World Figure Skating Championships 1973

World Figure Skating Championships 1973
63rd edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	February 26 - March 3, 1973
Venue:	Bratislava , Czechoslovakia
Gold medalist
Men's:	Ondrej Nepela (3)
Women:	Karen Magnussen
Couples:	Irina Rodnina & Alexander Saizew
Ice dance:	Lyudmila Pachomowa & Alexander Gorshkov (4)
World figure skating championships
1972 ◄ 1973 ► 1974

The 63rd World Figure Skating Championships in 1973 took place from February 26th to March 3rd, 1973 in Bratislava ( Czechoslovakia ).

Results

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

Men's

space	athlete	country	P	KP	K	B.
1	Ondrej Nepela	Czechoslovakia	1	2	2	10
2	Sergei Cheetverukhin	Soviet Union	2	3	1	17th
3	Jan Hoffmann	GDR	3	7th	6th	35
4th	John Curry	United Kingdom	4th	8th	7th	39
5	Great Cranston	Canada	6th	1	5	46
6th	Yuri Ovchinnikov	Soviet Union	8th	5	3	54
7th	Gordon McKellen	United States	5	4th	8th	62
8th	Ronald Shaver	Canada	12	6th	4th	61
9	Jacques Mrozek	France	9	10	11	91
10	Zdeněk Pazdírek	Czechoslovakia	10	12	9	95
11	Daniel Höner	Switzerland	7th	11	12	97
12	Robert Bradshaw	United States	13	9	10	103
13	László Vajda	Hungary	11	14th	13	112
14th	Minoru Sano	Japan	14th	13	14th	130
15th	Erich Reifschneider	BR Germany	15th	15th	16	144
16	Igor Lissowski	Soviet Union	18th	17th	17th	147
17th	Bernd Wunderlich	GDR	20th	18th	15th	148
18th	Miroslav Šoška	Czechoslovakia	17th	16	18th	151
19th	Robert Rubens	Canada	19th	19th	19th	168
20th	Gunther Hilgarth	Austria	16	20th	21st	187
21st	Jacek Tascher	Poland	23	23	20th	191
22nd	Rolando Bragaglia	Italy	22nd	21st	22nd	193
23	Gheorghe Fazekas	Romania	21st	24	24	205
24	Silvo Švajger	Yugoslavia	24	22nd	23	214

• Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Italy 
• Assistant Referee : Miroslav Hasenöhrl Czechoslovakia 

Judge:

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

Replacement judge:

• Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country	P	KP	K	B.
1	Karen Magnussen	Canada	1	1	2	9
2	Janet Lynn	United States	2	12	1	18th
3	Christine Errath	GDR	5	2	5	31
4th	Dorothy Hamill	United States	8th	3	4th	35
5	Jean Scott	United Kingdom	4th	10	11	47
6th	Karin Iten	Switzerland	3	14th	14th	60
7th	Liana Drahová	Czechoslovakia	9	9	6th	69
8th	Sonja Morgenstern	GDR	10	5	7th	76
9	July McKinstry	United States	12	7th	9	91
10	Lynn Nightingale	Canada	15th	4th	3	78
11	Maria McLean	United Kingdom	7th	11	13	96
12	Cathy Irwin	Canada	11	13	10	108
13	Gerti Schanderl	BR Germany	14th	6th	8th	114
14th	Anett Pötzsch	GDR	13	8th	12	125
15th	Dianne de Leeuw	Netherlands	6th	15th	16	123
16	Marina Sanaja	Soviet Union	23	16	15th	149
17th	Emi Watanabe	Japan	18th	23	17th	154
18th	Marie-Claude Bierre	France	16	18th	22nd	171
19th	Cinzia Frosio	Italy	19th	19th	19th	175
20th	Liselotte Öberg	Sweden	21st	17th	18th	177
21st	Sharon Burley	Australia	20th	20th	21st	178
22nd	Hannele Koskinen	Finland	27	22nd	20th	204
23	Grażyna Dudek	Poland	26th	21st	23	201
24	Helena Gazvoda	Yugoslavia	25th	26th	24	220
25th	Myung Su Chang	South Korea	17th	28	27	227
26th	Bente Tverran	Norway	24	27	26th	235
27	Ágnes Erős	Hungary	28	24	25th	231

