1973 World Figure Skating Championships

1973 World Figure Skating Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Date: February 26 – March 3
Season: 1972–73
Location: Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Champions
Men's singles:
Czechoslovakia Ondrej Nepela
Ladies' singles:
Canada Karen Magnussen
Pair skating:
Soviet Union Irina Rodnina / Alexandr Zaitsev
Ice dancing:
Soviet Union Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexandr Gorshkov
Previous:
1972 World Championships
Next:
1974 World Championships

The 1973 World Figure Skating Championships were held from February 26 to March 3 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. It was the last year in which solid gold medals were awarded in figure skating.[1]

The opening ceremony was held at the Philharmonic of Bratislava. The Chairman of the organising committee was Miroslav Cerveka.

Irina Rodnina won her first World title with her new partner, Alexander Zaitsev after her previous partner, Alexei Ulanov, chose to skate with Lyudmila Smirnova. The music stopped during Rodnina/Zaitsev's free program but the pair successfully completed the program in silence and received a standing ovation.[2][3]

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 2 2 0 4
2  Canada 1 0 0 1
2  Czechoslovakia 1 0 0 1
4  United States 0 1 0 1
4  West Germany 0 1 0 1
6  East Germany 0 0 3 3
7  United Kingdom 0 0 1 1

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation CP SP FP Points Placings
1 Ondrej Nepela  Czechoslovakia 122355.6610
2 Sergei Chetverukhin  Soviet Union 231348.9117
3 Jan Hoffmann  East Germany 376340.5535
4 John Curry  United Kingdom 487338.4339
5 Toller Cranston  Canada 615336.5054
6 Yuri Ovchinnikov  Soviet Union 853334.0154
7 Gordon McKellen, Jr.  United States 548330.8462
8 Ron Shaver  Canada 1264330.5861
9 Jacques Mrozek  France 91011320.0191
10 Zdeněk Pazdírek  Czechoslovakia 10129319.4395
11 Daniel Höner   Switzerland 71112319.0897
12 Robert Bradshaw  United States 13910316.62103
13 László Vajda  Hungary 111413314.77112
14 Minoru Sano  Japan 141314308.37130
15 Erich Reifschneider  West Germany 151516303.72144
16 Igor Lisovski  Soviet Union 181717302.24147
17 Bernd Wunderlich  East Germany 201815300.38148
18 Miroslav Šoška  Czechoslovakia 171618299.99151
19 Robert Rubens  Canada 191919295.16168
20 Gunther Hilgarth  Austria 162021275.29187
21 Jacek Tascher  Poland 232320273.30191
22 Rolando Bragaglia  Italy 222122270.19193
23 Gheorghe Fazekas  Romania 212424262.23205
24 Silvo Svajger  Yugoslavia 242223255.29214

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Ladies

Sonja Balun of Austria and Krisztina Homolya of Hungary withdrew before the opening ceremony.

Results of the ladies' event:[4]

Rank Name Nation CP SP FP Points Placings
1 Karen Magnussen  Canada 112356.399
2 Janet Lynn  United States 2121347.8518
3 Christine Errath  East Germany 525340.9031
4 Dorothy Hamill  United States 834337.9335
5 Jean Scott  United Kingdom 41011332.1047
6 Karin Iten   Switzerland 31414329.0860
7 Liana Drahová  Czechoslovakia 996327.5369
8 Sonja Morgenstern  East Germany 1057326.5376
9 Juli McKinstry  United States 1279323.2691
10 Lynn Nightingale  Canada 1543325.6178
11 Maria McLean  United Kingdom 71113322.6896
12 Cathy Lee Irwin  Canada 111310320.95108
13 Gerti Schanderl  West Germany 1468319.69114
14 Anett Pötzsch  East Germany 13812316.21125
15 Dianne de Leeuw  Netherlands 61516316.11123
16 Marina Sanaya  Soviet Union 231615296.67149
17 Emi Watanabe  Japan 182317294.35154
18 Marie-Claude Bierre  France 161822288.34171
19 Cinzia Frosio  Italy 191919287.45175
20 Lise-Lotte Öberg  Sweden 211718285.55177
21 Sharon Burley  Australia 202021286.58178
22 Hannele Koskinen  Finland 272220275.77204
23 Grażyna Dudek  Poland 262123276.57201
24 Helena Gazvoda  Yugoslavia 252624268.04220
25 Chang Myung-su  South Korea 172827264.92227
26 Bente Tverran  Norway 242726261.03235
27 Ágnes Erös  Hungary 282425262.58231
WD Susanna Althura  Austria 2225 DNF
Krisztina Gomolya  Hungary DNS
Sonja Balun  Austria DNS

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Pairs

Rank Name Nation SP FP Points Placings
1 Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev  Soviet Union 11423.99
2 Liudmila Smirnova / Alexei Ulanov  Soviet Union 22416.218
3 Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann  East Germany 33409.229
4 Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger  West Germany 65402.943
5 Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich  East Germany 44401.346
6 Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic  Canada 76399.851
7 Irina Cherniaeva / Vasili Blagov  Soviet Union 57398.356
8 Melissa Militano / Mark Militano  United States 88390.773
9 Marian Murray / Glenn Moore  Canada 99386.080
10 Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle   Switzerland 1110373.992
11 Ilona Urbanová / Alex Zach  Czechoslovakia 1011369.4106
12 Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch  West Germany 1212366.6108
13 Gale Fuhrman / Joel Fuhrman  United States 1513360.9121
14 Florence Cahn / Jean-Roland Racle  France 1314362.0120
15 Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec  Austria 1615346.0137
16 Teresa Skrzek / Piotr Sczypa  Poland 1416350.4135

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Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation CD FD Points Placings
1 Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov  Soviet Union 11524.209
2 Angelika Buck / Erich Buck  West Germany 22514.5518
3 Hilary Green / Glyn Watts  United Kingdom 33499.0529
4 Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby  United Kingdom 46493.2538
5 Tatiana Voitiuk / Viacheslav Zhigalin  Soviet Union 54488.3043
6 Mary Karen Campbell / Johnny Johns  United States 67479.3060
7 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov  Soviet Union 75475.8063.5
8 Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický  Czechoslovakia 88470.8572.5
9 Louise Soper / Barry Soper  Canada 99471.0073
10 Anne Millier / Harvey Millier III  United States 1011459.1593
11 Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani  Italy 1210452.10100
12 Rodalind Druce / David Baker  United Kingdom 1113448.70107
13 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay  Hungary 1312442.70115
14 Halina Gordon / Wojciech Bankowski  Poland 1415425.80130
15 Barbara Berezowski / David Porter  Canada 1514426.35131
16 Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars  France 1616408.80146
17 Christina Henke / Udo Dönsdorf  West Germany 1717402.00151
18 Brigitte Scheijbal / Walter Leschetizky  Austria 1818393.65160

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References

  1. McKay, Kevin (January 2010). "Top of the World". Senior Living magazine.
  2. Encyclopædia Britannica: Irina Rodnina
  3. 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.
  4. Cross, Jeff (1973). Karen. Don Mills,Ontario: Collier-Macmillan Canada,Ltd.

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