1977 World Figure Skating Championships
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The 1977
World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...
were held in
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from March 1 to 6. At the event, sanctioned by the
International Skating Union The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Net ...
, 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 a ...
, 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. Ac ...
. The ISU Representative was
Jacques Favart Jacques Favart (30 July 1920 – 27 September 1980) was a French sports official and figure skater. He won the French Figure Skating Championships in men's singles in 1942. As a pair skater, he competed with his wife Denise Favart from 1946 to ...
of France. The ISU Technical Delegates were
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of West Germany.


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Men

Referee: *
Josef Dědič Josef Dědič (b. 1924; d. June 19, 1993 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak figure skater and sport official. He placed 9th at the 1948 European Figure Skating Championships and retired from competitive skating in that year. In 1949, he became a ska ...
Assistant Referee: *
Kinuko Ueno Kinuko (written: 絹子) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese volleyball player * Kinuko Y. Craft (born 1940), Japanese-born American painter and illustrator *, Japanese painter {{given name Japan ...
Judges: *
Gerhardt Bubnik Gerhardt is a masculine name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It can refer to the following: As a first name * Ants Eskola (1908–1989), Soviet-Estonian actor and singer born Gerhardt Esperk * Gerhardt Laves (1906–1993), American linguis ...
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Erika Schiechtl Erika may refer to: Arts and Entertainment * Hayasaka Erika (''Megatokyo)'' * Erika (''Friends'') * Erika (''Pokémon'') * Erika (''Underworld'') * Erika Itsumi ''(Girls und Panzer)'' * ''Erika'' (film), a 1971 Italian thriller film * "E ...
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Geoffrey Yates Geoffrey Yates (16 May 1918 – 14 December 2007) was a British Figure skating, figure skater. He competed in the Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's singles, men's singles event at the 1936 Winter Olympics. Yates served in ...
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David Dore David Dore (August 9, 1940 – April 8, 2016) was a Canadian figure skating competitor and official. He won the 1964 Canadian national title in four skating. He later served as Skate Canada's president and director general and as vice-president of ...
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Valentin Piseev Valentin Nikolaevich Piseev (russian: Валентин Николаевич Писеев; born 28 September 1941 in Volokolamsk) is a former general director of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (until 2014) and the member of Russian Olym ...
* Goro Ishimaru * Edith M. Shoemaker * Helga von Wiecki * Sydney R. Croll Substitute judge: * Monique Georgelin


Ladies

Referee: * Sonia Bianchetti Assistant Referee: *
Benjamin Wright Benjamin Wright (October 10, 1770 – August 24, 1842) was an American civil engineer who was chief engineer of the Erie Canal and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. In 1969, the American Society of Civil Engineers declared him the "Father of America ...
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Giovanni De Mori Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * '' Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend ...
* Günter Teichmann * Jürg Wilhelm *
Geoffrey Yates Geoffrey Yates (16 May 1918 – 14 December 2007) was a British Figure skating, figure skater. He competed in the Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's singles, men's singles event at the 1936 Winter Olympics. Yates served in ...
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Yvonne S. McGowan Yvonne is a female given name. It is the feminine form of Yvon (given name), Yvon, which is derived from the French language, French name Yves (given name), Yves and Yvette. It is from the French word ''iv'', meaning "yew" (or tree). Since yew wo ...
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Ludwig Gassner Ludwig Gassner is an Austrian luger who competed in the early 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1962 FIL European Luge Championships in Weissenbach, Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the ...
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Norris Bowden Robert Norris Bowden (August 13, 1926 – April 9, 1991) was a Canadian figure skater. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Bowden won championships in every division of Canadian figure skating. He was national men's champion as a junior and senior (1947) ...
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Leena Vainio Leena is a feminine given name. It is a variant spelling of Lina and Lena. It is a direct Quranic Arabic name, meaning "young palm tree", or figuratively "tender, young, delicate". In Persian, it means "light", "a ray of sunlight" or "beautiful g ...
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Eugen Romminger Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923 * Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and pat ...
Substitute judge: * Tsukasa Kimura


Pairs

Referee: * Donald H. Gilchrist Assistant Referee: * Kikuko Minami Judges: *
Gerhardt Bubnik Gerhardt is a masculine name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It can refer to the following: As a first name * Ants Eskola (1908–1989), Soviet-Estonian actor and singer born Gerhardt Esperk * Gerhardt Laves (1906–1993), American linguis ...
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Erika Schiechtl Erika may refer to: Arts and Entertainment * Hayasaka Erika (''Megatokyo)'' * Erika (''Friends'') * Erika (''Pokémon'') * Erika (''Underworld'') * Erika Itsumi ''(Girls und Panzer)'' * ''Erika'' (film), a 1971 Italian thriller film * "E ...
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Geoffrey Yates Geoffrey Yates (16 May 1918 – 14 December 2007) was a British Figure skating, figure skater. He competed in the Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's singles, men's singles event at the 1936 Winter Olympics. Yates served in ...
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David Dore David Dore (August 9, 1940 – April 8, 2016) was a Canadian figure skating competitor and official. He won the 1964 Canadian national title in four skating. He later served as Skate Canada's president and director general and as vice-president of ...
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Valentin Piseev Valentin Nikolaevich Piseev (russian: Валентин Николаевич Писеев; born 28 September 1941 in Volokolamsk) is a former general director of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (until 2014) and the member of Russian Olym ...
* Goro Ishimaru * Edith M. Shoemaker * Helga von Wiecki * Sydney R. Croll Substitute judge: * Monique Georgelin


Ice dancing

Referee: *
Lawrence Demmy Lawrence Demmy (1931 – 9 December 2016) was a British ice dancer. With partner Jean Westwood, he was the World Champion for four consecutive years, 1952 to 1955George J. Blundun George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President ...
Judges: *
Ludwig Gassner Ludwig Gassner is an Austrian luger who competed in the early 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1962 FIL European Luge Championships in Weissenbach, Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the ...
* Pamela Davis * Klára Kozári * Mary Louise Wright * Ennio Bernazzali * Irina Absliamova *
Gerhardt Bubnik Gerhardt is a masculine name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It can refer to the following: As a first name * Ants Eskola (1908–1989), Soviet-Estonian actor and singer born Gerhardt Esperk * Gerhardt Laves (1906–1993), American linguis ...
* Tsukasa Kimura * Joyce Hisey Substitute judge: *
Eugen Romminger Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923 * Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and pat ...


Sources

* Result list provided by the ISU
US Pair Is 3d After Start of World Skating


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World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...
World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...