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{{Short description|Annual figure skating competition held in 1970}}
{{No footnotes|date=April 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title = 1970 World Figure Skating Championships
| image = 
| imagesize = 
| caption = 
| comptype = ISU Championship
| startdate = 3 March
| enddate = 8 March
| skatingseason = 1969–70
| location = {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Ljubljana]], [[Socialist Republic of Slovenia|Slovenia]],<br>[[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
| host = 
| venue = [[Hala Tivoli]]
| prizemoney = 
| defendmen = 
| defendladies = 
| defendpairs = 
| defenddance = 
| defendsynchro = 
| championmen = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Timothy Lyle Wood|Tim Wood]]
| championladies = {{flagicon|GDR}} [[Gabriele Seyfert]]
| championpairs = {{flagicon|URS}} [[Irina Rodnina]] / [[Aleksey Ulanov]]
| championdance = {{flagicon|URS}} [[Lyudmila Pakhomova]] / [[Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov]]
| championsynchro = 
| previouscomp = [[1969 World Figure Skating Championships|1969 World Championships]]
| nextcomp = [[1971 World Figure Skating Championships|1971 World Championships]]
}}

The 1970 '''World Figure Skating Championships''' were held at the [[Hala Tivoli]] in [[Ljubljana]], [[Socialist Republic of Slovenia|SR Slovenia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]] from 3 to 8 March. At the event, sanctioned by the [[International Skating Union]], medals were awarded in [[Single skating|men's singles, ladies' singles]], [[pair skating]], and [[ice dance]].

The ISU Representative was [[John R. Shoemaker]] of the United States.

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
| host = YUG
| flag_template = flagcountry
| gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 1
| gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 1 | bronze_TCH = 0
| gold_GDR = 1 | silver_GDR = 0 | bronze_GDR = 2
| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 0
| gold_URS = 2 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 0
| gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 0 | bronze_FRG = 1
}}

==Results==
===Men===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! CP
! FP
! Points
! Places
|- bgcolor=gold
| align=center | '''1'''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Timothy Lyle Wood|Timothy Wood]] || 2 || 1 || 2779.3 || 12
|- bgcolor=silver
| align=center | '''2'''
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Ondrej Nepela]] || 1 || 3 || 2757.6 || 15
|- bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | '''3'''
| {{flagicon|GDR}} [[Günter Zöller]] || 3 || 5 || 2702.0 || 32
|-
! 4
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Patrick Péra]] || 4 || 6 || 2682.8 || 39
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Misha Petkevich|John Petkevich]] || 5 || 2 || 2672.2 || 41
|-
! 6
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Sergey Chetverukhin]] || 6 || 4 || 2645.1 || 50
|-
! 7
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Sergey Volkov (figure skater)|Sergey Volkov]] || 7 || 10 || 2556.2 || 68
|-
! 8
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kenneth Shelley]] || 8 || 9 || 2534.0 || 77
|-
! 9
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Haig Oundjian]] || 10 || 7 || 2527.3 || 78
|-
! 10
| {{flagicon|GDR}} [[Jan Hoffmann]] || 11 || 11 || 2469.7 || 94
|-
! 11
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[David McGillivray (figure skater)|David McGillivray]] || 12 || 8 || || 101
|-
! 12
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Günter Anderl]] || 9 || 14 || || 100
|-
! 13
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Toller Cranston]] || 15 || 12 || || 114
|-
! 14
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Zdeněk Pazdírek]] || 14 || 17 || || 133
|-
! 15
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jacques Mrozek]] || 16 || 13 || || 137.5
|-
! 16
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[László Vajda (figure skater)|László Vajda]] || 17 || 15 || || 141.5
|-
! 17
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Klaus Grimmelt]] || 18 || 16 || || 149
|-
! 18
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jozef Žídek]] || 19 || 18 || || 160
|-
! 19
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Didier Gailhaguet]] || 20 || 19 || || 170
|-
! 20
| {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Yutaka Higuchi (figure skater)|Yutaka Higuchi]] || 21 || 20 || || 178
|-
! 21
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Zoran Matas]] || 22 || 21 || || 189
|-
! WD
| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[Daniel Höner]] || 13 || || || DNF
|}

* Referee: {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Elemér Terták]]
* Assistant Referee: {{flagicon|ITA}} Sonia Bianchetti

Judges:
* {{flagicon|URS}} Tatyana Danilenko
* {{flagicon|FRA}} Jeanine Donnier-Blanc
* {{flagicon|TCH}} Milan Duchón
* {{flagicon|FRG}} Hans Fuchs (substitute)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Mabel Graham
* {{flagicon|HUN}} Márta Mesterházi-Nagy, Mrs. Léces [[Hungarian names#Married names]]
* {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Mollie Phillips]]
* {{flagicon|GDR}} Helga Wiecki
* {{flagicon|CAN}} Audrey Williams
* {{flagicon|AUT}} Franz Wojtanowskyj

