1972 World Figure Skating Championships

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 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.

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
2	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	0	1
4	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
4	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:

Donald H. Gilchrist Canada

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	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:

Josef Dědič Czechoslovakia

Assistant Referee:

Elemér Terták Hungary

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

Rank	Name	Nation	Age	SP		FS		Points	Places
1	Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov	Soviet Union	22/24	1	106.2	1	315.6	421.8	9
2	Liudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin	Soviet Union	22/23	2	104.4	3	312.3	416.7	21.5
3	JoJo Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley	United States	20/20	5	99.6	2	312.6	412.2	28.5
4	Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann	East Germany	15/21	3	102.0	4	307.8	409.8	38
5	Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger	West Germany	18/23	4	100.9	5	306.9	407.8	42
6	Irina Cherniaeva / Vasili Blagov	Soviet Union	16/17	6	99.5	6	304.5	404.0	55
7	Annette Kansy / Axel Salzmann	East Germany	16/21	8	98.2	7	300.9	399.1	70
8	Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic	Canada	15/19	7	98.3	8	301.2	399.5	68
9	Melissa Militano / Mark Militano	United States	16/17	9	96.6	9	298.5	395.1	76
10	Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch	West Germany	14/24	11	94.8	10	268.9	363.7	95
11	Mary Petrie / John Hubbell	Canada	20/23	13	92.7	11	285.0	377.7	106
12	Grażyna Osmańska / Adam Brodecki	Poland	21/22	10	96.5	12	284.1	380.6	102
13	Gabriele Cieplik / Reinhard Ketterer	West Germany	/24	12	94.4	13	280.8	375.2	114
14	Barbara Brown / Douglas Berndt	United States	18/22	14	90.9	14	278.4	369.3	123
15	Linda Connolly / Colin Taylforth	United Kingdom	19/18	15	90.5	15	272.4	362.9	132

Referee:

Karl Enderlin Switzerland

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:

Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom

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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[profile-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.