1975 World Figure Skating Championships

1975 World Figure Skating Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Date: March 4 – 8
Season: 1974–75
Location: Colorado Springs, USA
Champions
Men's singles:
Soviet Union Sergei Volkov
Ladies' singles:
Netherlands Dianne de Leeuw
Pair skating:
Soviet Union Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev
Ice dancing:
Soviet Union Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov
Previous:
1974 World Championships
Next:
1976 World Championships

The 1975 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA from March 4 to 8. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

The ISU Representative was Jacques Favart of France and the ISU Technical Delegate was Hermann Schiechtl of West Germany.

Men's compulsory figures were performed on March 4 at 8 am and ladies' figures took place the next day.[1] The number of figures executed by each skater had been reduced from six to three.[1]

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 3 1 0 4
2  Netherlands 1 0 0 1
3  United States 0 2 0 2
4  East Germany 0 1 2 3
5  United Kingdom 0 0 2 2

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation CP SP FP Placings
1 Sergei Volkov  Soviet Union 16413
2 Vladimir Kovalev  Soviet Union 34327
3 John Curry  United Kingdom 22523
4 Toller Cranston  Canada 43229
5 Gordon McKellen Jr.  United States 55748
6 Yuri Ovchinnikov  Soviet Union 91653
7 Terry Kubicka  United States 117161
8 Ron Shaver  Canada 69976
9 László Vajda  Hungary 9101081
10 Minoru Sano  Japan 108886
11 Zdeněk Pazdírek  Czechoslovakia 71217108
12 Robin Cousins  United Kingdom 151111114
13 Didier Gailhaguet  France 121314114
14 Bernd Wunderlich  East Germany 131615129
15 Ronald Koppelent  Austria 161412132
16 Mitsuru Matsumura  Japan 171713145
17 František Pechar  Czechoslovakia 141518147
18 Robert Rubens  Canada 181816153
19 Gilles Beyer  France 191921173
20 Paul Cechmanek  Luxembourg 202120180
21 William Schober  Australia 222019187
22 Flemming Söderquist  Denmark 212222198

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Ladies

Rank Name Nation CP SP FP Placings
1 Dianne de Leeuw  Netherlands 1129
2 Dorothy Hamill  United States 56125
3 Christine Errath  East Germany 62431
4 Wendy Burge  United States 85336
5 Kath Malmberg  United States 441046
6 Isabel de Navarre  West Germany 37853
7 Lynn Nightingale  Canada 133556
8 Anett Pötzsch  East Germany 1010778
9 Susanna Driano  Italy 119681
10 Marion Weber  East Germany 7171292
11 Liana Drahová  Czechoslovakia 91214104
12 Kim Alletson  Canada 14119107
13 Emi Watanabe  Japan 171311114
14 Gerti Schanderl  West Germany 15813118
15 Liudmila Bakonina  Soviet Union 211615136
16 Sonja Balun  Austria 122019148
17 Dagmar Lurz  West Germany 201416159
18 Hana Knapová  Czechoslovakia 241917166
19 Marie-Claude Bierre  France 251518168
20 Gail Keddie  United Kingdom 162223192
21 Karin Iten   Switzerland 22727194
22 Yun Hyo-jin  South Korea 231821196
23 Evi Köpfli   Switzerland 192124203
24 Michelle Haider   Switzerland 222520205
25 Sharon Burley  Australia 182326211
26 Anne-Marie Verlaan  Netherlands 262425232
27 Sophie Verlaan  Netherlands 272622240

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Pairs

Rank Name Nation SP FP Placings
1 Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev  Soviet Union 119
2 Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich  East Germany 2219
3 Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann  East Germany 4327
4 Irina Vorobieva / Alexander Vlasov  Soviet Union 3437
5 Marina Leonidova / Vladimir Bogolyubov  Soviet Union 6551
6 Melissa Militano / Johnny Johns  United States 5757
7 Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe  East Germany 7655
8 Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle   Switzerland 9871
9 Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch  West Germany 8984
10 Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner  United States 101090
11 Candace Jones / Don Fraser  Canada 111198
12 Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec  Austria 1312109
13 Grażyna Kostrzewińska / Adam Brodecki  Poland 1213113
14 Kathy Hutchinson / Jamie McGrigor  Canada 1414125

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Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation CD FD Placings
1 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov  Soviet Union 2113
2 Colleen O'Connor / Jim Millns  United States 1219
3 Hilary Green / Glyn Watts  United Kingdom 4330
4 Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov  Soviet Union 3436
5 Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani  Italy 5544
6 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay  Hungary 6648
7 Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk  Poland 8871
8 Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell  United Kingdom 7971
9 Barbara Berezowski / David Porter  Canada 9778
10 Eva Peštová / Jiři Pokorný  Czechoslovakia 101094
11 Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster  United Kingdom 1111101
12 Judi Genovesi / Kent Weigle  United States 1212104
13 Susan Carscallen / Eric Gillies  Canada 1313110
14 Halina Gordon / Wojciech Bankowski  Poland 1414126

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References

  1. 1 2 "World skaters in final practices". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. March 3, 1975. p. 9.
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