Tournament Summary
- The championship is notable for the first-ever 147 maximum break at a World Snooker Championship. Canada's Cliff Thorburn achieved it at the start of his second round match against Terry Griffiths. The final session of the match lasted more than seven hours and finished at 3:51 am, the latest finish at the Crucible.
- Thorburn then played Kirk Stevens in the quarter-final, which he won 13–12; finishing at 2:12 am. Thorburn defeated Tony Knowles 16–15 in the semi-finals, but lost in the final 6–18 to Steve Davis with a session to spare. Thorburn was exhausted during the final due to winning his last three matches in the deciding frame. He played 14 hours more than Davis.
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