1976 World Figure Skating Championships
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1976 World Figure Skating Championships
| 1976 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 2nd – March 7th |
| Season: | 1975–1976 |
| Location: |  Göteborg |
| Venue: | Scandinavium |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: John Curry |
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Ladies singles: Dorothy Hamill |
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Pair skating: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev |
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| Ice dancing: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexandr Gorshkov |
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| Next: | 1977 World Figure Skating Championships |
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.
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Medalists
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 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 |
- Referee: Sonia Bianchetti
Italy - Assistant Referee: Benjamin Wright United Kingdom
Judges were
- 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:
- Inkeri Soininen Finland
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 |
- Referee: Elemér Terták Hungary
- Assistant Referee: Oskar Madl Austria
Judges were
- 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:
- Berit Aarnes Norway
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FP | Placings |
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| 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 |
Judges were
- 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
| 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 |
- Referee: Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom
- Assistant Referee: George J. Blundun
Judges were
- 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:
- Joyce Hisey Canada
References
- Result List provided by the ISU
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