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Pairs, Mixed

Date6 – 8 February 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationMakomanai Indoor Skating Rink, Sapporo
Participants32 from 9 countries
FormatEach judge ranked each pair 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 pairs. The points were based on 25% for the Original Program, and 75% for Free Skating. Final placement was determined by a Majority Placement rule. Thus, if a pair were ranked first by a majority of the judges, that pair was placed first overall, and the process was repeated for each place. Ties were broken by a Subsequent Majority rule, i.e., if the pairs were ranked for the same position by the same number of judges, Majority Placement for the next higher position for each pair 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 #1Valentin PiseyevURS
Judge #2Joan MaclaganCAN
Judge #3Walburga GrimmGDR
Judge #4Maria ZuchowiczPOL
Judge #5Marcella WillisUSA
Judge #6Kikuko MinamiJPN
Judge #7Pamela DavisGBR
Judge #8Erika SchiechtlFRG
Judge #9Monique GeorgelinFRA

The Soviet pairs skating leviathan was by now in full force. The Protopopovs – Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov – had won the gold medal in 1964 and 1968. They had been surpassed by younger Soviet pairs, notably Irina Rodnina and Aleksey Ulanov. Rodnina and Ulanov had won the last four European titles and were World Champions in 1970-71. They dominated the competition in Sapporo, winning both the short program and free skate over their teammates, Lyudmila Smirnova and Andrey Suraykin. But there is a bit more to that story. Rodnina was considered the stronger skater of her pair, and Ulanov, who was weary of her mocking him, became romantically involved with Smirnova. They would eventually marry and after 1972, Rodnina and Ulanov split as a pair skating couple. In Sapporo, knowing what was to come, Rodnina, who had once had strong romantic feelings for Aleksey, left the ice in tears after their free skating performance.

Irina Rodnina would soon begin skating with Aleksandr Zaytsev and together they would win the next two Olympic pairs gold medals, six World Championships, and seven European Championships. This would give Rodnina three consecutive Olympic pairs gold medals. She and Zaytsev would later marry, although they eventually divorced.

PosSkaterNOCMaj. PlacementsOrdinalsMaj. OrdinalsPointsJudge #1Judge #2Judge #3Judge #4Judge #5Judge #6Judge #7Judge #8Judge #9
1Irina Rodnina / Aleksey UlanovURS6×1+12.06.0420.447.0 (1)46.9 (1)46.8 (1)46.8 (1)47.1 (1)46.4 (2)46.6 (1)46.4 (2)46.4 (2)Gold
2Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrey SuraykinURS9×2+15.015.5419.446.9 (2)46.2 (2)46.7 (2)46.7 (2)46.7 (2)46.8 (1)46.3 (2)46.4 (1)46.7 (1)Silver
3Manuela Groß / Uwe KagelmannGDR7×3+29.021.0411.846.1 (3)45.6 (3)46.1 (3)45.8 (3)45.7 (4)45.0 (4)45.9 (3)46.2 (3)45.4 (3)Bronze
4JoJo Starbuck / Ken ShelleyUSA8×4+35.030.0406.845.3 (5)45.2 (4)45.0 (4)45.2 (4)46.1 (3)45.6 (3)45.3 (4)44.5 (4)44.6 (4)
5Almut Lehmann / Herbert WiesingerFRG7×6+52.037.0399.845.4 (4)44.6 (5)44.8 (5)44.8 (6)45.4 (5)44.2 (6)43.7 (7)44.0 (6)42.9 (8)
6Irina Chernyayeva / Vasily BlagovURS7×6+52.038.0399.145.1 (6)44.2 (6)44.0 (7)44.8 (5)44.5 (7)44.6 (5)43.9 (6)44.4 (5)43.6 (5)
7Melissa Militano / Mark MilitanoUSA5×7+65.531.0393.043.3 (=9)43.8 (7)43.3 (8)43.2 (9)44.6 (6)43.6 (8)44.2 (5)43.9 (7)43.1 (6)
8Annette Kansy / Axel SalzmannGDR5×7+68.034.0392.643.8 (7)43.0 (9)44.6 (6)44.3 (7)43.4 (8)43.8 (7)43.2 (8)43.4 (9)43.1 (7)
9Sandra Bezic / Val BezicCAN9×10+84.084.0384.943.7 (8)43.4 (8)42.4 (10)42.6 (10)42.4 (10)42.8 (9)42.6 (10)43.1 (10)41.9 (9)
10Corinna Halke / Eberhard RauschFRG7×10+87.065.0381.142.4 (11)41.7 (10)42.7 (9)41.7 (11)42.9 (9)42.6 (10)42.8 (9)43.4 (8)40.9 (10)
11Grażyna Kostrzewińska / Adam BrodeckiPOL8×11+95.583.5377.843.3 (=9)41.2 (11)42.2 (11)43.3 (8)41.1 (12)42.6 (11)41.9 (11)42.0 (11)40.2 (11)
12Barbara Brown / Doug BerndtUSA7×13+114.086.0366.940.3 (14)41.0 (13)40.9 (12)40.5 (12)42.4 (11)41.2 (13)41.8 (12)40.0 (14)38.8 (13)
13Florence Cahn / Jean RacleFRA7×13+116.088.0364.541.7 (13)39.8 (14)40.6 (13)40.4 (13)40.1 (13)41.3 (12)40.4 (14)40.3 (12)39.9 (12)
14Linda Connolly / Colin TaylforthGBR5×14+126.066.0360.641.9 (12)39.6 (15)40.4 (14)39.1 (15)39.2 (15)41.1 (14)41.2 (13)40.1 (13)38.0 (15)
15Mary Petrie / John HubbellCAN9×15+129.0129.0358.539.8 (15)41.2 (12)39.6 (15)39.7 (14)39.4 (14)41.0 (15)40.1 (15)39.0 (15)38.7 (14)
16Kotoe Nagasawa / Hiroshi NagakuboJPN9×16+144.0144.0345.539.6 (16)37.3 (16)38.0 (16)38.2 (16)38.0 (16)40.4 (16)38.0 (16)38.3 (16)37.7 (16)

