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: ; Ondrej Nepela
	Ladies' singles: ; Karen Magnussen
	Pair skating: ; Irina Rodnina / Alexandr Zaitsev
	Ice dance: ; 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 dance. 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 was sabotaged and 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 (URS)	2	2	0	4
2	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
2	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	0	1
4	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
4	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
6	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	3	3
7	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		4	4	4	12

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	CP	SP	FP	Points	Placings
1	Ondrej Nepela	Czechoslovakia	1	2	2	355.66	10
2	Sergei Chetverukhin	Soviet Union	2	3	1	348.91	17
3	Jan Hoffmann	East Germany	3	7	6	340.55	35
4	John Curry	United Kingdom	4	8	7	338.43	39
5	Toller Cranston	Canada	6	1	5	336.50	54
6	Yuri Ovchinnikov	Soviet Union	8	5	3	334.01	54
7	Gordon McKellen, Jr.	United States	5	4	8	330.84	62
8	Ron Shaver	Canada	12	6	4	330.58	61
9	Jacques Mrozek	France	9	10	11	320.01	91
10	Zdeněk Pazdírek	Czechoslovakia	10	12	9	319.43	95
11	Daniel Höner	Switzerland	7	11	12	319.08	97
12	Robert Bradshaw	United States	13	9	10	316.62	103
13	László Vajda	Hungary	11	14	13	314.77	112
14	Minoru Sano	Japan	14	13	14	308.37	130
15	Erich Reifschneider	West Germany	15	15	16	303.72	144
16	Igor Lisovski	Soviet Union	18	17	17	302.24	147
17	Bernd Wunderlich	East Germany	20	18	15	300.38	148
18	Miroslav Šoška	Czechoslovakia	17	16	18	299.99	151
19	Robert Rubens	Canada	19	19	19	295.16	168
20	Gunther Hilgarth	Austria	16	20	21	275.29	187
21	Jacek Tascher	Poland	23	23	20	273.30	191
22	Rolando Bragaglia	Italy	22	21	22	270.19	193
23	Gheorghe Fazekas	Romania	21	24	24	262.23	205
24	Silvo Svajger	Yugoslavia	24	22	23	255.29	214

Referee:

Sonia Bianchetti Italy

Assistant Referee:

Miroslav Hasenöhrl Czechoslovakia

Judges:

Boris Anokhin Soviet Union
Dorothy Leamen Canada
Luciana Brasa Italy
Walburga Grimm East Germany
Kazuo Ohashi Japan
Dagmar Rehakova Czechoslovakia
Ramona McIntyre United States
Irina Minculescu Romania
Geoffrey Yates United Kingdom

Substitute judge:

Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland

Ladies

[4]

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

Rank	Name	Nation	CP	SP	FP	Points	Placings
1	Karen Magnussen	Canada	1	1	2	356.39	9
2	Janet Lynn	United States	2	12	1	347.85	18
3	Christine Errath	East Germany	5	2	5	340.90	31
4	Dorothy Hamill	United States	8	3	4	337.93	35
5	Jean Scott	United Kingdom	4	10	11	332.10	47
6	Karin Iten	Switzerland	3	14	14	329.08	60
7	Liana Drahová	Czechoslovakia	9	9	6	327.53	69
8	Sonja Morgenstern	East Germany	10	5	7	326.53	76
9	Juli McKinstry	United States	12	7	9	323.26	91
10	Lynn Nightingale	Canada	15	4	3	325.61	78
11	Maria McLean	United Kingdom	7	11	13	322.68	96
12	Cathy Lee Irwin	Canada	11	13	10	320.95	108
13	Gerti Schanderl	West Germany	14	6	8	319.69	114
14	Anett Pötzsch	East Germany	13	8	12	316.21	125
15	Dianne de Leeuw	Netherlands	6	15	16	316.11	123
16	Marina Sanaya	Soviet Union	23	16	15	296.67	149
17	Emi Watanabe	Japan	18	23	17	294.35	154
18	Marie-Claude Bierre	France	16	18	22	288.34	171
19	Cinzia Frosio	Italy	19	19	19	287.45	175
20	Liselotte Öberg	Sweden	21	17	18	285.55	177
21	Sharon Burley	Australia	20	20	21	286.58	178
22	Hannele Koskinen	Finland	27	22	20	275.77	204
23	Grażyna Dudek	Poland	26	21	23	276.57	201
24	Helena Gazvoda	Yugoslavia	25	26	24	268.04	220
25	Chang Myung-su	South Korea	17	28	27	264.92	227
26	Bente Tverran	Norway	24	27	26	261.03	235
27	Ágnes Erös	Hungary	28	24	25	262.58	231
WD	Susanne Altura	Austria	22	25			DNF
	Krisztina Gomolya	Hungary					DNS
	Sonja Balun	Austria					DNS

