1972 World Figure Skating Championships
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.
| 1972 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 7 – 11 |
| Season: | 1971–72 |
| Location: | Calgary, Canada |
| Venue: | Stampede Corral |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Ondrej Nepela | |
Ladies' singles:  Beatrix Schuba | |
Pair skating:  Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov | |
| Ice dance: Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexandr Gorshkov | |
| Previous: 1971 World Championships | |
| Next: 1973 World Championships | |
The ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker (United States) and the ISU Technical Delegates were Hermann Schiechtl (West Germany) and Donald H. Gilchrist (Canada).
A day before the start of the competition, Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov had an accident on a lift; she was hospitalized with a concussion and an intracranial hematoma but went on to compete and win the gold medal.[1] It was Rodnina/Ulanov's final competition together; he would team up with the silver medalist, Lyudmila Smirnova.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (6 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | Age | CF | FS | Points | Places | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ondrej Nepela | Czechoslovakia | 21 | 1 | 3 | 2722.8 | 9 | ||
| 2 | Sergei Chetverukhin | Soviet Union | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2673.8 | 19 | ||
| 3 | Vladimir Kovalev | Soviet Union | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2607.5 | 34 | ||
| 4 | John Misha Petkevich | United States | 22 | 5 | 4 | 2585.5 | 39 | ||
| 5 | Toller Cranston | Canada | 22 | 9 | 1 | 2566.1 | 45 | ||
| 6 | Jan Hoffmann |  East Germany | 16 | 4 | 9 | 2559.7 | 59 | ||
| 7 | Kenneth Shelley | United States | 20 | 7 | 6 | 2538.7 | 67 | ||
| 8 | Gordon McKellen | United States | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2528.3 | 69 | ||
| 9 | John Curry |  United Kingdom | 22 | 6 | 7 | 2534.8 | 70 | ||
| 10 | Sergei Volkov | Soviet Union | 22 | 8 | 10 | 2499.0 | 86 | ||
| 11 | Jacques Mrozek |  France | 21 | 11 | 11 | 2448.8 | 100 | ||
| 12 | Zdeněk Pazdírek | Czechoslovakia | 18 | 14 | 12 | 116 | |||
| 13 | Didier Gailhauguet | France | 19 | 12 | 13 | 116 | |||
| 14 | Josef Schneider | Austria | 13 | 15 | 128 | ||||
| 15 | Yutaka Higuchi |  Japan | 22 | 16 | 14 | 136 | |||
| 16 | Jozef Žídek | Czechoslovakia | 17 | 16 | 141 | ||||
| 17 | Stefano Bargauan |  Italy | 15 | 17 | 144 | ||||
| 18 | Harald Kuhn | West Germany | 19 | 18 | 166 | ||||
| 19 | Pekka Leskinen |  Finland | 18 | 18 | 19 | 167 | |||
| WD | Haig Oundjian | United Kingdom | 22 | DNF | |||||
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
- Sonia Bianchetti Italy
Judges:
- Helga von Wiecki East Germany
- Mollie Phillips United Kingdom
- Dorothy Burkholder United States
- William E. Lewis Canada
- Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia
- Franz Heinlein Austria
- Masao Hasegawa Japan
- Monique Petis France
- Tatiana Danilenko Soviet Union
Substitute judge:
- János Zsigmondy West Germany
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | Age | CF | FS | Points | Places | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beatrix Schuba | Austria | 20 | 1 | 9 | 2778.5 | 13 | ||
| 2 | Karen Magnussen | Canada | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2745.2 | 16 | ||
| 3 | Janet Lynn | United States | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2713.0 | 25 | ||
| 4 | Zsuzsa Almassy |  Hungary | 21 | 4 | 6 | 2643.3 | 37 | ||
| 5 | Sonja Morgenstern | East Germany | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2581.1 | 52 | ||
| 6 | Jean Scott | United Kingdom | 20 | 5 | 10 | 2555.1 | 57 | ||
| 7 | Dorothy Hamill | United States | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2548.3 | 62 | ||
| 8 | Suna Murray | United States | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2517.5 | 74 | ||
| 9 | Cathy Lee Irwin | Canada | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2499.9 | 81 | ||