Short Program (6 February 1972 — 15:00)

Original Program points based on Original Program score.

Judge #1Valentin PiseyevURS
Judge #2Joan MaclaganCAN
Judge #3Walburga GrimmGDR
Judge #4Maria ZuchowiczPOL
Judge #5Marcella WillisUSA
Judge #6Kikuko MinamiJPN
Judge #7Pamela DavisGBR
Judge #8Erika SchiechtlFRG
Judge #9Monique GeorgelinFRA
PosOrdSkaterNOCMaj. PlacementsOrdinalsJudge #1Judge #2Judge #3Judge #4Judge #5Judge #6Judge #7Judge #8Judge #9
1Irina Rodnina / Aleksey UlanovURS5×1+13.05.0104.511.6 (2)11.5 (1)11.7 (1)11.7 (1)11.7 (1)11.6 (2)11.5 (2)11.6 (2)11.6 (1)
2Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrey SuraykinURS9×2+14.014.0104.411.8 (1)11.4 (2)11.6 (2)11.6 (2)11.6 (2)11.7 (1)11.5 (1)11.6 (1)11.6 (2)
3Manuela Groß / Uwe KagelmannGDR5×3+34.515.0101.011.3 (3)11.1 (4)11.3 (3)11.3 (3)11.2 (5)10.8 (7)11.4 (=3)11.4 (3)11.2 (3)
4JoJo Starbuck / Ken ShelleyUSA5×4+37.516.5101.111.1 (6)11.3 (3)11.1 (5)11.3 (4)11.3 (3)11.4 (3)11.4 (=3)11.2 (5)11.0 (5)
5Almut Lehmann / Herbert WiesingerFRG5×4+41.520.0100.111.2 (=4)10.7 (7)11.2 (4)11.2 (5)11.2 (4)11.2 (4)11.0 (5)11.3 (4)11.1 (4)
6Irina Chernyayeva / Vasily BlagovURS5×6+57.027.597.911.2 (=4)10.9 (5)10.7 (7)10.9 (7)10.6 (7)10.7 (=8)10.9 (6)11.1 (6)10.9 (6)
7Annette Kansy / Axel SalzmannGDR6×7+64.538.096.810.8 (7)10.6 (9)11.0 (6)11.0 (6)10.1 (=9)11.1 (5)10.5 (8)11.0 (7)10.7 (7)
8Melissa Militano / Mark MilitanoUSA5×8+75.533.094.510.6 (=9)10.8 (6)10.3 (8)9.9 (11)10.7 (6)10.9 (6)10.9 (7)10.6 (9)9.8 (13)
9Sandra Bezic / Val BezicCAN7×9+80.558.594.210.7 (8)10.7 (8)10.0 (11)10.5 (9)10.0 (11)10.7 (=8)10.5 (9)10.7 (8)10.4 (8)
10Corinna Halke / Eberhard RauschFRG5×10+97.048.092.210.3 (12)10.2 (12)10.3 (9)10.2 (10)9.9 (12)10.2 (13)10.4 (10)10.4 (10)10.3 (9)
11Grażyna Kostrzewińska / Adam BrodeckiPOL6×11+102.559.590.410.6 (=9)9.4 (15)10.1 (10)10.6 (8)9.3 (16)10.5 (10)10.1 (12)9.9 (11)9.9 (11)
12Barbara Brown / Doug BerndtUSA5×12+109.051.090.09.7 (15)10.4 (10)9.7 (14)9.6 (15)10.3 (8)10.3 (12)10.3 (11)9.7 (14)10.0 (10)
13Florence Cahn / Jean RacleFRA7×13+118.089.089.110.2 (13)10.1 (14)9.7 (13)9.8 (12)9.8 (13)9.8 (15)10.1 (13)9.7 (13)9.9 (12)
14Linda Connolly / Colin TaylforthGBR5×13+114.057.589.410.4 (11)10.2 (13)9.8 (12)9.7 (=13)10.1 (=9)9.9 (14)10.0 (14)9.8 (12)9.5 (15)
15Mary Petrie / John HubbellCAN6×14+122.577.588.810.1 (14)10.3 (11)9.6 (15)9.7 (=13)9.7 (14)10.4 (11)9.8 (15)9.6 (15)9.6 (14)
16Kotoe Nagasawa / Hiroshi NagakuboJPN9×16+143.0143.083.99.6 (16)9.1 (16)9.2 (16)9.1 (16)9.5 (15)9.5 (16)9.5 (16)9.2 (16)9.2 (16)

Free Skating (8 February 1972 — 18:00)

Free Skating points computed by multiplying Free Skating score by 3.0.