• Referee: Major Josef Dědič Czechoslovakia 
• Assistant referee : Oskar Madl Austria 

Judge:

• Helga von Wiecki GDR 
• Mary Louise Wright United States 
• Ludwig Gassner Austria 
• Vera Lynfield United Kingdom 
• Elsbeth Bon Netherlands 
• Inkeri Soininen Finland 
• Jakob Biedermann Switzerland 
• Joan Maclagan Canada 
• Márta Léces Hungary 

Replacement judge:

• Sydney Croll Australia 

Couples

space	athlete	country	KP	K	B.
1	Irina Rodnina / Alexander Saizew	Soviet Union	1	1	9
2	Lyudmila Smirnowa / Alexei Ulanow	Soviet Union	2	2	18th
3	Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann	GDR	3	3	29
4th	Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger	BR Germany	6th	5	43
5	Romy Kermer / Rolf Austria	GDR	4th	4th	46
6th	Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic	Canada	7th	6th	51
7th	Irina Tschernjajewa / Wassili Blagow	Soviet Union	5	7th	56
8th	Melissa Militano / Mark Militano	United States	8th	8th	73
9	Marian Murray / Glenn Moore	Canada	9	9	80
10	Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle	Switzerland	11	10	92
11	Ilona Urbanová / Alex Zach	Czechoslovakia	10	11	106
12	Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch	BR Germany	12	12	108
13	Gale Fuhrman / Joel Fuhrman	United States	15th	13	121
14th	Florence Cahn / Jean-Roland Racle	France	13	14th	120
15th	Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec	Austria	16	15th	137
16	Teresa Skrzek / Piotr Sczypa	Poland	14th	16	135

• Referee: Karl Enderlin Switzerland 
• Assistant Referee: Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 

Judge:

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

Replacement judge:

• Monique Georgelin France 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	PT	K	B.
1	Lyudmila Pachomowa / Alexander Gorschkow	Soviet Union	1	1	9
2	Angelika Buck / Erich Buck	BR Germany	2	2	18th
3	Hilary Green / Glyn Watts	United Kingdom	3	3	29
4th	Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby	United Kingdom	4th	6th	38
5	Tatiana Woitjuk / Vyacheslav Shigalin	Soviet Union	5	4th	43
6th	Mary Karen Campbell / Johnny Johns	United States	6th	7th	60
7th	Irina Moissejewa / Andrei Minenkow	Soviet Union	7th	5	63.5
8th	Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický	Czechoslovakia	8th	8th	72.5
9	Louise Soper / Barry Soper	Canada	9	9	73
10	Anne Millier / Harvey Millier III	United States	10	11	93
11	Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani	Italy	12	10	100
12	Rodalind Druce / David Baker	United Kingdom	11	13	107
13	Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay	Hungary	13	12	115
14th	Halina Gordon / Wojciech Bankowski	Poland	14th	15th	130
15th	Barbara Berezowski / David Porter	Canada	15th	14th	131
16	Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars	France	16	16	146
17th	Christina Henke / Udo Dönsdorf	BR Germany	17th	17th	151
18th	Brigitte Scheijbal / Walter Leschetizky	Austria	18th	18th	160

• Referee: Hermann Schiechtl BR Germany 
• Assistant Referee : Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom 

Judge:

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

Replacement judge:

• Cia Bordogna Italy 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Soviet Union	2	2	-	4th
2	Canada	1	-	-	1
	Czechoslovakia	1	-	-	1
4th	United States	-	1	-	1
	BR Germany	-	1	-	1
6th	GDR	-	-	3	3
7th	United Kingdom	-	-	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).