{{Short description|International figure skating competition}} {{for|the racehorse|Blue Swords (horse)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{stack begin}} {{Infobox recurring event | logo = File:Deutscher EisLaufVerband DDR Logo.svg | logo_size = 200px | logo_alt = Logo of the Ice Skating Association of East Germany | status = Defunct | genre = International competition | frequency = Annual | country = {{GDR}} (1961–89)<br>{{flagicon|GER}} Germany (1990–96) | years_active = 1961–96 | organized = Ice Skating Association of East Germany (1961–89)<br>German Ice Skating Union (1990–96) }} [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0105-029, Berlin, Loch in Mauer am Reichstag.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.8|alt=Spectators peering through a large hole in the Berlin Wall with two guards in the foreground|The fall of the Berlin Wall occurred during the same week as the 1989 Blue Swords Cup in East Berlin.]] {{stack end}}
The '''Blue Swords Cup''' ({{langx|de|Pokal der Blauen Schwerter|links=no}}) was an annual figure skating competition first organized by the Ice Skating Association of East Germany ({{langx|de|Deutscher Eislauf Verband der DDR|links=no}}), and then by the German Ice Skating Union ({{langx|de|Deutsche Eislauf-Union|links=no}}) after the reunification of Germany. Originally called the DELV-Pokal ''(Deutscher Eislauf-Verband-Pokal; Cup of the German Figure Skating Club)'', the first competition took place in 1961 in Dresden. The Blue Swords Cup was held every year from 1961 to 1996, after which point, it was incorporated into the new ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating series.
The Blue Swords Cup was initially designed to allow young skaters the chance to compete internationally. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance, although each discipline was not necessarily held every year. Jan Hoffmann of East Germany holds the record for winning the most titles in men's singles, while Christine Errath and Gabriele Seyfert, both of East Germany, are tied for winning the most titles in women's singles. Manuela Groß and Uwe Kagelmann of East Germany hold the record in pair skating (with four), while Knut Schubert and Heinz-Ulrich Walther, also of East Germany, also won four titles each, but not with the same partners. Two teams are tied for winning the most titles in ice dance: Annerose Baier and Eberhard Rüger of East Germany, and Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov of the Soviet Union.
== History == [[File:Staatliche_Porzellan-Manufaktur_Meißen_VEB_Logo.svg|left|thumb|upright=0.8|alt=Meissen Porcelain depicting two crossed blue swords against a white background|The logo of Meissen Porcelain, which inspired the name of the Blue Swords Cup]] The inaugural edition of the DELV-Pokal ''(Deutscher Eislauf-Verband-Pokal; Cup of the German Figure Skating Club)'' was held in 1961 in Dresden, in what was then East Germany.<ref name="BZ11111961" /> The competition was designed to provide young, up-and-coming skaters the chance the compete at an international event.<ref name="ND11171971">{{cite news |date=17 November 1971 |title=Die bisherigen Pokalgewinner |trans-title=Previous Cup winners |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19711117-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=5 |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=5 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=26 |issue=318|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503231019/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19711117-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=5|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> Beginning in 1968, Meissen Porcelain became the competition's sponsor, and the name was changed to reflect that sponsorship. The name '''Blue Swords''' refers to the company's logo, which depicts two blue crossed swords against a white background. Meissen Porcelain also sculpted the trophies that were awarded to the champions.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 November 1968|title=Kunstlauf-Nachwuchs im Pokalwettbewerb|trans-title=Young figure skaters in the Cup competition|url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19681113-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=8|access-date=29 April 2026|work=Berliner Zeitung|page=8|language=de|via=Berlin State Library|issue=314|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503230803/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19681113-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=8|archive-date=3 May 2026|url-status=live|volume=24}}</ref>
The Blue Swords Cup was held regularly between 1961 and 1996. It began as a senior-level event, but in 1984, the Ice Skating Association of East Germany reset the competition for junior-level skaters only.<ref name="ND11151984">{{cite news |date=15 November 1984 |title=Eiskunstlauf-Pokal ist nun dem Nachwuchs vorbehalten |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19841115-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=7 |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=7 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=39 |issue=271|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503174347/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19841115-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=7|archive-date=3 May 2026|trans-title=Figure Skating Cup is now reserved for juniors}}</ref> Banking on the fact that most junior-level skaters had few opportunities to compete internationally prior to the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, the East German federation hoped this change would drive participation in their event.<ref name="ND11201984">{{cite news |last=Fischer |first=Jürgen |date=20 November 1984 |title=Kompliment der Gäste für neue Pokal-Idee |trans-title=Compliments from guests for new Cup idea |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19841120-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=7 |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=7 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=39 |issue=275|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503231219/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19841120-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=7|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref>
The fall of the Berlin Wall occurred while the 1989 Blue Swords Cup was in progress. Members of the U.S. figure skating team flocked to the Potsdamer Platz in East Berlin when crews began dismantling sections of the wall. Like many tourists, skaters were able to collect remnants of the wall as souvenirs. While the skating competition proceeded as normal, many of the East German volunteers at the arena did not return once East Germans were granted entry to West Berlin.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=January 1990 |title=Eyewitness to History: Blue Swords and the Wall |url=https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/199001.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |website=Skating |issue=1 |volume=67 |pages=20–24 |archive-date=16 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250416050814/https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/199001.pdf }}</ref>
In 1997, the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating – then called the Junior Series – was established by the International Skating Union as a series of international skating competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating|url=https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/events/isu-junior-grand-prix/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424041109/https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/events/isu-junior-grand-prix/|archive-date=24 April 2025|access-date=30 May 2025|website=International Skating Union}}</ref> The Blue Swords Cup was one of the inaugural events,<ref name="JGP1997">{{cite web |title=1997 Blue Swords/Pokal der Blauen Schwerter|url=http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/1997-98/echemn97.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009091424/http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/1997-98/echemn97.shtml|archive-date=9 October 2008|access-date=9 October 2008|website=The Figure Skating Corner}}</ref> and has been held numerous times since.<ref>{{cite web |title=JGP Germany|url=https://skatingscores.com/jgpger/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250823010531/https://skatingscores.com/jgpger/|archive-date=23 August 2025|access-date=23 April 2026|website=Skating Scores}}</ref>
== Medalists == From 1953 to 1990, Chemnitz was known as Karl-Marx-Stadt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stadt Chemnitz – Geschichte |trans-title=City of Chemnitz – History |url=https://www.chemnitz.de/de/unsere-stadt/geschichte |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322054940/https://www.chemnitz.de/de/unsere-stadt/geschichte |archive-date=22 March 2025 |access-date=3 May 2026 |website=Chemnitz.de |language=de |quote=Zwischen 1953 und 1990 hieß Chemnitz Karl-Marx-Stadt. |trans-quote=Between 1953 and 1990 Chemnitz was called Karl-Marx-Stadt.}}</ref>
