1977 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1977 April 2020 1977 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship March 1 6 1976–77 Tokyo, Japan Yoyogi National Stadium URS Vladimir Kovalev USA Linda Fratianne URS Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev URS Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov 1976 World Championships 1978 World Championships The 1977 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Tokyo, Japan from March 1 to 6. 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 Men's singles URS Vladimir Kovalev GDR Jan Hoffmann JPN Minoru Sano Ladies' singles USA Linda Fratianne GDR Anett Pötzsch FRG Dagmar Lurz Pair skating URS Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev URS Irina Vorobieva / Aleksandr Vlasov USA Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner Ice dancing URS Irina Moiseeva / Andrej Minenkov GBR Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell URS Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov Medals by country 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Results Men Rank Name Nation Age CP SP FP Points Places 1 Vladimir Kovalev 24 1 44.40 2 41.24 3 102.40 188.04 16 2 Jan Hoffmann 21 2 42.52 1 41.04 2 103.40 186.96 18 3 Minoru Sano 21 6 39.44 4 39.96 1 105.70 185.10 24 4 David Santee 19 4 42.04 9 37.92 5 99.70 179.66 40 5 Charles Tickner 23 5 39.52 3 40.56 7 98.80 178.88 42 6 Ron Shaver 25 9 37.84 8 37.48 6 99.40 174.72 61 7 Yuri Ovchinnikov 26 7 38.12 6 38.16 8 97.60 173.88 64 8 Mitsuru Matsumura 19 15 35.00 11 36.13 4 101.20 172.33 73 9 Scott Cramer 18 8 38.20 10 37.60 9 95.90 171.70 73 10 Pekka Leskinen 23 3 42.00 12 35.12 11 92.90 170.02 89 11 Konstantin Kokora 19 11 37.12 7 38.20 10 93.00 168.32 94 12 Ronald Koppelent 21 14 37.00 14 33.24 13 86.40 156.64 118 13 Kurt Kurzinger 13 36.32 13 33.88 14 85.00 155.20 121 14 Brian Pockar 17 16 34.72 15 33.00 12 87.30 155.02 122 15 Jean-Christophe Simond 16 12 36.44 16 32.60 15 84.80 154.84 134 16 William Schober 17 32.64 17 34.80 16 77.30 144.74 144 17 Han Soo-bong 18 31.20 18 26.52 17 71.90 129.62 153 WD Robin Cousins 19 10 37.72 5 40.08 DNF Referee: Josef Dědič Assistant Referee: Kinuko Ueno Judges: Gerhardt Bubnik Erika Schiechtl Geoffrey Yates David Dore Valentin Piseev Goro Ishimaru Edith M. Shoemaker Helga von Wiecki Sydney R. Croll Substitute judge: Monique Georgelin Ladies Rank Name Nation Age CP SP FP Points Places 1 Linda Fratianne 16 4 44.44 1 41.72 2 103.10 189.26 10 2 Anett Pötzsch 16 1 45.56 6 38.92 3 100.70 185.18 22 3 Dagmar Lurz 18 2 45.08 3 39.20 8 98.20 182.48 43 4 Barbara Smith 5 43.04 4 39.80 7 99.60 182.44 43 5 Wendy Burge 19 7 41.48 2 40.32 4 101.10 182.90 41 6 Susanna Driano 19 3 43.88 7 38.88 9 98.20 180.96 50 7 Elena Vodorezova 13 13 36.80 5 39.92 1 103.10 179.82 59 8 Lynn Nightingale 20 8 40.84 9 38.32 5 100.60 179.76 66 9 Marion Weber 17 6 42.12 12 38.04 10 97.20 177.36 80 10 Denise Biellmann 14 12 37.68 8 38.44 6 100.10 176.22 87 11 Claudia Kristofics-Binder 15 9 39.96 10 37.72 12 95.00 172.68 103 12 Emi Watanabe 14 11 40.04 11 38.08 13 95.00 173.12 106 13 Heather Kemkaran 20 14 35.56 13 35.98 11 97.60 169.14 113 14 Garnet Ostermeier 17 10 39.20 14 36.12 14 91.20 166.52 124 15 Karena Richardson 17 19 32.36 16 35.52 15 91.80 159.68 133 16 Susan Broman 17 15 34.60 15 36.08 16 83.40 154.08 150 17 Robyn Burley 16 34.64 18 32.84 17 84.00 151.48 154 18 Maria-Claude Bierre 17 34.08 17 32.92 18 