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Ice Dancing, Mixed

Date4 – 9 February 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiaeisstadion, Innsbruck
Participants36 from 9 countries
FormatEach judge ranked each couple by Ordinal Placement from first through last place. The Ordinal Placement for each judge was based on Total Points awarded by that judge to the couples. The points were based on 30% for the Compulsory Dances, 20% for the Original Set Pattern Dance, and 50% for the Free Dance, with the tiebreaker for each judge being the Free Dance score. Final placement was determined by a Majority Placement rule. Thus, if a couple was ranked first by a majority of the judges, that couple was placed first overall, and the process was repeated for each place. Ties were broken by a Subsequent Majority rule, i.e., if the couples were ranked for the same position by the same number of judges, Majority Placement for the next higher position for each couple determined who was ranked higher. The tiebreakers were then, in order: 1) Number of Majority Placements, 2) Total Ordinals of Majority, 3) Total Ordinals, 4) Total Points.
Judge #1Edith ShoemakerUSA
Judge #2Cia BordognaITA
Judge #3Irina AbsalyamovaURS
Judge #4Pamela DavisGBR
Judge #5Maria ZuchowiczPOL
Judge #6Pál VásárhelyiHUN
Judge #7Rudolf ZornAUT
Judge #8Věra SpurnáTCH
Judge #9Dorothy LeamenCAN

This was the Olympic début of ice dancing as a medal sport. It had been exhibited at the Olympics in both 1948 and 1968. World Championships had been contested in ice dancing since 1952, and European Championships since 1954. Originally the leaders in this style of figure skating were the British. British couples had won the Worlds from 1952-60 and again in 1966-69. But by 1976, the greatest dance couple was the Soviet team of Lyudmila Pakhomova, a former pairs skater who had competed in that event at the 1966 Europeans, and Aleksandr Gorshkov. They were World Champions in 1970-74 and European Champions in 1970-71, and 1973-76, losing only at the Europeans in 1972 (their only loss between 1970-76), as they did not compete at the 1975 Worlds when Gorshkov was ill. They were expected to be challenged by their teammates, Irina Moiseyeva and Andrey Minenkov, the 1975 World Champions. But it was not close. Pakhomova/Gorshkov won all three phases of the competition and were ranked first by all nine judges, with their teammates winning the silver medal. The bronze medal went to the Americans, Colleen O’Connor and Jim Millns, who had been second at the 1975 Worlds.