{{multiple image | align = left | direction = horizontal | total_width = 900 | footer = ''From left to right:'' Günter Zöller of East Germany, four-time Blue Swords champion in men's singles; Anett Pötzsch of East Germany, three-time Blue Swords champions in women's singles; Irene Müller and Hans-Georg Dallmer of East Germany, two-time Blue Swords champions in pair skating; and Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov of the Soviet Union, three-time Blue Swords champions in ice dance | footer_align = center | image1 = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-K1109-0008, Günter Zöller.jpg | image2 = Anett-Pötzsch 18-11-79.jpg | image3 = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-B1213-0005-006, Irene Müller, Hans-Georg Dellner.jpg | image4 = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H1219-0016-001, Ludmilla Pachomowa, Alexander Gorschkow.jpg | alt1 = Günter Zöller performs on ice | alt2 = Anett Pötzsch at the 1979 Blue Swords Cup | alt3 = Irene Müller and Hans-Georg Dallmer perform on ice | alt4 = Annerose Baier and Eberhard Rüger at the 1966 East German Championships }} {{clear}}
=== Men's singles === {| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:80%" |+Men's event medalists ! scope="col" style="width:5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:15%" | Location ! scope="col" style="width:25%; background:gold" | Gold<ref name=FSC-Gold>{{cite web |url=http://www.figure-skating-corner.com/archiv/history/blue_swords.shtml |title=Blue Swords (Pokal der Blauen Schwerter) – Gold Medalists |website=The Figure Skating Corner |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222111904/http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/history/blue_swords.shtml |archive-date=22 December 2015 |url-status=dead |access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:25%; background:silver" | Silver ! scope="col" style="width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze ! scope="col" style="width:5%" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1961 | Dresden | {{flagicon|GDR}} Bodo Bockenauer | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|HUN}} Károly Ujlaki | {{flagicon|URS}} Mr. Kotek | <ref name="BZ11111961">{{cite news |date=11 November 1961 |title=Favoriten-Paar nur Dritte |trans-title=Pairs favorites only third |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19611111-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=7 |url-status=live |access-date=23 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=6 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=17 |issue=311|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503224908/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19611111-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=7|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1962 | East Berlin | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Ralph Borghard | {{flagicon|URS}} Valeri Meshkov | <ref>{{cite news |last=Awolin |first=Günter |date=17 November 1962 |title=Die Noten fielen gut aus |trans-title=The scores turned out well |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19621117-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=7 |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=7 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=18 |issue=317|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503225414/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19621117-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=7|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1963 | Dresden | {{flagicon|GDR}} Bodo Bockenauer | rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Günter Zöller | <ref name="RP11171963">{{cite news |title=Krasobruslaři v Drážďanech |trans-title=Figure skating in Dresden |url=https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/RudePravo_OSA_1963_11/?query=TEXT%3D%28Bockenauer%29+DATE%3D%281963-11-01--1963-12-01%29&pg=85&layout=s |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 April 2026 |work=Rudé Právo |page=2 |language=cs |via=Arcanum Newspapers |volume=44 |issue=317|date=17 November 1963}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1964 | East Berlin | {{flagicon|FRA}} Robert Dureville | {{flagicon|TCH}} Ondrej Nepela | <ref name="BZ11151964">{{cite news |date=15 November 1964 |title=Kunstlauf-Favoriten vorn |trans-title=Figure skating favorites take the lead |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19641115-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=4 |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=4 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=20 |issue=316|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503225604/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19641115-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=4|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1965 | rowspan="7" | Karl-Marx-Stadt | {{flagicon|GDR}} Ralph Borghard | {{flagicon|FRA}} Robert Dureville | <ref name="BZ1221965">{{cite news |date=22 November 1965 |title=DDR-Erfolge auf dem Eis |trans-title=East German successes on the ice |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19651122-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=6 |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=6 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=21 |issue=321|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503180804/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19651122-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=6|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1966 | rowspan="4" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Günter Zöller | {{flagicon|TCH}} Marián Filc | {{flagicon|BRD}} Reinhard Ketterer | <ref name="ND12111966">{{cite news |date=11 December 1966 |title=Günther Zöller vor Filc |trans-title=Günther Zöller ahead of Filc |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19661211-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=6 |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=6 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=21 |issue=340|last=Allmert|first=Hans|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503181012/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19661211-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=6|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1967 | {{flagicon|URS}} Vladimir Kurenbin | {{flagicon|AUT}} Günter Anderl | <ref name="ND11121967">{{cite news |last=Allmert |first=Hans |title=Drei Pokale dür die DDR |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19671112-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=7 |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=7 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=22 |issue=312|date=12 November 1967|trans-title=Three Cups for East Germany|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503181234/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19671112-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=7|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1968 | {{flagicon|URS}} Valeri Meshkov | {{flagicon|URS}} Vladimir Kurenbin | <ref name="ND11171968">{{cite news |last=Allmert |first=Hans |date=17 November 1968 |title=Zöller wieder Pokalgewinner |trans-title=Zöller again Pokal winner |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19681117-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=8 |url-status=live |access-date=23 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=8 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=23 |issue=319|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503225758/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19681117-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=8|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1969 | {{flagicon|URS}} Vladimir Kovalev | {{flagicon|GDR}} Jan Hoffmann | <ref name="BZ11161969">{{cite news |date=16 November 1969 |title=Glanzvolle Vize-Weltmeister |trans-title=Glorious vice-world champions |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19691116-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=7 |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=7 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=25 |issue=317|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503225948/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19691116-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=7|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1970 | rowspan="4" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Jan Hoffmann | {{flagicon|URS}} Igor Bobrin | {{flagicon|GDR}} Ralf Richter | <ref name="NZ11151970">{{cite news |date=15 November 1970 |title=Blaue Schwerter an DDR |trans-title=Blue Swords to East Germany |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2612273X-19701115-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=2 |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2026 |work=Neue Zeit |page=2B |via=Berlin State Library |volume=26 |issue=271|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503174627/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2612273X-19701115-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=2|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1971 | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Bernd Wunderlich | {{flagicon|GDR}} Michael Glaubitz | <ref name=ND11211971>{{cite news |last=Allmert |first=Hans |date=21 November 1971 |title=Als Christine fast ihr Lächeln vergaß |trans-title=When Christine almost forgot her smile |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19711121-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=8 |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=8 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=26 |issue=322}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1972 | rowspan="2" | Dresden | {{flagicon|URS}} Konstantin