1972 World Figure Skating Championships
1972 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | March 7 – 11 |
Season: | 1971–72 |
Location: | Calgary, Canada |
Venue: | Stampede Corral |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Ondrej Nepela | |
Ladies' singles: Beatrix Schuba | |
Pair skating: Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov | |
Ice dance: Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexandr Gorshkov | |
Previous: 1971 World Championships | |
Next: 1973 World Championships |
The 1972 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, Canada from March 7 to 11. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
The ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker (United States) and the ISU Technical Delegates were Hermann Schiechtl (West Germany) and Donald H. Gilchrist (Canada).
A day before the start of the competition, Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov had an accident on a lift; she was hospitalized with a concussion and an intracranial hematoma but went on to compete and win the gold medal.[1] It was Rodnina/Ulanov's final competition together; he would team up with the silver medalist, Lyudmila Smirnova.
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Totals (6 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Results[]
Men[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Age | CF | FS | Points | Places | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ondrej Nepela | Czechoslovakia | 21 | 1 | 3 | 2722.8 | 9 | ||
2 | Sergei Chetverukhin | Soviet Union | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2673.8 | 19 | ||
3 | Vladimir Kovalev | Soviet Union | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2607.5 | 34 | ||
4 | John Misha Petkevich | United States | 22 | 5 | 4 | 2585.5 | 39 | ||
5 | Toller Cranston | Canada | 22 | 9 | 1 | 2566.1 | 45 | ||
6 | Jan Hoffmann | East Germany | 16 | 4 | 9 | 2559.7 | 59 | ||
7 | Kenneth Shelley | United States | 20 | 7 | 6 | 2538.7 | 67 | ||
8 | Gordon McKellen | United States | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2528.3 | 69 | ||
9 | John Curry | United Kingdom | 22 | 6 | 7 | 2534.8 | 70 | ||
10 | Sergei Volkov | Soviet Union | 22 | 8 | 10 | 2499.0 | 86 | ||
11 | Jacques Mrozek | France | 21 | 11 | 11 | 2448.8 | 100 | ||
12 | Zdeněk Pazdírek | Czechoslovakia | 18 | 14 | 12 | 116 | |||
13 | Didier Gailhauguet | France | 19 | 12 | 13 | 116 | |||
14 | Austria | 13 | 15 | 128 | |||||
15 | Yutaka Higuchi | Japan | 22 | 16 | 14 | 136 | |||
16 | Jozef Žídek | Czechoslovakia | 17 | 16 | 141 | ||||
17 | Stefano Bargauan | Italy | 15 | 17 | 144 | ||||
18 | West Germany | 19 | 18 | 166 | |||||
19 | Pekka Leskinen | Finland | 18 | 18 | 19 | 167 | |||
WD | Haig Oundjian | United Kingdom | 22 | DNF |
Referee:
- Donald H. Gilchrist Canada
Assistant Referee:
- Italy
Judges:
- East Germany
- Mollie Phillips United Kingdom
- United States
- William E. Lewis Canada
- Czechoslovakia
- Austria
- Japan
- France
- Soviet Union
Substitute judge:
- West Germany
Ladies[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Age | CF | FS | Points | Places | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Beatrix Schuba | Austria | 20 | 1 | 9 | 2778.5 | 13 | ||
2 | Karen Magnussen | Canada | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2745.2 | 16 | ||
3 | Janet Lynn | United States | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2713.0 | 25 | ||
4 | Zsuzsa Almassy | Hungary | 21 | 4 | 6 | 2643.3 | 37 | ||
5 | Sonja Morgenstern | East Germany | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2581.1 | 52 | ||
6 | Jean Scott | United Kingdom | 20 | 5 | 10 | 2555.1 | 57 | ||
7 | Dorothy Hamill | United States | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2548.3 | 62 | ||
8 | Suna Murray | United States | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2517.5 | 74 | ||
9 | Cathy Lee Irwin | Canada | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2499.9 | 81 | ||
10 | Christine Errath | East Germany | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2519.9 | 79 | ||
11 | Ľudmila Bezáková | Czechoslovakia | 10 | 13 | 2426.9 | 102 | |||
12 | Karin Iten | Switzerland | 15 | 12 | 16 | 2387.8 | 118 | ||
13 | Gerti Schanderl | West Germany | 15 | 11 | 2385.3 | 119 | |||
14 | Cinzia Frosio | Italy | 13 | 12 | 2380.1 | 120 | |||
15 | Canada | 16 | 14 | 14 | 2370.9 | 127 | |||
16 | Marie-Claude Bierre | France | 17 | 15 | 2319.9 | 146 | |||
17 | Dianne de Leeuw | Netherlands | 16 | 16 | 19 | 2296.6 | 151 | ||
18 | Chang Myung-su | South Korea | 15 | 18 | 18 | 2221.6 | 169 | ||
19 | Sharon Burley | Australia | 15 | 19 | 21 | 2195.8 | 175 | ||
20 | Japan | 20 | 20 | 2193.3 | 178 | ||||
