1975 World Figure Skating Championships
# 1975 World Figure Skating 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. The number of figures executed by each skater had been reduced from six to three.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## Results

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FP | Placings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sergei Volkov | Soviet Union | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Vladimir Kovalev | Soviet Union | 3 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| 3 | John Curry | United Kingdom | 2 | 2 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Toller Cranston | Canada | 4 | 3 | 2 | 29 |
| 5 | Gordon McKellen Jr. | United States | 5 | 5 | 7 | 48 |
| 6 | Yuri Ovchinnikov | Soviet Union | 9 | 1 | 6 | 53 |
| 7 | Terry Kubicka | United States | 11 | 7 | 1 | 61 |
| 8 | Ron Shaver | Canada | 6 | 9 | 9 | 76 |
| 9 | László Vajda | Hungary | 9 | 10 | 10 | 81 |
| 10 | Minoru Sano | Japan | 10 | 8 | 8 | 86 |
| 11 | Zdeněk Pazdírek | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 12 | 17 | 108 |
| 12 | Robin Cousins | United Kingdom | 15 | 11 | 11 | 114 |
| 13 | Didier Gailhaguet | France | 12 | 13 | 14 | 114 |
| 14 | Bernd Wunderlich | East Germany | 13 | 16 | 15 | 129 |
| 15 | Ronald Koppelent | Austria | 16 | 14 | 12 | 132 |
| 16 | Mitsuru Matsumura | Japan | 17 | 17 | 13 | 145 |
| 17 | František Pechar | Czechoslovakia | 14 | 15 | 18 | 147 |
| 18 | Robert Rubens | Canada | 18 | 18 | 16 | 153 |
| 19 | Gilles Beyer | France | 19 | 19 | 21 | 173 |
| 20 | Paul Cechmanek | Luxembourg | 20 | 21 | 20 | 180 |
| 21 | William Schober | Australia | 22 | 20 | 19 | 187 |
| 22 | Flemming Söderquist | Denmark | 21 | 22 | 22 | 198 |

Referee:

* Benjamin Wright United Kingdom

Assistant Referee:

* Donald H. Gilchrist Canada

Judges:

* Evgenia Bogdanova Soviet Union
* Éva György Hungary
* Ardelle K. Sanderson United States
* Kinuko Ueno Japan
* Günter Teichmann East Germany
* Ralph S. McCreath Canada
* Monique Georgelin France
* Mary Groombridge United Kingdom

Substitute judge:

* Sydney R. Croll Australia

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FP | Placings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dianne de Leeuw | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Dorothy Hamill | United States | 5 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| 3 | Christine Errath | East Germany | 6 | 2 | 4 | 31 |
| 4 | Wendy Burge | United States | 8 | 5 | 3 | 36 |
| 5 | Kath Malmberg | United States | 4 | 4 | 10 | 46 |
| 6 | Isabel de Navarre | West Germany | 3 | 7 | 8 | 53 |
| 7 | Lynn Nightingale | Canada | 13 | 3 | 5 | 56 |
| 8 | Anett Pötzsch | East Germany | 10 | 10 | 7 | 78 |
| 9 | Susanna Driano | Italy | 11 | 9 | 6 | 81 |
| 10 | Marion Weber | East Germany | 7 | 17 | 12 | 92 |
| 11 | Liana Drahová | Czechoslovakia | 9 | 12 | 14 | 104 |
| 12 | Kim Alletson | Canada | 14 | 11 | 9 | 107 |
| 13 | Emi Watanabe | Japan | 17 | 13 | 11 | 114 |
| 14 | Gerti Schanderl | West Germany | 15 | 8 | 13 | 118 |
| 15 | Liudmila Bakonina | Soviet Union | 21 | 16 | 15 | 136 |
| 16 | Sonja Balun | Austria | 12 | 20 | 19 | 148 |
| 17 | Dagmar Lurz | West Germany | 20 | 14 | 16 | 159 |
| 18 | Hana Knapová | Czechoslovakia | 24 | 19 | 17 | 166 |
| 19 | Marie-Claude Bierre | France | 25 | 15 | 18 | 168 |
| 20 | Gail Keddie | United Kingdom | 16 | 22 | 23 | 192 |
| 21 | Karin Iten | Switzerland | 2 | 27 | 27 | 194 |
| 22 | Yun Hyo-jean | South Korea | 23 | 18 | 21 | 196 |
| 23 | Evi Köpfli | Switzerland | 19 | 21 | 24 | 203 |
| 24 | Michelle Haider | Switzerland | 22 | 25 | 20 | 205 |
| 25 | Sharon Burley | Australia | 18 | 23 | 26 | 2 11 |
| 26 | Anne-Marie Verlaan | Netherlands | 26 | 24 | 25 | 232 |
| 27 | Sophie Verlaan | Netherlands | 27 | 26 | 22 | 240 |

