# 1976 World Figure Skating 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.

## Medal tables
### Medalists

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 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 |

### Medals by country

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

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FP | Points | Placings |
| 1 | John Curry | United Kingdom | 2 | 3 | 1 | 191.18 | 13 |
| 2 | Vladimir Kovalyov | Soviet Union | 1 | 5 | 4 | 189.84 | 15 |
| 3 | Jan Hoffmann | East Germany | 3 | 2 | 3 | 187.92 | 29 |
| 4 | Toller Cranston | Canada | 5 | 1 | 2 | 186.26 | 34 |
| 5 | David Santee | United States | 4 | 7 | 7 | 184.34 | 47 |
| 6 | Terry Kubicka | United States | 7 | 4 | 5 | 183.33 | 52 |
| 7 | Minoru Sano | Japan | 6 | 6 | 6 | 181.22 | 62 |
| 8 | Igor Bobrin | Soviet Union | 8 | 10 | 9 | 175.46 | 74 |
| 9 | Robin Cousins | United Kingdom | 14 | 8 | 8 | 173.78 | 79 |
| 10 | Pekka Leskinen | Finland | 10 | 11 | 13 | 168.36 | 102 |
| 11 | Konstantin Kokora | Soviet Union | 11 | 12 | 10 | 168.96 | 101 |
| 12 | Mitsuru Matsumura | Japan | 13 | 9 | 11 | | 101 |
| 13 | Christophe Boyadjian | France | 12 | 13 | 15 | | 124 |
| 14 | Zdeněk Pazdírek | Czechoslovakia | 9 | 15 | 16 | | 125 |
| 15 | Grzegorz Głowania | Poland | 20 | 14 | 12 | | 139.5 |
| 16 | Ted Barton | Canada | 17 | 17 | 14 | | 139.5 |
| 17 | Kenneth Polk | Canada | 15 | 16 | 18 | | 142 |
| 18 | Glyn Jones | United Kingdom | 19 | 20 | 17 | | 163 |
| 19 | Gerd-Walter Gräbner | West Germany | 18 | 19 | 19 | | 173 |
| 20 | Thomas Öberg | Sweden | 16 | 18 | 20 | | 175 |
| 21 | Flemming Söderquist | Denmark | 21 | 21 | 21 | | 189 |
Referee:
* Sonia Bianchetti Italy
Assistant Referee:
* Benjamin Wright United Kingdom
Judges:
* Pamela Peat United Kingdom
* Charles U. Foster United States
* Sergei Kononykhin Soviet Union
* Elof Niklasson Sweden
* Joan Maclagan Canada
* Monique Georgelin France
* Kinuko Ueno Japan
* Walburga Grimm East Germany
* Tadeusz Malinowski Hungary
Substitute judge:
* Inkeri Soininen Finland

### Women

| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FP | Points | Placings |
| 1 | Dorothy Hamill | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 192.66 | 10 |
| 2 | Christine Errath | East Germany | 4 | 2 | 2 | 190.04 | 22 |
| 3 | Dianne de Leeuw | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 4 | 189.94 | 22 |
| 4 | Anett Pötzsch | East Germany | 5 | 6 | 5 | 185.16 | 41 |
| 5 | Linda Fratianne | United States | 6 | 5 | 3 | 185.16 | 43 |
| 6 | Isabel de Navarre | West Germany | 1 | 7 | 12 | 183.22 | 55 |
| 7 | Lynn Nightingale | Canada | 7 | 4 | 8 | 180.44 | 66 |
| 8 | Wendy Burge | United States | 8 | 8 | 6 | 180.22 | 69 |
| 9 | Dagmar Lurz | West Germany | 9 | 10 | 7 | 178.44 | 80 |
| 10 | Susanna Driano | Italy | 10 | 9 | 10 | 176.24 | 88 |
| 11 | Elena Vodorezova | Soviet Union | 15 | 12 | 9 | 172.82 | 103 |
| 12 | Kim Alletson | Canada | 13 | 11 | 11 | | 105 |
| 13 | Karena Richardson | United Kingdom | 14 | 13 | 14 | | 117 |
| 14 | Grażyna Dudek | Poland | 17 | 15 | 15 | | 131 |
| 15 | Denise Biellmann | Switzerland | 21 | 18 | 13 | | 138 |
| 16 | Claudia Kristofics-Binder | Austria | 16 | 19 | 16 | | 149 |
| 17 | Emi Watanabe | Japan | 11 | 16 | 18 | | 146 |
| 18 | Eva Ďurišinová | Czechoslovakia | 18 | 17 | 17 | | 158 |
| 19 | Yun Hyo-jean | South Korea | 12 | 22 | 20 | | 177 |
| 20 | Niina Kyöttinen | Finland | 22 | 14 | 21 | 156.24 | 178 |
| 21 | Lise-Lotte Öberg | Sweden | 19 | 20 | 19 | | 182 |
| 22 | Sharon Burley | Australia | 20 | 21 | 22 | | 197 |
| 23 | Bente Larsen | Norway | 25 | 23 | 23 | | 208 |
| 24 | Stella Bristing | Denmark | 24 | 24 | 24 | | 215 |
| 25 | Gay Le Comte | New Zealand | 23 | 25 | 25 | | 225 |
Referee:
* Elemér Terták Hungary
Assistant Referee:
* Oskar Madl Austria
Judges:
* Irina Absaliamova Soviet Union
* Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia
* Erika Schiechtl West Germany
* Toshio Suzuki Japan
* Yvonne S. McGowan United States
* David Dore Canada
* Paul Engelfriet Netherlands
* Helga von Wiecki East Germany
* Pamela Daveis United Kingdom
Substitute judge:
* Berit Aarnes Norway

