1970 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1970 January 2024 1970 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship 3 March 8 March 1969–70 YUG Ljubljana, Slovenia,Yugoslavia Hala Tivoli USA Tim Wood GDR Gabriele Seyfert URS Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov URS Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov 1969 World Championships 1971 World Championships The 1970 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Hala Tivoli in Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia from 3 to 8 March. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.August 2026 Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov of Russia defended their title in pairs figure skating.5 March 1970 Russ Defends Skate Title https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-russ-defends-skat/203776011/ 2026-08-13 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Newspapers.com Medal table YUG flagcountry 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 Results Men Rank Name CP FP Points Places 1 USA Timothy Wood 2 1 2779.3 12 2 TCH Ondrej Nepela 1 3 2757.6 15 3 GDR Günter Zöller 3 5 2702.0 32 4 FRA Patrick Péra 4 6 2682.8 39 5 USA John Petkevich 5 2 2672.2 41 6 URS Sergey Chetverukhin 6 4 2645.1 50 7 URS Sergey Volkov 7 10 2556.2 68 8 USA Kenneth Shelley 8 9 2534.0 77 9 GBR Haig Oundjian 10 7 2527.3 78 10 GDR Jan Hoffmann 11 11 2469.7 94 11 CAN David McGillivray 12 8 101 12 AUT Günter Anderl 9 14 100 13 CAN Toller Cranston 15 12 114 14 TCH Zdeněk Pazdírek 14 17 133 15 FRA Jacques Mrozek 16 13 137.5 16 HUN László Vajda 17 15 141.5 17 FRG Klaus Grimmelt 18 16 149 18 TCH Jozef Žídek 19 18 160 19 FRA Didier Gailhaguet 20 19 170 20 JPN 1870 Yutaka Higuchi 21 20 178 21 YUG Zoran Matas 22 21 189 WD SWI Daniel Höner 13 DNF Referee: HUN Elemér Terták Assistant Referee: ITA Sonia Bianchetti Judges: URS Tatyana Danilenko FRA Jeanine Donnier-Blanc TCH Milan Duchón FRG Hans Fuchs (substitute) USA Mabel Graham HUN Márta Mesterházi-Nagy, Mrs. Léces Hungarian names#Married names GBR Mollie Phillips GDR Helga Wiecki CAN Audrey Williams AUT Franz Wojtanowskyj Ladies Rank Name CP FP Points Places 1 GDR Gabriele Seyfert 2 1 2808.7 9 2 AUT Beatrix Schuba 1 7 2729.0 21 3 USA Julie Holmes 3 5 2660.7 38 4 CAN Karen Magnussen 7 3 2672.8 38 5 HUN Zsuzsa Almássy 5 4 2659.1 42 6 USA Janet Lynn 8 2 2671.4 43 7 USA Dawn Glab 6 10 2572.4 67 8 ITA Rita Trapanese 9 6 2556.9 73 9 GBR Patricia Dodd 8 12 2533.3 80 10 CAN Cathy Irwin 13 8 2497.9 96 11 GDR Sonja Morgenstern 14 9 2467.7 100 12 URS Yelena Shcheglova 11 12 2470.8 101 13 SWI Charlotte Walter 12 16 126 14 URS Yelena Aleksandrova 16 11 2398.5 127 15 FRG Eileen Zillmer 10 17 129 16 JPN 1870 Kazumi Yamashita 17 15 146 17 TCH Ľudmila Bezáková 18 14 151 18 GBR Frances Waghorn 15 19 152 19 GDR Simone Gräfe 19 20 2225.1 173 20 FRG Judith Beyer 20 18 178 21 AUT Wilfriede Reiter 21 21 189 Referee: HUN Elemér Terták Assistant Referee: ITA Sonia Bianchetti Judges: GBR Pamela Davis GDR Walburga Grimm AUT Franz Heinlein FRG Wilhelm Kahle HUN Ferenc Kertész CAN Ralph McCreath USA Yvonne S. McGowan URS Nonna Nestogina Картавенко, Нонна Алексеевна SWI René Schlageter ITA Giorgio Siniscalco (substitute) Pairs Rank Name SP FP Points Places 1 URS Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov 1 1 418.6 11 2 URS Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrey Suraykin 2 2 416.5 16 3 GDR Heidemarie Walther / Heinz-Ulrich Walther 3 3 410.2 27 4 URS Galina Karelina / Georgiy Proskurin 4 4 405.4 36.5 5 USA Alicia Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley 5 5 401.2 46.5 6 FRG Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger 6 6 394.4 53 7 GDR Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann 7 7 388.1 64 8 USA Melissa Militano / Mark Militano 10 8 377.5 75 9 FRG Brunhilde Baßler / Eberhard Rausch 8 9 378.0 78 10 POL 1928 Janina Poremska / Piotr Szczypa 11 10 357.1 102 11 FRA Monique Szabo / Pierre Szabo 13 11 101 12 TCH Dana Fialová / Josef Tůma 9 12 111 13 AUT Evelyne Schneider / Wilhelm Bietak 15 13 119 14 CAN Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic 14 14 120 15 CAN Mary Petrie / Robert McAvoy 12 15 121 16 JPN 1870 Kotoe Nagasawa / Hiroshi Nagakubo 16 16 143 17 YUG Helena Gazvoda / Silvo Švejger 17 17 153 Referee: SWI Karl Enderlin Assistant Referee: AUT Walter Malek Judges: FRA Liliane Caffin-Madaule TCH Milan Duchón (substitute) FRG Hans Fuchs AUT Ludwig Gassner GDR Carla Listing CAN Ralph McCreath USA Yvonne S. McGowan JPN 1870 Kikuko Minami URS Nonna Nestogina POL 1928 Maria Zuchowicz Ice dance Rank Name CD FD Points Places 1 URS Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov 2 1 511.4 14 2 USA Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky 1 2 511.3 15 3 FRG Angelika Buck / Erich Buck 3 3 503.2 25 4 URS Tetyana Voytyuk / Vyacheslav Zhyhalyn 5 4 488.6 40 5 GBR Susan Getty / Roy Bradshaw 4 5 485.0 43 6 GDR Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger 7 6 473.4 59 7 GBR Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby 6 8 477.2 60 8 URS Yelena Zharkova / Gennadiy Karponosov 8 7 468.4 74 9 USA Debbie Ganson / Brad Hislop 9 9 459.8 80.5 10 USA Anne Millier / Harvey Millier 11 10 450.3 94 11 TCH Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický 12 11 100 12 HUN Ilona Berecz / István Sugár 10 14 108.5 13 POL 1928 Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk 13 13 116 14 CAN Mary Church / David Sutton 14 12 120 15 TCH Světlana Marinovová / Miloš Buršík 15 15 136 16 FRA Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars 16 16 144 17 AUT Brigitte Scheijbal / Kurt Jaschek 17 17 149 18 FRG Angelika Wiesner / Hans-Jürgen Wiesner 18 18 161 Referee: GBR Lawrence Demmy Assistant Referee: TCH Emil Skákala Judges: CAN George J. Blundun USA Mabel Graham HUN Henrik Hajós TCH Miroslav Hasenöhrl URS Igor Kabanov Кабанов, Игорь Александрович GDR Carla Listing FRA Jacqueline Meudec GBR Mollie Phillips FRG Eugen Romminger POL 1928 Maria Zuchowicz (substitute) References Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships Category:Sports competitions in Ljubljana World Figure Skating Championships, 1970 Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Yugoslavia Category:March 1970 sports events in Europe Category:1970 in Slovenia Category:1970s in Ljubljana