| 10 | Christine Errath | East Germany | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2519.9 | 79 | ||
| 11 | Ľudmila Bezáková | Czechoslovakia | 10 | 13 | 2426.9 | 102 | |||
| 12 | Karin Iten |  Switzerland | 15 | 12 | 16 | 2387.8 | 118 | ||
| 13 | Gerti Schanderl | West Germany | 15 | 11 | 2385.3 | 119 | |||
| 14 | Cinzia Frosio | Italy | 13 | 12 | 2380.1 | 120 | |||
| 15 | Daria Prychun | Canada | 16 | 14 | 14 | 2370.9 | 127 | ||
| 16 | Marie-Claude Bierre | France | 17 | 15 | 2319.9 | 146 | |||
| 17 | Dianne de Leeuw |  Netherlands | 16 | 16 | 19 | 2296.6 | 151 | ||
| 18 | Chang Myung-su |  South Korea | 15 | 18 | 18 | 2221.6 | 169 | ||
| 19 | Sharon Burley | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 15 | 19 | 21 | 2195.8 | 175 | ||
| 20 | Shuko Takeyama | Japan | 20 | 20 | 2193.3 | 178 | |||
| 21 | Marina Sanaya | Soviet Union | 13 | 21 | 17 | 2189.3 | 178 | ||
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Ramona McIntyre United States
- Suzanne Francis Canada
- Jeanine Donnier-Blanc France
- Giovanni DeMori Italy
- Walburga Grimm East Germany
- Ludwig Gassner Austria
- Zoltán Balázs Hungary
- René Schlageter Switzerland
- Wilhelm Kahle West Germany
Substitute judge:
- Milan Duchón Czechoslovakia
Pairs
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
- Hanry M. Beatty United States
Judges:
- Pamela Davis United Kingdom
- Walburga Grimm East Germany
- Maria Zuchowicz
Poland - Elsbeth Bon Netherlands
- Inkeri Soininen Finland
- Suzanne Francis Canada
- János Zsigmondy West Germany
- Ardelle K. Sanderson United States
- Valentin Piseev Soviet Union
Substitute judge:
- René Schlageter Switzerland
Ice dance
| Rank | Name | Nation | Age | CD | FD | Points | Places | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov | Soviet Union | 25/25 | 1 | 251.9 | 1 | 262.7 | 514.6 | 14 |
| 2 | Angelika Buck / Erich Buck | West Germany | 21/23 | 2 | 250.7 | 2 | 261.3 | 512.0 | 17 |
| 3 | Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky | United States | 21/25 | 3 | 248.7 | 3 | 260.0 | 508.7 | 24 |
| 4 | Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby | United Kingdom | 24/25 | 4 | 242.0 | 4 | 255.0 | 495.0 | 38 |
| 5 | Tatiana Voitiuk / Viacheslav Zhigalin | Soviet Union | 20/22 | 5 | 234.9 | 5 | 250.8 | 485.7 | 46 |
| 6 | Hilary Green / Glyn Watts | United Kingdom | 21/23 | 6 | 233.3 | 6 | 250.9 | 484.2 | 50 |
| 7 | Anne Millier / Harvey Millier III | United States | 7 | 221.9 | 7 | 244.9 | 466.8 | 67 | |
| 8 | Elena Zharkova / Gennadi Karponosov | Soviet Union | 8 | 219.1 | 8 | 242.3 | 461.4 | 75 | |
| 9 | Louise Soper / Barry Soper | Canada | 9 | 217.9 | 9 | 241.0 | 458.9 | 80 | |
| 10 | Mary Karen Campbell / Johnny Johns | United States | 10 | 216.1 | 10 | 237.2 | 453.3 | 91 | |
| 11 | Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický | Czechoslovakia | /25 | 11 | 212.6 | 11 | 234.8 | 447.4 | 99 |
| 12 | Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars | France | 12 | 209.5 | 13 | 226.7 | 436.2 | 108 | |
| 13 | Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk | Poland | 21/25 | 13 | 208.0 | 12 | 226.7 | 434.7 | 110 |
| 14 | Sylvia Fuchs / Michael Fuchs | West Germany | 14 | 197.7 | 14 | 215.5 | 413.2 | 126 | |
| 15 | Astrid Kopp / Axel Kopp | West Germany | 15 | 195.3 | 15 | 208.2 | 403.5 | 135 | |
| 16 | Keiko Achiwa / Yasuhiro Noto | Japan | 16 | 182.3 | 16 | 195.8 | 378.1 | 144 | |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
- George J. Blundun Canada
Judges:
- Pamela Davis United Kingdom
- Claude Lambert France
- Audrey Moore Canada
- Milan Duchón Czechoslovakia
- Benjamin T. Wright United States
- Eugen Romminger West Germany
- Zoltán Balázs Hungary
- Igor Kabanov Soviet Union
- Maria Zuchowicz Poland
References
- Pushkina, Oksana (October 3, 2004). Ирина Константиновна Роднина [Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina]. peoples.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
Sources
- Result list provided by the ISU
- The Calgary Gerald (Calgary, Alberta, March 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 1972)
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