The 1976
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). The first World Championships were held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and they have been held e ...
were held at the
Scandinavium
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Scandinavium has been selected as a championship arena at least fifty t ...
in
Gothenburg
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,
Sweden
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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
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...
, and
ice dancing
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...
.
Medal tables
Medalists
Medals by country
Results
Men
Referee:
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Sonia Bianchetti
Assistant Referee:
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Benjamin Wright
Judges:
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Pamela Peat
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Charles U. Foster
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Sergei Kononykhin
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Elof Niklasson
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Joan Maclagan
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Monique Georgelin
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Kinuko Ueno
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Walburga Grimm
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Tadeusz Malinowski
Substitute judge:
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Inkeri Soininen
Women
Referee:
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Elemér Terták
Assistant Referee:
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Oskar Madl
Judges:
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Irina Absaliamova
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Oskar Urban
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Erika Schiechtl
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Toshio Suzuki
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Yvonne S. McGowan
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David Dore
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Paul Engelfriet
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Helga von Wiecki
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Pamela Daveis
Substitute judge:
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Berit Aarnes
Pairs
Referee:
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Donald H. Gilchrist
Assistant Referee:
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Hans Kutschera
Judges:
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Ardelle K. Sanderson
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Giordano Abbondati
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Oskar Urban
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Walburga Grimm
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Willi Wernz
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Sydney R. Croll
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Valentin Piseev
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Dorothy MacLeod
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Norbert Cerny
Substitute judge:
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Markus Germann
Ice dancing
Referee:
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Lawrence Demmy
Lawrence Demmy (1931 – 9 December 2016) was an English ice dancer. With partner Jean Westwood (figure skater), Jean Westwood, he was the World Figure Skating Championships, World Champion for four consecutive years, 1952 World Figure Skating Ch ...
Assistant Referee:
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George J. Blundun
Judges:
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Maria Zuchowicz
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Robert Hudson
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Willi Wernz
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Elaine DeMore
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Edwin Kucharz
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Giovanni Bozetti
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Irina Absliamova
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Klára Kozári
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Dagmar Řeháková
Substitute judge:
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Joyce Hisey
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World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). The first World Championships were held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and they have been held e ...
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). The first World Championships were held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and they have been held e ...
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). The first World Championships were held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and they have been held e ...
International figure skating competitions hosted by Sweden
International sports competitions in Gothenburg
March 1976 sports events in Europe
1970s in Gothenburg