===Ladies===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! CP
! FP
! Points
! Places
|- bgcolor=gold
| align=center | '''1'''
| {{flagicon|GDR}} [[Gabriele Seyfert]] || 2 || 1 || 2808.7 || 9
|- bgcolor=silver
| align=center | '''2'''
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Beatrix Schuba]] || 1 || 7 || 2729.0 || 21
|- bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | '''3'''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Julie Lynn Holmes|Julie Holmes]] || 3 || 5 || 2660.7 || 38
|-
! 4
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Karen Magnussen]] || 7 || 3 || 2672.8 || 38
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zsuzsa Almássy]] || 5 || 4 || 2659.1 || 42
|-
! 6
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Janet Lynn]] || 8 || 2 || 2671.4 || 43
|-
! 7
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dawn Glab]] || 6 || 10 || 2572.4 || 67
|-
! 8
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rita Trapanese]] || 9 || 6 || 2556.9 || 73
|-
! 9
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Patricia Dodd]] || 8 || 12 || 2533.3 || 80
|-
! 10
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Cathy Irwin]] || 13 || 8 || 2497.9 || 96
|-
! 11
| {{flagicon|GDR}} [[Sonja Morgenstern]] || 14 || 9 || 2467.7 || 100
|-
! 12
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Yelena Shcheglova]] || 11 || 12 || 2470.8 || 101
|-
! 13
| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[Charlotte Walter]] || 12 || 16 || || 126
|-
! 14
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Elena Alexandrova|Yelena Aleksandrova]] || 16 || 11 || 2398.5 || 127
|-
! 15
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Eileen Zillmer]] || 10 || 17 || || 129
|-
! 16
| {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Kazumi Onishi|Kazumi Yamashita]] || 17 || 15 || || 146
|-
! 17
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Ľudmila Bezáková]] || 18 || 14 || || 151
|-
! 18
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Frances Waghorn]] || 15 || 19 || || 152
|-
! 19
| {{flagicon|GDR}} [[Simone Gräfe]] || 19 || 20 || 2225.1 || 173
|-
! 20
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Judith Beyer]] || 20 || 18 || || 178
|-
! 21
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Wilfriede Reiter]] || 21 || 21 || || 189
|}

* Referee: {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Elemér Terták]]
* Assistant Referee: {{flagicon|ITA}} Sonia Bianchetti

Judges:
* {{flagicon|GBR}} Pamela Davis
* {{flagicon|GDR}} Walburga Grimm
* {{flagicon|AUT}} Franz Heinlein
* {{flagicon|FRG}} Wilhelm Kahle
* {{flagicon|HUN}} Ferenc Kertész
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Ralph McCreath]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} Yvonne S. McGowan
* {{flagicon|URS}} Nonna Nestogina [[:ru:Картавенко, Нонна Алексеевна|Картавенко, Нонна Алексеевна]]
* {{flagicon|SWI}} René Schlageter
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio Siniscalco (substitute)

===Pairs===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! SP
! FP
! Points
! Places
|- bgcolor=gold
| align=center | '''1'''
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Irina Rodnina]] / [[Aleksey Ulanov]] || 1 || 1 || 418.6 || 11
|- bgcolor=silver
| align=center | '''2'''
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Lyudmila Smirnova]] / [[Andrey Suraykin]] || 2 || 2 || 416.5 || 16
|- bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | '''3'''
| {{flagicon|GDR}} [[Heidemarie Steiner|Heidemarie Walther]] / [[Heinz-Ulrich Walther]] || 3 || 3 || 410.2 || 27
|-
! 4
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Galina Karelina]] / [[Georgi Proskurin|Georgiy Proskurin]] || 4 || 4 || 405.4 || 36.5
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alicia Starbuck]] / [[Kenneth Shelley]] || 5 || 5 || 401.2 || 46.5
|-
! 6
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Almut Lehmann]] / [[Herbert Wiesinger]] || 6 || 6 || 394.4 || 53
|-
! 7
| {{flagicon|GDR}} [[Manuela Groß]] / [[Uwe Kagelmann]] || 7 || 7 || 388.1 || 64
|-
! 8
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Melissa Militano]] / [[Mark Militano]] || 10 || 8 || 377.5 || 75
|-
! 9
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Brunhilde Baßler]] / [[Eberhard Rausch]] || 8 || 9 || 378.0 || 78
|-
! 10
| {{flagicon|POL|1928}} [[Janina Poremska]] / [[Piotr Szczypa]] || 11 || 10 || 357.1 || 102
|-
! 11
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Mónika Szabó|Monique Szabo]] / [[Peter Szabo (figure skater)|Pierre Szabo]] || 13 || 11 || || 101
|-
! 12
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Dana Fialová]] / [[Josef Tůma]] || 9 || 12 || || 111
|-
! 13
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Evelyne Schneider]] / [[Wilhelm Bietak]] || 15 || 13 || || 119
|-
! 14
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sandra Bezic]] / [[Val Bezic]] || 14 || 14 || || 120
|-
! 15
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Mary Petrie]] / [[Robert McAvoy]] || 12 || 15 || || 121
|-
! 16
| {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Kotoe Nagasawa]] / [[Hiroshi Nagakubo]] || 16 || 16 || || 143
|-
! 17
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Helena Gazvoda]] / [[Silvo Švejger]] || 17 || 17 || || 153
|}

