Figure Skating
- World Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion: Alexander Fadeev, Soviet Union
- Ladies' champion: Katarina Witt, East Germany
- Pair skating champions: Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev, Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin, Soviet Union
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