Figure Skating
- World Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion: Tim Wood, United States
- Ladies' champion: Gabrielle Seyfert, Germany
- Pair skating champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov, Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford, Great Britain
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