title: 1974 World Figure Skating Championships
text: # 1974 World Figure Skating Championships
  
  The 1974 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Olympiahalle in Munich, West Germany from March 5 to 10. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
  
  The ISU Representative was Jacques Favart of France and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič of Czechoslovakia.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
  | 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 3 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FP | Points | Places |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jan Hoffmann | East Germany | 1 | 5 | 2 | 231.44 | 11 |
  | 2 | Sergei Volkov | Soviet Union | 2 | 3 | 7 | 227.94 | 27 |
  | 3 | Toller Cranston | Canada | 8 | 1 | 1 | 227.86 | 26 |
  | 4 | Vladimir Kovalev | Soviet Union | 3 | 4 | 4 | 226.21 | 38 |
  | 5 | Ron Shaver | Canada | 7 | 2 | 3 | 225.13 | 39 |
  | 6 | Gordon McKellen Jr. | United States | 5 | 7 | 5 | 222.80 | 60 |
  | 7 | John Curry | United Kingdom | 4 | 6 | 9 | 220.68 | 60 |
  | 8 | Minoru Sano | Japan | 11 | 8 | 6 | 215.63 | 79 |
  | 9 | Zdeněk Pazdírek | Czechoslovakia | 9 | 10 | 10 | 213.44 | 85 |
  | 10 | Didier Gailhaguet | France | 6 | 11 | 12 | 221.75 | 86 |
  | 11 | László Vajda | Hungary | 10 | 9 | 11 | 209.78 | 99 |
  | 12 | Terry Kubicka | United States | 15 | 15 | 8 | | 109 |
  | 13 | Bernd Wunderlich | East Germany | 13 | 12 | 14 | | 116 |
  | 14 | Erich Reifschneider | West Germany | 14 | 13 | 13 | | 118 |
  | 15 | Robert Rubens | Canada | 20 | 14 | 15 | | 138 |
  | 16 | Ronald Koppelent | Austria | 18 | 17 | 16 | | 145 |
  | 17 | Miroslav Šoška | Czechoslovakia | 12 | 16 | 21 | | 158 |
  | 18 | Pekka Leskinen | Finland | 16 | 18 | 19 | | 159 |
  | 19 | Jacek Tascher | Poland | 21 | 20 | 17 | | 172 |
  | 20 | Rolando Bragaglia | Italy | 19 | 19 | 20 | | 175 |
  | 21 | Glyn Jones | United Kingdom | 25 | 21 | 18 | | 195 |
  | 22 | Gilles Beyer | France | 22 | 22 | 23 | | 197 |
  | 23 | Thomas Öberg | Sweden | 23 | 23 | 22 | | 208 |
  | 24 | Gheorghe Fazekas | Romania | 17 | 25 | 25 | | 211 |
  | 25 | William Schober | Australia | 24 | 24 | 24 | | 222 |
  | 26 | Silvio Švajger | Yugoslavia | 26 | 26 | 26 | | 234 |
  
  Referee:
  
  * Elemér Terták Czechoslovakia
  
  Assistant Referee:
  
  * Benjamin Wright United Kingdom
  
  Judges:
  
  * Milan Duchón Czechoslovakia
  * Geoffrey Yates United Kingdom
  * Dorothy Leamen Canada
  * Kinuko Ueno Japan
  * Walburga Grimm East Germany
  * Tatiana Danilenko Soviet Union
  * Norman E. Fuller United States
  * Néri Valdes France
  * Hans Fuchs West Germany
  
  Substitute judge:
  
