1972 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1972 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, Canada from March 7 to 11. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. A day before the start of the competition, Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov had an accident on a lift; Rodnina was hospitalized with a concussion and an intracranial hematoma but went on to compete and win the gold medal. It was Rodnina/Ulanov's final competition together. Ulanov would team up with the silver medalist, Lyudmila Smirnova. == Medal table == * Host nation (Canada) == Results == === Men === Referee: Donald Gilchrist Assistant Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Judges: Gerhardt Bubník Dorothy Burkholder Tatyana Danilenko Masao Hasegawa Franz Heinlein William Lewis Monique Petis Mollie Phillips Helga Wiecki János Zsigmondy (substitute) === Ladies === Referee: Josef Dědič Assistant Referee: Elemér Terták Judges: Zoltán Balázs Jeanine Donnier-Blanc Milan Duchón (substitute) Suzanne Francis Ludwig Gassner Walburga Grimm Wilhelm Kahle Ramona McIntyre Giovanni de Mori René Schlageter === Pairs === Referee: Karl Enderlin Assistant Referee: Henry M. Beatty Judges: Elsbeth Bon Pamela Davis Suzanne Francis Walburga Grimm Valentin Piseyev Ardelle Sanderson René Schlageter (substitute) Inkeri Soininen Maria Zuchowicz János Zsigmondy === Ice dance === Referee: Lawrence Demmy Assistant Referee: George J. Blundun Judges: Zoltán Balázs Pamela Davis Milan Duchón Igor Kabanov Claude Lambert Audrey Moore Eugen Romminger Benjamin T. Wright Maria Zuchowicz == References == == Sources == The Calgary Gerald (Calgary, Alberta, March 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 1972)