| 1976 World Figure Skating Championships | |
| Comptype: | ISU Championship |
| Startdate: | March 2 |
| Enddate: | 7 |
| Skatingseason: | 1975–76 |
| Location: | Göteborg, Sweden |
| Venue: | Scandinavium |
| Championmen: | John Curry |
| Championladies: |  Dorothy Hamill |
| Championpairs: | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev |
| Championdance: | Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexandr Gorshkov |
| Previouscomp: | 1975 World Championships |
| Nextcomp: | 1977 World Championships |
The 1976 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Scandinavium in Göteborg, Sweden from 2 to 7 March. 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 John R. Shoemaker of the United States and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič of Czechoslovakia.
| Men's singles | John Curry | Vladimir Kovalyov | Jan Hoffmann | |
| Ladies' singles | Dorothy Hamill | Christine Errath | Dianne de Leeuw | |
| Pair skating | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich | Irina Vorobieva / Aleksandr Vlasov | |
| Ice dancing | Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexandr Gorshkov | Irina Moiseeva / Andrej Minenkov | Colleen O'Connor / James Millns |
| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FP | Points | Placings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 191.18 | 13 | ||
| align=center | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 189.84 | 15 | ||
| align=center | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 187.92 | 29 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 186.26 | 34 | |||
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 184.34 | 47 | |||
| 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 183.33 | 52 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 181.22 | 62 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 175.46 | 74 | |||
| 9 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 173.78 | 79 | |||
| 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 168.36 | 102 | |||
| 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 168.96 | 101 | |||
| 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 101 | ||||
| 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 124 | ||||
| 14 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 125 | ||||
| 15 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 139.5 | ||||
| 16 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 139.5 | ||||
| 17 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 142 | ||||
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 163 | ||||
| 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 173 | ||||
| 20 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 175 | ||||
| 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 189 |
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| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FP | Points | Placings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 192.66 | 10 | ||
| align=center | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 190.04 | 22 | ||
| align=center | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 189.94 | 22 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 185.16 | 41 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 185.16 | 43 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 183.22 | 55 | |||
| 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 180.44 | 66 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 180.22 | 69 | |||
| 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 178.44 | 80 | |||
| 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 176.24 | 88 | |||
| 11 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 172.82 | 103 | |||
| 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 105 | ||||
| 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 117 | ||||
| 14 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 131 | ||||
| 15 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 138 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 149 | ||||
| 17 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 146 | ||||
| 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 158 | ||||
| 19 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 177 | ||||
| 20 | 22 | 14 | 21 | 156.24 | 178 | |||
| 21 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 182 | ||||
| 22 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 197 | ||||
| 23 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 208 | ||||
| 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 215 | ||||
| 25 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 225 |
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| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FP | Points | Placings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 1 | 1 | 140.94 | 9 | ||
| align=center | 2 | 2 | 2 | 136.88 | 23 | ||
| align=center | 3 | 3 | 3 | 136.36 | 28 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 135.71 | 30 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 6 | 132.16 | 48 | |||
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 131.90 | 51 | |||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 129.00 | 64 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 127.24 | 71 | |||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 123.30 | 86 | |||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 121.43 | 92.5 | |||
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 95 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 110.5 | ||||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 111 |
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| Rank | Name | Nation | CD | FD | Points | Placings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 1 | 1 | 211.52 | 9 | ||
| align=center | 2 | 2 | 2 | 205.44 | 19 | ||
| align=center | 3 | 3 | 3 | 202.92 | 28 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 200.32 | 36 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 198.46 | 43 | |||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 192.52 | 55 | |||
| 7 | 9 | 8 | 187.66 | 71 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 9 | 185.60 | 78 | |||
| 9 | 7 | 7 | 187.42 | 75 | |||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 182.78 | 91 | |||
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 97 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 105 | ||||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 119 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 127 | ||||
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 128 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 149 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 18 | 156 | ||||
| 18 | 18 | 17 | 155 | ||||
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 169 |
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