World Figure Skating Championships 1972

World Figure Skating Championships 1972
62nd edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	7-11 February 1972
Venue:	Calgary , Canada
Gold medalist
Men's:	Ondrej Nepela (2)
Women:	Beatrix Schuba (2)
Couples:	Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanow (4)
Ice dance:	Lyudmila Pachomowa & Alexander Gorshkov (3)
World figure skating championships
1971 ◄ 1972 ► 1973

The 62nd World Figure Skating Championships took place from February 7th to 11th, 1972 in Calgary ( Canada ).

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	3	9
2	Sergei Cheetverukhin	Soviet Union	2	2	19th
3	Vladimir Kovalyov	Soviet Union	3	5	34
4th	John Misha Petkevich	United States	5	4th	39
5	Great Cranston	Canada	9	1	46
6th	Jan Hoffmann	GDR	4th	9	57
7th	Kenneth Shelley	United States	7th	6th	67
8th	Gordon McKellen	United States	10	8th	69
9	John Curry	United Kingdom	6th	7th	70
10	Sergei Volkov	Soviet Union	8th	10	86
11	Jacques Mrozek	France	11	11	100
12	Zdeněk Pazdírek	Czechoslovakia	14th	12	116
13	Didier Gailhauguet	France	12	13	116
14th	Josef Schneider	Austria	13	15th	128
15th	Yutaka Higuchi	Japan	16	14th	136
16	Josef Zidek	Czechoslovakia	17th	16	141
17th	Stefano Bargauan	Italy	15th	17th	144
18th	Harald Kuhn	BR Germany	19th	18th	166
19th	Pekka Leskinen	Finland	18th	19th	167
	Haig Oundjian	United Kingdom			Z

• Z = withdrawn

• Referee: Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 
• Assistant Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Italy 

Judges were:

• Helga von Wiecki GDR 
• Mollie Phillips United Kingdom 
• Dorothy Burkholder United States 
• William E. Lewis Canada 
• Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia 
• Franz Heinlein Austria 
• Masao Hasegawa Japan 
• Monique Petis France 
• Tatiana Danilenko Soviet Union 

Replacement judge:

• János Zsigmondy BR Germany 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country	P	K	B.
1	Beatrix Schuba	Austria	1	9	13
2	Karen Magnussen	Canada	2	2	16
3	Janet Lynn	United States	3	1	25th
4th	Zsuzsa Almássy	Hungary	4th	6th	37
5	Sonja Morgenstern	GDR	6th	3	52
6th	Jean Scott	United Kingdom	5	10	57
7th	Dorothy Hamill	United States	8th	5	62
8th	Suna Murray	United States	7th	7th	74
9	Cathy Lee Irwin	Canada	9	8th	81
10	Christine Errath	GDR	11	4th	79
11	Ludmila Bezáková	Czechoslovakia	10	13	102
12	Karin Iten	Switzerland	12	16	118
13	Gerti Schanderl	BR Germany	15th	11	119
14th	Cinzia Frosio	Italy	13	12	120
15th	Daria Prychun	Canada	14th	14th	127
16	Marie-Claude Bierre	France	17th	15th	146
17th	Dianne de Leeuw	Netherlands	16	19th	151
18th	Myung Su Chang	South Korea	18th	18th	169
19th	Sharon Burley	Australia	19th	21st	175
20th	Shuko Takeyama	Japan	20th	20th	178
21st	Marina Sanaja	Soviet Union	21st	17th	178

• Referee: Josef Dědič Czechoslovakia 
• Assistant arbitrator : Elemér Terták Hungary 

Judges were:

• Ramona McIntyre United States 
• Suzanne Francis Canada 
• Jeanine Donnier-Blanc France 
• Giovanni DeMori Italy 
• Walburga Grimm GDR 
• Ludwig Gassner Austria 
• Zoltán Balázs Hungary 
• René Schlageter Switzerland 
• Wilhelm Kahle BR Germany 

Replacement judge:

• Milan Duchón Czechoslovakia 

Couples

space	athlete	country	KP	K	B.
1	Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanow	Soviet Union	1	1	9
2	Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin	Soviet Union	2	3	21.5
3	Alicia Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley	United States	6th	2	28.5
4th	Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann	GDR	3	4th	38
5	Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger	BR Germany	4th	5	42
6th	Irina Tschernjajewa / Wassili Blagow	Soviet Union	5	6th	55
7th	Annett Kanzy / Axel Salzmann	GDR	7th	7th	70
8th	Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic	Canada	8th	8th	68
9	Melissa Militano / Mark Militano	United States	10	9	76
10	Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch	BR Germany	11	10	95
11	Mary Petrie / John Hubbell	Canada	13	11	106
12	Grazyna Osmanska / Adam Brodecki	Poland	9	12	102
13	Gabriele Cieplik / Reinhard Ketterer	BR Germany	12	13	114
14th	Barbara Brown / Doug Berndt	United States	14th	14th	123
15th	Linda Connolly / Colin Taylforth	United Kingdom	15th	15th	132

• Referee: Karl Enderlin Switzerland 
• Assistant Referee : Hanry M. Beatty United States 

Judges were:

• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Walburga Grimm GDR 
• Maria Zuchowicz Poland 
• Elsbeth Bon Netherlands 
• Inkeri Soininen Finland 
• Suzanne Francis Canada 
• János Zsigmondy BR Germany 
• Ardelle K. Sanderson United States 
• Valentin Pissejew Soviet Union 

Replacement judge:

• René Schlageter Switzerland 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	PT	K	B.
1	Lyudmila Pachomowa / Alexander Gorschkow	Soviet Union	1	1	14th
2	Angelika Buck / Erich Buck	BR Germany	2	2	17th
3	Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky	United States	3	3	24
4th	Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby	United Kingdom	4th	4th	38
5	Tatiana Woitjuk / Vyacheslav Shigalin	Soviet Union	5	5	46
6th	Hilary Green / Glyn Watts	United Kingdom	6th	6th	50
7th	Anne Miller / Harvey Millier III	United States	7th	7th	67
8th	Jelena Scharkowa / Gennady Karponosov	Soviet Union	8th	8th	75
9	Louise Soper / Barry Soper	Canada	9	9	80
10	Mary Karen Campbell / Johnny Johns	United States	10	10	91
11	Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický	Czechoslovakia	11	11	99
12	Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars	France	12	13	108
13	Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojanczyk	Poland	13	12	110
14th	Sylvia Fuchs / Michael Fuchs	BR Germany	14th	14th	126
15th	Astrid Kopp / Axel Kopp	BR Germany	15th	15th	135
16	Keiko Achiwa / Yasuhiro Noto	Japan	16	16	144

• Referee: Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom 
• Assistant Referee : George J. Blundun Canada 

Judges were:

• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Claude Lambert France 
• Audrey Moore Canada 
• Milan Duchón Czechoslovakia 
• Benjamin T. Wright United States 
• Eugen Romminger BR Germany 
• Zoltán Balázs Hungary 
• Igor Kabanov Soviet Union 
• Maria Zuchowicz Poland 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Soviet Union	2	2	1	5
2	Soviet Union	1	-	-	1
	Czechoslovakia	1	-	-	1
4th	Canada	-	1	-	1
	BR Germany	-	1	-	1
6th	United States	-	-	3	3

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).