Referee:

Major Josef Dědič Czechoslovakia

Assistant Referee:

Oskar Madl Austria

Judges:

Helga von Wiecki East Germany
Mary Louise Wright United States
Ludwig Gassner Austria
Vera Lynfield United Kingdom
Elisbeth Bon-Meyer Netherlands
Inkeri Soininen Finland
Dr. Jakob Biedermann Switzerland
Joan Maclagan Canada
Márta Léces Hungary

Substitute judge:

Sydney Croll Australia

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	SP	FP	Points	Placings
1	Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev	Soviet Union	1	1	423.9	9
2	Liudmila Smirnova / Alexei Ulanov	Soviet Union	2	2	416.2	18
3	Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann	East Germany	3	3	409.2	29
4	Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger	West Germany	6	5	402.9	43
5	Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich	East Germany	4	4	401.3	46
6	Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic	Canada	7	6	399.8	51
7	Irina Cherniaeva / Vasili Blagov	Soviet Union	5	7	398.3	56
8	Melissa Militano / Mark Militano	United States	8	8	390.7	73
9	Marian Murray / Glenn Moore	Canada	9	9	386.0	80
10	Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle	Switzerland	11	10	373.9	92
11	Ilona Urbanová / Alex Zach	Czechoslovakia	10	11	369.4	106
12	Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch	West Germany	12	12	366.6	108
13	Gale Fuhrman / Joel Fuhrman	United States	15	13	360.9	121
14	Florence Cahn / Jean-Roland Racle	France	13	14	362.0	120
15	Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec	Austria	16	15	346.0	137
16	Teresa Skrzek / Piotr Sczypa	Poland	14	16	350.4	135

Referee:

Karl Enderlin Switzerland

Assistant Referee:

Donald H. Gilchrist Canada

Judges:

Erich Soukup Czechoslovakia
Valentin Piseev Soviet Union
Wladyslaw Kolodziej Poland
Alice Pinos Canada
Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland
Willi Wernz West Germany
Walburga Grimm East Germany
Walter Hüttner Austria
Edith M. Shoemaker United States

Substitute judge:

Monique Georgelin France

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Nation	CD	FD	Points	Placings
1	Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov	Soviet Union	1	1	524.20	9
2	Angelika Buck / Erich Buck	West Germany	2	2	514.55	18
3	Hilary Green / Glyn Watts	United Kingdom	3	3	499.05	29
4	Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby	United Kingdom	4	6	493.25	38
5	Tatiana Voitiuk / Viacheslav Zhigalin	Soviet Union	5	4	488.30	43
6	Mary Karen Campbell / Johnny Johns	United States	6	7	479.30	60
7	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Soviet Union	7	5	475.80	63.5
8	Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický	Czechoslovakia	8	8	470.85	72.5
9	Louise Soper / Barry Soper	Canada	9	9	471.00	73
10	Anne Millier / Harvey Millier III	United States	10	11	459.15	93
11	Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani	Italy	12	10	452.10	100
12	Rosalind Druce / David Barker	United Kingdom	11	13	448.70	107
13	Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay	Hungary	13	12	442.70	115
14	Halina Gordon / Wojciech Bankowski	Poland	14	15	425.80	130
15	Barbara Berezowski / David Porter	Canada	15	14	426.35	131
16	Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars	France	16	16	408.80	146
17	Christina Henke / Udo Dönsdorf	West Germany	17	17	402.00	151
18	Brigitte Scheijbal / Walter Leschetizky	Austria	18	18	393.65	160

Referee:

Hermann Schiechtl West Germany

Assistant Referee:

Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom

Judges:

Edith M. Shoemaker United States
Elek Riedl Hungary
Lysiane Lauret France
Eugen Romminger West Germany
Helena Pachlová Czechoslovakia
Mollie Phillips United Kingdom
Maria Zuchowicz Poland
Irina Absaliamova Soviet Union
Frances Gunn Canada

Substitute judge:

Cia Bordogna Italy

References

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

Sources

Result list provided by the ISU

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[SL1001-1] McKay, Kevin (January 2010). "Top of the World". Senior Living magazine.

[2] Encyclopædia Britannica: Irina Rodnina

[profile-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.