1971 World Figure Skating Championships

1971 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 23 – 28
Season:1970–71
Location: Lyon, France
Venue:Palais des Sports de Gerland
Champions
Men's singles:
Ondrej Nepela
Ladies' singles:
Beatrix Schuba
Pairs:
Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov
Ice dance:
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 Ondrej Nepela 1 1 2737.5 12
2 Patrick Péra 2 3 2706.7 18
3 Sergey Chetverukhin 3 8 2629.3 34
4 Jan Hoffmann 4 2 2632.7 34
5 John Petkevich 5 4 2598.9 44
6 Haig Oundjian 6 7 2551.0 58
7 Yuriy Ovchinnikov 7 9 2529.6 66
8 Kenneth Shelley 9 5 2540.7 70
9 Gordon McKellen 11 10 2498.4 89
10 Didier Gailhaguet 10 11 2502.1 89
11 Toller Cranston 15 6 90
12 Günter Anderl 8 14 115
13 Jacques Mrozek 14 11 116
14 John Curry 13 13 117
15 Daniel Höner 12 16 137
16 Jozef Žídek 18 15 148
17 Zdeněk Pazdírek 17 19 155
18 Stefano Bargauan 16 18 157.5
19 Klaus Grimmelt 21 17 167.5
20 Yutaka Higuchi 19 20 180
21 György Fazekas 20 21 186

Judges:

  • Michele Beltrami
  • Vera Curceac
  • Tatyana Danilenko
  • Milan Duchón
  • Norman E. Fuller
  • Monique Georgelin
  • Kinuko Ueno
  • Helga Wiecki
  • Geoffrey Yates

Ladies

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

Judges:

Pairs

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

Judges:

Ice dance

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

Judges:

Sources

  • Result list provided by the ISU