The 1974 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Olympiahalle in Munich, West Germany from March 5 to 10. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

Medal table

Results Men Rank Name Nation CP SP FP Points Places 1 Jan Hoffmann 1 5 2 231.44 11 2 Sergei Volkov 2 3 7 227.94 27 3 Toller Cranston 8 1 1 227.86 26 4 Vladimir Kovalev 3 4 4 226.21 38 5 Ron Shaver 7 2 3 225.13 39 6 Gordon McKellen Jr. 5 7 5 222.80 60 7 John Curry 4 6 9 220.68 60 8 Minoru Sano 11 8 6 215.63 79 9 Zdeněk Pazdírek 9 10 10 213.44 85 10 Didier Gailhaguet 6 11 12 221.75 86 11 László Vajda 10 9 11 209.78 99 12 Terry Kubicka 15 15 8 109 13 Bernd Wunderlich 13 12 14 116 14 Erich Reifschneider 14 13 13 118 15 Robert Rubens 20 14 15 138 16 Ronald Koppelent 18 17 16 145 17 Miroslav Šoška 12 16 21 158 18 Pekka Leskinen 16 18 19 159 19 Jacek Tascher 21 20 17 172 20 Rolando Bragaglia 19 19 20 175 21 Glyn Jones 25 21 18 195 22 Gilles Beyer 22 22 23 197 23 Thomas Öberg 23 23 22 208 24 Gheorghe Fazekas 17 25 25 211 25 William Schober 24 24 24 222 26 Silvio Švajger 26 26 26 234

Referee: Elemér Terták

Assistant Referee: Benjamin Wright

Judges: Milan Duchón Geoffrey Yates Dorothy Leamen Kinuko Ueno Walburga Grimm Tatiana Danilenko Norman E. Fuller Néri Valdes Hans Fuchs

Substitute judge: Leena Vainio

Ladies Rank Name Nation CP SP FP Points Places 1 Christine Errath 2 1 2 230.95 12 2 Dorothy Hamill 5 2 1 228.71 15 3 Dianne de Leeuw 4 5 4 221.16 27 4 Gerti Schanderl 11 4 3 216.07 54 5 Karin Iten 1 14 17 215.87 61 6 Lynn Nightingale 12 3 5 215.61 66 7 Kath Malmberg 7 8 10 216.19 66 8 Juli McKinstry 6 9 7 216.34 67 9 Liana Drahová 9 6 6 214.67 72 10 Marion Weber 8 10 8 214.50 75 11 Anett Pötzsch 10 7 9 212.38 98 12 Maria McLean 3 12 13 98 13 Barbara Terpenning 14 11 11 111 14 Gail Keddie 17 16 14 140 15 Emi Watanabe 19 17 12 139 16 Sonja Balun 16 13 15 142 17 Cinzia Frosio 13 15 16 142 18 Liudmila Bakonina 18 18 19 194.32 163 19 Hana Knapová 20 19 18 164 20 Chang Myung-su 15 20 20 180 21 Evelyne Reusser 21 21 23 193 22 Grażyna Dudek 4 23 21 195 23 Eva Hansson 25 22 24 205 24 Marie-Hélène Panet 23 25 25 216 25 Helena Gazvoda 28 24 22 230 26 Sharon Burley 22 27 27 231 27 Susan Broman 26 26 26 240 28 Liv Egelund 27 28 28 252

Referee: Sonia Bianchetti

Assistant Referee: János Zsigmondy

Judges: Michele Beltrami Pamela Peat Helga von Wiecki Kikuko Minami René Schlageter David Dore Yvonne S. McGowan Eva von Gamm Ingeborg Nilsson

Substitute judge: Ludwig Gassner

Pairs Rank Name Nation SP FP Points Places 1 Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev 1 1 141.09 9 2 Liudmila Smirnova / Alexei Ulanov 2 2 139.05 21 3 Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich 3 3 138.53 25 4 Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann 4 4 136.73 36 5 Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic 5 5 134.96 44 6 Irina Vorobieva / Alexander Vlasov 6 6 132.79 54 7 Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle 7 7 131.28 71 8 Melissa Militano / Johnny Johns 8 8 131.24 72 9 Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch 9 9 130.70 80 10 Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner 10 10 129.11 88 11 Katja Schubert / Knut Schubert 11 11 125.39 96 12 Grażyna Kostrzewińska / Adam Brodecki 12 12 108 13 Florence Cahn / Jean-Roland Racle 14 13 121 14 Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec 13 14 126 15 Linda McCafferty / Colin Tayforth 16 15 133 16 Ilona Urbanová / Ales Zach 15 16 139 17 Petra Schneider / Bogdan Pulcer 17 17 163 18 Kathy Hutchinson / Jamie McGrigor 18 18 162

Referee: Donald H. Gilchrist

Assistant Referee: Erika Schiechtl

Judges: Liliane Caffin-Madaule Miroslav Hasenöhrl Walburga Grimm Pamela Davis Eva von Gamm Dorothy Leamen Maria Zuchowicz Valentin Piseev Ardelle K. Sanderson

Substitute judge: Jürg Wilhelm

Ice dance Rank Name Nation CD FD Points Places 1 Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov 1 1 211.78 9 2 Hilary Green / Glyn Watts 2 2 206.26 18 3 Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov 3 3 201.00 28 4 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov 5 4 198.50 43 5 Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby 4 5 197.74 44 6 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay 6 6 195.32 53 7 Colleen O'Connor / Jim Millns 7 7 194.30 58 8 Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani 8 9 188.94 77 9 Louise Soper / Barry Soper 9 8 188.40 79 10 Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk 10 10 185.44 89 11 Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell 11 11 96 12 Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický 13 12 114 13 Anne Millier / Harvey Millier III 12 15 122 14 Gerda Bühler / Mathis Bächi 14 13 125 15 Barbara Berezowski / David Porter 15 14 131 16 Sylvia Fuchs / Michael Fuchs 16 16 143 17 Eva Peštová / Jiři Pokorný 17 17 149 18 Nicole Rinsant / Dirk Beyer 18 18 161 19 Brigitte Scheijbal / Walter Leschetizky 19 19 171

Referee: Lawrence Demmy

Assistant Referee: Hans Kutschera

Judges: Jürg Wilhelm Maria Zuchowicz Mary Louise Wright Klára Kozári Willi Wernz Dagmar Řeháková Irina Absaliamova Audrey Moore Pauline Borrajo

Substitute judge: Lino Clerici