The 1991 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany from March 12 to 17.

[7][8] Midori Ito and Laetitia Hubert collided with each other during a practice session.

In the short program, Ito stumbled over an opening in the boards and into a camera but was back on the ice after three seconds.

[9] Tonya Harding became the first American woman to perform a triple axel at an international event.

The judges voted two couples (from Czechoslovakia and Poland) exactly the same (each 12 placings in compulsory dance 2).