# 1975 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1975 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA from March 4 to 8. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
Men's compulsory figures were performed on March 4 at 8 am and ladies' figures took place the next day. The number of figures executed by each skater had been reduced from six to three.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## 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 | František 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:
* Sydney R. Croll Australia

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FP | Placings |
| 1 | Dianne de Leeuw | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Dorothy Hamill | United States | 5 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| 3 | Christine Errath | East Germany | 6 | 2 | 4 | 31 |
| 4 | Wendy Burge | United States | 8 | 5 | 3 | 36 |
| 5 | Kath Malmberg | United States | 4 | 4 | 10 | 46 |
| 6 | Isabel de Navarre | West Germany | 3 | 7 | 8 | 53 |
| 7 | Lynn Nightingale | Canada | 13 | 3 | 5 | 56 |
| 8 | Anett Pötzsch | East Germany | 10 | 10 | 7 | 78 |
| 9 | Susanna Driano | Italy | 11 | 9 | 6 | 81 |
| 10 | Marion Weber | East Germany | 7 | 17 | 12 | 92 |
| 11 | Liana Drahová | Czechoslovakia | 9 | 12 | 14 | 104 |
| 12 | Kim Alletson | Canada | 14 | 11 | 9 | 107 |
| 13 | Emi Watanabe | Japan | 17 | 13 | 11 | 114 |
| 14 | Gerti Schanderl | West Germany | 15 | 8 | 13 | 118 |
| 15 | Liudmila Bakonina | Soviet Union | 21 | 16 | 15 | 136 |
| 16 | Sonja Balun | Austria | 12 | 20 | 19 | 148 |
| 17 | Dagmar Lurz | West Germany | 20 | 14 | 16 | 159 |
| 18 | Hana Knapová | Czechoslovakia | 24 | 19 | 17 | 166 |
| 19 | Marie-Claude Bierre | France | 25 | 15 | 18 | 168 |
| 20 | Gail Keddie | United Kingdom | 16 | 22 | 23 | 192 |
| 21 | Karin Iten | Switzerland | 2 | 27 | 27 | 194 |
| 22 | Yun Hyo-jean | South Korea | 23 | 18 | 21 | 196 |
| 23 | Evi Köpfli | Switzerland | 19 | 21 | 24 | 203 |
| 24 | Michelle Haider | Switzerland | 22 | 25 | 20 | 205 |
| 25 | Sharon Burley | Australia | 18 | 23 | 26 | 211 |
| 26 | Anne-Marie Verlaan | Netherlands | 26 | 24 | 25 | 232 |
| 27 | Sophie Verlaan | Netherlands | 27 | 26 | 22 | 240 |
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:
* Pamela Davis United Kingdom

### 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:
* Sydney R. Croll Australia

### 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