1977 World Figure Skating Championships
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1977 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | March 1 – 6 |
Season: | 1976–77 |
Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
Venue: | Yoyogi National Stadium |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Vladimir Kovalev | |
Ladies' singles: Linda Fratianne | |
Pair skating: Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | |
Ice dance: Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | |
Previous: 1976 World Championships | |
Next: 1978 World Championships |
The 1977 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Tokyo, Japan from March 1 to 6. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
The ISU Representative was Jacques Favart of France. The ISU Technical Delegates were of West Germany.
Medal tables[]
Medalists[]
Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's singles | Vladimir Kovalev | Jan Hoffmann | Minoru Sano |
Ladies' singles | Linda Fratianne | Anett Pötzsch | Dagmar Lurz |
Pair skating | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | Irina Vorobieva / Aleksandr Vlasov | Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner |
Ice dancing | Irina Moiseeva / Andrej Minenkov | Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell | Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov |
Medals by country[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Results[]
Men[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Age | CP | SP | FP | Points | Places | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vladimir Kovalev | Soviet Union | 24 | 1 | 44.40 | 2 | 41.24 | 3 | 102.40 | 188.04 | 16 |
2 | Jan Hoffmann | East Germany | 21 | 2 | 42.52 | 1 | 41.04 | 2 | 103.40 | 186.96 | 18 |
3 | Minoru Sano | Japan | 21 | 6 | 39.44 | 4 | 39.96 | 1 | 105.70 | 185.10 | 24 |
4 | David Santee | United States | 19 | 4 | 42.04 | 9 | 37.92 | 5 | 99.70 | 179.66 | 40 |
5 | Charles Tickner | United States | 23 | 5 | 39.52 | 3 | 40.56 | 7 | 98.80 | 178.88 | 42 |
6 | Ron Shaver | Canada | 25 | 9 | 37.84 | 8 | 37.48 | 6 | 99.40 | 174.72 | 61 |
7 | Yuri Ovchinnikov | Soviet Union | 26 | 7 | 38.12 | 6 | 38.16 | 8 | 97.60 | 173.88 | 64 |
8 | Mitsuru Matsumura | Japan | 19 | 15 | 35.00 | 11 | 36.13 | 4 | 101.20 | 172.33 | 73 |
9 | Scott Cramer | United States | 18 | 8 | 38.20 | 10 | 37.60 | 9 | 95.90 | 171.70 | 73 |
10 | Pekka Leskinen | Finland | 23 | 3 | 42.00 | 12 | 35.12 | 11 | 92.90 | 170.02 | 89 |
11 | Konstantin Kokora | Soviet Union | 19 | 11 | 37.12 | 7 | 38.20 | 10 | 93.00 | 168.32 | 94 |
12 | Ronald Koppelent | Austria | 21 | 14 | 37.00 | 14 | 33.24 | 13 | 86.40 | 156.64 | 118 |
13 | West Germany | 13 | 36.32 | 13 | 33.88 | 14 | 85.00 | 155.20 | 121 | ||
14 | Brian Pockar | Canada | 17 | 16 | 34.72 | 15 | 33.00 | 12 | 87.30 | 155.02 | 122 |
15 | Jean-Christophe Simond | France | 16 | 12 | 36.44 | 16 | 32.60 | 15 | 84.80 | 154.84 | 134 |
16 | William Schober | Australia | 17 | 32.64 | 17 | 34.80 | 16 | 77.30 | 144.74 | 144 | |
17 | South Korea | 18 | 31.20 | 18 | 26.52 | 17 | 71.90 | 129.62 | 153 | ||
WD | Robin Cousins | United Kingdom | 19 | 10 | 37.72 | 5 | 40.08 | DNF |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Czechoslovakia
