1973 World Figure Skating Championships Explained

1973 World Figure Skating Championships
Comptype:	ISU Championship
Startdate:	February 26
Enddate:	March 3
Skatingseason:	1972–73
Location:	Bratislava, Slovakia, Czechoslovakia
Venue:	Zimni Stadion Bratislava
Championmen:	Ondrej Nepela
Championladies:	Karen Magnussen
Championpairs:	Irina Rodnina / Aleksandr Zaytsev
Championdance:	Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov
Previouscomp:	1972 World Championships
Nextcomp:	1974 World Championships

The 1973 World Figure Skating Championships were held from February 26 to March 3 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. It was the last year in which solid gold medals were awarded in figure skating.

The opening ceremony was held at the Philharmonic of Bratislava. The Chairman of the organising committee was Miroslav Červenka. In the ladies' single skating withdrew before the opening ceremony Sonja Balun from Austria and Zsuzsa Homolya from Hungary.^[1]

Irina Rodnina won her first World title with her new partner, Aleksandr Zaytsev after her previous partner, Aleksey Ulanov, chose to skate with Lyudmila Smirnova. Rodnina/Zaitsev's music stopped during their short program, possibly due to a Czech worker acting in retaliation for the suppression of the Prague Spring.^[2]

Results

Men

Rank	Name	CP	SP	FP	Points	Places
align=center	1		1	2	2	355.66	10
align=center	2		2	3	1	348.91	17
align=center	3		3	7	6	340.55	35
4		4	8	7	338.43	39
5		6	1	5	336.50	54
6		8	5	3	334.01	54
7		5	4	8	330.84	61
8		12	6	4	330.58	62
9		9	10	11	320.01	91
10		10	12	9	319.43	95
11		7	11	12	319.08	97
12		13	9	10	316.62	103
13		11	14	13	314.77	112
14		14	13	14	308.37	130
15		15	15	16	303.72	144
16		18	17	17	302.24	147
17		20	18	15	300.38	148
18		17	16	18	299.99	151
19		19	19	19	295.16	168
20		16	20	21	275.29	187
21		23	23	20	273.30	191
22		22	21	22	270.19	193
23		21	24	24	262.23	205
24		24	22	23	255.29	214

• Referee: Sonia Bianchetti
• Assistant Referee: Miroslav Hasenöhrl

Judges:

• Boris Lvov-Anokhin Львов-Анохин, Борис Александрович
• Luciana Brasa
• Walburga Grimm
• Dorothy Leamen
• Ramona McIntyre
• Irina Minculescu
• Kazuo Ōhashi
• Dagmar Řeháková
• Jürg Wilhelm (substitute)
• Geoffrey Yates

Ladies

Rank	Name	CP	SP	FP	Points	Places
align=center	1		1	1	2	356.39	9
align=center	2		2	12	1	347.85	18
align=center	3		5	2	5	340.90	31
4		8	3	4	337.93	35
5		4	10	11	332.10	47
6		3	14	14	329.08	60
7		9	9	6	327.53	69
8		10	5	7	326.53	76
9		12	7	9	323.26	78
10		15	4	3	325.61	91
11		7	11	13	322.68	96
12		11	13	10	320.95	108
13		14	6	8	319.69	114
14		13	8	12	316.21	123
15		6	15	16	316.11	125
16		23	16	15	296.67	149
17		18	23	17	294.35	154
18		16	18	22	288.34	171
19		19	19	19	287.45	175
20		21	17	18	285.55	177
21		20	20	21	286.58	178
22		27	22	20	275.77	201
23		26	21	23	276.57	204
24		25	26	24	268.04	220
25		17	28	27	264.92	227
26		24	27	26	261.03	231
27		28	24	25	262.58	235
WD		22	25			DNF
WD						DNS
WD						DNS

• Referee: Josef Dědič
• Assistant Referee: Oskar Madl

Judges:

• Jakob Biedermann
• Elsbeth Bon
• Sydney R. Croll (substitute)
• Ludwig Gassner
• Márta Mesterházi-Nagy, Mrs. Léces Hungarian names#Married names
• Vera Lynfield
• Joan Maclagan
• Inkeri Soininen
• Helga Wiecki
• Mary Wright

Pairs

Rank	Name	SP	FP	Points	Places
align=center	1		1	1	423.9	9
align=center	2		2	2	416.2	18
align=center	3		3	3	409.2	29
4		6	5	402.9	43
5		4	4	401.3	46
6		7	6	399.8	51
7		5	7	398.3	56
8		8	8	390.7	73
9		9	9	386.0	80
10		11	10	373.9	92
11		10	11	369.4	106
12		12	12	366.6	108
13		15	13	360.9	120
14		13	14	362.0	121
15		16	15	346.0	135
16		14	16	350.4	137

• Referee: Karl Enderlin
• Assistant Referee: Donald Gilchrist

Judges:

• Monique Georgelin (substitute)
• Walburga Grimm
• Walter Hüttner
• Władysław Kołodziej
• Alice Pinos
• Valentin Piseyev
• Edith M. Shoemaker
• Erich Soukup
• Willi Wernz
• Jürg Wilhelm

Ice dance

Rank	Name	CD	FD	Points	Places
align=center	1		1	1	524.20	9
align=center	2		2	2	514.55	18
align=center	3		3	3	499.05	29
4		4	6	493.25	38
5		5	4	488.30	43
6		6	7	479.30	60
7		7	5	475.80	63.5
8		8	8	470.85	72.5
9		9	9	471.00	73
10		10	11	459.15	93
11		12	10	452.10	100
12		11	13	448.70	107
13		13	12	442.70	115
14		14	15	425.80	130
15		15	14	426.35	131
16		16	16	408.80	146
17		17	17	402.00	151
18		18	18	393.65	160

• Referee: Hermann Schiechtl
• Assistant Referee: Lawrence Demmy

Judges:

• Irina Absalyamova
• Cia Benacchi-Bordogna (substitute)
• Frances Gunn
• Lysiane Lauret
• Helena Pachlová
• Mollie Phillips
• Elek Riedl
• Eugen Romminger
• Edith M. Shoemaker
• Maria Zuchowicz

Sources

• Result list provided by the ISU

Notes and References

1. Book: Cross, Jeff. Karen. Collier-Macmillan Canada, Ltd. Don Mills,Ontario. 1973.
2. Web site: http://www.peoples.ru/sport/fskating/rodnina/ . ru:Ирина Константиновна Роднина . Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina . Pushkina . Oksana . October 3, 2004 . people.ru . ru . April 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606080357/http://www.peoples.ru/sport/fskating/rodnina/. 6 June 2011 . live.