1979 Prize of Moscow News

1979 Prize of Moscow News
Date:	November 28 – December 1
Season:	1979-80
Location:	Moscow
Champions
Men's singles: Igor Bobrin (URS)
Ladies' singles: Kira Ivanova (URS)
Pairs: Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski (URS)
Ice dance: Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov (URS)
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The 1979 Prize of Moscow News was the 14th edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held November 28 – December 1, 1979. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing.

Men

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Igor Bobrin	Soviet Union
2	Vladimir Kotin	Soviet Union
3	Vladimir Rashetnov	Soviet Union
4	Falko Kirsten	East Germany
5	Grzegorz Głowania	Poland
6	Ludwik Jankowski	Poland
...

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Kira Ivanova	Soviet Union
2	Natalia Strelkova	Soviet Union
3	Renata Baierova	Czechoslovakia
4	Marina Ignatova	Soviet Union
5	Deborah Albright	Canada
6	P. Snellman	Finland
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Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski	Soviet Union
2	Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov	Soviet Union
3	Zhanna Ilina / Aleksandr Vlasov	Soviet Union
4	Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert	East Germany
5	Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini	Canada
6	Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev	Soviet Union
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Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov	Soviet Union
2	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin	Soviet Union
3	Natalia Karamysheva / Rostislav Sinitsyn	Soviet Union
4	Elena Garanina / Igor Zavozin	Soviet Union
5	Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman	Soviet Union
6	Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin	Soviet Union
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8	Gina Aucoin / Hans Peter Ponikau	Canada
9	Kelly Johnson / Kris Barber	Canada
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