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1973 World Figure Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition held in 1973
Annual figure skating competition held in 1973
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1973 World Figure Skating Championships |
| comptype | ISU Championship |
| startdate | February 26 |
| enddate | March 3 |
| skatingseason | 1972–73 |
| location | TCH Bratislava, Slovakia, |
| Czechoslovakia | |
| venue | Zimni Stadion Bratislava |
| championmen | TCH Ondrej Nepela |
| championladies | CAN Karen Magnussen |
| championpairs | URS Irina Rodnina / Aleksandr Zaytsev |
| championdance | URS Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov |
| previouscomp | [1972 World Championships](1972-world-figure-skating-championships) |
| nextcomp | [1974 World Championships](1974-world-figure-skating-championships) |
Czechoslovakia
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.
The opening ceremony was held at the Philharmonic of Bratislava. The Chairman of the organising committee was Miroslav Červenka. In the ladies' single skating withdrew before the opening ceremony Sonja Balun from Austria and Zsuzsa Homolya from Hungary.
Irina Rodnina won her first World title with her new partner, Aleksandr Zaytsev after her previous partner, Aleksey 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.
Medal table
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | CP | SP | FP | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | TCH Ondrej Nepela | 1 | 2 | 2 | 355.66 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **2** | URS Sergey Chetverukhin | 2 | 3 | 1 | 348.91 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **3** | GDR Jan Hoffmann | 3 | 7 | 6 | 340.55 | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR John Curry | 4 | 8 | 7 | 338.43 | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| CAN Toller Cranston | 6 | 1 | 5 | 336.50 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| URS Yuriy Ovchinnikov | 8 | 5 | 3 | 334.01 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Gordon McKellen | 5 | 4 | 8 | 330.84 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| CAN Ronald Shaver | 12 | 6 | 4 | 330.58 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Jacques Mrozek | 9 | 10 | 11 | 320.01 | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCH Zdeněk Pazdírek | 10 | 12 | 9 | 319.43 | 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| SWI Daniel Höner | 7 | 11 | 12 | 319.08 | 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Robert Bradshaw | 13 | 9 | 10 | 316.62 | 103 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| HUN László Vajda | 11 | 14 | 13 | 314.77 | 112 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| JPN Minoru Sano | 14 | 13 | 14 | 308.37 | 130 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRG Erich Reifschneider | 15 | 15 | 16 | 303.72 | 144 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| URS Igor Lisovskiy | 18 | 17 | 17 | 302.24 | 147 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| GDR Bernd Wunderlich | 20 | 18 | 15 | 300.38 | 148 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCH Miroslav Šoška | 17 | 16 | 18 | 299.99 | 151 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| CAN Robert Rubens | 19 | 19 | 19 | 295.16 | 168 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUT Günther Hilgarth | 16 | 20 | 21 | 275.29 | 187 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| POL Jacek Tascher | 23 | 23 | 20 | 273.30 | 191 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Rolando Bragaglia | 22 | 21 | 22 | 270.19 | 193 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROM György Fazekas | 21 | 24 | 24 | 262.23 | 205 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| YUG Silvo Švejger | 24 | 22 | 23 | 255.29 | 214 |
- Referee: ITA Sonia Bianchetti
- Assistant Referee: TCH Miroslav Hasenöhrl
Judges:
- URS Boris Lvov-Anokhin Львов-Анохин, Борис Александрович
- ITA Luciana Brasa
- GDR Walburga Grimm
- CAN Dorothy Leamen
- USA Ramona McIntyre
- ROM Irina Minculescu
- JPN Kazuo Ōhashi
- TCH Dagmar Řeháková
- SWI Jürg Wilhelm (substitute)
- GBR Geoffrey Yates
Ladies
| Rank | Name | CP | SP | FP | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | CAN Karen Magnussen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 356.39 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| **2** | USA Janet Lynn | 2 | 12 | 1 | 347.85 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| **3** | GDR Christine Errath | 5 | 2 | 5 | 340.90 | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Dorothy Hamill | 8 | 3 | 4 | 337.93 | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Jean Scott | 4 | 10 | 11 | 332.10 | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SWI Karin Iten | 3 | 14 | 14 | 329.08 | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCH Liana Drahová | 9 | 9 | 6 | 327.53 | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GDR Sonja Morgenstern | 10 | 5 | 7 | 326.53 | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Juli McKinstry | 12 | 7 | 9 | 323.26 | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CAN Lynn Nightingale | 15 | 4 | 3 | 325.61 | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Maria McLean | 7 | 11 | 13 | 322.68 | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CAN Cathy Irwin | 11 | 13 | 10 | 320.95 | 108 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRG Gerti Schanderl | 14 | 6 | 8 | 319.69 | 114 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GDR Anett Pötzsch | 13 | 8 | 12 | 316.21 | 123 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NED Dianne de Leeuw | 6 | 15 | 16 | 316.11 | 