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1972 World Figure Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition held in 1972
Annual figure skating competition held in 1972
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1972 World Figure Skating Championships |
| comptype | ISU Championship |
| startdate | March 7 |
| enddate | 11 |
| skatingseason | 1971–72 |
| location | CAN Calgary, Alberta, |
| Canada | |
| venue | Stampede Corral |
| championmen | TCH Ondrej Nepela |
| championladies | AUT Beatrix Schuba |
| championpairs | URS Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov |
| championdance | URS Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov |
| previouscomp | [1971 World Championships](1971-world-figure-skating-championships) |
| nextcomp | [1973 World Championships](1973-world-figure-skating-championships) |
Canada
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.
A day before the start of the competition, Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov had an accident on a lift; Rodnina was hospitalized with a concussion and an intracranial hematoma but went on to compete and win the gold medal. It was Rodnina/Ulanov's final competition together. Ulanov would team up with the silver medalist, Lyudmila Smirnova.
Medal table
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | colspan | CF | colspan | FS | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | TCH Ondrej Nepela | 1 | 3 | 2722.8 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| **2** | URS Sergey Chetverukhin | 2 | 2 | 2673.8 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| **3** | URS Vladimir Kovalyov | 3 | 5 | 2607.5 | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||
| USA John Petkevich | 5 | 4 | 2585.5 | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CAN Toller Cranston | 9 | 1 | 2566.1 | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| GDR Jan Hoffmann | 4 | 9 | 2559.7 | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Kenneth Shelley | 7 | 6 | 2538.7 | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Gordon McKellen | 10 | 8 | 2528.3 | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR John Curry | 6 | 7 | 2534.8 | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| URS Sergey Volkov | 8 | 10 | 2499.0 | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Jacques Mrozek | 11 | 11 | 2448.8 | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TCH Zdeněk Pazdírek | 14 | 12 | 116 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Didier Gailhauguet | 12 | 13 | 116 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| AUT Josef Schneider | 13 | 15 | 128 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| JPN Yutaka Higuchi | 16 | 14 | 136 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| TCH Jozef Žídek | 17 | 16 | 141 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Stefano Bargauan | 15 | 17 | 144 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FRG Harald Kuhn | 19 | 18 | 166 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FIN Pekka Leskinen | 18 | 19 | 167 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Haig Oundjian | DNS |
- Referee: CAN Donald Gilchrist
- Assistant Referee: ITA Sonia Bianchetti Judges:
- TCH Gerhardt Bubník
- USA Dorothy Burkholder
- URS Tatyana Danilenko
- JPN Masao Hasegawa
- AUT Franz Heinlein
- CAN William Lewis
- FRA Monique Petis
- GBR Mollie Phillips
- GDR Helga Wiecki
- FRG János Zsigmondy (substitute)
Ladies
| Rank | Name | colspan | CF | colspan | FS | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | AUT Beatrix Schuba | 1 | 9 | 2778.5 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| **2** | CAN Karen Magnussen | 2 | 2 | 2745.2 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| **3** | USA Janet Lynn | 3 | 1 | 2713.0 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| HUN Zsuzsa Almássy | 4 | 6 | 2643.3 | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| GDR Sonja Morgenstern | 6 | 3 | 2581.1 | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Jean Scott | 5 | 10 | 2555.1 | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Dorothy Hamill | 8 | 5 | 2548.3 | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Suna Murray | 7 | 7 | 2517.5 | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| CAN Cathy Irwin | 9 | 8 | 2499.9 | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| GDR Christine Errath | 11 | 4 | 2519.9 | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| TCH Ľudmila Bezáková | 10 | 13 | 2426.9 | 102 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SWI Karin Iten | 12 | 16 | 2387.8 | 118 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FRG Gerti Schanderl | 15 | 11 | 2385.3 | 119 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Cinzia Frosio | 13 | 12 | 2380.1 | 120 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| CAN Darya Prichun | 14 | 14 | 2370.9 | 127 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Marie-Claude Bierre | 17 | 15 | 2319.9 | 146 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NED Dianne de Leeuw | 16 | 19 | 2296.6 | 151 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| KOR Chang Myung-su | 18 | 18 | 2221.6 | 169 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Sharon Burley | 19 | 21 | 2195.8 | 175 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| JPN Shūko Takeyama | 20 | 20 | 2193.3 | 178 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| URS Marina Sanaya | 21 | 17 | 2189.3 | 178 |