Referee:

* Josef Dědič West Germany

Assistant Referee:

* Sonia Bianchetti Italy

Judges:

* Walburga Grimm East Germany
* János Zsigmondy West Germany
* William Lewis Canada
* Thérèse Maisel France
* Ludwig Gassner Austria
* Ramona McIntyre United States
* Jacqueline Itschner Switzerland
* Elsbeth Bon Netherlands
* Kazuo Ohashi Japan

Substitute judge:

* Pamela Davis United Kingdom

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FP | Placings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich | East Germany | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 3 | Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann | East Germany | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | Irina Vorobieva / Alexander Vlasov | Soviet Union | 3 | 4 | 37 |
| 5 | Marina Leonidova / Vladimir Bogolyubov | Soviet Union | 6 | 5 | 51 |
| 6 | Melissa Militano / Johnny Johns | United States | 5 | 7 | 57 |
| 7 | Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe | East Germany | 7 | 6 | 55 |
| 8 | Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle | Switzerland | 9 | 8 | 71 |
| 9 | Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch | West Germany | 8 | 9 | 84 |
| 10 | Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner | United States | 10 | 10 | 90 |
| 11 | Candace Jones / Don Fraser | Canada | 11 | 11 | 98 |
| 12 | Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec | Austria | 13 | 12 | 109 |
| 13 | Grażyna Kostrzewińska / Adam Brodecki | Poland | 12 | 13 | 113 |
| 14 | Kathy Hutchinson / Jamie McGrigor | Canada | 14 | 14 | 125 |

Referee:

* Elemér Terták Hungary

Assistant Referee:

* Oskar Madl Austria

Judges:

* Jane Sullivan United States
* Elsbeth Bon Netherlands
* János Zsigmondy West Germany
* Irina Absaliamova Soviet Union
* Walburga Grimm East Germany
* Audrey Williams Canada
* Maria Zuchowicz Poland
* Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland
* Ludwig Gassner Austria

Substitute judge:

* Sydney R. Croll Australia

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | CD | FD | Placings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Colleen O'Connor / Jim Millns | United States | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| 3 | Hilary Green / Glyn Watts | United Kingdom | 4 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov | Soviet Union | 3 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani | Italy | 5 | 5 | 44 |
| 6 | Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay | Hungary | 6 | 6 | 48 |
| 7 | Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk | Poland | 8 | 8 | 71 |
| 8 | Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell | United Kingdom | 7 | 9 | 71 |
| 9 | Barbara Berezowski / David Porter | Canada | 9 | 7 | 78 |
| 10 | Eva Peštová / Jiři Pokorný | Czechoslovakia | 10 | 10 | 94 |
| 11 | Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster | United Kingdom | 11 | 11 | 101 |
| 12 | Judi Genovesi / Kent Weigle | United States | 12 | 12 | 104 |
| 13 | Susan Carscallen / Eric Gillies | Canada | 13 | 13 | 110 |
| 14 | Halina Gordon / Wojciech Bankowski | Poland | 14 | 14 | 126 |

Referee:

* Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom

Assistant Referee:

* Edith M. Shoemaker United States

Judges:

* Courtney Jones United Kingdom
* Igor Kabanov Soviet Union
* Cia Bordogna Italy
* Vera Spurná Czechoslovakia
* Maria Zuchowicz Poland
* Pierrette Devine Canada
* Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland
* Mabel Graham United States
* Klára Kozári Hungary
