World Figure Skating Championships 1976

World Figure Skating Championships 1976
66th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	2nd-7th March 1976
Venue:	Scandinavium , Gothenburg , Sweden
Gold medalist
Men's:	John Curry
Women:	Dorothy Hamill
Couples:	Irina Rodnina & Alexander Saizew (4)
Ice dance:	Lyudmila Pachomowa & Alexander Gorshkov (6)
World figure skating championships
1975 ◄ 1976 ► 1977

The 66th World Figure Skating Championships took place from March 2 to 7, 1976 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg ( Sweden ).

Results

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

Men's

space	athlete	country	P	KP	K	B.
1	John Curry	United Kingdom	2	3	1	13
2	Vladimir Kovalyov	Soviet Union	1	5	4th	15th
3	Jan Hoffmann	GDR	3	2	3	29
4th	Great Cranston	Canada	5	1	2	34
5	David Santee	United States	4th	7th	7th	47
6th	Terry Kubicka	United States	7th	4th	5	52
7th	Minoru Sano	Japan	6th	6th	6th	62
8th	Igor Bobrin	Soviet Union	8th	10	9	74
9	Robin cousins	United Kingdom	14th	8th	8th	79
10	Pekka Leskinen	Finland	10	11	13	102
11	Constantine Kokora	Soviet Union	11	12	10	101
12	Mitsuru Matsumura	Japan	13	9	11	101
13	Christophe Boyadjian	France	12	13	15th	124
14th	Zdeněk Pazdírek	Czechoslovakia	9	15th	16	125
15th	Grzegorz Głowania	Poland	20th	14th	12	139.5
16	Ted Barton	Canada	17th	17th	14th	139.5
17th	Kenneth Polk	Canada	15th	16	18th	142
18th	Glyn Jones	United Kingdom	19th	20th	17th	163
19th	Gert-Walter Graves	BR Germany	18th	19th	19th	173
20th	Thomas Öberg	Sweden	16	18th	20th	175
21st	Flemming Søderquist	Denmark	21st	21st	21st	189

• Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Italy 
• Assistant Referee: Benjamin Wright United Kingdom 

Judge:

• Pamela Peat United Kingdom 
• Charles U. Foster United States 
• Sergei Kononychin Soviet Union 
• Elof Niklasson Sweden 
• Joan Maclagan Canada 
• Monique Georgelin France 
• Kinuko Ueno Japan 
• Walburga Grimm GDR 
• Tadeusz Malinowski Hungary 

Replacement judge:

• Inkeri Soininen Finland 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country	P	KP	K	B.
1	Dorothy Hamill	United States	2	1	1	10
2	Christine Errath	GDR	4th	2	2	22nd
3	Dianne de Leeuw	Netherlands	3	3	4th	22nd
4th	Anett Pötzsch	GDR	5	6th	5	41
5	Linda Fratianne	United States	6th	5	3	43
6th	Isabel de Navarre	BR Germany	1	7th	12	55
7th	Lynn Nightingale	Canada	7th	4th	8th	66
8th	Wendy Burge	United States	8th	8th	6th	69
9	Dagmar Lurz	BR Germany	9	10	7th	80
10	Susanna Driano	Italy	10	9	10	88
11	Elena Vodoresova	Soviet Union	15th	12	9	103
12	Kim Alletson	Canada	13	11	11	105
13	Karena Richardson	United Kingdom	14th	13	14th	117
14th	Grażyna Dudek	Poland	17th	15th	15th	131
15th	Denise Biellmann	Switzerland	21st	18th	13	138
16	Claudia Kristofics-Binder	Austria	16	19th	16	149
17th	Emi Watanabe	Japan	11	16	18th	146
18th	Eva Durišinová	Czechoslovakia	18th	17th	17th	158
19th	Hyo Jin Yun	South Korea	12	22nd	20th	177
20th	Niina Kyöttinen	Finland	22nd	14th	21st	178
21st	Liselott Öberg	Sweden	19th	20th	19th	182
22nd	Sharon Burley	Australia	20th	21st	22nd	197
23	Bente Larsen	Norway	25th	23	23	208
24	Stella Bristing	Denmark	24	24	24	215
25th	Gay Le Comte	New Zealand	23	25th	25th	225

