1981 Prize of Moscow News
Date:	December 9 – 13
Season:	1981-82
Location:	Moscow
Champions
Men's singles:  Vladimir Kotin (URS)
Ladies' singles:  Kay Thomson (CAN)
Pairs:  Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov (URS)
Ice dance:  Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin (URS)
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The 1981 Prize of Moscow News was the 16th edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held December 9–13, 1981. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing.

Men

Rank	Name[1][2]	Nation
1	Vladimir Kotin	Soviet Union
2	Igor Bobrin	Soviet Union
3	Vitali Egorov	Soviet Union
?	Konstantin Kokora	Soviet Union
?	Ivan Kralik	Czech Republic
?	Christopher Howarth	United Kingdom
?	Grzegorz Głowania	Poland
?	Thomas Hlavik	Austria
?	Antti Kontiola	Finland
...
16	Boyko Alexiev	Bulgaria

Ladies

Rank	Name[1][2]	Nation
1	Kay Thomson	Canada
2	Kira Ivanova	Soviet Union
3	Kerstin Wolf	East Germany
4	Anna Antonova	Soviet Union
5	Anna Kondrashova	Soviet Union
6	Alla Fomicheva	Soviet Union
7
8	Beverly Dempsey	United Kingdom
9	Kathryn Osterberg	Canada
10	Hana Vesela	Czech Republic
11
12	Maae Mima	Japan
13	Barbara Knotkova	Czech Republic
14	Simone Koch	East Germany
15	Izumi Aotani	Japan
16	Janna Bazuin	Netherlands
17	Titiana Rosastini	Italy
18	Tzvetanka Steankova	Bulgaria

Pairs

Rank	Name[1][2]	Nation
1	Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov	Soviet Union
2	Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov	Soviet Union
3	Lorri Baier / Lloyd Eisler	Canada
4
5	Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert	East Germany
6	Rebecca Gough / Mark Rowsom	Canada
...

Ice dancing

Rank	Name[1][2]	Nation
1	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin	Soviet Union
2	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Soviet Union
3	Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin	Soviet Union
...
11	Karen Taylor / Robert Burk	Canada
12	Karyn Garossino / Rod Garossino	Canada

References