Kokora | <ref name="ND11191972">{{cite news |date=19 November 1972 |title=Überzeugende Siege beim Saisonstart |trans-title=Convincing victories at the start of the season |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show?id=9&tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de%2Fzefys%2FSNP2532889X-19721119-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=8 |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=8 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=27 |issue=321|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503174814/https://dfg-viewer.de/show?id=9&tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de%2Fzefys%2FSNP2532889X-19721119-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=8|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1973 | {{flagicon|URS}} Igor Bobrin | {{flagicon|AUT}} Ronald Koppelent | <ref name="ND11181973">{{cite news |last=Allmert |first=Hans |date=18 November 1973 |title=Eine Saisonpremiere mit drei Dreifachen |trans-title=A season premiere with three triples |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19731118-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=8 |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=8 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=28 |issue=319|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503175143/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19731118-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=8|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1974 | rowspan="2" | Karl-Marx-Stadt | {{flagicon|URS}} Konstantin Kokora | {{flagicon|GDR}} Bernd Wunderlich | {{flagicon|GDR}} Hermann Schulz | <ref name="BZ11171974">{{cite news |date=17 November 1974 |title=Ein glanzvolles Finale der jungen Damen |trans-title=A dazzling finale for the young ladies |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19741117-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=4 |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=4 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=30 |issue=318|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503230424/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19741117-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=4|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1975 | {{flagicon|GDR}} Jan Hoffmann | {{flagicon|URS}} Andrei Yablokov | {{flagicon|GDR}} Mario Liebers | <ref name="NZ11171975">{{cite news |date=17 November 1975 |title=Pokale blieben in der DDR |trans-title=Cups stayed in East Germany |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2612273X-19751117-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=6 |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |work=Neue Zeit |page=6 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503175621/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2612273X-19751117-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=6|archive-date=3 May 2026|issue=272|volume=31}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1976 | East Berlin | {{flagicon|URS}} Konstantin Kokora | {{flagicon|GDR}} Mario Liebers | {{flagicon|FRA}} Gilles Beyer | <ref name="BZ11221976">{{cite news |date=22 November 1976 |title=DDR-Quartett hatte die Nasen vorn |trans-title=East German quartet led |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19761122-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=7 |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=7 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |issue=278|last=Radtke|first=Bodo|volume=32|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503231453/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19761122-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=7|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1977 | rowspan="2" | Karl-Marx-Stadt | {{flagicon|GDR}} Mario Liebers | {{flagicon|GER}} Joachim Ehmann | {{flagicon|AUT}} Gerald Schranz | <ref name="ND11211977">{{cite news |last=Allmert |first=Hans |date=21 November 1977 |title=Natalia Strelkowa war die beste Kürläuferin |trans-title=Natalia Strelkowa was the best free skater |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19771121-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=7 |url-status=live |access-date=24 February 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=7 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=32 |issue=275|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503231803/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19771121-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=7|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1978 | {{flagicon|GDR}} Hermann Schulz | {{flagicon|GER}} Heiko Fischer | {{flagicon|GDR}} Torsten Ohlow | <ref name="BZ11201978">{{cite news |last=Radtke |first=Bodo |date=20 November 1978 |title=DDR-Kunstlaufmädchen in großartiger Kür-Form |trans-title=East German figure skaters in magnificent form |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19781120-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=6 |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=6 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=34 |issue=274|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503232218/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19781120-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=6|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1979 | East Berlin | {{flagicon|GDR}} Jan Hoffmann | {{flagicon|GDR}} Mario Liebers | {{flagicon|GER}} Norbert Schramm | <ref name="ND11191979">{{cite news |last=Allmert |first=Hans |date=19 November 1979 |title=Gastgeber dominierten bei Pokalwettbewerben |trans-title=Hosts dominated at Cup competition |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19791119-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=7 |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=7 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=34 |issue=274|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503232422/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19791119-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=7|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1980 | rowspan="3" | Karl-Marx-Stadt | {{flagicon|POL}} Grzegorz Głowania | {{flagicon|FRA}} Didier Monge | {{flagicon|GDR}} Falko Kirsten | <ref name="NZ11171980">{{cite news |date=17 November 1980 |title=Anett Pötzschs dritter Cupsieg – aber keine brillante Kür...! |trans-title=Anett Pötzsch's third Cup win – but no brilliant free skate...! |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2612273X-19801117-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=6 |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2026 |work=Neue Zeit |page=6 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=36 |issue=271|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503232644/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2612273X-19801117-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=6|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1981 | {{flagicon|GDR}} Alexander König | {{flagicon|GER}} Joachim Ehmann | {{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Wieser | <ref name="BZ11231981">{{cite news |last=Radtke |first=Bodo |date=23 November 1981 |title=Gastgeber behielten Eiskunstlauf-Pokale |trans-title=Hosts retained figure skating cups |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19811123-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=6 |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=6 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=37 |issue=276|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503232914/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19811123-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=6|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1982 | {{flagicon|GDR}} Falko Kirsten | {{flagicon|FRA}} Fernand Fédronic | {{flagicon|FRA}} Didier Manaud | <ref name="ND11291982">{{cite news |date=29 November 1982 |title=Pokale an Gastgeber |trans-title=Cups to hosts |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19821129-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=7 |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=7 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=37 |issue=280|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503233304/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19821129-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=7|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1983 | East Berlin | {{flagicon|URS}} Boris Uspenski | {{flagicon|GDR}} Falko Kirsten | {{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Seveno | <ref name="ND11281983">{{cite news |last=Allmert |first=Hans |date=28 November 1983 |title=Zwei Pokalverteidiger wiederum erfolgreich |trans-title=Two Cup defenders again successful |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19831128-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=7 |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=7 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=38 |issue=280|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260504192502/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19831128-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=7|archive-date=4 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1984 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|URS}} Vladimir Petrenko | {{flagicon|FRA}} Rudy Luccioni | {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Weiss | <ref name="ND11191984">{{cite news |date=19 November 1984 |title=Inga