1973 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1973 World Figure Skating Championships were held from February 26 to March 3 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. It was the last year in which solid gold medals were awarded in figure skating.
The opening ceremony was held at the Philharmonic of Bratislava. The Chairman of the organising committee was Miroslav Cerveka.
Irina Rodnina won her first World title with her new partner, Alexander Zaitsev after her previous partner, Alexei Ulanov, chose to skate with Lyudmila Smirnova. The music was sabotaged and stopped during Rodnina/Zaitsev's free program but the pair successfully completed the program in silence and received a standing ovation.Medal table
Results
Men
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Sonja Balun of Austria and Krisztina Homolya of Hungary withdrew before the opening ceremony.
| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FP | Points | Placings |
| 1 | Karen Magnussen | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 356.39 | 9 |
| 2 | Janet Lynn | | 2 | 12 | 1 | 347.85 | 18 |
| 3 | Christine Errath | | 5 | 2 | 5 | 340.90 | 31 |
| 4 | Dorothy Hamill | | 8 | 3 | 4 | 337.93 | 35 |
| 5 | Jean Scott | | 4 | 10 | 11 | 332.10 | 47 |
| 6 | Karin Iten | | 3 | 14 | 14 | 329.08 | 60 |
| 7 | Liana Drahová | | 9 | 9 | 6 | 327.53 | 69 |
| 8 | Sonja Morgenstern | | 10 | 5 | 7 | 326.53 | 76 |
| 9 | Juli McKinstry | | 12 | 7 | 9 | 323.26 | 91 |
| 10 | Lynn Nightingale | | 15 | 4 | 3 | 325.61 | 78 |
| 11 | Maria McLean | | 7 | 11 | 13 | 322.68 | 96 |
| 12 | Cathy Lee Irwin | | 11 | 13 | 10 | 320.95 | 108 |
| 13 | Gerti Schanderl | | 14 | 6 | 8 | 319.69 | 114 |
| 14 | Anett Pötzsch | | 13 | 8 | 12 | 316.21 | 125 |
| 15 | Dianne de Leeuw | | 6 | 15 | 16 | 316.11 | 123 |
| 16 | Marina Sanaya | | 23 | 16 | 15 | 296.67 | 149 |
| 17 | Emi Watanabe | | 18 | 23 | 17 | 294.35 | 154 |
| 18 | Marie-Claude Bierre | | 16 | 18 | 22 | 288.34 | 171 |
| 19 | Cinzia Frosio | | 19 | 19 | 19 | 287.45 | 175 |
| 20 | Liselotte Öberg | | 21 | 17 | 18 | 285.55 | 177 |
| 21 | Sharon Burley | | 20 | 20 | 21 | 286.58 | 178 |
| 22 | Hannele Koskinen | | 27 | 22 | 20 | 275.77 | 204 |
| 23 | Grażyna Dudek | | 26 | 21 | 23 | 276.57 | 201 |
| 24 | Helena Gazvoda | | 25 | 26 | 24 | 268.04 | 220 |
| 25 | Chang Myung-su | | 17 | 28 | 27 | 264.92 | 227 |
| 26 | Bente Tverran | | 24 | 27 | 26 | 261.03 | 235 |
| 27 | Ágnes Erös | | 28 | 24 | 25 | 262.58 | 231 |
| WD | Susanne Altura | | 22 | 25 | | | DNF |
| Krisztina Gomolya | | | | | | DNS |
| Sonja Balun | | | | | | DNS |
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