World Figure Skating Championships 1970

World Figure Skating Championships 1970
60th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	3rd-8th March 1970
Venue:	Hala Tivoli , Ljubljana , Yugoslavia
Gold medalist
Men's:	Tim Wood (2)
Women:	Gabriele Seyfert (2)
Couples:	Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanow (2)
Ice dance:	Lyudmila Pachomowa & Alexander Gorshkov
World figure skating championships
1969 ◄ 1970 ► 1971

The 60th World Figure Skating Championships took place from March 3rd to 8th, 1970 in the Hala Tivoli in Ljubljana ( Yugoslavia ).

Results

• P = compulsory
• K = freestyle
• B = rating

Men's

space	athlete	country	P	K	B.
1	Tim Wood	United States	2	1	12
2	Ondrej Nepela	Czechoslovakia	1	3	15th
3	Günter Zöller	GDR	3	5	32
4th	Patrick Péra	France	4th	6th	39
5	John Misha Petkevich	United States	5	2	41
6th	Sergei Cheetverukhin	Soviet Union	6th	4th	50
7th	Sergei Volkov	Soviet Union	7th	10	68
8th	Kenneth Shelley	United States	8th	9	77
9	Haig Oundjian	United Kingdom	10	7th	78
10	Jan Hoffmann	GDR	11	11	101
11	David McGillivray	Canada	12	8th	94
12	Günther Anderl	Austria	9	14th	100
13	Great Cranston	Canada	15th	12	114
14th	Zdeněk Pazdírek	Czechoslovakia	14th	17th	133
15th	Jacques Mrozek	France	16	13	137.5
16	László Vajda	Hungary	17th	15th	141.5
17th	Klaus Grimmelt	BR Germany	18th	16	149
18th	Josef Zidek	Czechoslovakia	19th	18th	160
19th	Didier Gailhauguet	France	20th	19th	170
20th	Yutaka Higuchi	Japan	21st	20th	178
21st	Zoran Matas	Yugoslavia	22nd	21st	189
	Daniel Höner	Switzerland	13		Z

• Z = withdrawn

• Referee: Elemér Terták Hungary 
• Assistant Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Italy 

Judge:

• Mabel Graham United States 
• Milan Duchón Czechoslovakia 
• Jeanine Donnier-Blanc France 
• Audrey Williams Canada 
• Helga von Wiecki GDR 
• Tatiana Danilenko Soviet Union 
• Mollie Philips United Kingdom 
• Franz Wojtanowskyj Austria 
• Márta Léces Hungary 

Replacement judge:

• Hans Fuchs BR Germany 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country	P	K	B.
1	Gabriele Seyfert	GDR	2	1	9
2	Beatrix Schuba	Austria	1	7th	21st
3	Julie Lynn Holmes	United States	3	5	38
4th	Karen Magnussen	Canada	7th	3	38
5	Zsuzsa Almássy	Hungary	5	4th	43
6th	Janet Lynn	United States	8th	2	42
7th	Dawn Glab	United States	6th	10	67
8th	Rita Trapanese	Italy	9	6th	73
9	Patricia Ann Dodd	United Kingdom	4th	12	80
10	Cathy Lee Irwin	Canada	13	8th	96
11	Sonja Morgenstern	GDR	14th	9	100
12	Elena Shcheglova	Soviet Union	11	12	101
13	Charlotte Walter	Switzerland	12	16	126
14th	Elena Alexandrowa	Soviet Union	16	11	129
15th	Eileen Zillmer	BR Germany	10	17th	127
16	Kazumi Yamashita	Japan	17th	15th	146
17th	Ludmila Bezáková	Czechoslovakia	18th	14th	151
18th	Frances Waghorn	United Kingdom	15th	19th	152
19th	Simone Grafe	GDR	19th	20th	173
20th	Judith Bayer	BR Germany	20th	18th	178
21st	Wilfriede Reiter	Austria	21st	21st	189

• Referee: Elemér Terták Hungary 
• Assistant Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Italy 

Judge:

• Franz Heinlein Austria 
• Yvonne S. McGowan United States 
• Walburga Grimm GDR 
• Ferenc Kertész Hungary 
• Ralph S. McCreath Canada 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Wilhelm Kahle BR Germany 
• Nonna Nestegina Soviet Union 
• René Schlageter Switzerland 