Gauter war Beste unter 25 Eiskunstlauf-Juniorinnen |trans-title=Inga Gauter was best of 25 junior figure skaters |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19841119-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=7 |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=7 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=39 |issue=274|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260504192840/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19841119-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=7|archive-date=4 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1985 | East Berlin | {{flagicon|USA}} Rudy Galindo | {{flagicon|URS}} Yuriy Tsymbalyuk | <ref name="NZ11251985">{{cite news |date=25 November 1985 |title=Kurz notiert |trans-title=Short notice |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2612273X-19851125-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=8 |url-status=live |access-date=30 April 2026 |work=Neue Zeit |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=41 |issue=276|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260504193255/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2612273X-19851125-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=8|archive-date=4 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1986 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | {{flagicon|URS}} Yuriy Tsymbalyuk | {{flagicon|GDR}} Rico Krahnert | {{flagicon|GDR}} Mirko Eichhorn | <ref name=ND11171986>{{cite news |date=17 November 1986 |title=Eiskunstlauf-Nachwuchs war zweimal siegreich |trans-title=Young figure skaters victorious twice |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show?tx_dlf%5Bdouble%5D=0&tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de%2Fzefys%2FSNP2532889X-19861117-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=7&cHash=0b654eaf0b76a88abf45725544b933c9 |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=7 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=41 |issue=271}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1987 | rowspan="3" | East Berlin | {{flagicon|GDR}} Ronny Winkler | {{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Candeloro | {{flagicon|CAN}} Elvis Stojko | <ref name="BZ11161987">{{cite news |last=Burger |first=Hilmar |date=16 November 1987 |title=Podest-Premiere fur alle drei Pokalsieger |trans-title=Podium premieres for all three Cup winners |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19871116-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=6 |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=6 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260504194235/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19871116-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=6|archive-date=4 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1988 | {{flagicon|URS}} Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk | {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Davis | {{flagicon|GDR}} Mirko Eichhorn | <ref name="BS1988">{{cite magazine |date=January 1989 |title=Ice Abroad |url=https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/198901.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |website=Skating |issue=1 |volume=66 |pages=67–68 |archive-date=25 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425002227/https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/198901.pdf }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1989 | {{flagicon|GDR}} Mirko Eichhorn | {{flagicon|URS}} Sergei Minajev | {{flagicon|ROU}} Zsolt Kerekes | <ref name="BS1989">{{cite magazine|date=December 1989|title=Ice Abroad|url=https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/198912.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=25 April 2026|website=Skating|pages=14–15|issue=10|volume=66|archive-date=25 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425220704/https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/198912.pdf}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1990 | rowspan="7" | Chemnitz | {{flagicon|URS}} Dmitri Dmitrenko | {{flagicon|GER}} Jan Kannegiesßer | {{flagicon|FRA}} Alexandre Orset | <ref name="NZ11131990">{{cite news |date=13 November 1990 |title=Kurz notiert |trans-title=Short notice |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show?id=9&tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de%2Fzefys%2FSNP2612273X-19901113-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=16 |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2026 |work=Die Neue Zeit |page=16 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=46 |issue=265|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260504194745/https://dfg-viewer.de/show?id=9&tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de%2Fzefys%2FSNP2612273X-19901113-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=16|archive-date=4 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1991 | {{flagicon|URS}} Konstantin Kostin | {{flagicon|USA}} John Bevan | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|GER}} Patrick-René Reinhardt | <ref name="BZ10211991">{{cite news |date=21 October 1991 |title=Blaue Schweter für Gäste |trans-title=Blue Swords for guests |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19911021-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=20 |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=20 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=47 |issue=245|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503185232/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19911021-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=20|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1992 | {{flagicon|UKR}} Evgeni Pliuta | {{flagicon|FRA}} Cyril Deplace | <ref name="PirouetteDecember1992">{{cite magazine |date=December 1992 |title=Tanja Szewczenko wie einst Gaby Seyfert |trans-title=Tanja Szewczenko like Gaby Seyfert once was |website=Pirouette |language=de |issue=12 |volume=26}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1993 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Naoki Shigematsu | {{flagicon|CAN}} Yvan Desjardins | {{flagicon|FIN}} Markus Leminen | <ref name="PirouetteNovember1993">{{cite magazine |date=November 1993 |title=Überraschende Sieger beim "Pokal der blauen Schwerter" |trans-title=Surprising champions at the "Blue Swords Cup" |website=Pirouette |pages=12–14 |language=de |last=Hampe |first=Matthias |issue=11 |volume=27}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1994 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Gabriel Monnier | {{flagicon|GER}} Jens ter Laak | {{flagicon|GER}} Michael Hopfes | <ref name="BS1994">{{cite magazine |date=January 1995 |title=Pokal der Blauen Schwerter |url=https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/199501.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |website=Skating |page=10 |issue=1 |volume=72 |archive-date=21 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250821004039/https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/199501.pdf }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1995 | {{flagicon|RUS}} Alexei Yagudin | {{flagicon|FRA}} Gabriel Monnier | {{flagicon|GER}} David Jäschke | <ref name="BS1995">{{cite magazine |date=January 1996 |title=Blue Swords |url=https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/199601.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |website=Skating |page=11|issue=1|volume=73|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503171622/https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/199601.pdf|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1996 | {{flagicon|RUS}} Evgeni Plushenko | {{flagicon|USA}} Timothy Goebel | {{flagicon|FRA}} Vincent Restencourt | <ref name="BSC1996">{{cite magazine |title=Pokal Der Blauen Schwerter (Blue Swords) |url=https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/199612.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503171419/https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/199612.pdf |archive-date=3 May 2026 |access-date=26 April 2026 |website=Skating|date=December 1996|page=32|issue=12|volume=73}}</ref> |}