PosSkaterNOCMaj. PlacementsOrdinalsMaj. OrdinalsPointsJudge #1Judge #2Judge #3Judge #4Judge #5Judge #6Judge #7Judge #8Judge #9
1Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr GorshkovURS9×1+9.09.0209.9223.12 (1)23.40 (1)23.74 (1)23.02 (1)23.40 (1)23.40 (1)23.40 (1)23.28 (1)23.16 (1)Gold
2Irina Moiseyeva / Andrey MinenkovURS7×2+20.014.0204.8822.32 (3)22.92 (2)23.32 (2)22.18 (3)22.74 (2)23.06 (2)22.96 (2)22.86 (2)22.52 (2)Silver
3Colleen O'Connor / Jim Millns, Jr.USA7×3+27.019.0202.6422.66 (2)22.74 (3)22.70 (4)22.64 (2)22.22 (4)22.84 (3)22.18 (3)22.22 (3)22.44 (3)Bronze
4Nataliya Linichuk / Gennady KarponosovURS8×4+35.030.0199.1021.62 (5)22.44 (4)22.84 (3)21.70 (4)22.28 (3)22.58 (4)22.00 (4)22.12 (4)21.52 (4)
5Krisztina Regőczy / András SallayHUN6×5+48.529.0195.9221.72 (4)21.26 (6)22.36 (5)21.52 (=6)21.88 (5)22.50 (5)21.88 (5)21.78 (5)21.02 (7)
6Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto CeseraniITA5×6+58.529.0191.4620.80 (8)21.52 (5)21.80 (6)21.52 (=6)21.34 (6)21.14 (7)21.06 (6)21.30 (6)20.98 (8)
7Hilary Green / Glyn WattsGBR9×7+57.057.0191.4020.96 (6)21.18 (7)21.46 (7)21.66 (5)21.16 (7)21.68 (6)21.02 (7)20.92 (7)21.36 (5)
8Janet Thompson / Warren MaxwellGBR8×9+78.068.0186.8020.66 (9)20.56 (9)21.16 (9)21.28 (8)20.66 (9)21.12 (8)20.56 (8)20.48 (8)20.32 (10)
9Teresa Weyna / Piotr BojańczykPOL5×9+90.042.0182.2019.10 (14)20.60 (8)21.20 (8)19.86 (12)20.90 (8)20.18 (9)20.32 (9)20.40 (10)19.64 (12)
10Barbara Berezowski / David PorterCAN5×10+86.042.0182.9020.94 (7)19.78 (10)20.28 (11)20.30 (9)20.12 (11)20.16 (10)20.12 (11)20.10 (11)21.10 (6)
11Eva Peštová / Jiří PokornýTCH8×11+96.083.0180.6020.02 (11)19.68 (11)20.68 (10)19.52 (13)20.30 (10)19.96 (11)20.22 (10)20.42 (9)19.80 (11)
12Kay Barsdell / Kenneth FosterGBR6×12+111.071.0175.1619.84 (12)19.36 (12)19.36 (13)20.22 (11)19.66 (13)19.28 (12)19.24 (12)18.94 (12)19.26 (14)
13Susan Carscallen / Eric GilliesCAN5×12+107.053.0175.9620.08 (10)18.28 (15)19.74 (12)20.26 (10)19.74 (12)19.26 (13)19.12 (13)18.92 (13)20.56 (9)
14Isabella Rizzi / Luigi FreroniITA7×15+133.0100.0168.6418.96 (15)18.86 (13)18.72 (14)18.88 (15)18.72 (14)18.70 (14)18.58 (16)18.04 (17)19.18 (15)
15Judi Genovesi / Kent WeigleUSA5×15+134.069.0168.2619.56 (13)18.02 (16)18.68 (15)18.60 (17)18.50 (16)17.88 (16)18.76 (14)18.70 (14)19.56 (13)
16Stefania Bertelè / Walter CecconiITA8×16+140.0123.0166.2218.64 (16)18.66 (14)18.66 (16)18.74 (16)18.66 (15)18.14 (15)18.74 (15)18.06 (16)17.92 (17)
17Susie Kelley / Andrew StroukoffUSA9×17+147.0147.0165.1218.58 (17)17.68 (17)18.18 (17)19.16 (14)18.34 (17)17.72 (17)18.44 (17)18.54 (15)18.48 (16)
DNFSusi Handschmann / Peter HandschmannAUT

Compulsory Dances (4 February 1976 — 17:00)

Three Compulsory Dances. Total points determined by summing the points for each dance.

