1972 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1972 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, Canada from March 7 to 11. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker (United States) and the ISU Technical Delegates were Hermann Schiechtl (West Germany) and Donald Gilchrist (Canada).

A day before the start of the competition, Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov had an accident on a lift; Rodnina was hospitalized with a concussion and an intracranial hematoma but went on to compete and win the gold medal. It was Rodnina/Ulanov's final competition together. Ulanov would team up with the silver medalist, Lyudmila Smirnova.

Men
Judges:
 * Referee: 🇨🇦 Donald Gilchrist
 * Assistant Referee: 🇮🇹 Sonia Bianchetti
 * Gerhardt Bubník
 * 🇺🇸 Dorothy Burkholder
 * Tatyana Danilenko
 * 🇯🇵 Masao Hasegawa
 * 🇦🇹 Franz Heinlein
 * 🇨🇦 William Lewis
 * 🇫🇷 Monique Petis
 * 🇬🇧 Mollie Phillips
 * Helga Wiecki
 * János Zsigmondy (substitute)

Ladies
Judges:
 * Referee: Josef Dědič
 * Assistant Referee: 🇭🇺 Elemér Terták
 * 🇭🇺 Zoltán Balázs
 * 🇫🇷 Jeanine Donnier-Blanc
 * Milan Duchón (substitute)
 * 🇨🇦 Suzanne Francis
 * 🇦🇹 Ludwig Gassner
 * Walburga Grimm
 * Wilhelm Kahle
 * 🇺🇸 Ramona McIntyre
 * 🇮🇹 Giovanni de Mori
 * René Schlageter

Pairs
Judges:
 * Referee: Karl Enderlin
 * Assistant Referee: 🇺🇸 Henry M. Beatty
 * Elsbeth Bon
 * 🇬🇧 Pamela Davis
 * 🇨🇦 Suzanne Francis
 * Walburga Grimm
 * Valentin Piseyev
 * 🇺🇸 Ardelle Sanderson
 * René Schlageter (substitute)
 * 🇫🇮 Inkeri Soininen
 * 🇵🇱 Maria Zuchowicz
 * János Zsigmondy

Ice dance
Judges:
 * Referee: 🇬🇧 Lawrence Demmy
 * Assistant Referee: 🇨🇦 George J. Blundun
 * 🇭🇺 Zoltán Balázs
 * 🇬🇧 Pamela Davis
 * Milan Duchón
 * Igor Kabanov
 * 🇫🇷 Claude Lambert
 * 🇨🇦 Audrey Moore
 * Eugen Romminger
 * 🇺🇸 Benjamin T. Wright
 * 🇵🇱 Maria Zuchowicz