83.40 150.40 159 19 Franca Bianconi 15 21 31.52 20 30.80 19 82.30 144.62 176 20 Lee Hyun-joo 18 32.72 21 30.88 21 80.60 144.20 178 21 Lotta Crispin 20 31.64 19 31.44 20 80.30 143.38 182 Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Assistant Referee: Benjamin Wright Judges: Giovanni De Mori Günter Teichmann Jürg Wilhelm Geoffrey Yates Yvonne S. McGowan Ludwig Gassner Norris Bowden Leena Vainio Eugen Romminger Substitute judge: Tsukasa Kimura Pairs Rank Name Nation Age SP FP Points Places 1 Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev 27/24 1 34.90 1 105.60 140.50 9 2 Irina Vorobieva / Alexandr Vlasov 18/20 2 34.56 3 101.60 136.16 23 3 Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner 16/18 3 33.45 2 102.20 135.65 29 4 Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai 12/18 4 33.68 5 97.80 131.48 39 5 Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf 20/26 5 32.37 4 99.30 131.67 42 6 Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl 16/17 6 31.57 6 95.00 126.57 57 7 Gail Hamula / Frank Sweiding 7 30.70 7 94.40 125.10 63 8 Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz /19 8 30.58 9 91.40 121.98 78 9 Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli 14/17 9 30.34 8 93.10 123.44 73 10 Sherri Baier / Robin Cowan 11 27.90 10 88.50 116.40 91 11 Gabrielle Beck / Jochen Stahl 10 28.74 11 87.80 116.54 96 12 Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain 14/18 13 26.87 12 85.50 112.37 106 13 Kyoko Hagiwara / Sumio Murata 12 27.44 13 79.50 106.94 116 Referee: Donald H. Gilchrist Assistant Referee: Kikuko Minami Judges: Gerhardt Bubnik Erika Schiechtl Geoffrey Yates David Dore Valentin Piseev Goro Ishimaru Edith M. Shoemaker Helga von Wiecki Sydney R. Croll Substitute judge: Monique Georgelin Ice dancing Rank Name Nation Age CD FD Points Places 1 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov 21/22 1 102.32 1 105.50 207.82 9 2 Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell 21/24 2 99.16 2 102.50 201.66 24 3 Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov 20/26 4 97.72 3 102.20 199.92 28 4 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay 21/23 3 98.80 4 101.90 200.70 29 5 Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman 20/ 5 94.56 5 100.10 194.66 45 6 Susan Carscallen / Eric Gillies 22/24 6 92.80 7 96.10 188.90 58 7 Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster 7 91.32 6 95.90 187.22 65 8 Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich 18/22 9 89.68 8 95.30 184.98 73 9 Judi Genovesi / Kent Weigle 19/21 8 88.92 9 94.30 183.22 77 10 Lorna Wighton / John Dowding 18/19 10 87.08 10 92.60 179.68 90 11 Isabella Rizzi / Luigi Freroni 11 83.88 11 90.20 174.08 100 12 Susan Kelley / Andrew Stroukoff 22/26 13 82.12 12 88.90 171.02 108 13 Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann 18/19 12 83.40 13 85.60 169.00 116 14 Misa Kage / Masanori Takeda 14 80.32 14 84.50 164.82 123 Referee: Lawrence Demmy Assistant Referee: George J. Blundun Judges: Ludwig Gassner Pamela Davis Klára Kozári Mary Louise Wright Ennio Bernazzali Irina Absliamova Gerhardt Bubnik Tsukasa Kimura Joyce Hisey Substitute judge: Eugen Romminger Sources US Pair Is 3d After Start of World Skating Miss Rodnina, Zaitsev Win Fifth Straight Skating Title Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Japan Category:Sports competitions in Tokyo World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships