title: 1979 Prize of Moscow News
text: # 1979 Prize of Moscow News
  
  The 1979 Prize of Moscow News was the 14th edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held November 28 – December 1, 1979. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing.
  
  ## Men
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Igor Bobrin | Soviet Union |
  | 2 | Vladimir Kotin | Soviet Union |
  | 3 | Vladimir Rashetnov | Soviet Union |
  | 4 | Falko Kirsten | East Germany |
  | 5 | Grzegorz Głowania | Poland |
  | 6 | Ludwik Jankowski | Poland |
  
  ## Ladies
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kira Ivanova | Soviet Union |
  | 2 | Natalia Strelkova | Soviet Union |
  | 3 | Renata Baierova | Czechoslovakia |
  | 4 | Marina Ignatova | Soviet Union |
  | 5 | Deborah Albright | Canada |
  | 6 | P. Snellman | Finland |
  
  ## Pairs
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski | Soviet Union |
  | 2 | Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov | Soviet Union |
  | 3 | Zhanna Ilina / Aleksandr Vlasov | Soviet Union |
  | 4 | Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert | East Germany |
  | 5 | Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini | Canada |
  | 6 | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev | Soviet Union |
  
  ## Ice dancing
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov | Soviet Union |
  | 2 | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | Soviet Union |
  | 3 | Natalia Karamysheva / Rostislav Sinitsyn | Soviet Union |
  | 4 | Elena Garanina / Igor Zavozin | Soviet Union |
  | 5 | Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman | Soviet Union |
  | 6 | Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin | Soviet Union |
  | 7 | | |
  | 8 | Gina Aucoin / Hans Peter Ponikau | Canada |
  | 9 | Kelly Johnson / Kris Barber | Canada |
  