Replacement judge:

• Giorgio Siniscalco Italy 

Couples

space	athlete	country	P	K	B.
1	Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanow	Soviet Union	1	1	11
2	Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin	Soviet Union	2	2	16
3	Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther	GDR	3	3	27
4th	Galina Karelina / Georgi Proskurin	Soviet Union	4th	4th	36.5
5	JoJo Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley	United States	5	5	46.5
6th	Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger	BR Germany	6th	6th	53
7th	Manuela Gross / Uwe Kagelmann	GDR	7th	7th	64
8th	Melissa Militano / Mark Militano	United States	10	8th	75
9	Brunhilde Baßler / Eberhard Rausch	BR Germany	8th	9	78
10	Janina Poremska / Piotr Sczypa	Poland	11	10	102
11	Mona Szabo / Pierre Szabo	France	13	11	101
12	Dana Fialová / Josef Tuma	Czechoslovakia	9	12	111
13	Evelyne Scharf / Wilhelm Bietak	Austria	15th	13	119
14th	Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic	Canada	14th	14th	120
15th	Mary Petrie / Robert McAvoy	Canada	12	15th	121
16	Kotoe Nagasawa / Hiroshi Nagakubo	Japan	16	16	143
17th	Helena Gazvoda / Silvo Švejger	Yugoslavia	17th	17th	153

• Referee: Karl Enderlin Switzerland 
• Assistant arbitrator: Walter Malek Austria 

Judge:

• Nonna Nestegina Soviet Union 
• Yvonne S. McGowan United States 
• Hans Fuchs BR Germany 
• Carla Listing GDR 
• Ralph S. McCreath Canada 
• Liliane Caffin-Madaule France 
• Ludwig Gassner Austria 
• Maria Zuchowicz Poland 
• Kikuko Minami Japan 

Replacement judge:

• Milan Duchón Czechoslovakia 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	P	K	B.
1	Lyudmila Pachomowa / Alexander Gorschkow	Soviet Union	2	1	14th
2	Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky	United States	1	2	15th
3	Angelika Buck / Erich Buck	BR Germany	3	3	25th
4th	Tatiana Woitjuk / Vyacheslav Shigalin	Soviet Union	5	4th	40
5	Susan Getty / Roy Bradshaw	United Kingdom	4th	5	43
6th	Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger	GDR	7th	6th	59
7th	Janet Sawbridge / Jon Lane	United Kingdom	6th	8th	60
8th	Jelena Scharkowa / Gennady Karponosov	Soviet Union	8th	7th	74
9	Debbie Ganson / Bradley Hislop	United States	9	9	80.5
10	Anne Miller / Harvey Millier III	United States	11	10	94
11	Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický	Czechoslovakia	12	11	100
12	Ilona Berecz / István Sugár	Hungary	10	14th	108.5
13	Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojanczyk	Poland	13	13	116
14th	Mary Church / David Sutton	Canada	14th	12	120
15th	Svetlana Marinovová / Miloš Buršik	Czechoslovakia	15th	15th	136
16	Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars	France	16	16	144
17th	Brigitte Scheijbal / Kurt Jaschek	Austria	17th	17th	149
18th	Angelika Wiesner / Hans-Jürgen Wiesner	BR Germany	18th	18th	161

• Referee: Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom 
• Assistant Referee : Emil Skákala Czechoslovakia 

Judges were:

• Mollie Phillips United Kingdom 
• Mabel Graham United States 
• Igor Kabanov Soviet Union 
• Eugen Romminger BR Germany 
• Carla Listing GDR 
• Miroslav Hansenöhrl Czechoslovakia 
• George J. Blundun Canada 
• Jacqueline Meudec France 
• Henrik Hajós Hungary 

Replacement judge:

• Maria Zuchowicz Poland 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Soviet Union	2	1	-	3
2	United States	1	1	1	3
3	GDR	1	-	2	3
4th	Austria	-	1	-	1
	Czechoslovakia	-	1	-	1
6th	BR Germany	-	-	1	1

Web links

• World figure skating championships 1970–1979 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 25, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1970–1979 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 25, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1970–1979 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on August 28, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1970–1979 (dance). Skatabase, archived from the original on September 24, 2008 ; accessed on May 25, 2018 (English).