- West Germany
- Geoffrey Yates United Kingdom
- David Dore Canada
- Valentin Piseev Soviet Union
- Japan
- United States
- East Germany
- Australia
Substitute judge:
- France
Ladies[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Age | CP | SP | FP | Points | Places | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Linda Fratianne | United States | 16 | 4 | 44.44 | 1 | 41.72 | 2 | 103.10 | 189.26 | 10 |
2 | Anett Pötzsch | East Germany | 16 | 1 | 45.56 | 6 | 38.92 | 3 | 100.70 | 185.18 | 22 |
3 | Dagmar Lurz | West Germany | 18 | 2 | 45.08 | 3 | 39.20 | 8 | 98.20 | 182.48 | 43 |
4 | Barbara Smith | United States | 5 | 43.04 | 4 | 39.80 | 7 | 99.60 | 182.44 | 43 | |
5 | Wendy Burge | United States | 19 | 7 | 41.48 | 2 | 40.32 | 4 | 101.10 | 182.90 | 41 |
6 | Susanna Driano | Italy | 19 | 3 | 43.88 | 7 | 38.88 | 9 | 98.20 | 180.96 | 50 |
7 | Elena Vodorezova | Soviet Union | 13 | 13 | 36.80 | 5 | 39.92 | 1 | 103.10 | 179.82 | 59 |
8 | Lynn Nightingale | Canada | 20 | 8 | 40.84 | 9 | 38.32 | 5 | 100.60 | 179.76 | 66 |
9 | Marion Weber | East Germany | 17 | 6 | 42.12 | 12 | 38.04 | 10 | 97.20 | 177.36 | 80 |
10 | Denise Biellmann | Switzerland | 14 | 12 | 37.68 | 8 | 38.44 | 6 | 100.10 | 176.22 | 87 |
11 | Claudia Kristofics-Binder | Austria | 15 | 9 | 39.96 | 10 | 37.72 | 12 | 95.00 | 172.68 | 103 |
12 | Emi Watanabe | Japan | 14 | 11 | 40.04 | 11 | 38.08 | 13 | 95.00 | 173.12 | 106 |
13 | Heather Kemkaran | Canada | 20 | 14 | 35.56 | 13 | 35.98 | 11 | 97.60 | 169.14 | 113 |
14 | Garnet Ostermeier | West Germany | 17 | 10 | 39.20 | 14 | 36.12 | 14 | 91.20 | 166.52 | 124 |
15 | Karena Richardson | United Kingdom | 17 | 19 | 32.36 | 16 | 35.52 | 15 | 91.80 | 159.68 | 133 |
16 | Susan Broman | Finland | 17 | 15 | 34.60 | 15 | 36.08 | 16 | 83.40 | 154.08 | 150 |
17 | Australia | 16 | 34.64 | 18 | 32.84 | 17 | 84.00 | 151.48 | 154 | ||
18 | France | 17 | 34.08 | 17 | 32.92 | 18 | 83.40 | 150.40 | 159 | ||
19 | Franca Bianconi | Italy | 15 | 21 | 31.52 | 20 | 30.80 | 19 | 82.30 | 144.62 | 176 |
20 | South Korea | 18 | 32.72 | 21 | 30.88 | 21 | 80.60 | 144.20 | 178 | ||
21 | Sweden | 20 | 31.64 | 19 | 31.44 | 20 | 80.30 | 143.38 | 182 |
Referee:
- Italy
Assistant Referee:
- United Kingdom
Judges:
- Italy
- East Germany
- Switzerland
- Geoffrey Yates United Kingdom
- United States
- Austria
- Norris Bowden Canada
- Leena Vainio Finland
- West Germany
Substitute judge:
Pairs[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Age | SP | FP | Points | Places | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | Soviet Union | 27/24 | 2 | 34.90 | 1 | 105.60 | 140.50 | 9 |
2 | Irina Vorobieva / Alexandr Vlasov | Soviet Union | 18/20 | 3 | 34.56 | 2 | 101.60 | 136.16 | 23 |
3 | Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner | United States | 16/18 | 4 | 34.45 | 3 | 101.20 | 135.65 | 29 |
4 | Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai | Soviet Union | 12/18 | 1 | 39.68 | 5 | 97.80 | 137.48 | 39 |
5 | Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf | East Germany | 20/26 | 5 | 32.37 | 4 | 99.30 | 131.67 | 42 |