  * Leena Vainio Finland
  
  ### Ladies
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FP | Points | Places |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Christine Errath | East Germany | 2 | 1 | 2 | 230.95 | 12 |
  | 2 | Dorothy Hamill | United States | 5 | 2 | 1 | 228.71 | 15 |
  | 3 | Dianne de Leeuw | Netherlands | 4 | 5 | 4 | 221.16 | 27 |
  | 4 | Gerti Schanderl | West Germany | 11 | 4 | 3 | 216.07 | 54 |
  | 5 | Karin Iten | Switzerland | 1 | 14 | 17 | 215.87 | 61 |
  | 6 | Lynn Nightingale | Canada | 12 | 3 | 5 | 215.61 | 66 |
  | 7 | Kath Malmberg | United States | 7 | 8 | 10 | 216.19 | 66 |
  | 8 | Juli McKinstry | United States | 6 | 9 | 7 | 216.34 | 67 |
  | 9 | Liana Drahová | Czechoslovakia | 9 | 6 | 6 | 214.67 | 72 |
  | 10 | Marion Weber | East Germany | 8 | 10 | 8 | 214.50 | 75 |
  | 11 | Anett Pötzsch | East Germany | 10 | 7 | 9 | 212.38 | 98 |
  | 12 | Maria McLean | United Kingdom | 3 | 12 | 13 | | 98 |
  | 13 | Barbara Terpenning | Canada | 14 | 11 | 11 | | 111 |
  | 14 | Gail Keddie | United Kingdom | 17 | 16 | 14 | | 140 |
  | 15 | Emi Watanabe | Japan | 19 | 17 | 12 | | 139 |
  | 16 | Sonja Balun | Austria | 16 | 13 | 15 | | 142 |
  | 17 | Cinzia Frosio | Italy | 13 | 15 | 16 | | 142 |
  | 18 | Liudmila Bakonina | Soviet Union | 18 | 18 | 19 | 194.32 | 163 |
  | 19 | Hana Knapová | Czechoslovakia | 20 | 19 | 18 | | 164 |
  | 20 | Chang Myung-su | South Korea | 15 | 20 | 20 | | 180 |
  | 21 | Evelyne Reusser | Switzerland | 21 | 21 | 23 | | 193 |
  | 22 | Grażyna Dudek | Poland | 4 | 23 | 21 | | 195 |
  | 23 | Eva Hansson | Sweden | 25 | 22 | 24 | | 205 |
  | 24 | Marie-Hélène Panet | France | 23 | 25 | 25 | | 216 |
  | 25 | Helena Gazvoda | Yugoslavia | 28 | 24 | 22 | | 230 |
  | 26 | Sharon Burley | Australia | 22 | 27 | 27 | | 231 |
  | 27 | Susan Broman | Finland | 26 | 26 | 26 | | 240 |
  | 28 | Liv Egelund | Norway | 27 | 28 | 28 | | 252 |
  
  Referee:
  
  * Sonia Bianchetti Italy
  
  Assistant Referee:
  
  * János Zsigmondy West Germany
  
  Judges:
  
  * Michele Beltrami Italy
  * Pamela Peat United Kingdom
  * Helga von Wiecki East Germany
  * Kikuko Minami Japan
  * René Schlageter Switzerland
  * David Dore Canada
  * Yvonne S. McGowan United States
  * Eva von Gamm West Germany
  * Ingeborg Nilsson Norway
  
  Substitute judge:
  
