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1976 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1976


Annual figure skating competition held in 1976

FieldValue
title1976 World Figure Skating Championships
comptypeISU Championship
startdateMarch 2
enddate7
skatingseason1975–76
locationGothenburg, Sweden
venueScandinavium
championmenUK John Curry
championladiesUSA Dorothy Hamill
championpairsURS Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev
championdanceURS Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexandr Gorshkov
previouscomp[1975 World Championships](1975-world-figure-skating-championships)
nextcomp[1977 World Championships](1977-world-figure-skating-championships)

The 1976 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden from 2 to 7 March. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Medal tables

Medalists

Ice dancingURS Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexandr GorshkovURS Irina Moiseeva / Andrej MinenkovUSA Colleen O'Connor / James Millns

Medals by country

Results

Men

RankNameNationCPSPFPPointsPlacings456789101112131415161718192021
**1**John Curry231191.1813
**2**Vladimir Kovalyov154189.8415
**3**Jan Hoffmann323187.9229
Toller Cranston512186.2634
David Santee477184.3447
Terry Kubicka745183.3352
Minoru Sano666181.2262
Igor Bobrin8109175.4674
Robin Cousins1488173.7879
Pekka Leskinen101113168.36102
Konstantin Kokora111210168.96101
Mitsuru Matsumura13911101
Christophe Boyadjian121315124
Zdeněk Pazdírek91516125
Grzegorz Głowania201412139.5
Ted Barton171714139.5
Kenneth Polk151618142
Glyn Jones192017163
Gerd-Walter Gräbner181919173
Thomas Öberg161820175
Flemming Söderquist212121189

Referee:

  • Sonia Bianchetti

Assistant Referee:

  • Benjamin Wright

Judges:

  • Pamela Peat
  • Charles U. Foster
  • Sergei Kononykhin
  • Elof Niklasson
  • Joan Maclagan
  • Monique Georgelin
  • Kinuko Ueno
  • Walburga Grimm
  • Tadeusz Malinowski

Substitute judge:

  • Inkeri Soininen

Women

RankNameNationCPSPFPPointsPlacings45678910111213141516171819202122232425
**1**Dorothy Hamill211192.6610
**2**Christine Errath422190.0422
**3**Dianne de Leeuw334189.9422
Anett Pötzsch565185.1641
Linda Fratianne653185.1643
Isabel de Navarre1712183.2255
Lynn Nightingale748180.4466
Wendy Burge886180.2269
Dagmar Lurz9107178.4480
Susanna Driano10910176.2488
Elena Vodorezova15129172.82103
Kim Alletson131111105
Karena Richardson141314117
Grażyna Dudek171515131
Denise Biellmann211813138
Claudia Kristofics-Binder161916149
Emi Watanabe111618146
Eva Ďurišinová181717158
Yun Hyo-jean122220177
Niina Kyöttinen221421156.24178
Lise-Lotte Öberg192019182
Sharon Burley202122197
Bente Larsen252323208
Stella Bristing242424215
Gay Le Comte232525225

Referee:

  • Elemér Terták

Assistant Referee:

  • Oskar Madl

Judges:

  • Irina Absaliamova
  • Oskar Urban
  • Erika Schiechtl
  • Toshio Suzuki
  • Yvonne S. McGowan
  • David Dore
  • Paul Engelfriet
  • Helga von Wiecki
  • Pamela Daveis

Substitute judge:

  • Berit Aarnes

Pairs

RankNameNationSPFPPointsPlacings45678910111213
**1**Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev11140.949
**2**Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich22136.8823
**3**Irina Vorobieva / Alexander Vlasov33136.3628
Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann44135.7130
Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner56132.1648
Nadezhda Gorshkova / Evgeni Shevalovski65131.9051
Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe77129.0064
Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch88127.2471
Alice Cook / William Fauver99123.3086
Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl1010121.4392.5
Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec111195
Candace Jones / Don Fraser1212110.5
Gabrielle Beck / Jochen Stahl1313111

Referee:

  • Donald H. Gilchrist

Assistant Referee:

  • Hans Kutschera

Judges:

  • Ardelle K. Sanderson
  • Giordano Abbondati
  • Oskar Urban
  • Walburga Grimm
  • Willi Wernz
  • Sydney R. Croll
  • Valentin Piseev
  • Dorothy MacLeod
  • Norbert Cerny

Substitute judge:

  • Markus Germann

Ice dancing

RankNameNationCDFDPointsPlacings45678910111213141516171819
**1**Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov11211.529
**2**Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov22205.4419
**3**Colleen O'Connor / Jim Millns33202.9228
Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay44200.3236
Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov55198.4643
Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell66192.5255
Barbara Berezowski / David Porter98187.6671
Eva Peštová / Jiři Pokorný89185.6078
Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk77187.4275
Susan Carscallen / Eric Gillies1010182.7891
Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster111197
Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann1212105
Judi Genovesi / Kent Weigle1313119
Stefania Bertele / Walter Cecconi1414127
Isabella Rizzi / Luigi Freroni1515128
Marie-Joëlle Michel / Frédéric Garcin1616149
Elżbieta Wegrzyk / Andrzej Alberciak1718156
Susan Kelley / Andrew Stroukoff1817155
Gabriele Schäfer / Robert Dietz1919169

Referee:

  • Lawrence Demmy

Assistant Referee:

  • George J. Blundun

Judges:

  • Maria Zuchowicz
  • Robert Hudson
  • Willi Wernz
  • Elaine DeMore
  • Edwin Kucharz
  • Giovanni Bozetti
  • Irina Absliamova
  • Klára Kozári
  • Dagmar Řeháková

Substitute judge:

  • Joyce Hisey

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