1971 World Figure Skating Championships

1971 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 23 – 28
Season:1970–71
Location:France Lyon, France
Venue:Palais des Sports de Gerland
Champions
Men's singles:
Czechoslovakia Ondrej Nepela
Ladies' singles:
Austria Beatrix Schuba
Pairs:
Soviet Union Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov
Ice dance:
Soviet Union Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov
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The 1971 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Lyon, France, from February 23 to 28. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker from the United States and the ISU Technical Delegate was Elemér Terták from Hungary.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union2114
2 Austria1001
 Czechoslovakia1001
4 United States0123
5 France*0101
 West Germany0101
7 Canada0011
Totals (7 entries)44412

Results

Men

Rank Name CP FP Points Placings
1 Czechoslovakia Ondrej Nepela 1 1 2737.5 12
2 France Patrick Péra 2 3 2706.7 18
3 Soviet Union Sergey Chetverukhin 3 8 2629.3 34
4 East Germany Jan Hoffmann 4 2 2632.7 34
5 United States John Petkevich 5 4 2598.9 44
6 United Kingdom Haig Oundjian 6 7 2551.0 58
7 Soviet Union Yuriy Ovchinnikov 7 9 2529.6 66
8 United States Kenneth Shelley 9 5 2540.7 70
9 United States Gordon McKellen 11 10 2498.4 89
10 France Didier Gailhaguet 10 11 2502.1 89
11 Canada Toller Cranston 15 6 90
12 Austria Günter Anderl 8 14 115
13 France Jacques Mrozek 14 11 116
14 United Kingdom John Curry 13 13 117
15 Switzerland Daniel Höner 12 16 137
16 Czechoslovakia Jozef Žídek 18 15 148
17 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Pazdírek 17 19 155
18 Italy Stefano Bargauan 16 18 157.5
19 West Germany Klaus Grimmelt 21 17 167.5
20 Japan Yutaka Higuchi 19 20 180
21 Romania György Fazekas 20 21 186

Judges:

  • Italy Michele Beltrami
  • Romania Vera Curceac
  • Soviet Union Tatyana Danilenko
  • Czechoslovakia Milan Duchón
  • United States Norman E. Fuller
  • France Monique Georgelin
  • Japan Kinuko Ueno
  • East Germany Helga Wiecki
  • United Kingdom Geoffrey Yates

Ladies

Rank Name CP FP Points Placings
1 Austria Beatrix Schuba 1 7 2763.0 10
2 United States Julie Holmes 2 5 2697.3 24.5
3 Canada Karen Magnussen 4 2 2697.7 27
4 United States Janet Lynn 5 1 2680.0 34
5 Italy Rita Trapanese 3 8 2623.6 47.5
6 East Germany Sonja Morgenstern 9 3 2606.6 52
7 Hungary Zsuzsa Almássy 6 4 2599.9 57
8 Switzerland Charlotte Walter 8 14 2480.7 83
9 East Germany Christine Errath 13 6 2493.5 86
10 United States Suna Murray 14 9 2475.0 91
11 Soviet Union Yelena Aleksandrova 10 13 2450.5 100
12 United Kingdom Patricia Dodd 7 16 103
13 Japan Kazumi Yamashita 12 11 116
14 Czechoslovakia Ľudmila Bezáková 11 15 122
15 United Kingdom Jean Scott 15 10 132
16 Canada Diane Hall 19 12 132
17 Sweden Anita Johansson 16 18 145
18 West Germany Judith Beyer 20 17 159
19 Canada Ruth Hutchinson 17 20 168
20 Austria Sonja Balun 22 19 177
21 France Joëlle Cartaux 18 22 188
22 Italy Cinzia Frosio 21 21 197

Judges:

Pairs

Rank Name SP FP Points Placings
1 Soviet Union Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov 1 2 419.4 11
2 Soviet Union Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrey Suraykin 2 1 418.9 17
3 United States Alicia Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley 3 3 410.3 29
4 East Germany Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann 4 4 404.1 37
5 West Germany Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger 5 5 399.7 48
6 United States Melissa Militano / Mark Militano 6 6 394.9 56
7 East Germany Annette Kansy / Axel Salzmann 8 7 392.3 62
8 Soviet Union Galina Karelina / Georgiy Proskurin 6 8 387.9 76
9 Canada Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic 9 9 384.1 80
10 Poland Grażyna Osmańska / Adam Brodecki 11 10 381.0 88
11 United States Barbara Brown / Doug Berndt 12 11 98
12 West Germany Brunhilde Baßler / Eberhard Rausch 10 12 104
13 United Kingdom Linda Connolly / Colin Taylforth 13 13 118
14 France Florence Cahn / Jean-Roland Racle 14 14 121
15 Japan Kotoe Nagasawa / Hiroshi Nagakubo 17 15 137
16 Switzerland Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle 18 16 146
17 Poland Teresa Skrzek / Piotr Szczypa 16 17 149
WD Austria Evelyne Schneider / Wilhelm Bietak 15 DNF

Judges:

Ice dance

Rank Name CD FD Points Placings
1 Soviet Union Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov 1 1 515.8 16
2 West Germany Angelika Buck / Erich Buck 3 2 512.7 20
3 United States Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky 2 3 514.5 21
4 United Kingdom Susan Getty / Roy Bradshaw 4 4 502.9 33
5 Soviet Union Tetyana Voytyuk / Vyacheslav Zhyhalyn 5 5 490.1 47
6 United Kingdom Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby 6 7 484.4 58
7 United Kingdom Hilary Green / Glynn Watts 10 8 473.3 71
8 Soviet Union Yelena Zharkova / Gennadiy Karponosov 7 6 475.3 71
9 United States Anne Millier / Harvey Millier 9 10 467.5 80
10 United States Mary Campbell / Johnny Johns 8 9 466.5 88
11 Canada Louise Lind / Barry Soper 11 11 103
12 Czechoslovakia Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický 13 12 109.5
13 France Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars 12 13 113
14 Poland Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk 14 14 117.5
15 Hungary Ilona Berecz / István Sugár 15 16 134
16 Italy Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani 16 15 142
17 Switzerland Tatiana Grossen / Alessandro Grossen 17 17 157
18 West Germany Astrid Kopp / Axel Kopp 18 18 158
19 West Germany Angelika Wiesner / Hans-Jürgen Wiesner 19 20 174
20 Austria Brigitte Scheijbal / Kurt Jaschek 20 19 177
  • Referee: Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala
  • Assistant Referee: France Henri Meudec

Judges:

Sources

  • Result list provided by the ISU