1971 European Figure Skating Championships
Introduction The '''1971 European Figure Skating Championships''' was a senior-level international competition held at the Hallenstadion in Zürich, Switzerland on February 2–7.Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.The pair skating event demonstrated the dominance of the Soviet Union in this discipline. Irina Rodnina and Aleksey Ulanov took the title in spite of a fall by Ulanov on a double Axel, a side-by-side jump not being attempted by any other team.The ice dance competition was a contrast between the British and Russian styles of dance. British-trained Angelika and Erich Buck narrowly lost a 5–4 decision to Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov, who as usual were criticized for their unequal balance of skills.Ondrej Nepela ran away with the men's title following the withdrawal of his two top challengers, Patrick Péra and Günter Zöller, due to injuries. Nepela's victory was more the result of his strong showing in the compulsory figures than for his rather undistinguished free skating. The free skating portion of the competition was won by Haig Oundjian, who landed triple toe loop and triple salchow jumps and moved up from 6th after the figures to take the bronze medal. In the CF finished second Sergey Chetverukhin,  behind Nepela and in the FS finished second Nepela beind Oundjian.The ladies event was likewise decided by the compulsory figures as Beatrix Schuba dominated that part of the competition. The free skating was won by Sonja Morgenstern, who landed a triple salchow jump in her program—at that time it was very rare for women to attempt triple jumps. Morgenstern had placed a distant 8th in the figures. Schuba was heavily criticized for the poor quality of her free skating, which included a fall on a relatively simple double loop as well as a definite underrotation on her double Axel.
Results ===Men=== Rank Name Places '''1'''  Ondrej Nepela  '''2'''  Sergey Chetverukhin  '''3'''  Haig Oundjian  4  Jan Hoffmann  5  Yuriy Ovchinnikov  6  Sergey Volkov  7  John Curry  8  Günter Anderl  9  Jacques Mrozek  10  Didier Gailhaguet  11  Daniel Höner  12  Jozef Žídek  13  Klaus Grimmelt  14  Josef Schneider  15  László Vajda  16  Stefano Bargauan  17  Thomas Callerud  18  György Fazekas  19  Pekka Leskinen  20  Bernard Bauer  21  Zoran Matas  22  Zdeněk Pazdírek ===Ladies=== Rank Name Places '''1'''  Beatrix Schuba  '''2'''  Zsuzsa Almássy  22 '''3'''  Rita Trapanese  4  Sonja Morgenstern  5  Charlotte Walter  6  Patricia Dodd  7  Christine Errath  8  Yelena Aleksandrova  9  Eileen Zillmer  10  Ľudmila Bezáková  11  Jean Scott  12  Marina Titova  13  Judith Beyer  14  Liana Drahová  15  Anita Johansson  16  Cinzia Frosio  17  Beatrice Huștiu  18  Sonja Balun  19  Dianne de Leeuw  20  Marie-Claude Bierre  21  Kirsten Frikke  22  Helena Gazvoda ===Pairs=== Rank Name Places '''1'''  Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov  '''2'''  Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrey Suraykin  '''3'''  Galina Karelina / Georgiy Proskurin  4  Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann  5  Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger  6  Marlies Radunsky / Rolf Österreich  7  Brunhilde Baßler / Eberhard Rausch  8  Grażyna Osmańska / Adam Brodecki  9  Linda Connolly / Colin Taylforth  10  Florence Cahn / Jean-Roland Racle  11  Dana Fialová / Josef Tůma  12  Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle  13  Teresa Skrzek / Piotr Szczypa  14  Evelyne Schneider / Wilhelm Bietak  15  Helena Gazvoda / Silvo Švejger ===Ice dance=== Rank Name Places '''1'''  Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov  '''2'''  Angelika Buck / Erich Buck  '''3'''  Susan Getty / Roy Bradshaw  4  Tetyana Voytyuk / Vyacheslav Zhyhalyn  5  Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby  6  Yelena Zharkova / Gennadiy Karponosov  7  Hilary Green / Glynn Watts  8  Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický  9  Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk  10  Ilona Berecz / István Sugár  11  Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars  12  Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani  13  Astrid Kopp / Axel Kopp  14  Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay  15  Tatiana Grossen / Alessandro Grossen  16  Sylvia Fuchs / Michael Fuchs  17  Ewa Kołodziej /  Tadeusz Góra  18  Brigitte Ydrault / Pascal Germe  19  Agnes Arco / Adrian Perco  20  Vivi Poulsen / Kurt Poulsen
References
Sources * "Europeans", ''Skating'' magazine, Apr 1971
External links *  results