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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)2215
2 Austria (AUT)1001
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1001
4 Canada (CAN)0101
 West Germany (FRG)0101
6 United States (USA)0033
Totals (6 nations)44412

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation Age CF FS Points Places
1 Ondrej Nepela Czechoslovakia21132722.89
2 Sergei Chetverukhin Soviet Union26222673.819
3 Vladimir Kovalev Soviet Union19352607.534
4 John Misha Petkevich United States22542585.539
5 Toller Cranston Canada22912566.145
6 Jan Hoffmann East Germany16492559.759
7 Kenneth Shelley United States20762538.767
8 Gordon McKellen United States181082528.369
9 John Curry United Kingdom22672534.870
10 Sergei Volkov Soviet Union228102499.086
11 Jacques Mrozek France2111112448.8100
12 Zdeněk Pazdírek Czechoslovakia181412116
13 Didier Gailhauguet France191213116
14 Josef Schneider Austria1315128
15 Yutaka Higuchi Japan221614136
16 Jozef Žídek Czechoslovakia1716141
17 Stefano Bargauan Italy1517144
18 Harald Kuhn West Germany1918166
19 Pekka Leskinen Finland181819167
WD Haig Oundjian United Kingdom22DNF

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Ladies

Rank Name Nation Age CF FS Points Places
1 Beatrix Schuba Austria20192778.513
2 Karen Magnussen Canada19222745.216
3 Janet Lynn United States18312713.025
4 Zsuzsa Almassy Hungary21462643.337
5 Sonja Morgenstern East Germany17632581.152
6 Jean Scott United Kingdom205102555.157
7 Dorothy Hamill United States15852548.362
8 Suna Murray United States16772517.574
9 Cathy Lee Irwin Canada19982499.981
10 Christine Errath East Germany151142519.979
11 Ľudmila Bezáková Czechoslovakia10132426.9102
12 Karin Iten  Switzerland1512162387.8118
13 Gerti Schanderl West Germany15112385.3119
14 Cinzia Frosio Italy13122380.1120
15 Daria Prychun Canada1614142370.9127
16 Marie-Claude Bierre France17152319.9146
17 Dianne de Leeuw Netherlands1616192296.6151
18 Chang Myung-su South Korea1518182221.6169
19 Sharon Burley Australia1519212195.8175
20 Shuko Takeyama Japan20202193.3178
21 Marina Sanaya Soviet Union1321172189.3178

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Pairs

Rank Name Nation Age SP FS Points Places
1 Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov Soviet Union22/241106.21315.6421.89
2 Liudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin Soviet Union22/232104.43312.3416.721.5
3 JoJo Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley United States20/20599.62312.6412.228.5
4 Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann East Germany15/213102.04307.8409.838
5 Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger West Germany18/234100.95306.9407.842
6 Irina Cherniaeva / Vasili Blagov Soviet Union16/17699.56304.5404.055
7 Annette Kansy / Axel Salzmann East Germany16/21898.27300.9399.170
8 Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic Canada15/19798.38301.2399.568
9 Melissa Militano / Mark Militano United States16/17996.69298.5395.176
10 Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch West Germany14/241194.810268.9363.795
11 Mary Petrie / John Hubbell Canada20/231392.711285.0377.7106
12 Grażyna Osmańska / Adam Brodecki Poland21/221096.512284.1380.6102
13 Gabriele Cieplik / Reinhard Ketterer West Germany/241294.413280.8375.2114
14 Barbara Brown / Douglas Berndt United States18/221490.914278.4369.3123
15 Linda Connolly / Colin Taylforth United Kingdom19/181590.515272.4362.9132

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Ice dance

Rank Name Nation Age CD FD Points Places
1 Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov Soviet Union25/251251.91262.7514.614
2 Angelika Buck / Erich Buck West Germany21/232250.72261.3512.017
3 Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky United States21/253248.73260.0508.724
4 Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby United Kingdom24/254242.04255.0495.038
5 Tatiana Voitiuk / Viacheslav Zhigalin Soviet Union20/225234.95250.8485.746
6 Hilary Green / Glyn Watts United Kingdom21/236233.36250.9484.250
7 Anne Millier / Harvey Millier III United States7221.97244.9466.867
8 Elena Zharkova / Gennadi Karponosov Soviet Union8219.18242.3461.475
9 Louise Soper / Barry Soper Canada9217.99241.0458.980
10 Mary Karen Campbell / Johnny Johns United States10216.110237.2453.391
11 Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický Czechoslovakia/2511212.611234.8447.499
12 Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars France12209.513226.7436.2108
13 Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk Poland21/2513208.012226.7434.7110
14 Sylvia Fuchs / Michael Fuchs West Germany14197.714215.5413.2126
15 Astrid Kopp / Axel Kopp West Germany15195.315208.2403.5135
16 Keiko Achiwa / Yasuhiro Noto Japan16182.316195.8378.1144

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References

  1. 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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