Judge #1Edith ShoemakerUSA
Judge #2Cia BordognaITA
Judge #3Irina AbsalyamovaURS
Judge #4Pamela DavisGBR
Judge #5Maria ZuchowiczPOL
Judge #6Pál VásárhelyiHUN
Judge #7Rudolf ZornAUT
Judge #8Věra SpurnáTCH
Judge #9Dorothy LeamenCAN
PosOrdSkaterNOCMaj. PlacementsOrdinalsJudge #1Judge #2Judge #3Judge #4Judge #5Judge #6Judge #7Judge #8Judge #9
111Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr GorshkovURS7×1+11.07.061.4016.6 (1)17.3 (1)17.7 (1)16.5 (2)17.2 (1)17.5 (1)17.2 (1)16.9 (1)16.6 (2)
29Irina Moiseyeva / Andrey MinenkovURS9×3+22.522.559.1215.7 (3)16.9 (=2)17.1 (2)16.0 (3)16.3 (=2)16.9 (2)16.7 (2)16.3 (=2)15.9 (3)
315Colleen O'Connor / Jim Millns, Jr.USA7×3+23.014.559.5616.5 (2)16.9 (=2)16.6 (=3)16.9 (1)16.3 (=2)16.8 (3)15.9 (5)16.3 (=2)16.7 (1)
418Nataliya Linichuk / Gennady KarponosovURS7×4+37.527.558.0015.6 (4)16.6 (4)16.6 (=3)15.4 (=5)16.2 (4)16.5 (=4)16.2 (4)16.1 (4)15.8 (4)
513Krisztina Regőczy / András SallayHUN6×5+52.027.556.2815.5 (5)15.6 (7)16.2 (5)15.0 (8)15.9 (5)16.5 (=4)16.3 (3)15.2 (5)14.5 (=9)
64Hilary Green / Glyn WattsGBR7×6+55.038.555.5615.0 (8)16.0 (5)15.3 (=8)15.5 (4)15.5 (6)16.0 (6)15.6 (6)15.0 (6)15.0 (=5)
716Janet Thompson / Warren MaxwellGBR6×7+66.038.554.4815.3 (6)15.2 (8)15.6 (6)15.3 (7)15.1 (7)15.8 (7)14.5 (10)14.4 (=9)15.0 (=5)
85Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto CeseraniITA5×7+67.532.554.3614.7 (9)15.7 (6)15.4 (7)15.4 (=5)14.9 (9)15.2 (9)15.2 (7)14.8 (7)14.6 (8)
93Teresa Weyna / Piotr BojańczykPOL6×9+91.550.552.1613.6 (14)15.0 (9)15.3 (=8)13.7 (12)15.0 (8)15.3 (8)14.7 (9)14.5 (8)13.3 (15)
1014Barbara Berezowski / David PorterCAN6×10+85.052.052.6415.2 (7)14.6 (10)14.5 (=11)14.0 (10)14.4 (=10)14.8 (10)15.0 (8)14.3 (11)14.8 (7)
112Eva Peštová / Jiří PokornýTCH5×11+102.552.051.3214.1 (13)14.1 (12)14.7 (10)13.4 (14)14.4 (=10)14.7 (11)14.4 (11)14.4 (=9)14.1 (=11)
1217Kay Barsdell / Kenneth FosterGBR9×13+106.0106.051.1214.6 (10)14.5 (11)13.9 (13)14.8 (9)13.9 (13)14.0 (13)14.1 (13)13.9 (=12)14.1 (=11)
1310Susi Handschmann / Peter HandschmannAUT6×13+119.073.049.6813.1 (17)13.4 (15)14.5 (=11)13.5 (13)14.0 (12)14.1 (12)14.3 (12)13.9 (=12)13.4 (14)
141Susan Carscallen / Eric GilliesCAN7×15+122.589.549.2814.4 (11)13.1 (16)13.5 (=14)13.9 (11)13.5 (=14)13.8 (14)13.3 (17)13.2 (15)14.5 (=9)
156Judi Genovesi / Kent WeigleUSA5×15+133.568.548.5214.2 (12)13.0 (17)13.5 (=14)12.9 (=16)13.4 (16)13.2 (=15)13.6 (15)13.6 (14)13.9 (13)
167Stefania Bertelè / Walter CecconiITA5×15+137.071.548.0813.4 (15)14.0 (13)13.4 (16)13.3 (15)13.5 (=14)13.2 (=15)13.7 (14)12.9 (16)12.8 (18)
1712Isabella Rizzi / Luigi FreroniITA7×17+150.5114.547.1213.0 (18)13.9 (14)12.7 (17)12.9 (=16)13.1 (17)13.1 (17)13.2 (18)12.7 (17)13.2 (16)
188Susie Kelley / Andrew StroukoffUSA9×18+157.0157.046.0413.2 (16)12.7 (18)12.5 (18)12.5 (18)12.7 (18)12.5 (18)13.4 (16)12.6 (18)13.0 (17)

Original Set Pattern Dance (5 February 1976 — 18:00)

