Artistic roller skating at the 1981 World Games

The artistic roller skating events of World Games I were held on July 27–30, 1981, at Cal Skate Roller Rink in Milpitas, California, in the United States. These were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were hosted by the city of Santa Clara.

Medalists

Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Singles	Mike Glatz (USA)	Rick Elsworth (USA)	Michele Biserni (ITA)
Women
Singles	Anna Conklin (USA)	Elena Bonati (ITA)	Tina Kneisley (USA)
Mixed
Pairs	United States Tina Kneisley Paul Price	United States Ann Green Rick Elsworth	Canada Sylvia Gingras Guy Aubin
Dance couples	United States Holly Valente William Richardson	United States Cindy Smith Mark Howard	Great Britain Kim Geoghegan Eamon Geoghegan

Details

Men’s singles

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Short program	After free skate
	Mike Glatz	United States	1	1
	Rick Elsworth	United States	2	2
	Michele Biserni	Italy	3	3
	Paul Irving	Australia	4	?
	Ivan Ragazzi	Italy	5	?
	Pierre Adjoury	Canada	6	?
	James Beaton	England	7	?
	Juan Carlos Hidalgo	Colombia	8	?

Women’s singles

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Short program	After free skate
	Anna Conklin	United States	2	1
	Elena Bonati	Italy	1	2
	Tina Kneisley	United States	3	3
	Kathleen O'Brien Di Felice	United States	4	?
	Daniela Marinelli	Italy	5	?
	Irene Bates	New Zealand	6	?
	Barbara Pennington	Canada	7	?

Dance couples

Rank	Athletes	Nation	Compulsory dances	After free dance
	Bill Richardson Holly Valenti	United States	1	1
	Mark Howard Cindy Smith	United States	2	2
	Eamon Geoghegan Kim Geoghegan	Great Britain	3	3
	Jim Crouch Sherrie McCumber	Canada	4	?
	Gianni Galetti Azzurra Nascetti	Spain	5	?
	Gary Irving Tracy Ferris	Australia	6	?

Pairs

Rank	Athletes	Nation	Compulsory dances	After free skate
	Paul Price Tina Kneisley	United States	1	1
	Rick Elsworth Ann Marie Green	United States	2	2
	Guy Aubin Sylvia Gingras	Canada	3	3
	Michael Hanrahan Louise Hawdon	Australia	4	?
	Guglielmo Pistocchi Sylvia Meco	Italy	no placing, Pistocchi fell	?

Gallery

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  Artistic skating ladies singles gold, silver and bronze medalists (l to r) Anna Conklin (USA), Elena Bonati (ITA) and Tina Kneisley (USA) acknowledge the crowd at the medal ceremony.
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  Artistic roller skating pairs gold medalists, Tina Kneisley and Paul Price (USA)
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  Sylvia Gingras and Guy Aubin (CAN), bronze medalists in pairs artistic roller skating at the 1981 World Games
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  World Games I Pairs Artistic Skating medalists after podium ceremony, July 1981
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  World Games I Pairs Artistic Skating medals podium, July 1981
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  World Games I Ladies Artistic Skating medals podium, July 1981

References

1. SARGIS, JOE (July 30, 1981). "Darrell Hanegan of Montreal scored the biggest upset of..." United Press International.
2. SARGIS, JOE (July 31, 1981). "It's a long way from Olympic ice hockey to..." United Press International.
3. "Santa Clara, USA 1981 Calendar & Results". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
4. "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
5. "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 29, 1981. p. 10D.
6. "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 31, 1981. p. 10E.
7. "Skating's big wheels compete in games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 24, 1981. p. 7E.
8. "U.S. pair takes lead in skating". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 29, 1981. p. 1D.
9. "U.S. roller skaters take early lead". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 29, 1981. p. 9D.