- Referee: TCH Josef Dědič
- Assistant Referee: HUN Elemér Terták Judges:
- HUN Zoltán Balázs
- FRA Jeanine Donnier-Blanc
- TCH Milan Duchón (substitute)
- CAN Suzanne Francis
- AUT Ludwig Gassner
- GDR Walburga Grimm
- FRG Wilhelm Kahle
- USA Ramona McIntyre
- ITA Giovanni de Mori
- SWI René Schlageter
Pairs
| Rank | Name | SP | FS | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | URS Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov | 1 | 106.2 | 1 | 315.6 | 421.8 | 9 | ||||||||||
| **2** | URS Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrey Suraykin | 2 | 104.4 | 3 | 312.3 | 416.7 | 21.5 | ||||||||||
| **3** | USA Alicia Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley | 5 | 99.6 | 2 | 312.6 | 412.2 | 28.5 | ||||||||||
| GDR Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann | 3 | 102.0 | 4 | 307.8 | 409.8 | 38 | |||||||||||
| FRG Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger | 4 | 100.9 | 5 | 306.9 | 407.8 | 42 | |||||||||||
| URS Irina Chernyayeva / Vasiliy Blagov | 6 | 99.5 | 6 | 304.5 | 404.0 | 55 | |||||||||||
| GDR Annette Kansy / Axel Salzmann | 8 | 98.2 | 7 | 300.9 | 399.1 | 68 | |||||||||||
| CAN Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic | 7 | 98.3 | 8 | 301.2 | 399.5 | 70 | |||||||||||
| USA Melissa Militano / Mark Militano | 9 | 96.6 | 9 | 298.5 | 395.1 | 76 | |||||||||||
| FRG Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch | 11 | 94.8 | 10 | 268.9 | 363.7 | 95 | |||||||||||
| CAN Mary Petrie / John Hubbell | 13 | 92.7 | 11 | 285.0 | 377.7 | 102 | |||||||||||
| POL Grażyna Osmańska / Adam Brodecki | 10 | 96.5 | 12 | 284.1 | 380.6 | 106 | |||||||||||
| FRG Gabriele Cieplik / Reinhard Ketterer | 12 | 94.4 | 13 | 280.8 | 375.2 | 114 | |||||||||||
| USA Barbara Brown / Douglas Berndt | 14 | 90.9 | 14 | 278.4 | 369.3 | 123 | |||||||||||
| GBR Linda Connolly / Colin Taylforth | 15 | 90.5 | 15 | 272.4 | 362.9 | 132 |
- Referee: SWI Karl Enderlin
- Assistant Referee: USA Henry M. Beatty Judges:
- NED Elsbeth Bon
- GBR Pamela Davis
- CAN Suzanne Francis
- GDR Walburga Grimm
- URS Valentin Piseyev
- USA Ardelle Sanderson
- SWI René Schlageter (substitute)
- FIN Inkeri Soininen
- POL Maria Zuchowicz
- FRG János Zsigmondy
Ice dance
| Rank | Name | CD | FD | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | URS Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov | 1 | 251.9 | 1 | 262.7 | 514.6 | 14 | |||||||||||
| **2** | FRG Angelika Buck / Erich Buck | 2 | 250.7 | 2 | 261.3 | 512.0 | 17 | |||||||||||
| **3** | USA Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky | 3 | 248.7 | 3 | 260.0 | 508.7 | 24 | |||||||||||
| GBR Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby | 4 | 242.0 | 4 | 255.0 | 495.0 | 38 | ||||||||||||
| URS Tetyana Voytyuk / Vyacheslav Zhyhalyn | 5 | 234.9 | 5 | 250.8 | 485.7 | 46 | ||||||||||||
| GBR Hilary Green / Glynn Watts | 6 | 233.3 | 6 | 250.9 | 484.2 | 50 | ||||||||||||
| USA Anne Millier / Harvey Millier | 7 | 221.9 | 7 | 244.9 | 466.8 | 67 | ||||||||||||
| URS Yelena Zharkova / Gennadiy Karponosov | 8 | 219.1 | 8 | 242.3 | 461.4 | 75 | ||||||||||||
| CAN Louise Lind / Barry Soper | 9 | 217.9 | 9 | 241.0 | 458.9 | 80 | ||||||||||||
| USA Mary Campbell / Johnny Johns | 10 | 216.1 | 10 | 237.2 | 453.3 | 91 | ||||||||||||
| TCH Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický | 11 | 212.6 | 11 | 234.8 | 447.4 | 99 | ||||||||||||
| FRA Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars | 12 | 209.5 | 13 | 226.7 | 436.2 | 108 | ||||||||||||
| POL Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk | 13 | 208.0 | 12 | 226.7 | 434.7 | 110 | ||||||||||||
| FRG Sylvia Fuchs / Michael Fuchs | 14 | 197.7 | 14 | 215.5 | 413.2 | 126 | ||||||||||||
| FRG Astrid Kopp / Axel Kopp | 15 | 195.3 | 15 | 208.2 | 403.5 | 135 | ||||||||||||
| JPN Keiko Achiwa / Yasuyuki Noto | 16 | 182.3 | 16 | 195.8 | 378.1 | 144 |
- Referee: GBR Lawrence Demmy
- Assistant Referee: CAN George J. Blundun Judges:
- HUN Zoltán Balázs
- GBR Pamela Davis
- TCH Milan Duchón
- URS
- FRA Claude Lambert
- CAN Audrey Moore
- FRG Eugen Romminger
- USA Benjamin T. Wright
- POL Maria Zuchowicz
References
Sources
- The Calgary Gerald (Calgary, Alberta, March 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 1972)
References
- link. Pushkina. Oksana. (October 3, 2004). peoples.ru
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