Judge #1Edith ShoemakerUSA
Judge #2Cia BordognaITA
Judge #3Irina AbsalyamovaURS
Judge #4Pamela DavisGBR
Judge #5Maria ZuchowiczPOL
Judge #6Pál VásárhelyiHUN
Judge #7Rudolf ZornAUT
Judge #8Věra SpurnáTCH
Judge #9Dorothy LeamenCAN
PosOrdSkaterNOCMaj. PlacementsOrdinalsJudge #1Judge #2Judge #3Judge #4Judge #5Judge #6Judge #7Judge #8Judge #9
111Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr GorshkovURS8×1+9.58.042.3211.7 (1)11.7 (1)11.9 (1)11.8 (1)11.8 (1)11.5 (=1)11.8 (1)11.8 (1)11.8 (1)
29Irina Moiseyeva / Andrey MinenkovURS7×2+21.513.540.9611.1 (3)11.4 (2)11.7 (2)10.7 (5)11.3 (2)11.5 (=1)11.7 (2)11.6 (2)11.4 (2)
315Colleen O'Connor / Jim Millns, Jr.USA5×3+29.513.040.2811.4 (2)11.2 (3)11.4 (4)11.2 (2)11.0 (=3)11.3 (3)11.3 (3)11.0 (=4)10.9 (=4)
418Nataliya Linichuk / Gennady KarponosovURS6×4+37.520.539.6010.7 (5)11.0 (4)11.5 (3)10.6 (6)11.0 (=3)11.2 (4)10.8 (6)11.2 (3)11.0 (3)
513Krisztina Regőczy / András SallayHUN7×5+47.032.038.8410.8 (4)10.3 (7)11.2 (5)10.8 (4)10.8 (5)11.0 (5)10.9 (=4)11.0 (=4)10.3 (8)
64Hilary Green / Glyn WattsGBR6×6+52.030.538.6410.4 (6)10.7 (5)11.1 (=6)10.9 (3)10.4 (8)10.7 (6)10.7 (7)10.8 (6)10.9 (=4)
75Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto CeseraniITA6×7+65.538.537.8010.3 (7)10.6 (6)11.1 (=6)10.4 (=8)10.7 (6)9.9 (=8)10.2 (10)10.7 (7)10.6 (6)
816Janet Thompson / Warren MaxwellGBR6×9+82.545.036.929.6 (13)10.2 (8)10.8 (8)10.4 (=8)10.3 (9)10.5 (7)10.9 (=4)10.3 (10)9.3 (=14)
93Teresa Weyna / Piotr BojańczykPOL6×9+87.549.536.449.4 (14)10.0 (9)10.7 (9)9.7 (13)10.5 (7)9.9 (=8)10.6 (8)10.5 (8)9.8 (11)
102Eva Peštová / Jiří PokornýTCH6×11+100.059.035.689.7 (=11)9.6 (=10)10.5 (10)9.4 (=16)10.1 (=10)9.7 (10)10.4 (9)10.4 (9)9.4 (13)
1114Barbara Berezowski / David PorterCAN6×12+108.064.534.969.9 (9)9.1 (12)9.7 (=14)9.5 (15)9.9 (14)9.6 (11)9.8 (=11)9.7 (12)10.2 (9)
121Susan Carscallen / Eric GilliesCAN5×12+106.046.534.889.8 (10)8.6 (17)10.1 (12)10.5 (7)10.1 (=10)9.1 (14)9.5 (=13)9.1 (15)10.4 (7)
1310Susi Handschmann / Peter HandschmannAUT5×12+116.056.034.809.3 (15)9.6 (=10)10.4 (11)9.4 (=16)10.0 (=12)9.5 (12)9.8 (=11)9.8 (11)9.2 (16)
1417Kay Barsdell / Kenneth FosterGBR5×13+113.056.534.4410.0 (8)8.9 (=14)10.0 (13)10.0 (10)10.0 (=12)9.2 (13)9.5 (=13)9.2 (14)9.3 (=14)
156Judi Genovesi / Kent WeigleUSA8×15+124.0108.034.049.7 (=11)8.8 (16)9.7 (=14)9.6 (14)9.6 (15)9.0 (15)9.3 (15)9.4 (13)10.0 (10)
167Stefania Bertelè / Walter CecconiITA8×17+143.5125.532.849.2 (16)8.9 (=14)9.5 (17)9.8 (12)9.4 (16)8.9 (=16)8.9 (17)9.0 (=16)8.5 (18)
1712Isabella Rizzi / Luigi FreroniITA6×17+144.590.532.928.9 (18)9.0 (13)9.6 (16)9.3 (18)9.2 (17)8.9 (=16)9.0 (16)8.9 (18)9.5 (12)
188Susie Kelley / Andrew StroukoffUSA9×18+151.5151.532.089.0 (17)8.5 (18)8.7 (18)9.9 (11)8.9 (18)8.8 (18)8.7 (18)9.0 (=16)8.7 (17)

Free Dance (9 February 1976 — 19:30)