21 | Marina Sanaya | Soviet Union | 13 | 21 | 17 | 2189.3 | 178 |
Referee:
- Josef Dědič Czechoslovakia
Assistant Referee:
- Elemér Terták Hungary
Judges:
- United States
- Suzanne Francis Canada
- France
- Italy
- East Germany
- Austria
- Hungary
- Switzerland
- West Germany
Substitute judge:
- Czechoslovakia
Pairs[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Age | SP | FS | Points | Places | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov | Soviet Union | 22/24 | 1 | 106.2 | 1 | 315.6 | 421.8 | 9 |
2 | Liudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin | Soviet Union | 22/23 | 2 | 104.4 | 3 | 312.3 | 416.7 | 21.5 |
3 | JoJo Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley | United States | 20/20 | 5 | 99.6 | 2 | 312.6 | 412.2 | 28.5 |
4 | Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann | East Germany | 15/21 | 3 | 102.0 | 4 | 307.8 | 409.8 | 38 |
5 | Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger | West Germany | 18/23 | 4 | 100.9 | 5 | 306.9 | 407.8 | 42 |
6 | Irina Cherniaeva / Vasili Blagov | Soviet Union | 16/17 | 6 | 99.5 | 6 | 304.5 | 404.0 | 55 |
7 | Annette Kansy / Axel Salzmann | East Germany | 16/21 | 8 | 98.2 | 7 | 300.9 | 399.1 | 70 |
8 | Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic | Canada | 15/19 | 7 | 98.3 | 8 | 301.2 | 399.5 | 68 |
9 | Melissa Militano / Mark Militano | United States | 16/17 | 9 | 96.6 | 9 | 298.5 | 395.1 | 76 |
10 | Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch | West Germany | 14/24 | 11 | 94.8 | 10 | 268.9 | 363.7 | 95 |
11 | Mary Petrie / John Hubbell | Canada | 20/23 | 13 | 92.7 | 11 | 285.0 | 377.7 | 106 |
12 | Grażyna Osmańska / Adam Brodecki | Poland | 21/22 | 10 | 96.5 | 12 | 284.1 | 380.6 | 102 |
13 | / Reinhard Ketterer | West Germany | /24 | 12 | 94.4 | 13 | 280.8 | 375.2 | 114 |
14 | Barbara Brown / Douglas Berndt | United States | 18/22 | 14 | 90.9 | 14 | 278.4 | 369.3 | 123 |
15 | Linda Connolly / Colin Taylforth | United Kingdom | 19/18 | 15 | 90.5 | 15 | 272.4 | 362.9 | 132 |
Referee:
- Karl Enderlin Switzerland
Assistant Referee:
- United States
Judges:
- United Kingdom
- East Germany
- Maria Zuchowicz Poland
- Netherlands
- Finland
- Suzanne Francis Canada
- West Germany
- United States
- Valentin Piseev Soviet Union
Substitute judge:
- Switzerland
Ice dance[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Age | CD | FD | Points | Places | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov | Soviet Union | 25/25 | 1 | 251.9 | 1 | 262.7 | 514.6 | 14 |
2 | Angelika Buck / Erich Buck | West Germany | 21/23 | 2 | 250.7 | 2 | 261.3 | 512.0 | 17 |
3 | Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky | United States | 21/25 | 3 | 248.7 | 3 | 260.0 | 508.7 | 24 |
4 | Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby | United Kingdom | 24/25 | 4 | 242.0 | 4 | 255.0 | 495.0 | 38 |
5 | Tatiana Voitiuk / Viacheslav Zhigalin | Soviet Union | 20/22 | 5 | 234.9 | 5 | 250.8 | 485.7 | 46 |
6 | Hilary Green / Glyn Watts | United Kingdom | 21/23 | 6 | 233.3 | 6 | 250.9 | 484.2 | 50 |
7 | Anne Millier / Harvey Millier III | United States | 7 | 221.9 | 7 | 244.9 | 466.8 | 67 | |
8 | Elena Zharkova / Gennadi Karponosov | Soviet Union | 8 | 219.1 | 8 | 242.3 | 461.4 | 75 | |
9 | / | Canada | 9 | 217.9 | 9 | 241.0 | 458.9 | 80 | |
10 | Mary Karen Campbell / Johnny Johns | United States | 10 | 216.1 | 10 | 237.2 | 453.3 | 91 | |
11 | Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický | Czechoslovakia | /25 | 11 | 212.6 | 11 | 234.8 | 447.4 | 99 |
12 | / | France | 12 | 209.5 | 13 | 226.7 | 436.2 | 108 | |
13 | Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk | Poland | 21/25 | 13 | 208.0 | 12 | 226.7 | 434.7 | 110 |
14 | / | West Germany | 14 | 197.7 | 14 | 215.5 | 413.2 | 126 | |
15 | / | West Germany | 15 | 195.3 | 15 | 208.2 | 403.5 | 135 | |
16 | / | Japan | 16 | 182.3 | 16 | 195.8 | 378.1 | 144 |
Referee:
- Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom
Assistant Referee:
- Canada
Judges:
- United Kingdom
- France
- Canada
- Czechoslovakia
- United States
- West Germany
- Hungary
- Soviet Union
- Maria Zuchowicz Poland
References[]
- ^ Pushkina, Oksana (October 3, 2004). Ирина Константиновна Роднина [Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina]. peoples.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
Sources[]
- Result list provided by the ISU
- The Calgary Gerald (Calgary, Alberta, March 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 1972)
- World Figure Skating Championships
- 1972 in figure skating
- Figure skating in Canada
- International figure skating competitions hosted by Canada
- 1972 in Canadian sports
- 1972 in Alberta
- Sports competitions in Calgary
- 20th century in Calgary
- March 1972 sports events in Canada