The 1979 NHK Trophy was held at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo on October 26–28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

1979 NHK Trophy
Date:October 26 – 28
Season:1979–80
Location:Tokyo
Venue:Yoyogi National Stadium
Champions
Men's singles:
United Kingdom Robin Cousins
Ladies' singles:
Japan Emi Watanabe
Pairs:
Soviet Union Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski
Ice dance:
Soviet Union Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov
Navigation
Previous:
Next:
1980 NHK Trophy

Results

edit
Rank Name Nation SP FS
1 Robin Cousins   United Kingdom 1 1
2 Fumio Igarashi   Japan 2 2
3 David Santee   United States 3 4
4 Scott Hamilton   United States 6 3
5 Mitsuru Matsumura   Japan 4 7
6 Takeshi Mura   Japan 8 5
7 Shinji Someya   Japan 9 6
8 Vladimir Kotin   Soviet Union 7 8
9 Alexander Fadeev   Soviet Union 5 9
10 Istvan Simon   Hungary 11 10
11 Wenyi Cong   China 10 11

Ladies

edit
Rank Name Nation SP FS
1 Emi Watanabe   Japan 1 1
2 Lisa-Marie Allen   United States 3 2
3 Sandy Lenz   United States 4 3
4 Susan Driano   Italy 2 5
5 Karin Riediger   Germany 7 4
6 Mariko Yoshida   Japan 6 6
7 Kim Myo-shil   North Korea 5 7
8 Masako Kato   Japan 10 8
9 Anita Siegfried   Switzerland 11 10
10 Megumi Yanagihara   Japan 12 9
11 Reiko Kobayashi   Japan 9 11
12 Yoko Yakushi   Japan 8 13
13 Svetlana Frantsuzova   Soviet Union 13 12
14 Sonja Stanek   Austria 14 14
15 Shin Hae-sook   South Korea 15 15
16 Zhiying Liu   China 16 16

Pairs

edit
Rank Name Nation SP FS
1 Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski   Soviet Union 1 1
2 Vicki Heasley / Robert Wagenhoffer   United States 3 2
3 Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli   United States 4 3
4 Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov   Soviet Union 2 5
5 Yukiko Okabe / Takashi Mura   Japan 5 4
6 Kyoko Hagiwara / Hisao Ozaki   Japan 6 6

Ice dancing

edit
Rank Name Nation OSP FD
1 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov   Soviet Union 1 1
2 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean   United Kingdom 2 2
3 Natalia Karamisheva / Rostislav Sinitsin   Soviet Union 4 3
4 Stacey Smith / John Summers   United States 3 4
5 Jana Berankova / Jan Bartak   Czechoslovakia 5 5
6 Jindra Holá / Karol Foltán   Czechoslovakia 6 6
7 Michiko Abe / Nozomi Sakai   Japan 7 7
edit