1976 World Figure Skating Championships

1976 World Figure Skating Championships
1976 World Figure Skating Championships
Type of competition	tournament sponsored by ISU
date	03/03/1976 - 03/03/1976
Season	1975-1976
Location	Gothenburg
Winners
Men's single skating
	John Curry
Women's single skating
	Dorothy Hamill
Pair skating
	Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev
Dancing on Ice
	Lyudmila Pakhomova and Alexander Gorshkov
Competition
Previous	World Championship 1975
Subsequent	1977 World Cup

The 1976 World Figure Skating Championships were held by the International Skating Union on March 2–7 in Gothenburg ( Sweden ). Competitions were held in the categories of women's single skating , men's single skating , pair skating and ice dancing . The competition was attended by a record number of sports delegations from 23 countries.

The world champion among women was the US representative Dorothy Hamill , among men the representative of Great Britain John Curry , among the pairs representatives of the USSR Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev , representatives of the USSR Lyudmila Pakhomova and Alexander Gorshkov won the dances.

Content

Medal standings

A place	A country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
one	the USSR	2	2	one	five
2	USA	one	0	one	2
3	Great Britain	one	0	0	one
four	GDR	0	2	one	3
five	Netherlands	0	0	one	one

Results

Men

A place	Name	A country	Mandatory program	Short program	Arbitrary program	Sum of places
one	John Curry	Great Britain	2	3	one	13
2	Vladimir Kovalev	the USSR	one	five	four	15
3	Ian Hoffman	GDR	3	2	3	29th
four	Toller Cranston	Canada	five	one	2	34
five	David santi	USA	four	7	7	47
6	Terry Kubichka	USA	7	four	five	52
7	Minoru Sano	Japan	6	6	6	62
eight	Igor Bobrin	the USSR	eight	ten	9	74
9	Robin Cousins	Great Britain	14	eight	eight	79
ten	Pekka Leskinen	Finland	ten	eleven	13	102
eleven	Konstantin Kokora	the USSR	eleven	12	ten	101
12	Mitsuru Matsumura	Japan	13	9	eleven	101
13	Christoph Buayajyan	France	12	13	15	124
14	Zdenek Pazdirek	Czechoslovakia	9	15	sixteen	125
15	Grzegorz Glovania	Poland	20	14	12	139.5
sixteen	Ted barton	Canada	17	17	14	139.5
17	Kenneth Polk	Canada	15	sixteen	18	142
18	Glyn Jones	Great Britain	nineteen	20	17	163
nineteen	Gerd Walter Gröbner	Germany	18	nineteen	nineteen	173
20	Thomas Eberg	Sweden	sixteen	18	20	175
21	Fleming Soderquist	Denmark	21	21	21	189

Women

A place	Name	A country	Mandatory program	Short program	Arbitrary program	Sum of places
one	Dorothy Hamill	USA	2	one	one	ten
2	Christine Errat	GDR	four	2	2	22
3	Dianne de leu	Netherlands	3	3	four	22
four	Anette Patch	GDR	five	6	five	41
five	Linda Fratiani	USA	6	five	3	43
6	Isabelle de Navarre	Germany	one	7	12	55
7	Lynn Nightingale	Canada	7	four	eight	66
eight	Wendy burge	USA	eight	eight	6	69
9	Dagmar Lurz	Germany	9	ten	7	80
ten	Suzanne Driano	Italy	ten	9	ten	88
eleven	Elena Vodorezova	the USSR	15	12	9	103
12	Kim alletson	Canada	13	eleven	eleven	105
13	Karina Richardson	Great Britain	14	13	14	117
14	Grazhina Dudek	Poland	17	15	15	131
15	Denise Bilmann	Switzerland	21	18	13	138
sixteen	Claudia Christofich-Binder	Austria	sixteen	nineteen	sixteen	149
17	Amy Watanabe	Japan	eleven	sixteen	18	146
18	Eva Durizinova	Czechoslovakia	18	17	17	158
nineteen	Hyo Jin Yun	The Republic of Korea	12	22	20	177
20	Niina Kuottinen	Finland	22	14	21	178
21	Liselotta Eberg	Sweden	nineteen	20	nineteen	182
22	Sharon Burley	Australia	20	21	22	197
23	Benta larsen	Norway	25	23	23	208
24	Stella Bristing	Denmark	24	24	24	215
25	Gay le comte	New Zealand	23	25	25	225

Couples

A place	Name	A country	Short program	Arbitrary program	Sum of places
one	Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev	the USSR	one	one	9
2	Romy Kermer / Rolf Esterreich	GDR	2	2	23
3	Irina Vorobyova / Alexander Vlasov	the USSR	3	3	28
four	Manuela Gros / Uwe Kagelman	GDR	four	four	thirty
five	Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner	USA	five	6	48
6	Nadezhda Gorshkova / Evgeny Shevalovsky	the USSR	6	five	51
7	Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe	GDR	7	7	64
eight	Corina Hulke / Eberhard Rausch	Germany	eight	eight	71
9	Alice Cook / William Fover	USA	9	9	86
ten	Ingrid Shpiglova / Alan Shpigel	Czechoslovakia	ten	ten	92.5
eleven	Ursula German / Michael German	Austria	eleven	eleven	95
12	Candice Jones / Don Fraser	Canada	12	12	110.5
13	Gabriela Beck / Johan Stagl	Germany	13	13	111

Dancing

A place	Name	A country	CD	Fd	Sum of places
one	Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov	the USSR	one	one	9
2	Irina Moiseeva / Andrey Minenkov	the USSR	2	2	nineteen
3	Colin O'Connor / Jim Milns	USA	3	3	28
four	Christina Regetsi / Andras Shallai	Hungary	four	four	36
five	Natalia Linichuk / Gennady Karponosov	the USSR	five	five	43
6	Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell	Great Britain	6	6	55
7	Barbara Berezovsky / David Porter	Canada	9	eight	71
eight	Eva Pestova / Jiri Pokorny	Czechoslovakia	eight	9	78
9	Theresa Wayne / Peter Boyanchik	Poland	7	7	75
ten	Susan Karskallen / Eric Gillies	Canada	ten	ten	91
eleven	Kay Barsdel / Kenneth Foster	Great Britain	eleven	eleven	97
12	Suzy Handsman / Peter Handsman	Austria	12	12	105
13	Judy Genovese / Kent Wiggle	USA	13	13	119
14	Stefania Bertele / Walter Checconi	Italy	14	14	127
15	Isabella Rizzi / Luigi Freroni	Italy	15	15	128
sixteen	Marie-Joëlle Michel / Frédéric Garcin	France	sixteen	sixteen	149
17	Elzbieta Vegzhyk / Andrzej Albertsiak	Poland	17	18	156
18	Susan Kelly / Andrew Strukoff	USA	18	17	155
nineteen	Gabriele Schaefer / Robert Dietz	Germany	nineteen	nineteen	169

Links

ISU List of World Championship Medalists (Men) PDF (9.95 KB)
ISU List of World Championship Medalists (Women) PDF (14.2 KB)
ISU List of World Championship medalists (pairs) PDF (19.4 KB)
ISU List of World Championship Medalists (Dances) PDF (15.5 KB)