• Referee: Elemér Tertak Hungary 
• Assistant referee : Oskar Madl Austria 

Judge:

• Irina Absaljamowa Soviet Union 
• Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia 
• Erika Schiechtl BR Germany 
• Toshio Suzuki Japan 
• Yvonne S. McGowan United States 
• David Dore Canada 
• Paul Engelfriet Netherlands 
• Helga von Wiecki GDR 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 

Replacement judge:

• Berit Aarnes Norway 

Couples

space	athlete	country	KP	K	B.
1	Irina Rodnina / Alexander Saizew	Soviet Union	1	1	9
2	Romy Kermer / Rolf Austria	GDR	2	2	23
3	Irina Vorobyova / Alexander Vlasov	Soviet Union	3	3	28
4th	Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann	GDR	4th	4th	30th
5	Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner	United States	5	6th	48
6th	Nadeschda Gorshkova / Yevgeny Schewalowski	Soviet Union	6th	5	51
7th	Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe	GDR	7th	7th	64
8th	Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch	BR Germany	8th	8th	71
9	Alice Cook / William Fauver	United States	9	9	86
10	Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl	Czechoslovakia	10	10	92.5
11	Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec	Austria	11	11	95
12	Candance Jones / Don Fraser	Canada	12	12	110.5
13	Gabrielle Beck / Jochen Stahl	BR Germany	13	13	111

• Referee: Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 
• Assistant referee: Hans Kutschera Austria 

Judge:

• Ardelle K. Sanderson United States 
• Giordano Abbondati Italy 
• Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia 
• Walburga Grimm GDR 
• Willi Wernz BR Germany 
• Sydney R. Croll Australia 
• Valentin Pissejew Soviet Union 
• Dorothy MacLeod Canada 
• Norbert Cerny Austria 

Replacement judge:

• Markus Germann Switzerland 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	PT	K	B.
1	Lyudmila Pachomowa / Alexander Gorschkow	Soviet Union	1	1	9
2	Irina Moissejewa / Andrei Minenkow	Soviet Union	2	2	19th
3	Colleen O'Connor / James Millns	United States	3	3	28
4th	Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay	Hungary	4th	4th	36
5	Natalja Linitschuk / Gennady Karponosov	Soviet Union	5	5	43
6th	Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell	United Kingdom	6th	6th	55
7th	Barbara Berezowski / David Porter	Canada	9	8th	71
8th	Eva Peštová / Jiří Pokorný	Czechoslovakia	8th	9	78
9	Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojanczyk	Poland	7th	7th	75
10	Susan Carscallen / Eric Gillies	Canada	10	10	91
11	Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster	United Kingdom	11	11	97
12	Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann	Austria	12	12	105
13	Judi Genovesi / Kent Weigle	United States	13	13	119
14th	Stefania Bertele / Walter Cecconi	Italy	14th	14th	127
15th	Isabella Rizzi / Luigi Freroni	Italy	15th	15th	128
16	Marie-Joëlle Michel / Frédéric Garcin	France	16	16	149
17th	Elzbieta Wegrzyk / Andrzej Alberciak	Poland	17th	18th	156
18th	Susan Kelley / Andrew Stroukoff	United States	18th	17th	155
19th	Gabriele Schäfer / Robert Dietz	BR Germany	19th	19th	169

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

Judge:

• Maria Zuchowicz Poland 
• Robert Hudson United Kingdom 
• Willi Wernz BR Germany 
• Elaine DeMore United States 
• Edwin Kucharz Austria 
• Giovanni Bozetti Italy 
• Irina Absljamowa Soviet Union 
• Klára Kozári Hungary 
• Dagmar Řeháková Czechoslovakia 

Replacement judge:

• Joyce Hisey Canada 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Soviet Union	2	2	1	5
2	United States	1	-	1	2
3	United Kingdom	1	-	-	1
4th	GDR	-	2	1	3
5	Netherlands	-	-	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).