=== Women's singles === {| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:80%" |+Women's event medalists ! scope="col" style="width:5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:15%" | Location ! scope="col" style="width:25%; background:gold" | Gold<ref name="FSC-Gold" /> ! scope="col" style="width:25%; background:silver" | Silver ! scope="col" style="width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze ! scope="col" style="width:5%" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1961 | Dresden | {{flagicon|GDR}} Gabriele Seyfert | {{flagicon|HUN}} Helga Zöllner | {{flagicon|TCH}} Alena Pokorná | <ref>{{Cite news |date=12 November 1961 |title=Platzziffer gab den Ausschlag |trans-title=Place number was the deciding factor |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19611112-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=4 |url-status=live |access-date=30 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=4 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=17 |issue=312|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260504195600/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19611112-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=4|archive-date=4 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1962 | East Berlin | {{flagicon|TCH}} Eva Grožajová | {{flagicon|GDR}} Gabriele Seyfert | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Heidemarie Steiner | <ref name="BZ11191962">{{cite news |date=19 November 1962 |title=Kostete Gabis Sturz den Sieg? |trans-title=Did Gabi's fall cost her the victory? |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19621119-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=4 |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=4 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=18 |issue=319|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260504200334/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19621119-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=4|archive-date=4 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1963 | Dresden | rowspan="4" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Gabriele Seyfert | {{flagicon|GBR}} Diana Clifton-Peach | <ref name="RP11171963" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1964 | East Berlin | {{flagicon|TCH}} Jana Mrázková | {{flagicon|GDR}} Beate Richter | <ref name="BZ11161964">{{citenews |date=16 November 1964 |title=Der Eistanz gefiel besonders |trans-title=Ice dance was especially pleasing |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19641116-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=3 |url-status=live |page=3 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=20 |issue=317 |access-date=26 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503180511/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19641116-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=3|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1965 | rowspan="7" | Karl-Marx-Stadt | {{flagicon|GDR}} Beate Richter | {{flagicon|AUT}} Hilde Überlacher | <ref name="BZ1221965" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1966 | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Martina Clausner | {{flagicon|GDR}} Beate Richter |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Allmert |first=Hans |date=12 December 1966 |title=Den Wettbewerb noch attraktiver gestalten |trans-title=The competition made even more attractive |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19661212-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=5 |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=5 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=21 |issue=341|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260504200648/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19661212-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=5|archive-date=4 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1967 | {{flagicon|GDR}} Beate Richter | {{flagicon|GDR}} Sybille Stolfig | <ref name="ND11121967" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1968 | rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Sonja Morgenstern | {{flagicon|AUT}} Eva Kriegelstein | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Christine Errath | <ref name="ND11171968" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1969 | {{flagicon|GDR}} Simone Gräfe | <ref name="BZ11161969" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1970 | {{flagicon|GDR}} Christine Errath | {{flagicon|GDR}} Simone Gräfe | <ref name="NZ11151970" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1971 | rowspan="5" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Christine Errath | {{flagicon|SWE}} Anita Johansson | {{flagicon|URS}} Marina Titova | <ref name="ND11211971" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1972 | rowspan="2" | Dresden | {{flagicon|GDR}} Steffi Knoll | rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Marion Weber | <ref name="ND11191972" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1973 | rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Anett Pötzsch | <ref name="ND11181973" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1974 | rowspan="2" | Karl-Marx-Stadt | <ref name="BZ11171974" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1975 | {{flagicon|GER}} Petra Wagner |<ref name="NZ11171975" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1976 | East Berlin | {{flagicon|GDR}} Anett Pötzsch | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Marion Weber | {{flagicon|GDR}} Carola Weissenberg | <ref name="BZ11221976" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1977 | rowspan="2" | Karl-Marx-Stadt | {{flagicon|URS}} Natalia Strelkova | {{flagicon|ROM}} Gabriela Voica | <ref name="ND11211977" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1978 | {{flagicon|GDR}} Katarina Witt | {{flagicon|AUT}} Sonja Stanek | {{flagicon|GDR}} Kerstin Wolf | <ref name="BZ11201978" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1979 | East Berlin | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Anett Pötzsch | {{flagicon|GDR}} Katarina Witt | {{flagicon|GDR}} Carola Weissenberg | <ref name="ND11191979" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1980 | rowspan="3" | Karl-Marx-Stadt | {{flagicon|URS}} Svetlana Frantsuzova | {{flagicon|GDR}} Janina Wirth | <ref name="NZ11171980" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1981 | {{flagicon|GDR}} Katarina Witt | {{flagicon|URS}} Anna Kondrashova | {{flagicon|GER}} Carmen Hartfiel | <ref name="BZ11231981" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1982 | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Janina Wirth | {{flagicon|AUT}} Petra Schruf | {{flagicon|GDR}} Kerstin Wolf | <ref name="ND11291982" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1983 | East Berlin | {{flagicon|ITA}} Beatrice Gelmini | {{flagicon|GDR}} Marion Krause | <ref name="ND11281983" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1984 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | {{flagicon|GDR}} Inga Gauter | {{flagicon|URS}} Natalia Skrabnevskaya | {{flagicon|GDR}} Evelyn Großmann | <ref name="ND11191984" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1985 | East Berlin | {{flagicon|URS}} Natalia Gorbenko | {{flagicon|GDR}} Inga Gauter | {{flagicon|FRG}} Cornelia Renner | <ref name="NZ11251985" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1986 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | {{flagicon|GDR}} Inga Gauter | {{flagicon|GDR}} Tanja Krienke | {{flagicon|URS}} Alina Pisarenko | <ref name="ND11171986" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1987 | rowspan="3" | East Berlin | {{flagicon|CAN}} Karen Preston | {{flagicon|JPN}} Atsuko Suda | {{flagicon|GDR}} Kathleen Fenske | <ref name="BZ11161987" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1988 | {{flagicon|GDR}} Tanja Krienke | {{flagicon|USA}} Tisha Walker | {{flagicon|FRA}} Stephanie Ferrer | <ref name="BS1988" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1989 | {{flagicon|USA}} Robyn Petroskey | {{flagicon|GDR}} Tanja Krienke | {{flagicon|FIN}} Kaisa Kella | <ref name="BS1989" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1990 | rowspan="7" | Chemnitz | {{flagicon|URS}} Maria Jerdzizkaja | {{flagicon|FRA}} Marie-Pierre Leray | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kumiko Koiwai | <ref name="NZ11131990" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1991 | {{flagicon|POL}} Anna Rechnio | {{flagicon|CAN}} Stephanie Fiorito | {{flagicon|GER}} Susanne Mildenberger | <ref name="BZ10211991" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1992 | {{flagicon|GER}} Tanja Szewczenko | {{flagicon|GER}} Astrid Hochstetter | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuko Fukuya | <ref name="BZ10261992">{{cite news |date=26 October 1992 |title=Ein Pokal ging nach Düsseldorf |trans-title=A Cup went to Düsseldorf |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19921026-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=11 |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=11 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=48 |issue=251|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503184708/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19921026-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=11|archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1993 | {{flagicon|UKR}} Irina Zayats | {{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Beránková | {{flagicon|GER}} Astrid Hochstetter | <ref name="PirouetteNovember1993" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1994 | {{flagicon|USA}} Tara Lipinski | {{flagicon|UKR}} Yulia Lavrenchuk | {{flagicon|JPN}} Masayo Oishi | <ref name="BS1994" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1995 | {{flagicon|USA}} Sydne Vogel | {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Pingacheva | {{flagicon|JPN}} Fumie Suguri | <ref name="BS1995" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1996 | {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Pingacheva | {{flagicon|USA}} Angela Nikodinov | {{flagicon|GER}} Veronika Dytrt | <ref name="BSC1996" /> |}