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FP | Points | Placings |
| 1 | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 140.94 | 9 |
| 2 | Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich | East Germany | 2 | 2 | 136.88 | 23 |
| 3 | Irina Vorobieva / Alexander Vlasov | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 136.36 | 28 |
| 4 | Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann | East Germany | 4 | 4 | 135.71 | 30 |
| 5 | Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner | United States | 5 | 6 | 132.16 | 48 |
| 6 | Nadezhda Gorshkova / Evgeni Shevalovski | Soviet Union | 6 | 5 | 131.90 | 51 |
| 7 | Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe | East Germany | 7 | 7 | 129.00 | 64 |
| 8 | Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch | West Germany | 8 | 8 | 127.24 | 71 |
| 9 | Alice Cook / William Fauver | United States | 9 | 9 | 123.30 | 86 |
| 10 | Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl | Czechoslovakia | 10 | 10 | 121.43 | 92.5 |
| 11 | Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec | Austria | 11 | 11 | | 95 |
| 12 | Candace Jones / Don Fraser | Canada | 12 | 12 | | 110.5 |
| 13 | Gabrielle Beck / Jochen Stahl | West Germany | 13 | 13 | | 111 |
Referee:
* Donald H. Gilchrist Canada
Assistant Referee:
* Hans Kutschera Austria
Judges:
* Ardelle K. Sanderson United States
* Giordano Abbondati Italy
* Oskar Urban Czechoslovakia
* Walburga Grimm East Germany
* Willi Wernz West Germany
* Sydney R. Croll Australia
* Valentin Piseev Soviet Union
* Dorothy MacLeod Canada
* Norbert Cerny Austria
Substitute judge:
* Markus Germann Switzerland

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | CD | FD | Points | Placings |
| 1 | Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 211.52 | 9 |
| 2 | Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 205.44 | 19 |
| 3 | Colleen O'Connor / Jim Millns | United States | 3 | 3 | 202.92 | 28 |
| 4 | Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay | Hungary | 4 | 4 | 200.32 | 36 |
| 5 | Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 198.46 | 43 |
| 6 | Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell | United Kingdom | 6 | 6 | 192.52 | 55 |
| 7 | Barbara Berezowski / David Porter | Canada | 9 | 8 | 187.66 | 71 |
| 8 | Eva Peštová / Jiři Pokorný | Czechoslovakia | 8 | 9 | 185.60 | 78 |
| 9 | Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk | Poland | 7 | 7 | 187.42 | 75 |
| 10 | Susan Carscallen / Eric Gillies | Canada | 10 | 10 | 182.78 | 91 |
| 11 | Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster | United Kingdom | 11 | 11 | | 97 |
| 12 | Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann | Austria | 12 | 12 | | 105 |
| 13 | Judi Genovesi / Kent Weigle | United States | 13 | 13 | | 119 |
| 14 | Stefania Bertele / Walter Cecconi | Italy | 14 | 14 | | 127 |
| 15 | Isabella Rizzi / Luigi Freroni | Italy | 15 | 15 | | 128 |
| 16 | Marie-Joëlle Michel / Frédéric Garcin | France | 16 | 16 | | 149 |
| 17 | Elżbieta Wegrzyk / Andrzej Alberciak | Poland | 17 | 18 | | 156 |
| 18 | Susan Kelley / Andrew Stroukoff | United States | 18 | 17 | | 155 |
| 19 | Gabriele Schäfer / Robert Dietz | West Germany | 19 | 19 | | 169 |
Referee:
* Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom
Assistant Referee:
* George J. Blundun Canada
Judges:
* Maria Zuchowicz Poland
* Robert Hudson United Kingdom
* Willi Wernz West Germany
* Elaine DeMore United States
* Edwin Kucharz Austria
* Giovanni Bozetti Italy
* Irina Absliamova Soviet Union
* Klára Kozári Hungary
* Dagmar Řeháková Czechoslovakia
Substitute judge:
* Joyce Hisey Canada