* Referee: {{flagicon|SWI}} [[Karl Enderlin]]
* Assistant Referee: {{flagicon|AUT}} Walter Malek

Judges:
* {{flagicon|FRA}} Liliane Caffin-Madaule
* {{flagicon|TCH}} Milan Duchón (substitute)
* {{flagicon|FRG}} Hans Fuchs
* {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Ludwig Gassner]]
* {{flagicon|GDR}} Carla Listing
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Ralph McCreath]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} Yvonne S. McGowan
* {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Kikuko Minami
* {{flagicon|URS}} Nonna Nestogina
* {{flagicon|POL|1928}} [[Maria Zuchowicz]]

===Ice dance===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! CD
! FD
! Points
! Places
|- bgcolor=gold
| align=center | '''1'''
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Lyudmila Pakhomova]] / [[Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov]] || 2 || 1 || 511.4 || 14
|- bgcolor=silver
| align=center | '''2'''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Judy Schwomeyer]] / [[James Sladky]] || 1 || 2 || 511.3 || 15
|- bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | '''3'''
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Angelika Buck]] / [[Erich Buck]] || 3 || 3 || 503.2 || 25
|-
! 4
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Tatiana Voitiuk|Tetyana Voytyuk]] / [[Viacheslav Zhigalin|Vyacheslav Zhyhalyn]] || 5 || 4 || 488.6 || 40
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Susan Getty]] / [[Roy Bradshaw (figure skater)|Roy Bradshaw]] || 4 || 5 || 485.0 || 43
|-
! 6
| {{flagicon|GDR}} [[Annerose Baier]] / [[Eberhard Rüger]] || 7 || 6 || 473.4 || 59
|-
! 7
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Janet Sawbridge]] / [[Peter Dalby]] || 6 || 8 || 477.2 || 60
|-
! 8
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Elena Zharkova|Yelena Zharkova]] / [[Gennadiy Karponosov]] || 8 || 7 || 468.4 || 74
|-
! 9
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Debbie Ganson]] / [[Brad Hislop]] || 9 || 9 || 459.8 || 80.5
|-
! 10
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Anne Millier]] / [[Harvey Millier]] || 11 || 10 || 450.3 || 94
|-
! 11
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Diana Skotnická]] / [[Martin Skotnický]] || 12 || 11 || || 100
|-
! 12
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ilona Berecz]] / [[István Sugár]] || 10 || 14 || || 108.5
|-
! 13
| {{flagicon|POL|1928}} [[Teresa Weyna]] / [[Piotr Bojańczyk]] || 13 || 13 || || 116
|-
! 14
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Mary Church (figure skater)|Mary Church]] / [[David Sutton (figure skater)|David Sutton]] || 14 || 12 || || 120
|-
! 15
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Světlana Marinovová]] / [[Miloš Buršík]] || 15 || 15 || || 136
|-
! 16
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Anne-Claude Wolfers]] / [[Roland Mars]] || 16 || 16 || || 144
|-
! 17
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Brigitte Scheijbal]] / [[Kurt Jaschek]] || 17 || 17 || || 149
|-
! 18
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Angelika Wiesner]] / [[Hans-Jürgen Wiesner]] || 18 || 18 || || 161
|}

* Referee: {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Lawrence Demmy]]
* Assistant Referee: {{flagicon|TCH}} Emil Skákala

Judges:
* {{flagicon|CAN}} George J. Blundun
* {{flagicon|USA}} Mabel Graham
* {{flagicon|HUN}} Henrik Hajós
* {{flagicon|TCH}} Miroslav Hasenöhrl
* {{flagicon|URS}} Igor Kabanov [[:ru:Кабанов, Игорь Александрович|Кабанов, Игорь Александрович]]
* {{flagicon|GDR}} Carla Listing
* {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacqueline Meudec
* {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Mollie Phillips]]
* {{flagicon|FRG}} Eugen Romminger
* {{flagicon|POL|1928}} [[Maria Zuchowicz]] (substitute)

==Sources==
* Result list provided by the ISU

{{World Figure Skating Championships}}
{{ISU Championships Figure skating}}

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