority of the better placings
Referee:
- Elemér Terták Hungary
Assistant Referee:
- Donald H. Gilchrist Canada
Judges:
- Yvonne Tutt United States
- Ludwig Gassner Austria
- Liudmila Kubashevskaia Soviet Union
- Giorgio Siniscalco Italy
- Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland
- Ingrid Linke East Germany
- Junko Hiramatsu Japan
- Elsbeth Bon Netherlands
- Gerhard Frey West Germany
- Hely Abbondati Finland
Pairs
Referee:
- Oskar Madl Austria
Assistant Referee:
- Eugen Romminger West Germany
Judges:
- Tiasha Andrée Yugoslavia
- Liudmila Kubashevskaya Soviet Union
- Sally-Anne Stapleford United Kingdom
- Václav Skála Czechoslovakia
- Audrey Williams Canada
- Junko Hiramatsu Japan
- Helga von Wiecki East Germany
- Willi Wenz West Germany
- Mary Louise Wright United States
- Thérèse Maisel France
Ice dance
Referee:
- Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom
Assistant Referee:
- Erika Schiechtl West Germany
Judges:
- Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia
- Elaine DeMore United States
- Willi Wenz West Germany
- Ferenc Kertész Hungary
- Lysiane Lauret France
- Pamela Davis United Kingdom
- Igor Kabanov Soviet Union
- Suzanne Francis Canada
- Tsukasa Kimura Japan
- Cia Bordogna Italy
