1973 World Figure Skating Championships
1973 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | February 26 – March 3 |
Season: | 1972–73 |
Location: | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
Venue: | Zimni Stadion Bratislava |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Ondrej Nepela | |
Ladies' singles: Karen Magnussen | |
Pair skating: Irina Rodnina / Alexandr Zaitsev | |
Ice dance: Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexandr Gorshkov | |
Previous: 1972 World Championships | |
Next: 1974 World Championships |
The 1973 World Figure Skating Championships were held from February 26 to March 3 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. It was the last year in which solid gold medals were awarded in figure skating.[1]
The opening ceremony was held at the Philharmonic of Bratislava. The Chairman of the organising committee was Miroslav Cerveka.
Irina Rodnina won her first World title with her new partner, Alexander Zaitsev after her previous partner, Alexei Ulanov, chose to skate with Lyudmila Smirnova. Rodnina / Zaitsev's music stopped during their short program, possibly due to a Czech worker acting in retaliation for the suppression of the Prague Spring.[2]
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (7 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Results[]
Men[]
Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FP | Points | Placings |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ondrej Nepela | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 355.66 | 10 |
2 | Sergei Chetverukhin | Soviet Union | 2 | 3 | 1 | 348.91 | 17 |
3 | Jan Hoffmann | East Germany | 3 | 7 | 6 | 340.55 | 35 |
4 | John Curry | United Kingdom | 4 | 8 | 7 | 338.43 | 39 |
5 | Toller Cranston | Canada | 6 | 1 | 5 | 336.50 | 54 |
6 | Yuri Ovchinnikov | Soviet Union | 8 | 5 | 3 | 334.01 | 54 |
7 | Gordon McKellen, Jr. | United States | 5 | 4 | 8 | 330.84 | 62 |
8 | Ron Shaver | Canada | 12 | 6 | 4 | 330.58 | 61 |
9 | Jacques Mrozek | France | 9 | 10 | 11 | 320.01 | 91 |
10 | Zdeněk Pazdírek | Czechoslovakia | 10 | 12 | 9 | 319.43 | 95 |
11 | Daniel Höner | Switzerland | 7 | 11 | 12 | 319.08 | 97 |
12 | Robert Bradshaw | United States | 13 | 9 | 10 | 316.62 | 103 |
13 | László Vajda | Hungary | 11 | 14 | 13 | 314.77 | 112 |
14 | Minoru Sano | Japan | 14 | 13 | 14 | 308.37 | 130 |
15 | Erich Reifschneider | West Germany | 15 | 15 | 16 | 303.72 | 144 |
16 | Igor Lisovski | Soviet Union | 18 | 17 | 17 | 302.24 | 147 |
17 | Bernd Wunderlich | East Germany | 20 | 18 | 15 | 300.38 | 148 |
18 | Miroslav Šoška | Czechoslovakia | 17 | 16 | 18 | 299.99 | 151 |
19 | Robert Rubens | Canada | 19 | 19 | 19 | 295.16 | 168 |
20 | Austria | 16 | 20 | 21 | 275.29 | 187 | |
21 | Jacek Tascher | Poland | 23 | 23 | 20 | 273.30 | 191 |
22 | Rolando Bragaglia | Italy | 22 | 21 | 22 | 270.19 | 193 |
23 | Gheorghe Fazekas | Romania | 21 | 24 | 24 | 262.23 | 205 |
24 | Yugoslavia | 24 | 22 | 23 | 255.29 | 214 |
Referee:
- Italy
Assistant Referee:
- Czechoslovakia
Judges:
- Soviet Union
- Canada
- Italy
- East Germany
- Japan
- Dagmar Rehakova Czechoslovakia
- United States
- Romania
- Geoffrey Yates United Kingdom
Substitute judge:
- Switzerland
Ladies[]
Sonja Balun of Austria and Krisztina Homolya of Hungary withdrew before the opening ceremony.
Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FP | Points | Placings |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Karen Magnussen | Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 | 356.39 | 9 |
2 | Janet Lynn | United States | 2 | 12 | 1 | 347.85 | 18 |
3 | Christine Errath | East Germany | 5 | 2 | 5 | 340.90 | 31 |
4 | Dorothy Hamill | United States | 8 | 3 | 4 | 337.93 | 35 |
5 | Jean Scott | United Kingdom | 4 | 10 | 11 | 332.10 | 47 |
6 | Karin Iten | Switzerland | 3 | 14 | 14 | 329.08 | 60 |
7 | Liana Drahová | Czechoslovakia | 9 | 9 | 6 | 327.53 | 69 |
8 | Sonja Morgenstern | East Germany | 10 | 5 | 7 | 326.53 | 76 |
9 | United States | 12 | 7 | 9 | 323.26 | 91 | |
10 | Lynn Nightingale | Canada | 15 | 4 | 3 | 325.61 | 78 |
11 | Maria McLean | United Kingdom | 7 | 11 | 13 | 322.68 | 96 |
12 | Cathy Lee Irwin | Canada | 11 | 13 | 10 | 320.95 | 108 |
13 | Gerti Schanderl | West Germany | 14 | 6 | 8 | 319.69 | 114 |
14 | Anett Pötzsch | East Germany | 13 | 8 | 12 | 316.21 | 125 |
15 | Dianne de Leeuw | Netherlands | 6 | 15 | 16 | 316.11 | 123 |
16 | Marina Sanaya | Soviet Union | 23 | 16 | 15 | 296.67 | 149 |
17 | Emi Watanabe | Japan | 18 | 23 | 17 | 294.35 | 154 |
18 | Marie-Claude Bierre | France | 16 | 18 | 22 | 288.34 | 171 |
19 | Cinzia Frosio | Italy | 19 | 19 | 19 | 287.45 | 175 |
20 | Sweden | 21 | 17 | 18 | 285.55 | 177 | |
21 | Sharon Burley | Australia | 20 | 20 | 21 | 286.58 | 178 |
