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1971 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1971


Annual figure skating competition held in 1971

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title1971 World Figure Skating Championships
comptypeISU Championship
startdateFebruary 23
enddate28
skatingseason1970–71
locationFRA Lyon, France
venuePalais des Sports de Gerland
championmenTCH Ondrej Nepela
championladiesAUT Beatrix Schuba
championpairsURS Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov
championdanceURS Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov
previouscomp[1970 World Championships](1970-world-figure-skating-championships)
nextcomp[1972 World Championships](1972-world-figure-skating-championships)

The 1971 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Lyon, France, from February 23 to 28. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

Medal table

Results

Men

RankNameCPFPPointsPlacings456789101112131415161718192021
**1**TCH Ondrej Nepela112737.512
**2**FRA Patrick Péra232706.718
**3**URS Sergey Chetverukhin382629.334
GDR Jan Hoffmann422632.734
USA John Petkevich542598.944
GBR Haig Oundjian672551.058
URS Yuriy Ovchinnikov792529.666
USA Kenneth Shelley952540.770
USA Gordon McKellen11102498.489
FRA Didier Gailhaguet10112502.189
CAN Toller Cranston15690
AUT Günter Anderl814115
FRA Jacques Mrozek1411116
GBR John Curry1313117
SWI Daniel Höner1216137
TCH Jozef Žídek1815148
TCH Zdeněk Pazdírek1719155
ITA Stefano Bargauan1618157.5
FRG Klaus Grimmelt2117167.5
JPN Yutaka Higuchi1920180
ROM György Fazekas2021186
  • Referee: HUN Elemér Terták
  • Assistant Referee: CAN Donald Gilchrist Judges:
  • ITA Michele Beltrami
  • ROM Vera Curceac
  • URS Tatyana Danilenko
  • TCH Milan Duchón
  • USA Norman E. Fuller
  • FRA Monique Georgelin
  • JPN Kinuko Ueno
  • GDR Helga Wiecki
  • GBR Geoffrey Yates

Ladies

The results of the women's free skate caused an uproar in the arena and were one step towards the demise of compulsory figures. Janet Lynn skated a clean free skate that was well-loved by the crowd, and she placed first in that segment with scores ranging from 5.8 to 6.0; however, due to her scores in the compulsory figures segment of the competition, which were not aired on television, she could not advance to a medal position despite her performance. Coverage on the Wide World of Sports showed Lynn looking at the medalist stand. The crowd in the arena booed; Pierre Brunet, a well-known coach, approached Lynn and told her to take a bow to appease the spectators, a move she later regretted as distracting from the medalists: "I have not been in touch with Karen or Trixi, but I've apologized to Julie for that because it was wrong for me to do that. I was a young girl; I should have had better judgment and said no, but my superiors told me that's what I needed to do."

RankNameCPFPPointsPlacings45678910111213141516171819202122
**1**AUT Beatrix Schuba172763.010
**2**USA Julie Holmes252697.324.5
**3**CAN Karen Magnussen422697.727
USA Janet Lynn512680.034
ITA Rita Trapanese382623.647.5
GDR Sonja Morgenstern932606.652
HUN Zsuzsa Almássy642599.957
SWI Charlotte Walter8142480.783
GDR Christine Errath1362493.586
USA Suna Murray1492475.091
URS Yelena Aleksandrova10132450.5100
GBR Patricia Dodd716103
JPN Kazumi Yamashita1211116
TCH Ľudmila Bezáková1115122
GBR Jean Scott1510132
CAN Diane Hall1912132
SWE Anita Johansson1618145
FRG Judith Beyer2017159
CAN Ruth Hutchinson1720168
AUT Sonja Balun2219177
FRA Joëlle Cartaux1822188
ITA Cinzia Frosio2121197
  • Referee: TCH Josef Dědič
  • Assistant Referee: ITA Sonia Bianchetti Judges:
  • FRG Eva von Gamm
  • AUT Ludwig Gassner
  • CAN Barbara Graham
  • GDR Walburga Grimm
  • HUN Éva György
  • URS
  • SWE Elof Niklasson
  • ITA Giorgio Siniscalco
  • USA Mary Wright

Pairs

RankNameSPFPPointsPlacings4567891011121314151617WD
**1**URS Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov21419.411
**2**URS Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrey Suraykin12418.917
**3**USA Alicia Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley33410.329
GDR Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann44404.137
FRG Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger55399.748
USA Melissa Militano / Mark Militano66394.956
GDR Annette Kansy / Axel Salzmann87392.362
URS Galina Karelina / Georgiy Proskurin68387.976
CAN Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic99384.180
POL Grażyna Osmańska / Adam Brodecki1110381.088
USA Barbara Brown / Doug Berndt121198
FRG Brunhilde Baßler / Eberhard Rausch1012104
GBR Linda Connolly / Colin Taylforth1313118
FRA Florence Cahn / Jean-Roland Racle1414121
JPN Kotoe Nagasawa / Hiroshi Nagakubo1715137
SWI Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle1816146
POL Teresa Skrzek / Piotr Szczypa1617149
AUT Evelyne Schneider / Wilhelm Bietak15DNF
  • Referee: SWI Karl Enderlin
  • Assistant Referee: FRA Néri Valdes Judges:
  • GBR Pamela Davis
  • USA Norman E. Fuller
  • FRG Eva von Gamm
  • AUT Edwin Kucharz
  • GDR Carla Listing
  • URS Nonna Nestogina
  • FRA Monique Petis
  • SWI Jürg Wilhelm
  • POL Maria Zuchowicz

Ice dance

RankNameCDFDPointsPlacings4567891011121314151617181920
**1**URS Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov11515.816
**2**FRG Angelika Buck / Erich Buck32512.720
**3**USA Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky23514.521
GBR Susan Getty / Roy Bradshaw44502.933
URS Tetyana Voytyuk / Vyacheslav Zhyhalyn55490.147
GBR Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby67484.458
GBR Hilary Green / Glynn Watts108473.371
URS Yelena Zharkova / Gennadiy Karponosov76475.371
USA Anne Millier / Harvey Millier910467.580
USA Mary Campbell / Johnny Johns89466.588
CAN Louise Lind / Barry Soper1111103
TCH Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický1312109.5
FRA Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars1213113
POL Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk1414117.5
HUN Ilona Berecz / István Sugár1516134
ITA Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani1615142
SWI Tatiana Grossen / Alessandro Grossen1717157
FRG Astrid Kopp / Axel Kopp1818158
FRG Angelika Wiesner / Hans-Jürgen Wiesner1920174
AUT Brigitte Scheijbal / Kurt Jaschek2019177
  • Referee: TCH Emil Skákala

  • Assistant Referee: FRA Henri Meudec Judges:

  • CAN George J. Blundun

  • URS

  • HUN Klára Kozári

  • FRA Lysiane Lauret

  • GBR George Marsh

  • TCH Dagmar Řeháková

  • FRG Erika Schiechtl

  • USA Mary Wright

  • POL Maria Zuchowicz

References

References

  1. Lawrence, Kelli. (2011). "Skating on air: the broadcast history of an Olympic marquee sport". McFarland.
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