125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| URS Marina Sanaya | 23 | 16 | 15 | 296.67 | 149 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JPN Emi Watanabe | 18 | 23 | 17 | 294.35 | 154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Marie-Claude Bierre | 16 | 18 | 22 | 288.34 | 171 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Cinzia Frosio | 19 | 19 | 19 | 287.45 | 175 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SWE Lise-Lotte Öberg | 21 | 17 | 18 | 285.55 | 177 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Sharon Burley | 20 | 20 | 21 | 286.58 | 178 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIN Hannele Koskinen | 27 | 22 | 20 | 275.77 | 201 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| POL Grażyna Dudek | 26 | 21 | 23 | 276.57 | 204 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YUG Helena Gazvoda | 25 | 26 | 24 | 268.04 | 220 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KOR Chang Myung-su | 17 | 28 | 27 | 264.92 | 227 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOR Bente Tverran | 24 | 27 | 26 | 261.03 | 231 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HUN Ágnes Erős | 28 | 24 | 25 | 262.58 | 235 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUT Susanne Altura | 22 | 25 | DNF |
- Referee: TCH Josef Dědič
- Assistant Referee: AUT Oskar Madl
Judges:
- SWI Jakob Biedermann
- NED Elsbeth Bon
- AUS Sydney R. Croll (substitute)
- AUT Ludwig Gassner
- HUN Márta Mesterházi-Nagy, Mrs. Léces Hungarian names#Married names
- GBR Vera Lynfield
- CAN Joan Maclagan
- FIN Inkeri Soininen
- GDR Helga Wiecki
- USA Mary Wright
Pairs
| Rank | Name | SP | FP | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | URS Irina Rodnina / Aleksandr Zaytsev | 1 | 1 | 423.9 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| **2** | URS Lyudmila Smirnova / Aleksey Ulanov | 2 | 2 | 416.2 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| **3** | GDR Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann | 3 | 3 | 409.2 | 29 | |||||||||||||
| FRG Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger | 6 | 5 | 402.9 | 43 | ||||||||||||||
| GDR Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich | 4 | 4 | 401.3 | 46 | ||||||||||||||
| CAN Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic | 7 | 6 | 399.8 | 51 | ||||||||||||||
| URS Irina Chernyayeva / Vasiliy Blagov | 5 | 7 | 398.3 | 56 | ||||||||||||||
| USA Melissa Militano / Mark Militano | 8 | 8 | 390.7 | 73 | ||||||||||||||
| CAN Marian Murray / Glenn Moore | 9 | 9 | 386.0 | 80 | ||||||||||||||
| SWI Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle | 11 | 10 | 373.9 | 92 | ||||||||||||||
| TCH Ilona Urbanová / Aleš Zach | 10 | 11 | 369.4 | 106 | ||||||||||||||
| FRG Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch | 12 | 12 | 366.6 | 108 | ||||||||||||||
| USA Gale Fuhrman / Joel Fuhrman | 15 | 13 | 360.9 | 120 | ||||||||||||||
| FRA Florence Cahn / Jean-Roland Racle | 13 | 14 | 362.0 | 121 | ||||||||||||||
| AUT Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec | 16 | 15 | 346.0 | 135 | ||||||||||||||
| POL Teresa Skrzek / Piotr Szczypa | 14 | 16 | 350.4 | 137 |
- Referee: SWI Karl Enderlin
- Assistant Referee: CAN Donald Gilchrist
Judges:
- FRA Monique Georgelin (substitute)
- GDR Walburga Grimm
- AUT Walter Hüttner
- POL Władysław Kołodziej
- CAN Alice Pinos
- URS Valentin Piseyev
- USA Edith M. Shoemaker
- TCH Erich Soukup
- FRG Willi Wernz
- SWI Jürg Wilhelm
Ice dance
| Rank | Name | CD | FD | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | URS Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov | 1 | 1 | 524.20 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| **2** | FRG Angelika Buck / Erich Buck | 2 | 2 | 514.55 | 18 | |||||||||||||||
| **3** | GBR Hilary Green / Glynn Watts | 3 | 3 | 499.05 | 29 | |||||||||||||||
| GBR Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby | 4 | 6 | 493.25 | 38 | ||||||||||||||||
| URS Tetyana Voytyuk / Vyacheslav Zhyhalyn | 5 | 4 | 488.30 | 43 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA Mary Campbell / Johnny Johns | 6 | 7 | 479.30 | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
| URS Irina Moiseyeva / Andrey Minenkov | 7 | 5 | 475.80 | 63.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| TCH Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický | 8 | 8 | 470.85 | 72.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| CAN Louise Soper / Barry Soper | 9 | 9 | 471.00 | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA Anne Millier / Harvey Millier | 10 | 11 | 459.15 | 93 | ||||||||||||||||
| ITA Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani | 12 | 10 | 452.10 | 100 | ||||||||||||||||
| GBR Rosalind Druce / David Barker | 11 | 13 | 448.70 | 107 | ||||||||||||||||
| HUN Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay | 13 | 12 | 442.70 | 115 | ||||||||||||||||
| POL Halina Gordon / Wojciech Bańkowski | 14 | 15 | 425.80 | 130 | ||||||||||||||||
| CAN Barbara Berezowski / David Porter | 15 | 14 | 426.35 | 131 | ||||||||||||||||
| FRA Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars | 16 | 16 | 408.80 | 146 | ||||||||||||||||
| FRG Christina Henke / Udo Dönsdorf | 17 | 17 | 402.00 | 151 | ||||||||||||||||
| AUT Brigitte Scheijbal / Walter Leschetizky | 18 | 18 | 393.65 | 160 |
- Referee: FRG Hermann Schiechtl
- Assistant Referee: GBR Lawrence Demmy
Judges:
- URS Irina Absalyamova
- ITA Cia Benacchi-Bordogna (substitute)
- CAN Frances Gunn
- FRA Lysiane Lauret
- TCH Helena Pachlová
- GBR Mollie Phillips
- HUN Elek Riedl
- FRG Eugen Romminger
- USA Edith M. Shoemaker
- POL Maria Zuchowicz
References
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