22 | Hannele Koskinen | Finland | 27 | 22 | 20 | 275.77 | 204 |
23 | Grażyna Dudek | Poland | 26 | 21 | 23 | 276.57 | 201 |
24 | Yugoslavia | 25 | 26 | 24 | 268.04 | 220 | |
25 | Chang Myung-su | South Korea | 17 | 28 | 27 | 264.92 | 227 |
26 | Norway | 24 | 27 | 26 | 261.03 | 235 | |
27 | Hungary | 28 | 24 | 25 | 262.58 | 231 | |
WD | Austria | 22 | 25 | DNF | |||
Hungary | DNS | ||||||
Sonja Balun | Austria | DNS |
Referee:
- Major Josef Dědič Czechoslovakia
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- East Germany
- Mary Louise Wright United States
- Ludwig Gassner Austria
- United Kingdom
- Netherlands
- Finland
- Switzerland
- Canada
- Hungary
Substitute judge:
- Australia
Pairs[]
Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FP | Points | Placings |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 423.9 | 9 |
2 | Liudmila Smirnova / Alexei Ulanov | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 416.2 | 18 |
3 | Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann | East Germany | 3 | 3 | 409.2 | 29 |
4 | Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger | West Germany | 6 | 5 | 402.9 | 43 |
5 | Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich | East Germany | 4 | 4 | 401.3 | 46 |
6 | Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic | Canada | 7 | 6 | 399.8 | 51 |
7 | Irina Cherniaeva / Vasili Blagov | Soviet Union | 5 | 7 | 398.3 | 56 |
8 | Melissa Militano / Mark Militano | United States | 8 | 8 | 390.7 | 73 |
9 | / | Canada | 9 | 9 | 386.0 | 80 |
10 | Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle | Switzerland | 11 | 10 | 373.9 | 92 |
11 | / | Czechoslovakia | 10 | 11 | 369.4 | 106 |
12 | Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch | West Germany | 12 | 12 | 366.6 | 108 |
13 | / Joel Fuhrman | United States | 15 | 13 | 360.9 | 121 |
14 | Florence Cahn / Jean-Roland Racle | France | 13 | 14 | 362.0 | 120 |
15 | Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec | Austria | 16 | 15 | 346.0 | 137 |
16 | Teresa Skrzek / Piotr Sczypa | Poland | 14 | 16 | 350.4 | 135 |
Referee:
- Karl Enderlin Switzerland
Assistant Referee:
- Donald H. Gilchrist Canada
Judges:
- Czechoslovakia
- Valentin Piseev Soviet Union
- Poland
- Canada
- Switzerland
- West Germany
- East Germany
- Austria
- United States
Substitute judge:
- France
Ice dance[]
Rank | Name | Nation | CD | FD | Points | Placings |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 524.20 | 9 |
2 | Angelika Buck / Erich Buck | West Germany | 2 | 2 | 514.55 | 18 |
3 | Hilary Green / Glyn Watts | United Kingdom | 3 | 3 | 499.05 | 29 |
4 | Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby | United Kingdom | 4 | 6 | 493.25 | 38 |
5 | Tatiana Voitiuk / Viacheslav Zhigalin | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 488.30 | 43 |
6 | Mary Karen Campbell / Johnny Johns | United States | 6 | 7 | 479.30 | 60 |
7 | Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | Soviet Union | 7 | 5 | 475.80 | 63.5 |
8 | Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický | Czechoslovakia | 8 | 8 | 470.85 | 72.5 |
9 | / | Canada | 9 | 9 | 471.00 | 73 |
10 | Anne Millier / Harvey Millier III | United States | 10 | 11 | 459.15 | 93 |
11 | Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani | Italy | 12 | 10 | 452.10 | 100 |
12 | / | United Kingdom | 11 | 13 | 448.70 | 107 |
13 | Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay | Hungary | 13 | 12 | 442.70 | 115 |
14 | Halina Gordon / | Poland | 14 | 15 | 425.80 | 130 |
15 | Barbara Berezowski / David Porter | Canada | 15 | 14 | 426.35 | 131 |
16 | / | France | 16 | 16 | 408.80 | 146 |
17 | / | West Germany | 17 | 17 | 402.00 | 151 |
18 | Brigitte Scheijbal / Walter Leschetizky | Austria | 18 | 18 | 393.65 | 160 |
Referee:
- West Germany
Assistant Referee:
- Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom
Judges:
- United States
- Hungary
- France
- West Germany
- Czechoslovakia
- Mollie Phillips United Kingdom
- Maria Zuchowicz Poland
- Soviet Union
- Canada
Substitute judge:
- Italy
References[]
- ^ McKay, Kevin (January 2010). "Top of the World". Senior Living magazine.
- ^ Pushkina, Oksana (October 3, 2004). Ирина Константиновна Роднина [Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina]. people.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ Cross, Jeff (1973). Karen. Don Mills,Ontario: Collier-Macmillan Canada,Ltd.
Sources[]
- Result list provided by the ISU
- World Figure Skating Championships
- 1973 in figure skating
- Figure skating in Czechoslovakia
- 1973 in Czechoslovak sport
- International figure skating competitions hosted by Czechoslovakia
- February 1973 sports events in Europe
- March 1973 sports events in Europe
- Sports competitions in Bratislava
- 1970s in Bratislava