Figure Skating
- World Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion: Vladimir Kovalev, Soviet Union
- Ladies' champion: Linda Fratianne, United States
- Pair skating champions: Tai Babilonia & Randy Gardner, United States
- Ice dancing champions: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponossov, Soviet Union
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