1976 World Figure Skating 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.

1976 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 2 – 7
Season:1975–76
Location:Göteborg, Sweden
Venue:Scandinavium
Champions
Men's singles:
United Kingdom John Curry
Ladies' singles:
United States Dorothy Hamill
Pairs:
Soviet Union Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev
Ice dance:
Soviet Union Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexandr Gorshkov
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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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)2215
2  United States (USA)1012
3  Great Britain (GBR)1001
4  East Germany (GDR)0213
5  Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

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

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Women edit

Rank Name Nation CP SP FP Points Placings
1 Dorothy Hamill   United States 2 1 1 192.66 10
2 Christine Errath   East Germany 4 2 2 190.04 22
3 Dianne de Leeuw   Netherlands 3 3 4 189.94 22
4 Anett Pötzsch   East Germany 5 6 5 185.16 41
5 Linda Fratianne   United States 6 5 3 185.16 43
6 Isabel de Navarre   West Germany 1 7 12 183.22 55
7 Lynn Nightingale   Canada 7 4 8 180.44 66
8 Wendy Burge   United States 8 8 6 180.22 69
9 Dagmar Lurz   West Germany 9 10 7 178.44 80
10 Susanna Driano   Italy 10 9 10 176.24 88
11 Elena Vodorezova   Soviet Union 15 12 9 172.82 103
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 Ďurišinová   Czechoslovakia 18 17 17 158
19 Yun Hyo-jean   South Korea 12 22 20 177
20 Niina Kyöttinen   Finland 22 14 21 156.24 178
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

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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

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Ice dancing edit

Rank Name Nation CD FD Points Placings
1 Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov   Soviet Union 1 1 211.52 9
2 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov   Soviet Union 2 2 205.44 19
3 Colleen O'Connor / Jim Millns   United States 3 3 202.92 28
4 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay   Hungary 4 4 200.32 36
5 Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov   Soviet Union 5 5 198.46 43
6 Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell   United Kingdom 6 6 192.52 55
7 Barbara Berezowski / David Porter   Canada 9 8 187.66 71
8 Eva Peštová / Jiři Pokorný   Czechoslovakia 8 9 185.60 78
9 Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk   Poland 7 7 187.42 75
10 Susan Carscallen / Eric Gillies   Canada 10 10 182.78 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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Sources edit

  • Result list provided by the ISU