World Figure Skating Championships 1971

World Figure Skating Championships 1971
61st edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	23-28 February 1971
Venue:	Lyon , France
Gold medalist
Men's:	Ondrej Nepela
Women:	Beatrix Schuba
Couples:	Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanow (3)
Ice dance:	Lyudmila Pachomowa & Alexander Gorshkov (2)
World figure skating championships
1970 ◄ 1971 ► 1972

The 61st World Figure Skating Championships took place from February 23 to 28, 1971 in Lyon ( France ).

Results

• P = compulsory
• PT = compulsory dance
• K = freestyle
• KP = short program
• B = rating

Men's

space	athlete	country	P	K	B.
1	Ondrej Nepela	Czechoslovakia	1	1	12
2	Patrick Péra	France	2	3	18th
3	Sergei Cheetverukhin	Soviet Union	3	8th	34
4th	Jan Hoffmann	GDR	4th	2	34
5	John Misha Petkevich	United States	5	4th	44
6th	Haig Oundjian	United Kingdom	6th	7th	58
7th	Yuri Ovchinnikov	Soviet Union	7th	9	70
8th	Kenneth Shelley	United States	9	5	66
9	Gordon McKellen	United States	11	10	89
10	Didier Gailhauguet	France	10	11	89
11	Great Cranston	Canada	15th	6th	90
12	Günther Anderl	Austria	8th	14th	115
13	Jacques Mrozek	France	14th	11	117
14th	John Curry	United Kingdom	13	13	116
15th	Daniel Höner	Switzerland	12	16	137
16	Josef Zidek	Czechoslovakia	18th	15th	148
17th	Zdeněk Pazdírek	Czechoslovakia	17th	19th	155
18th	Stefano Bargauan	Italy	16	18th	157.5
19th	Klaus Grimmelt	BR Germany	21st	17th	167.5
20th	Yutaka Higuchi	Japan	19th	20th	180
21st	Gheorghe Fazekas	Romania	20th	21st	186

• Referee: Elemér Terták Hungary 
• Assistant Referee : Danald H. Gilchrist Canada 

Judges were:

• Helga von Wiecki GDR 
• Milan Duchón Czechoslovakia 
• Michele Beltrami Italy 
• Geoffrey Yates United Kingdom 
• Kinuko Ueno Japan 
• Vera Curceac Romania 
• Norman E. Fuller United States 
• Tatiana Danilenko Soviet Union 
• Monique Georgelin France 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country	P	K	B.
1	Beatrix Schuba	Austria	1	7th	10
2	Julie Lynn Holmes	United States	2	5	24.5
3	Karen Magnussen	Canada	4th	2	27
4th	Janet Lynn	United States	5	1	34
5	Rita Trapanese	Italy	3	8th	47.5
6th	Sonja Morgenstern	GDR	9	3	52
7th	Zsuzsa Almássy	Hungary	6th	4th	57
8th	Charlotte Walter	Switzerland	8th	14th	86
9	Christine Errath	GDR	13	6th	83
10	Suna Murray	United States	14th	9	91
11	Elena Alexandrowa	Soviet Union	10	13	103
12	Patricia Ann Dodd	United Kingdom	7th	16	100
13	Kazumi Yamashita	Japan	12	11	116
14th	Ludmila Bezáková	Czechoslovakia	11	15th	122
15th	Jean Scott	United Kingdom	15th	10	132
16	Diane Hall	Canada	19th	12	132
17th	Anita Johansson	Sweden	16	18th	145
18th	Judith Bayer	BR Germany	20th	17th	159
19th	Ruth Hutchinson	Canada	17th	20th	168
20th	Sonja Balun	Austria	22nd	19th	177
21st	Joëlle Cartaux	France	18th	22nd	188
22nd	Cinzia Frosio	Italy	21st	21st	197

• Referee: Josef Dědič Czechoslovakia 
• Assistant Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Italy 

Judges were:

• Nonna Nestegina Soviet Union 
• Eva von Gamm BR Germany 
• Walburga Grimm GDR 
• Elof Niklasson Sweden 
• Mary Louis Wright United States 
• Éva György Hungary 
• Ludwig Gassner Austria 
• Giorgio Siniscalco Italy 
• Barbara Graham Canada 