Judge #1Valentin PiseyevURS
Judge #2Joan MaclaganCAN
Judge #3Walburga GrimmGDR
Judge #4Maria ZuchowiczPOL
Judge #5Marcella WillisUSA
Judge #6Kikuko MinamiJPN
Judge #7Pamela DavisGBR
Judge #8Erika SchiechtlFRG
Judge #9Monique GeorgelinFRA
PosOrdSkaterNOCMaj. PlacementsOrdinalsJudge #1Judge #2Judge #3Judge #4Judge #5Judge #6Judge #7Judge #8Judge #9
1Irina Rodnina / Aleksey UlanovURS5×1+13.05.0315.935.4 (1)35.4 (1)35.1 (=1)35.1 (1)35.4 (1)34.8 (2)35.1 (1)34.8 (=2)34.8 (2)
2Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrey SuraykinURS8×2+16.013.5315.035.1 (2)34.8 (2)35.1 (=1)35.1 (2)35.1 (2)35.1 (1)34.8 (2)34.8 (=2)35.1 (1)
3Manuela Groß / Uwe KagelmannGDR8×3+26.022.0310.834.8 (3)34.5 (3)34.8 (3)34.5 (3)34.5 (4)34.2 (3)34.5 (3)34.8 (1)34.2 (3)
4JoJo Starbuck / Ken ShelleyUSA5×4+39.019.0305.734.2 (=4)33.9 (5)33.9 (4)33.9 (5)34.8 (3)34.2 (4)33.9 (4)33.3 (=5)33.6 (4)
5Irina Chernyayeva / Vasily BlagovURS7×6+52.038.5301.233.9 (6)33.3 (6)33.3 (7)33.9 (4)33.9 (=6)33.9 (5)33.0 (6)33.3 (=5)32.7 (6)
6Almut Lehmann / Herbert WiesingerFRG6×6+54.530.5299.734.2 (=4)33.9 (4)33.6 (5)33.6 (6)34.2 (5)33.0 (6)32.7 (8)32.7 (8)31.8 (8)
7Melissa Militano / Mark MilitanoUSA5×7+60.527.5298.532.7 (=9)33.0 (7)33.0 (8)33.3 (8)33.9 (=6)32.7 (=7)33.3 (5)33.3 (4)33.3 (5)
8Annette Kansy / Axel SalzmannGDR6×8+68.542.0295.833.0 (=7)32.4 (9)33.6 (6)33.3 (7)33.3 (8)32.7 (=7)32.7 (7)32.4 (=9)32.4 (7)
9Sandra Bezic / Val BezicCAN9×10+83.583.5290.733.0 (=7)32.7 (8)32.4 (=9)32.1 (10)32.4 (10)32.1 (10)32.1 (10)32.4 (=9)31.5 (9)
10Corinna Halke / Eberhard RauschFRG6×10+86.553.5288.932.1 (11)31.5 (11)32.4 (=9)31.5 (11)33.0 (9)32.4 (9)32.4 (9)33.0 (7)30.6 (10)
11Grażyna Kostrzewińska / Adam BrodeckiPOL8×11+95.583.5287.432.7 (=9)31.8 (10)32.1 (11)32.7 (9)31.8 (12)32.1 (11)31.8 (11)32.1 (11)30.3 (11)
12Florence Cahn / Jean RacleFRA7×13+116.088.0275.431.5 (13)29.7 (14)30.9 (13)30.6 (13)30.3 (13)31.5 (12)30.3 (14)30.6 (12)30.0 (12)
13Barbara Brown / Doug BerndtUSA5×13+116.560.0276.930.6 (14)30.6 (13)31.2 (12)30.9 (12)32.1 (11)30.9 (=14)31.5 (12)30.3 (14)28.8 (14)
14Linda Connolly / Colin TaylforthGBR5×14+126.065.0271.231.5 (12)29.4 (15)30.6 (14)29.4 (15)29.1 (15)31.2 (13)31.2 (13)30.3 (13)28.5 (16)
15Mary Petrie / John HubbellCAN7×15+130.098.0269.729.7 (16)30.9 (12)30.0 (15)30.0 (14)29.7 (14)30.6 (16)30.3 (15)29.4 (15)29.1 (13)
16Kotoe Nagasawa / Hiroshi NagakuboJPN9×16+140.5140.5261.630.0 (15)28.2 (16)28.8 (16)29.1 (16)28.5 (16)30.9 (=14)28.5 (16)29.1 (16)28.5 (15)