1980 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1980 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Dortmund, West Germany from March 11 to 16. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

The ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič.

Men
Referee:
 * Sonia Bianchetti 🇮🇹

Assistant Referee:
 * Benjamin T. Wright 🇺🇸

Judges:
 * Geoffrey Yates 🇬🇧
 * Tatiana Danilenko
 * Jane Sullivan 🇺🇸
 * David Dore 🇨🇦
 * Walburga Grimm
 * Eva von Gamm
 * Monique Georgelin 🇫🇷
 * Tsukasa Kimura 🇯🇵
 * Marie-Louise von Friedrichs 🇸🇪
 * Václav Skála

Ladies
* : better placed due to the majority of the better placings

Referee:
 * Elemér Terták 🇭🇺

Assistant Referee:
 * Donald H. Gilchrist 🇨🇦

Judges:
 * Yvonne Tutt 🇺🇸
 * Ludwig Gassner 🇦🇹
 * Liudmila Kubashevskaia
 * Giorgio Siniscalco 🇮🇹
 * Jürg Wilhelm
 * Ingrid Linke
 * Junko Hiramatsu 🇯🇵
 * Elsbeth Bon
 * Gerhard Frey
 * Hely Abbondati 🇫🇮

Pairs
Referee:
 * Oskar Madl 🇦🇹

Assistant Referee:
 * Eugen Romminger

Judges:
 * Tiasha Andrée
 * Liudmila Kubashevskaya
 * Sally-Anne Stapleford 🇬🇧
 * Václav Skála
 * Audrey Williams 🇨🇦
 * Junko Hiramatsu 🇯🇵
 * Helga von Wiecki
 * Willi Wenz
 * Mary Louise Wright 🇺🇸
 * Thérèse Maisel 🇫🇷

Ice dance
Referee:
 * Lawrence Demmy 🇬🇧

Assistant Referee:
 * Erika Schiechtl

Judges:
 * Oskar Urban
 * Elaine DeMore 🇺🇸
 * Willi Wenz
 * Ferenc Kertész 🇭🇺
 * Lysiane Lauret 🇫🇷
 * Pamela Davis 🇬🇧
 * Igor Kabanov
 * Suzanne Francis 🇨🇦
 * Tsukasa Kimura 🇯🇵
 * Cia Bordogna 🇮🇹