Couples

space	athlete	country	P	KP	B.
1	Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanow	Soviet Union	1	2	11
2	Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin	Soviet Union	2	1	17th
3	Alicia Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley	United States	3	3	29
4th	Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann	GDR	4th	4th	37
5	Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger	BR Germany	5	5	48
6th	Melissa Militano / Mark Militano	United States	6th	6th	56
7th	Annett Kanzy / Axel Salzmann	GDR	8th	7th	62
8th	Galina Karelina / Georgi Proskurin	Soviet Union	6th	8th	76
9	Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic	Canada	9	9	180
10	Grazyna Osmanska / Adam Brodecki	Poland	11	10	88
11	Barbara Brown / Doug Berndt	United States	12	11	98
12	Brunhilde Baßler / Eberhard Rausch	BR Germany	10	12	104
13	Linda Connolly / Colin Taylforth	United Kingdom	13	13	118
14th	Florence Cahn / Jean-Roland Racle	France	14th	14th	121
15th	Kotoe Nagasawa / Hiroshi Nagakubo	Japan	17th	15th	137
16	Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle	Switzerland	18th	16	146
17th	Teresa Skrzek / Piotr Sczypa	Poland	16	17th	149
	Evelyne Scharf / Wilhelm Bietak	Austria	15th		Z

• Z = withdrawn

• Referee: Karl Enderlin Switzerland 
• Assistant Referee : Néri Valdes France 

Judges were:

• Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland 
• Carla Listing GDR 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Monique Petis France 
• Norman E. Fuller United States 
• Eva von Gamm BR Germany 
• Edwin Kucharz Austria 
• Maria Zuchowicz Poland 
• Nonna Nestegina Soviet Union 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	P	PT	B.
1	Lyudmila Pachomowa / Alexander Gorschkow	Soviet Union	1	1	16
2	Angelika Buck / Erich Buck	BR Germany	3	2	21st
3	Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky	United States	2	3	20th
4th	Susan Getty / Roy Bradshaw	United Kingdom	4th	4th	33
5	Tatiana Woitjuk / Vyacheslav Shigalin	Soviet Union	5	5	47
6th	Janet Sawbridge / Jon Lane	United Kingdom	6th	7th	58
7th	Hilary Green / Glyn Watts	United Kingdom	10	8th	71
8th	Jelena Scharkowa / Gennady Karponosov	Soviet Union	7th	6th	71
9	Anne Miller / Harvey Millier III	United States	9	10	80
10	Mary Karen Campbell / Johnny Johns	United States	8th	9	88
11	Louise Lind / Barry Soper	Canada	11	11	103
12	Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický	Czechoslovakia	13	12	109.5
13	Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars	France	12	13	113
14th	Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojanczyk	Poland	14th	14th	117.5
15th	Ilona Berecz / István Sugár	Hungary	15th	16	134
16	Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani	Italy	16	15th	142
17th	Tatiana Grossen / Alessandro Grossen	Switzerland	17th	17th	157
18th	Astrid Kopp / Axel Kopp	BR Germany	18th	18th	158
19th	Angelika Wiesner / Hans-Jürgen Wiesner	BR Germany	19th	20th	174
20th	Brigitte Scheijbal / Kurt Jaschek	Austria	20th	19th	177

• Referee: Emil Skákala Czechoslovakia 
• Assistant Referee : Henri Meudec France 

Judges were:

• Dagmar Řeháková Czechoslovakia 
• Mary Louise Wright United States 
• Lysiane Lauret France 
• Maria Zuchowicz Poland 
• Igor Kabanov Soviet Union 
• Erika Schiechtl BR Germany 
• George Marsh United Kingdom 
• Klára Kozári Hungary 
• George J. Blundun Canada 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Soviet Union	2	1	1	4th
2	Austria	1	-	-	1
	Czechoslovakia	1	-	-	1
4th	United States	-	1	2	3
5	France	-	1	-	1
6th	Canada	-	-	1	1
	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).