1976 World Figure Skating Championships
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| 1976 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 2 – 7 |
| Season: | 1975–76 |
| Location: | Göteborg, Sweden |
| Venue: | Scandinavium |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  John Curry | |
Ladies' singles:  Dorothy Hamill | |
Pairs:  Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | |
| Ice dance: Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexandr Gorshkov | |
| Previous: 1975 World Championships | |
| Next: 1977 World Championships | |
The 1976 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Scandinavium in Göteborg, 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.
The ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker of the United States and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič of Czechoslovakia.
Medal tables
[edit]Medalists
[edit]| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | John Curry
|
Vladimir Kovalyov
|
 Jan Hoffmann
|
| Ladies' singles | Dorothy Hamill
|
Christine Errath
|
 Dianne de Leeuw
|
| Pair skating | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev
|
Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich
|
Irina Vorobieva / Aleksandr Vlasov
|
| Ice dancing | Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexandr Gorshkov
|
Irina Moiseeva / Andrej Minenkov
|
Colleen O'Connor / James Millns
|
Medals by country
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Results
[edit]Men
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FP | Points | Placings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Curry | United Kingdom |
2 | 3 | 1 | 191.18 | 13 |
| 2 | Vladimir Kovalyov | Soviet Union |
1 | 5 | 4 | 189.84 | 15 |
| 3 | Jan Hoffmann | East Germany |
3 | 2 | 3 | 187.92 | 29 |
| 4 | Toller Cranston |  Canada |
5 | 1 | 2 | 186.26 | 34 |
| 5 | David Santee | United States |
4 | 7 | 7 | 184.34 | 47 |
| 6 | Terry Kubicka | United States |
7 | 4 | 5 | 183.33 | 52 |
| 7 | Minoru Sano |  Japan |
6 | 6 | 6 | 181.22 | 62 |
| 8 | Igor Bobrin | Soviet Union |
8 | 10 | 9 | 175.46 | 74 |
| 9 | Robin Cousins | United Kingdom |
14 | 8 | 8 | 173.78 | 79 |
| 10 | Pekka Leskinen |  Finland |
10 | 11 | 13 | 168.36 | 102 |
| 11 | Konstantin Kokora | Soviet Union |
11 | 12 | 10 | 168.96 | 101 |
| 12 | Mitsuru Matsumura | Japan |
13 | 9 | 11 | 101 | |
| 13 | Christophe Boyadjian |  France |
12 | 13 | 15 | 124 | |
| 14 | Zdeněk Pazdírek |  Czechoslovakia |
9 | 15 | 16 | 125 | |
| 15 | Grzegorz Głowania |  Poland |
20 | 14 | 12 | 139.5 | |
| 16 | Ted Barton | Canada |
17 | 17 | 14 | 139.5 | |
| 17 | Kenneth Polk | Canada |
15 | 16 | 18 | 142 | |
| 18 | Glyn Jones | United Kingdom |
19 | 20 | 17 | 163 | |
| 19 | Gerd-Walter Gräbner |  West Germany |
18 | 19 | 19 | 173 | |
| 20 | Thomas Öberg |  Sweden |
16 | 18 | 20 | 175 | |
| 21 | Flemming Söderquist |  Denmark |
21 | 21 | 21 | 189 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Pamela Peat
United Kingdom - Charles U. Foster
United States - Sergei Kononykhin
Soviet Union - Elof Niklasson
Sweden - Joan Maclagan
Canada - Monique Georgelin
France - Kinuko Ueno
Japan - Walburga Grimm
East Germany - Tadeusz Malinowski
Hungary
Substitute judge:
Women
[edit]
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Irina Absaliamova Soviet Union
- Oskar Urban
Czechoslovakia - Erika Schiechtl
West Germany - Toshio Suzuki Japan
- Yvonne S. McGowan United States
- David Dore Canada
- Paul Engelfriet
Netherlands - Helga von Wiecki East Germany
- Pamela Daveis United Kingdom
Substitute judge:
Pairs
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FP | Points | Placings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | Soviet Union |
1 | 1 | 140.94 | 9 |
| 2 | Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich | East Germany |
2 | 2 | 136.88 | 23 |
| 3 | Irina Vorobieva / Alexander Vlasov | Soviet Union |
3 | 3 | 136.36 | 28 |
| 4 | Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann | East Germany |
4 | 4 | 135.71 | 30 |
| 5 | Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner | United States |
5 | 6 | 132.16 | 48 |
| 6 | Nadezhda Gorshkova / Evgeni Shevalovski | Soviet Union |
6 | 5 | 131.90 | 51 |
| 7 | Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe | East Germany |
7 | 7 | 129.00 | 64 |
| 8 | Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch | West Germany |
8 | 8 | 127.24 | 71 |
| 9 | Alice Cook / William Fauver | United States |
9 | 9 | 123.30 | 86 |
| 10 | Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl | Czechoslovakia |
10 | 10 | 121.43 | 92.5 |
| 11 | Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec |  Austria |
11 | 11 | 95 | |
| 12 | Candace Jones / Don Fraser | Canada |
12 | 12 | 110.5 | |
| 13 | Gabrielle Beck / Jochen Stahl | West Germany |
13 | 13 | 111 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Ardelle K. Sanderson United States
- Giordano Abbondati
Italy - Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia
- Walburga Grimm East Germany
- Willi Wernz West Germany
- Sydney R. Croll
Australia - Valentin Piseev Soviet Union
- Dorothy MacLeod Canada
- Norbert Cerny
Austria
Substitute judge:
Ice dancing
[edit]Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Maria Zuchowicz
Poland - Robert Hudson United Kingdom
- Willi Wernz West Germany
- Elaine DeMore United States
- Edwin Kucharz Austria
- Giovanni Bozetti Italy
- Irina Absliamova Soviet Union
- Klára Kozári Hungary
- Dagmar Řeháková Czechoslovakia
Substitute judge:
Sources
[edit]- Result list provided by the ISU