1975 World Figure Skating Championships
| 1975 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 4 – March 8 |
| Season: | 1974–1975 |
| Location: | Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Sergei Volkov | |
Ladies' singles:  Dianne de Leeuw | |
| Pairs: Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | |
| Ice dance: Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | |
| Previous: 1974 World Championships | |
| Next: 1976 World Championships | |
The 1975 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Colorado Springs, Colorado from March 4 to March 8, 1975. 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.
Medal table
| 1 | Soviet Union |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  United States |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  East Germany |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  United Kingdom |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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 | Frantisek 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:
Ladies
- 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:
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:
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
References
- Result list provided by the ISU