1976 World Figure Skating Championships

1976 World Figure Skating Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Date: March 2nd – March 7th
Season: 1975–1976
Location: Göteborg
Venue: Scandinavium
Champions
Men's singles:
John Curry
Ladies singles:
Dorothy Hamill
Pair skating:
Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev
Ice dancing:
Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexandr Gorshkov
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The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. This event is considered the most prestigious of the ISU Championships.

The 1976 Worlds were held at the Scandinavium in Göteborg, Sweden from March 2nd to March 7th 1976.

ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker  United States. ISU Technical Delegates were Josef Dědič  Czechoslovakia.

Contents

Medalists

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles John Curry Vladimir Kovalev Jan Hoffmann
Ladies' singles Dorothy Hamill Christine Errath Dianne de Leeuw
Pair skating Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev Romy Kermer & Rolf Österreich Irina Vorobieva & Alexandr Vlasov
Ice dancing Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexandr Gorshkov Irina Moiseeva & Andrej Minenkov Colleen O'Connor & James Millns

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 2 2 1 5
2  United States 1 0 1 2
3  United Kingdom 1 0 0 1
4  East Germany 0 2 1 3
5  Netherlands 0 0 1 1

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation CP SP FP Placings
1 John Curry  United Kingdom 2 3 1 13
2 Vladimir Kovalev  Soviet Union 1 5 4 15
3 Jan Hoffmann  East Germany 3 2 3 29
4 Toller Cranston  Canada 5 1 2 34
5 David Santee  United States 4 7 7 47
6 Terry Kubicka  United States 7 4 5 52
7 Minoru Sano  Japan 6 6 6 62
8 Igor Bobrin  Soviet Union 8 10 9 74
9 Robin Cousins  United Kingdom 14 8 8 79
10 Pekka Leskinen  Finland 10 11 13 102
11 Konstantin Kokora  Soviet Union 11 12 10 101
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

Judges were

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Ladies

Rank Name Nation CP SP FP Placings
1 Dorothy Hamill  United States 2 1 1 10
2 Christine Errath  East Germany 4 2 2 22
3 Dianne de Leeuw  Netherlands 3 3 4 22
4 Anett Pötzsch  East Germany 5 6 5 41
5 Linda Fratianne  United States 6 5 3 43
6 Isabel de Navarre  West Germany 1 7 12 55
7 Lynn Nightingale  Canada 7 4 8 66
8 Wendy Burge  United States 8 8 6 69
9 Dagmar Lurz  West Germany 9 10 7 80
10 Susanna Driano  Italy 10 9 10 88
11 Elena Vodorezova  Soviet Union 15 12 9 103
12 Kim Alletson  Canada 13 11 11 105
13 Karena Richardson  United Kingdom 14 13 14 117
14 Grażyna Dudek  Poland 17 15 15 131
15 Denise Biellmann  Switzerland 21 18 13 138
16 Claudia Kristofics-Binder  Austria 16 19 16 149
17 Emi Watanabe  Japan 11 16 18 146
18 Eva Durišinová  Czechoslovakia 18 17 17 158
19 Hyo Jin Yun  Republic of Korea 12 22 20 177
20 Niina Kyöttinen  Finland 22 14 21 178
21 Lise-Lotte Öberg  Sweden 19 20 19 182
22 Sharon Burley  Australia 20 21 22 197
23 Bente Larsen  Norway 25 23 23 208
24 Stella Bristing  Denmark 24 24 24 215
25 Gay Le Comte  New Zealand 23 25 25 225

Judges were

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Pairs

Rank Name Nation SP FP Placings
1 Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev  Soviet Union 1 1 9
2 Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich  East Germany 2 2 23
3 Irina Vorobieva / Alexander Vlasov  Soviet Union 3 3 28
4 Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann  East Germany 4 4 30
5 Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner  United States 5 6 48
6 Nadezhda Gorshkova / Evgeni Shevalovski  Soviet Union 6 5 51
7 Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe  East Germany 7 7 64
8 Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch  West Germany 8 8 71
9 Alice Cook / William Fauver  United States 9 9 86
10 Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl  Czechoslovakia 10 10 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

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Ice Dancing

Rank Name Nation CD FD Placings
1 Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov  Soviet Union 1 1 9
2 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov  Soviet Union 2 2 19
3 Colleen O'Connor / Jim Millns  United States 3 3 28
4 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay  Hungary 4 4 36
5 Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov  Soviet Union 5 5 43
6 Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell  United Kingdom 6 6 55
7 Barbara Berezowski / David Porter  Canada 9 8 71
8 Eva Peštová / Jiři Pokorný  Czechoslovakia 8 9 78
9 Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk  Poland 7 7 75
10 Susan Carscallen / Eric Gillies  Canada 10 10 91
11 Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster  United Kingdom 11 11 97
12 Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann  Austria 12 12 105
13 Judi Genovesi / Kent Weigle  United States 13 13 119
14 Stefania Bertele / Walter Cecconi  Italy 14 14 127
15 Isabella Rizzi / Luigi Freroni  Italy 15 15 128
16 Marie-Joëlle Michel / Frédéric Garcin  France 16 16 149
17 Elżbieta Wegrzyk / Andrzej Alberciak  Poland 17 18 156
18 Susan Kelley / Andrew Stroukoff  United States 18 17 155
19 Gabriele Schäfer / Robert Dietz  West Germany 19 19 169

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