Judge #1Edith ShoemakerUSA
Judge #2Cia BordognaITA
Judge #3Irina AbsalyamovaURS
Judge #4Pamela DavisGBR
Judge #5Maria ZuchowiczPOL
Judge #6Pál VásárhelyiHUN
Judge #7Rudolf ZornAUT
Judge #8Věra SpurnáTCH
Judge #9Dorothy LeamenCAN
PosOrdSkaterNOCMaj. PlacementsOrdinalsJudge #1Judge #2Judge #3Judge #4Judge #5Judge #6Judge #7Judge #8Judge #9
117Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr GorshkovURS9×1+9.09.0106.2011.8 (1)11.8 (1)11.9 (1)11.7 (1)11.8 (1)11.8 (1)11.8 (1)11.8 (1)11.8 (1)
214Irina Moiseyeva / Andrey MinenkovURS9×2+18.018.0104.8011.6 (2)11.6 (2)11.8 (2)11.5 (2)11.7 (2)11.7 (2)11.6 (2)11.7 (2)11.6 (2)
316Colleen O'Connor / Jim Millns, Jr.USA6×3+29.518.0102.8011.5 (3)11.5 (3)11.5 (4)11.4 (3)11.3 (4)11.6 (3)11.3 (3)11.3 (=3)11.4 (3)
415Nataliya Linichuk / Gennady KarponosovURS5×4+40.518.0101.5011.1 (5)11.4 (4)11.6 (3)11.3 (4)11.4 (3)11.5 (=4)11.2 (4)11.2 (5)10.8 (8)
518Krisztina Regőczy / András SallayHUN7×5+43.031.5100.8011.2 (4)10.9 (6)11.4 (5)11.2 (=5)11.2 (5)11.5 (=4)11.0 (5)11.3 (=3)11.1 (=4)
610Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto CeseraniITA7×6+55.040.599.3010.8 (=7)11.0 (5)11.2 (6)11.2 (=5)11.1 (6)11.1 (6)10.9 (6)11.1 (6)10.9 (7)
712Hilary Green / Glyn WattsGBR6×7+64.041.097.2010.8 (=7)10.5 (8)10.9 (7)11.1 (7)10.8 (7)11.0 (7)10.5 (7)10.6 (=7)11.0 (6)
813Janet Thompson / Warren MaxwellGBR6×9+78.549.595.4010.7 (9)10.4 (9)10.6 (=9)11.0 (8)10.5 (=9)10.6 (8)10.4 (8)10.6 (=7)10.6 (=9)
911Barbara Berezowski / David PorterCAN7×10+79.558.095.3010.9 (6)10.3 (10)10.6 (=9)10.9 (9)10.4 (11)10.4 (9)10.2 (=10)10.5 (=9)11.1 (=4)
106Eva Peštová / Jiří PokornýTCH6×10+92.558.093.6010.5 (10)10.2 (11)10.6 (=9)10.4 (12)10.5 (=9)10.2 (10)10.3 (9)10.5 (=9)10.4 (=11)
119Teresa Weyna / Piotr BojańczykPOL6×11+93.055.093.609.9 (15)10.6 (7)10.8 (8)10.5 (=10)10.7 (8)10.1 (=11)10.2 (=10)10.4 (11)10.4 (=11)
125Susan Carscallen / Eric GilliesCAN8×12+104.590.591.8010.4 (11)9.6 (14)10.3 (12)10.5 (=10)10.3 (12)10.1 (=11)10.0 (12)10.0 (12)10.6 (=9)
137Kay Barsdell / Kenneth FosterGBR5×13+120.064.089.6010.0 (=13)10.0 (12)9.8 (=13)10.3 (13)10.1 (13)10.0 (13)9.8 (13)9.7 (14)9.9 (15)
144Isabella Rizzi / Luigi FreroniITA6×14+125.079.588.6010.2 (12)9.7 (13)9.8 (=13)10.0 (15)9.8 (14)9.9 (14)9.7 (=14)9.4 (16)10.1 (13)
152Susie Kelley / Andrew StroukoffUSA7×16+138.5105.087.009.7 (16)9.2 (17)9.7 (15)10.2 (14)9.7 (15)9.2 (16)9.6 (=16)9.9 (13)9.8 (16)
163Judi Genovesi / Kent WeigleUSA5×16+142.074.585.7010.0 (=13)9.3 (16)9.4 (17)9.6 (16)9.3 (17)9.0 (17)9.6 (=16)9.5 (15)10.0 (14)
171Stefania Bertelè / Walter CecconiITA5×16+144.576.585.309.6 (17)9.5 (15)9.5 (16)9.5 (17)9.5 (16)9.3 (15)9.7 (=14)9.3 (17)9.4 (17)