6 | Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl | Czechoslovakia | 16/17 | 6 | 31.57 | 6 | 95.00 | 126.57 | 57 |
7 | / | United States | 7 | 30.70 | 7 | 94.40 | 125.10 | 63 | |
8 | / Andreas Nischwitz | West Germany | /19 | 8 | 30.58 | 9 | 91.40 | 121.98 | 78 |
9 | Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli | United States | 14/17 | 9 | 30.34 | 8 | 93.10 | 123.44 | 73 |
10 | Sherri Baier / Robin Cowan | Canada | 11 | 27.90 | 10 | 88.50 | 116.40 | 91 | |
11 | / | West Germany | 10 | 28.74 | 11 | 87.80 | 116.54 | 96 | |
12 | Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain | Australia | 14/18 | 13 | 26.87 | 12 | 85.50 | 112.37 | 106 |
13 | / | Japan | 12 | 27.44 | 13 | 79.50 | 106.94 | 116 |
Referee:
- Donald H. Gilchrist Canada
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Czechoslovakia
- West Germany
- Geoffrey Yates United Kingdom
- David Dore Canada
- Valentin Piseev Soviet Union
- Japan
- United States
- East Germany
- Australia
Substitute judge:
- France
Ice dancing[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Age | CD | FD | Points | Places | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | Soviet Union | 21/22 | 1 | 102.32 | 1 | 105.50 | 207.82 | 9 |
2 | Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell | United Kingdom | 21/24 | 2 | 99.16 | 2 | 102.50 | 201.66 | 24 |
3 | Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov | Soviet Union | 20/26 | 4 | 97.72 | 3 | 102.20 | 199.92 | 28 |
4 | Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay | Hungary | 21/23 | 3 | 98.80 | 4 | 101.90 | 200.70 | 29 |
5 | Marina Zueva / | Soviet Union | 20/ | 5 | 94.56 | 5 | 100.10 | 194.66 | 45 |
6 | Susan Carscallen / Eric Gillies | Canada | 22/24 | 6 | 92.80 | 7 | 96.10 | 188.90 | 58 |
7 | Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster | United Kingdom | 7 | 91.32 | 6 | 95.90 | 187.22 | 65 | |
8 | Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich | Czechoslovakia | 18/22 | 9 | 89.68 | 8 | 95.30 | 184.98 | 73 |
9 | Judi Genovesi / Kent Weigle | United States | 19/21 | 8 | 88.92 | 9 | 94.30 | 183.22 | 77 |
10 | Lorna Wighton / John Dowding | Canada | 18/19 | 10 | 87.08 | 10 | 92.60 | 179.68 | 90 |
11 | Isabella Rizzi / Luigi Freroni | Italy | 11 | 83.88 | 11 | 90.20 | 174.08 | 100 | |
12 | Susan Kelley / Andrew Stroukoff | United States | 22/26 | 13 | 82.12 | 12 | 88.90 | 171.02 | 108 |
13 | Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann | Austria | 18/19 | 12 | 83.40 | 13 | 85.60 | 169.00 | 116 |
14 | / | Japan | 14 | 80.32 | 14 | 84.50 | 164.82 | 123 |
Referee:
- Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom
Assistant Referee:
- Canada
Judges:
- Austria
- United Kingdom
- Hungary
- Mary Louise Wright United States
- Italy
- Soviet Union
- Czechoslovakia
- Japan
- Canada
Substitute judge:
Sources[]
- Result list provided by the ISU
- US Pair Is 3d After Start of World Skating
- Miss Rodnina, Zaitsev Win Fifth Straight Skating Title
Categories:
- World Figure Skating Championships
- 1977 in figure skating
- 1977 in Japanese sport
- Figure skating in Japan
- International figure skating competitions hosted by Japan
- Sports competitions in Tokyo
- March 1977 sports events in Asia
- 1977 in Tokyo