Artistic roller skating at the 1981 World Games
Appearance
The artistic roller skating events of World Games I were held on July 27–30, 1981, at Cal Skate Roller Rink in Milpitas, California, in the United States. These were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were hosted by the city of Santa Clara.
Medalists
[edit]Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | |||
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Women | |||
Singles | ![]() |
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Mixed | |||
Pairs | ![]() Tina Kneisley Paul Price |
![]() Ann Green Rick Elsworth |
![]() Sylvia Gingras Guy Aubin |
Dance couples | ![]() Holly Valente William Richardson |
![]() Cindy Smith Mark Howard |
![]() Kim Geoghegan Eamon Geoghegan |
Details
[edit]Men’s singles
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Short program | After free skate |
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Mike Glatz | ![]() |
1 | 1 |
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Rick Elsworth | ![]() |
2 | 2 |
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Michele Biserni | ![]() |
3 | 3 |
Paul Irving | ![]() |
4 | ? | |
Ivan Ragazzi | ![]() |
5 | ? | |
Pierre Adjoury | ![]() |
6 | ? | |
James Beaton | ![]() |
7 | ? | |
Juan Carlos Hidalgo | ![]() |
8 | ? |
Women’s singles
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Short program | After free skate |
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Anna Conklin | ![]() |
2 | 1 |
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Elena Bonati | ![]() |
1 | 2 |
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Tina Kneisley | ![]() |
3 | 3 |
Kathleen O’Brien Di Felice | ![]() |
4 | ? | |
Daniela Marinelli | ![]() |
5 | ? | |
Irene Bates | ![]() |
6 | ? | |
Barbara Pennington | ![]() |
7 | ? |
Dance couples
[edit]Rank | Athletes | Nation | Compulsory dances | After free dance |
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Bill Richardson Holly Valenti |
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1 | 1 |
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Mark Howard Cindy Smith |
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2 | 2 |
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Eamon Geoghegan Kim Geoghegan |
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3 | 3 |
Jim Crouch Sherrie McCumber |
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4 | ? | |
Gianni Galetti Azzurra Nascetti |
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5 | ? | |
Gary Irving Tracy Ferris |
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6 | ? |
Pairs
[edit]Rank | Athletes | Nation | Compulsory dances | After free skate |
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Paul Price Tina Kneisley |
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1 | 1 |
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Rick Elsworth Ann Marie Green |
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2 | 2 |
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Guy Aubin Sylvia Gingras |
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3 | 3 |
Michael Hanrahan Louise Hawdon |
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4 | ? | |
Guglielmo Pistocchi Sylvia Meco |
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no placing, Pistocchi fell |
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Gallery
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Artistic skating ladies singles gold, silver and bronze medalists (l to r) Anna Conklin (USA), Elena Bonati (ITA) and Tina Kneisley (USA) acknowledge the crowd at the medal ceremony.
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Artistic roller skating pairs gold medalists, Tina Kneisley and Paul Price (USA)
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Sylvia Gingras and Guy Aubin (CAN), bronze medalists in pairs artistic roller skating at the 1981 World Games
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World Games I Pairs Artistic Skating medalists after podium ceremony, July 1981
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World Games I Pairs Artistic Skating medals podium, July 1981
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World Games I Ladies Artistic Skating medals podium, July 1981
References
[edit]- ^ SARGIS, JOE (July 30, 1981). "Darrell Hanegan of Montreal scored the biggest upset of..." United Press International.
- ^ SARGIS, JOE (July 31, 1981). "It's a long way from Olympic ice hockey to..." United Press International.
- ^ "Santa Clara, USA 1981 Calendar & Results". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
- ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
- ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 29, 1981. p. 10D.
- ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 31, 1981. p. 10E.
- ^ "Skating's big wheels compete in games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 24, 1981. p. 7E.
- ^ "U.S. pair takes lead in skating". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 29, 1981. p. 1D.
- ^ "U.S. roller skaters take early lead". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 29, 1981. p. 9D.