Figure Skating
- World Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion: Brian Orser, Canada
- Ladies' champion: Katarina Witt, Germany
- Pair skating champions: Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov, Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin, Soviet Union
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