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