=== Pairs === {| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:80%" |+Pairs event medalists ! scope="col" style="width:5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:15%" | Location ! scope="col" style="width:25%; background:gold" | Gold<ref name="FSC-Gold" /> ! scope="col" style="width:25%; background:silver" | Silver ! scope="col" style="width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze ! scope="col" style="width:5%" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1961 | Dresden | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Renate Rössler|nolink2=yes|Klaus Wasserfuhr}} | {{FS skater|TCH|Milada Kubíková|Jaroslav Votruba}} | {{FS skater|GDR|Margit Senf|Peter Göbel}} | <ref name="BZ11111961" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1962 | East Berlin | {{FS skater|DDR|Irene Müller|Hans-Georg Dallmer}} | {{FS skater|GDR|Brigitte Wokoeck|Heinz-Ulrich Walther}} | {{FS skater|URS|Tatiana Sharanova|Alexander Gorelik}} | <ref>{{cite news |last=Awolin |first=Günter |date=16 November 1962 |title=Erste Siege fielen noch leicht |trans-title=First victories were still easy |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19621116-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=8 |url-status=live |access-date=30 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=8 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=18 |issue=316|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260504200941/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19621116-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=8|archive-date=4 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1963 | Dresden | {{FS skater|GDR|Brigitte Wokoeck|Heinz-Ulrich Walther}} | {{FS skater|GDR|Margit Senf|Peter Göbel}} | {{FS skater|TCH|Olga Reinišová|Pavel Komárek|nolink=yes|nolink2=yes}} | <ref name="RP11171963" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1964 | East Berlin | {{FS skater|DDR|Irene Müller|Hans-Georg Dallmer}} | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Renate Rössler|nolink2=yes|Klaus Wasserfuhr}} | {{FS skater|DDR|Brigitte Weise|Michael Brychczy|nolink=yes|nolink2=yes}} | <ref name="BZ11151964" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1965 | rowspan="7" | Karl-Marx-Stadt | rowspan="3" | {{FS skater|GDR|Heidemarie Steiner|Heinz-Ulrich Walther}} | {{FS skater|GDR|Irene Müller|Hans-Georg Dallmer}} | {{FS skater|URS|Tatiana Tarasova|Georgi Proskurin}} | <ref name="BZ1221965" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1966 | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Renate Rössler|nolink2=yes|Klaus Wasserfuhr}} | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Marianne Mirmsecker|Peter Göbel}} | <ref>{{cite news |date=11 December 1966 |title=DDR-Siege zum Auftakt |trans-title=East German victories in the opener |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19661211-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=7 |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=7 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=22 |issue=340|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260504201149/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19661211-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=7|archive-date=4 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1967 | {{FS skater|URS|Lyudmila Suslina|Alexander Tikhomirov}} | {{FS skater|DDR|Brigitte Weise|Michael Brychczy|nolink=yes|nolink2=yes}} | <ref name="ND11121967" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1968 | {{FS skater|URS|Lyudmila Suslina|Alexander Tikhomirov}} | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Monika Heibig|Axel Salzmann}} | {{FS skater|URS|Galina Karelina|Georgi Proskurin}} | <ref name="ND11171968" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1969 | {{FS skater|URS|Lyudmila Smirnova|Andrei Suraikin}} | {{FS skater|GDR|Manuela Groß|Uwe Kagelmann}} | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Beatrix von Brück|nolink2=yes|Reinhard Mirmsecker}} | <ref name="BZ11161969" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1970 | {{FS skater|GDR|Manuela Groß|Uwe Kagelmann}} | {{FS skater|URS|Tatiana Sharanova|Anatoli Evdokimov}} | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Marlis Radunsky|Rolf Österreich}} | <ref name="NZ11151970" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1971 | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Marlis Radunsky|Rolf Österreich}} | {{FS skater|GDR|Romy Kermer|nolink2=yes|Andreas Forner}} | {{FS skater|URS|Irina Vorobjeva|link2=Aleksandr Vlasov (figure skater)|Alexander Vlasov}} | <ref name="ND11211971" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1972 | rowspan="2" | Dresden | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|GDR|Manuela Groß|Uwe Kagelmann}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|DDR|Romy Kermer|Rolf Österreich}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|URS|Marina Leonidova|Vladimir Bogolyubov}} | <ref name="ND11191972" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1973 | <ref name="ND11181973" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1974 | rowspan="2" | Karl-Marx-Stadt | {{FS skater|DDR|Romy Kermer|Rolf Österreich}} | {{FS skater|GDR|Manuela Groß|Uwe Kagelmann}} | {{FS skater|DDR|Katja Schubert|Knut Schubert|nolink=yes}} | <ref>{{cite news |last=Allert |first=Hans |date=16 November 1974 |title=Eiskunstläufer mit 'Nehmerqualitäten' |trans-title=Figure skaters with resilience |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19741116-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=5 |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=5 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=29 |issue=317|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260504201511/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19741116-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=5|archive-date=4 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1975 | {{FS skater|GDR|Manuela Groß|Uwe Kagelmann}} | {{FS skater|GDR|Kerstin Stolfig|Veit Kempe}} | {{FS skater|GDR|Sabine Baeß|Tassilo Thierbach}} | <ref name="NZ11171975" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1976 | East Berlin | {{FS skater|DDR|Katja Schubert|Knut Schubert|nolink=yes}} | {{FS skater|GDR|Manuela Mager|Uwe Bewersdorff}} | {{FS skater|DDR|Cornelia Haufe|Kersten Bellmann|nolink=yes|nolink2=yes}} | <ref name="BZ11201976">{{cite news |date=20 November 1976 |title=Pokale sind heiß umkämpft |trans-title=Cups are fiercely contested |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19761120-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=4 |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=4 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=32 |issue=277|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203221203/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19761120-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=4|archive-date=3 February 2024}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1977 | rowspan="2" | Karl-Marx-Stadt | {{FS skater|GDR|Manuela Mager|Uwe Bewersdorff}} | {{FS skater|GDR|Sabine Baeß|Tassilo Thierbach}} | {{FS skater|URS|nolink=yes|Galina Tairova|nolink2=yes|Alexei Golovkin}} | <ref name="ND11191977">{{cite news |last=Allmert |first=Hans |date=19 November 1977 |title=Mager/Bewersdorff zum erstenmal Pokalgewinner |trans-title=Mager/Bewersdorff Cup winners for the first time |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19771119-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=5 |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=5 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=32 |issue=274|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260504201950/https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19771119-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=5|archive-date=4 May 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1978 | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|GDR|Sabine Baeß|Tassilo Thierbach}} | {{FS skater|DDR|Cornelia Haufe|Kersten Bellmann|nolink=yes|nolink2=yes}} | {{FS skater|URS|Elena Vasyukova|Alexei Pogodin|nolink=yes|nolink2=yes}} | <ref>{{cite news |date=18 November 1978 |title=Karl-Marx-Städter Paar verteidigte ersten Rang |trans-title=Karl-Marx-Stadt pair defended first place |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19781118-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=5 |url-status=live |access-date=30 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=5 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=33 |issue=273}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1979 | East Berlin | {{FS skater|GDR|Kerstin Stolfig|Veit Kempe}} | rowspan="2" |{{FS skater|DDR|Cornelia Haufe|Kersten Bellmann|nolink=yes|nolink2=yes}} | <ref name=NZ11171979>{{cite news |last=Radtke |first=Bodo |date=17 November 1979 |title=Auch das Publikum gab seine Wertung |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19791117-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=7 |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=7 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=35 |issue=273}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1980 | rowspan="3" | Karl-Marx-Stadt | {{FS skater|URS|Inna Volyanskaya|Valery Spiridonov}} | {{FS skater|DDR|Birgit Lorenz|Knut Schubert}} | <ref name=ND11161980>{{cite news |last=Allmert |first=Hans |date=15–16 November 1980 |title=Nach zehn DDR-Erfolgen im Paarlauf Gästesieg |trans-title=Guest win in pair skating after ten East German victories |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19801115-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=15 |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=15 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=35 |issue=270}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1981 | rowspan="3" | {{FS skater|DDR|Birgit Lorenz|Knut Schubert}} | {{FS skater|URS|Elena Kashinzeva|Alexei Pogodin|nolink=yes|nolink2=yes}} | {{FS skater|URS|Elena Bechke|Valeri Kornienko}} | <ref name="BZ11201981">{{Cite news |date=20 November 1981 |title=Pokal-Kampf brachte Berliner Paar Erfolg |trans-title=Cup competition brought success to Berlin pair |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP26120215-19811120-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=1 |url-status=live |access-date=30 April 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |page=1 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=37 |issue=274}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1982 | {{FS skater|URS|Inna Volyanskaya|Valery Spiridonov}} | {{FS skater|URS|Lyudmila Koblova|Andrei Kalitin}} | <ref name="ND11261982">{{cite news |date=26 November 1982 |title=Irina Rodnina betreut Moskaus Nachwuchspaar |trans-title=Irina Rodnina coaches Moscow's up-and-coming pairs |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set%5Bmets%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19821126-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf[page]=8 |url-status=live |access-date=30 April 2026 |work=Neues Deutschland |page=8 |language=de |via=Berlin State Library |volume=37 |issue=278}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1983 | East Berlin | {{FS skater|DDR|Babette Preußler|Tobias Schröter}} | {{FS skater|URS|nolink=yes|Tatiana Chozko|nolink2=yes|Oleg Efimov}} | <ref name="ND11281983" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1984 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | {{FS skater|URS|Irina Mironenko|Dmitri Shkidchenko}} | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Antje Schramm|nolink2=yes|Jens Müller}} | {{FS skater|GDR|Katrin Kanitz|Alexander König}} | <ref name="ND11191984" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1985 | East Berlin | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Antje Schramm|nolink2=yes|Jens Müller}} | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Mandy Hannebauer|nolink2=yes|Marno Kreft}} | {{FS skater|URS|Ekaterina Murugova|Artem Torgashev}} | <ref name="NZ11251985" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1986 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Mandy Hannebauer|nolink2=yes|Marno Kreft}} | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Antje Schramm|nolink2=yes|Jens Müller}} | {{FS skater|URS|nolink=yes|Irina Saifutdinova|nolink2=yes|Andrei Bardykin}} | <ref name="ND11171986" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1987 | rowspan="3" | East Berlin | {{FS skater|URS|nolink=yes|Inna Svetacheva|nolink2=yes|Vladimr Shapov}} | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Mandy Hannebauer|nolink2=yes|Marno Kreft}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Jodi Barnes|nolink2=yes|Rob Williams}} | <ref name="BZ11161987" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1988 | {{FS skater|URS|Elena Nikonova|Nikolai Apter}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Sherry Ball|nolink2=yes|Christopher Bourne}} | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Angela Caspari|nolink2=yes|Marno Kreft}} | <ref name="BS1988" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1989 | {{FS skater|URS|nolink=yes|Elena Vlasenko|nolink2=yes|Sergei Ostriy}} | {{FS skater|USA|nolink=yes|Aimee Offner|nolink2=yes|Brian Helgenberg}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Shae-Lynn Bourne|nolink2=yes|Andrew Bertleff}} | <ref name="BS1989" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1990 | rowspan="7" | Chemnitz | colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No pairs competitors'' | <ref name="NZ11131990" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1991 | {{FS skater|URS|Natalia Krestianinova|Alexei Torchinski}} | {{FS skater|CAN|nolink=yes|Isabelle Coulombe|Bruno Marcotte}} | {{FS skater|USA|nolink=yes|Nicole Sciarrotta|nolink2=yes|Gregory Sciarrotta}} | <ref name="BZ10211991" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1992 | {{FS skater|RUS|Inga Korshunova|link2=Dmitry Saveliev (pair skater)|Dmitri Saveliev}} | {{FS skater|CAN|nolink=yes|Julie Laporte|David Pelletier}} | {{FS skater|GER|nolink=yes|Nadine Pflaum|nolink2=yes|Kristian Simeunovic}} | <ref name="PirouetteDecember1992" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1993 | {{FS skater|GER|nolink=yes|Silvia Dimitrov|Rico Rex}} | {{FS skater|UKR|nolink=yes|Tatiana Lazarenko|nolink2=yes|Denis Garbusov}} | {{FS skater|FRA|nolink=yes|Sophie Guestault|nolink2=yes|François Guestault}} | <ref name="PirouetteNovember1993" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1994 | {{FS skater|USA|Danielle Hartsell|Steve Hartsell}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|UKR|Evgenia Filonenko|link2=Igor Marchenko (figure skater)|Igor Marchenko}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Olga Semkina|Andrei Chuvilaev}} | <ref name="BS1994" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1995 | {{FS skater|RUS|nolink=yes|Irina Maslennikova|nolink2=yes|Konstantin Krasnenkov}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Victoria Maksyuta|Vladislav Zhovnirski}} | <ref name="BS1995" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1996 | {{FS skater|RUS|link=Maria Petrova (figure skater)|Maria Petrova|nolink2=yes|Teimuraz Pouline}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Victoria Maksyuta|Vladislav Zhovnirski}} | {{FS skater|FRA|Sabrina Lefrançois|Nicolas Osseland}} | <ref name="BSC1996" /> |}
=== Ice dance === {| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:80%" |+Ice dance event medalists ! scope="col" style="width:5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:15%" | Location ! scope="col" style="width:25%; background:gold" | Gold<ref name="FSC-Gold" /> ! scope="col" style="width:25%; background:silver" | Silver ! scope="col" style="width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze ! scope="col" style="width:5%" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1962 | East Berlin | {{FS skater|DDR|nolink=yes|Eva-Maria Reuter|nolink2=yes|Bernd Egert}} | {{FS skater|DDR|Annerose Baier|Eberhard Rüger}} | {{FS skater|HUN|Edit Mató|Elek Riedl|nolink2=yes}} | <ref>{{cite news |last=János |first=Mestyán |date=18 November 1962 |title=Újlaki második lett Berlinben |trans-title=Újlaki came second in Berlin |url=https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/NemzetiSport_1962_11/?query=Mat%C3%B3+Riedl&pg=64&layout=s |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 April 2026 |work=Népsport |page=1 |language=hu |via=Arcanum Newspapers |volume=XVIII |issue=227}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1963 | Dresden | {{FS skater|DDR|Annerose Baier|Eberhard Rüger}} | {{FS skater|DDR|Monika Ziemke|Jochen Bode|nolink=yes|nolink2=yes}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|DDR|nolink=yes|Eva-Maria Reuter|nolink2=yes|Bernd Egert}} | <ref name="RP11171963" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1964 | East Berlin | {{FS skater|HUN|Györgyi Korda|Pál Vásárhelyi}} | {{FS skater|GDR|Annerose Baier|Eberhard Rüger}} | <ref name="BZ11161964" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1965 | rowspan="5" | Karl-Marx-Stadt | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|GDR|Annerose Baier|Eberhard Rüger}} | {{FS skater|GDR|nolink=yes|Norma Allwelt|nolink2=yes|Michael Schmidt}} | {{FS skater|TCH|Dana Novotná|Jaroslav Hainz}} | <ref name="BZ1221965" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1966 | {{FS skater|URS|Lyudmila Pakhomova|link2=Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov}} | {{FS skater|GBR|Susan Getty|link2=Roy Bradshaw (figure skater)|Roy Bradshaw}} | <ref name="ND12111966" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1967 | rowspan="3" | {{FS skater|URS|Lyudmila Pakhomova|link2=Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov}} | rowspan="3" | {{FS skater|GDR|Annerose Baier|Eberhard Rüger}} | {{FS skater|GBR|nolink=yes|Fiona Hunt|nolink2=yes|Lynd Taylor}} | <ref name="ND11121967" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1968 | {{FS skater|HUN|Ilona Berecz|Istvan Sugar}} | <ref name="ND11171968" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1969 | {{FS skater|URS|Tatiana Voitiuk|Viacheslav Zhigalin}} | <ref name="BZ11161969" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|1970–90}} | colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No ice dance competitions'' | <ref name="FSC-Gold" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1991 | rowspan="6" | Chemnitz | {{FS skater|URS|Elena Grushina|Ruslan Honcharov}} | {{FS skater|POL|link=Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka|Sylwia Nowak|Sebastian Kolasiński}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Elizabeth Hollett|Pierre-Hugues Chouinard|nolink=yes|nolink2=yes}} | <ref name="BZ10211991" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1992 | {{FS skater|RUS|Olga Sharutenko|Dmitri Naumkin}} | {{FS skater|POL|Iwona Filipowicz|Michał Szumski}} | {{FS skater|UKR|nolink=yes|Olga Mudrak|link2=Vitaliy Baranov (figure skater)|Vitaliy Baranov}} | <ref name="BZ10261992" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1993 | {{FS skater|UKR|nolink=yes|Karina Martirossian|nolink2=yes|Alexandr Poddubskiy}} | {{FS skater|FRA|Dominique Deniaud|Martial Jaffredo}} | {{FS skater|FRA|Magali Sauri|nolink2=yes|Nicolas Salicis}} | <ref name="PirouetteNovember1993" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1994 | {{FS skater|RUS|Olga Sharutenko|Dmitri Naumkin}} | {{FS skater|UKR|nolink=yes|Elena Piatash|nolink2=yes|Andrei Baka}} | {{FS skater|FRA|nolink=yes|Marianne Haguenauer|Romain Haguenauer}} | <ref name="BS1994" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1995 | {{FS skater|RUS|Ekaterina Davydova|Roman Kostomarov}} | {{FS skater|POL|nolink=yes|Jolanta Bury|Łukasz Zalewski}} | {{FS skater|UKR|Natalia Gudina|Vitali Kurkudym}} | <ref name="BS1995" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1996 | {{FS skater|RUS|Nina Ulanova|Michail Stifunin}} | {{FS skater|POL|Agata Błażowska|Marcin Kozubek}} | {{FS skater|USA|Jessica Joseph|link2=Charles Butler (figure skater)|Charles Butler}} | <ref name="BSC1996" /> |}
