1986 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1986 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland from 18 to 23 March. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

The ISU Representative was Josef Dědič (Czechoslovakia), and the ISU Technical Delegate was Elemér Terták (Hungary).

Soviet judge Natalia Danilenko was suspended for ignoring a new rule requiring mandatory deductions of 0.1 for falls; she gave Alexandr Fadeev a score of 5.9 after he fell twice, instead of a maximum of 5.8.

Men
Referee:
 * Sonia Bianchetti 🇮🇹

Assistant Referee:
 * Walburga Grimm

Judges:
 * Tatiana Danilenko
 * Maria Zuchowicz 🇵🇱
 * Claire Ferguson 🇺🇸
 * Jean Matthews 🇨🇦
 * Björn Elwin 🇸🇪
 * Junko Hiramatsu 🇯🇵
 * Radovan Lipovšćak
 * Christiane Mörth 🇦🇹
 * Miranda Marchi 🇮🇹

Substitute judge:
 * Josette Betsch 🇫🇷

Ladies
Referee:
 * Benjamin T. Wright 🇺🇸

Assistant Referee:
 * Erika Schiechtl

Judges:
 * Elfriede Beyer
 * Jacqueline Itschner
 * Charles U. Foster 🇺🇸
 * Tjaša Andrée
 * Reinhard Mirmseker
 * Alexander Vedenin
 * Alexander Penchev 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
 * Leena Vainio 🇫🇮
 * Franco Benini 🇮🇹

Substitute judge:
 * Monique Georgelin 🇫🇷

Pairs
Referee:
 * Donald H. Gilchrist 🇨🇦

Assistant Referee:
 * Markus Germann

Judges:
 * Shirley Taylor 🇦🇺
 * Monique Georgelin 🇫🇷
 * Eva von Gamm
 * Gerhardt Bubnik
 * Mikhail Drei
 * E. Newbold Black IV 🇺🇸
 * Ralph S. McCreath 🇨🇦
 * Geoffrey Yates 🇬🇧
 * Günter Teichmann

Substitute judge:
 * Franco Benini 🇮🇹

Ice dancing
* : Semi-final

Referee:
 * Hans Kutschera 🇦🇹

Assistant Referee:
 * Roland Wehinger 🇦🇹

Judges:
 * Mary Parry 🇬🇧
 * Judit Fürst 🇭🇺
 * Kazuo Ohashi 🇯🇵
 * Mary Louise Wright 🇺🇸
 * Lily Klapp
 * Irina Absaliamova
 * William McLachlan 🇨🇦
 * Lysiane Lauret 🇫🇷
 * Gerhard Frey

Substitute judge:
 * Heide Maritczak 🇦🇹