  * Ludwig Gassner Austria
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FP | Points | Places |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 141.09 | 9 |
  | 2 | Liudmila Smirnova / Alexei Ulanov | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 139.05 | 21 |
  | 3 | Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich | East Germany | 3 | 3 | 138.53 | 25 |
  | 4 | Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann | East Germany | 4 | 4 | 136.73 | 36 |
  | 5 | Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic | Canada | 5 | 5 | 134.96 | 44 |
  | 6 | Irina Vorobieva / Alexander Vlasov | Soviet Union | 6 | 6 | 132.79 | 54 |
  | 7 | Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle | Switzerland | 7 | 7 | 131.28 | 71 |
  | 8 | Melissa Militano / Johnny Johns | United States | 8 | 8 | 131.24 | 72 |
  | 9 | Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch | West Germany | 9 | 9 | 130.70 | 80 |
  | 10 | Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner | United States | 10 | 10 | 129.11 | 88 |
  | 11 | Katja Schubert / Knut Schubert | East Germany | 11 | 11 | 125.39 | 96 |
  | 12 | Grażyna Kostrzewińska / Adam Brodecki | Poland | 12 | 12 | | 108 |
  | 13 | Florence Cahn / Jean-Roland Racle | France | 14 | 13 | | 121 |
  | 14 | Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec | Austria | 13 | 14 | | 126 |
  | 15 | Linda McCafferty / Colin Tayforth | United Kingdom | 16 | 15 | | 133 |
  | 16 | Ilona Urbanová / Ales Zach | Czechoslovakia | 15 | 16 | | 139 |
  | 17 | Petra Schneider / Bogdan Pulcer | West Germany | 17 | 17 | | 163 |
  | 18 | Kathy Hutchinson / Jamie McGrigor | Canada | 18 | 18 | | 162 |
  
  Referee:
  
  * Donald H. Gilchrist Canada
  
  Assistant Referee:
  
  * Erika Schiechtl West Germany
  
  Judges:
  
  * Liliane Caffin-Madaule France
  * Miroslav Hasenöhrl Czechoslovakia
  * Walburga Grimm East Germany
  * Pamela Davis United Kingdom
  * Eva von Gamm West Germany
  * Dorothy Leamen Canada
  * Maria Zuchowicz Poland
  * Valentin Piseev Soviet Union
  * Ardelle K. Sanderson United States
  
  Substitute judge:
  
  * Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland
  
  ### Ice dance
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | CD | FD | Points | Places |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 211.78 | 9 |
  | 2 | Hilary Green / Glyn Watts | United Kingdom | 2 | 2 | 206.26 | 18 |
  | 3 | Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 201.00 | 28 |
  | 4 | Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 198.50 | 43 |
  | 5 | Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby | United Kingdom | 4 | 5 | 197.74 | 44 |
  | 6 | Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay | Hungary | 6 | 6 | 195.32 | 53 |
  | 7 | Colleen O'Connor / Jim Millns | United States | 7 | 7 | 194.30 | 58 |
  | 8 | Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani | Italy | 8 | 9 | 188.94 | 77 |
  | 9 | Louise Soper / Barry Soper | Canada | 9 | 8 | 188.40 | 79 |
  | 10 | Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk | Poland | 10 | 10 | 185.44 | 89 |
  | 11 | Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell | United Kingdom | 11 | 11 | | 96 |
  | 12 | Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický | Czechoslovakia | 13 | 12 | | 114 |
  | 13 | Anne Millier / Harvey Millier III | United States | 12 | 15 | | 122 |
  | 14 | Gerda Bühler / Mathis Bächi | Switzerland | 14 | 13 | | 125 |
  | 15 | Barbara Berezowski / David Porter | Canada | 15 | 14 | | 131 |
  | 16 | Sylvia Fuchs / Michael Fuchs | West Germany | 16 | 16 | | 143 |
  | 17 | Eva Peštová / Jiři Pokorný | Czechoslovakia | 17 | 17 | | 149 |
  | 18 | Nicole Rinsant / Dirk Beyer | West Germany | 18 | 18 | | 161 |
  | 19 | Brigitte Scheijbal / Walter Leschetizky | Austria | 19 | 19 | | 171 |
  
  Referee:
  
  * Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom
  
  Assistant Referee:
  
  * Hans Kutschera Austria
  
  Judges:
  
  * Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland
  * Maria Zuchowicz Poland
  * Mary Louise Wright United States
  * Klára Kozári Hungary
  * Willi Wernz West Germany
  * Dagmar Řeháková Czechoslovakia
  * Irina Absaliamova Soviet Union
  * Audrey Moore Canada
  * Pauline Borrajo United Kingdom
  
  Substitute judge:
  
  * Lino Clerici France
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Result list provided by the ISU
  