== Records == {{multiple image | align = left | direction = horizontal | total_width = 900 | footer = ''From left to right (all from East Germany):'' Jan Hoffmann, six-time Blue Swords champion in men's singles; Gabriele Seyfert and Christine Errath, five-time Blue Swords champions in women's singles; Annerose Baier and Eberhard Rüger, three-time Blue Swords champions in ice dance | footer_align = center | image1 = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0324-0009, Jan Hoffmann.jpg | image2 = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-G0111-0012-001, Gabriele Seyfert.jpg | image3 = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L1003-0029, Christine Errath.jpg | image4 = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-E0109-0002-003, Annerose Baier, Eberhard Rüger.jpg | alt1 = Jan Hoffmann performs on ice | alt2 = Gabriele Seyfert performs on ice | alt3 = Christine Errath performs on ice | alt4 = Annerose Baier and Eberhard Rüger at the 1966 East German Championships }} {{multiple image | align = left | direction = horizontal | total_width = 700 | footer = ''From left to right (all from East Germany):'' Manuela Groß and Uwe Kagelmann, four-time Blue Swords champions in pair skating; Knut Schubert, four time Blue Swords champion in pair skating, three times with Birgit Lorenz; and Heinz-Ulrich Walther, four-time Blue Swords champion in pair skating, three times with Heidemarie Steiner | footer_align = center | image1 = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-M1117-0024, Manuela Groß, Uwe Kagelmann.jpg | image2 = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-W1115-0016, Birgit Lorenz, Knut Schubert.jpg | image3 = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H1011-0001-001, Heidemarie Walther, Hans-Ulrich Walther.jpg | alt1 = Manuela Groß and Uwe Kagelmann at the 1973 Blue Swords Cup | alt2 = Birgit Lorenz and Knut Schubert at the 1980 Blue Swords Cup | alt3 = Heidemarie Walther and Heinz-Ulrich Walther perform on ice }} {{clear}}
{| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left" |+{{sronly|Records}} ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Discipline ! colspan="4" scope="col" | Most titles |- ! scope="col" | Skater(s) ! scope="col" | {{Abbr|No.|Number of titles}} ! scope="col" | Years ! scope="col" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Men's singles | {{FS skater|GDR|Jan Hoffmann}} | 6 | 1970–73;<br>1975;<br>1979 | rowspan="3" |<ref name="ND11151984" /> |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Women's singles | {{FS skater|GDR|Christine Errath}} | rowspan="2" | 5 | 1971–75 |- | {{FS skater|GDR|Gabriele Seyfert}} | 1961;<br>1963–66 |- ! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Pairs | {{FS skater|GDR|Manuela Groß|Uwe Kagelmann}} | rowspan="3" | 4 | 1970;<br>1972–73;<br>1975 | <ref name="NZ11151970" /><ref name="ND11191972" /><br><ref name="ND11181973" /><ref name="NZ11171975" /> |- | {{FS skater|DDR|Knut Schubert}}{{efn|Knut Schubert won one Blue Swords title with Katja Schubert (1976),<ref name="BZ11201976" /> and three with Birgit Lorenz (1981–83).<ref name="BZ11201981" /><ref name="ND11261982" /><ref name="ND11281983" />}} | 1976;<br>1981–83 | <ref name="BZ11201976" /><ref name="BZ11201981" /><br><ref name="ND11261982" /><ref name="ND11281983" /> |- | {{FS skater|GDR|Heinz-Ulrich Walther}}{{efn|Heinz-Ulrich Walther won one Blue Swords title with Brigitte Wokoeck (1963), and three with Heidemarie Steiner (1965–67).<ref name="ND11171971" />}} | 1963;<br>1965–67 | rowspan="3" | <ref name="ND11171971" /> |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Ice dance | {{FS skater|GDR|Annerose Baier|Eberhard Rüger}} | rowspan="2" | 3 | 1963;<br>1965–66 |- | {{FS skater|URS|Lyudmila Pakhomova|link2=Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov}} | 1967–69 |}
== Cumulative medal count == === Men's singles === {{Medals table | caption = Total number of Blue Swords medals in men's singles by nation | host = | flag_template = flagcountry | event = | team = | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 3 | gold_BRD = 0 | silver_BRD = 3 | bronze_BRD = 4 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 1 | gold_DDR = 20 | silver_DDR = 8 | bronze_DDR = 12 | gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 1 | gold_FRA = 2 | silver_FRA = 7 | bronze_FRA = 5 | gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 2 | bronze_GER = 4 | gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 2 | bronze_HUN = 0 | gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 0 | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 0 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 1 | gold_RUS = 2 | silver_RUS = 0 | bronze_RUS = 0 | gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 2 | bronze_TCH = 0 | gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 0 | gold_URS = 9 | silver_URS = 7 | bronze_URS = 5 | gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 4 | bronze_USA = 0 }} === Women's singles === {{Medals table | caption = Total number of Blue Swords medals in women's singles by nation | host = | flag_template = flagcountry | event = | team = | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 3 | bronze_AUT = 1 | gold_BRD = 0 | silver_BRD = 0 | bronze_BRD = 3 | gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 0 | gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 1 | bronze_CZE = 0 | gold_DDR = 24 | silver_DDR = 16 | bronze_DDR = 19 | gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 1 | gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 1 | gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 0 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 3 | gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 0 | gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 4 | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 0 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 1 | gold_RUS = 1 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 0 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 0 | gold_TCH = 1 | silver_TCH = 1 | bronze_TCH = 1 | gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 0 | gold_URS = 3 | silver_URS = 3 | bronze_URS = 2 | gold_USA = 3 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 0 }}
=== Pairs === {{Medals table | caption = Total number of Blue Swords medals in pairs by nation | host = | flag_template = flagcountry | event = | team = | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 3 | bronze_CAN = 2 | gold_DDR = 22 | silver_DDR = 22 | bronze_DDR = 13 | gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 2 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 1 | gold_RUS = 3 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 2 | gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 1 | bronze_TCH = 1 | gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 3 | bronze_UKR = 0 | gold_URS = 8 | silver_URS = 4 | bronze_URS = 13 | gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 1 }}
=== Ice dance === {{Medals table | caption = Total number of Blue Swords medals in ice dance by nation | host = | flag_template = flagcountry | event = | team = | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 1 | gold_DDR = 4 | silver_DDR = 7 | bronze_DDR = 2 | gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 2 | gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 2 | gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 2 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 4 | bronze_POL = 0 | gold_RUS = 4 | silver_RUS = 0 | bronze_RUS = 0 | gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 0 | bronze_TCH = 1 | gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 2 | gold_URS = 4 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 1 | gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 1 }} === Total medals === {{Medals table | caption = Total number of Blue Swords medals by nation | host = | flag_template = flagcountry | event = | team = | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 3 | bronze_AUT = 4 | gold_BRD = 0 | silver_BRD = 3 | bronze_BRD = 7 | gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 5 | bronze_CAN = 4 | gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 1 | bronze_CZE = 0 | gold_DDR = 70 | silver_DDR = 53 | bronze_DDR = 46 | gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 2 | gold_FRA = 2 | silver_FRA = 10 | bronze_FRA = 10 | gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 2 | gold_GER = 2 | silver_GER = 3 | bronze_GER = 8 | gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 3 | bronze_HUN = 2 | gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 4 | gold_POL = 2 | silver_POL = 4 | bronze_POL = 0 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 2 | gold_RUS = 10 | silver_RUS = 2 | bronze_RUS = 2 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 0 | gold_TCH = 1 | silver_TCH = 4 | bronze_TCH = 3 | gold_UKR = 3 | silver_UKR = 5 | bronze_UKR = 2 | gold_URS = 24 | silver_URS = 15 | bronze_URS = 21 | gold_USA = 4 | silver_USA = 7 | bronze_USA = 2 }}
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
== External links == {{commons category-inline|Pokal der Blauen Schwerter|Blue Swords}} * [http://www.eislauf-union.de/ German Skating Union] {{in lang|de}}
Category:Figure skating competitions Category:Figure skating in East Germany Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Germany