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As re-shown during the 1976 Olympics in the continuous hype and build up to the ladies event. Here’s Dorothy having a bit of a breakdown before skating brilliantly in Munich. For bardtoob 
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Dorothy Hamill – 1974 Worlds LP
Written on:July 13, 2010
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Dorothy Hamil was and still is one of the most lovely Figures Skaters.
That’s a huge arena. . .
Very nice, esp. her layback — one of the very best, ever. And she’s so very fast out there on the ice. But where is the content? Peggy did more at the 68 Nationals. Amazing how little content one could get away with back then. Still, very pretty as regards moves and overall impression.
She is so darn cute. The dress is so modest!
She still looks gorgeous, age seems to have very little impact on her.
We were booing & jeering against the judges marks. We were extremely excited to see Dorothy. The announcer rushing her introduction forced her to take the ice before proper time had passed after the skater ahead was scored quickly. It was a bad situation the judges created for themselves. Then They were forced too score Dorothy properly. But it was too late. The Odinals pointed out a GOLD for Errath & SILVER for Hammill
I was there! I was watching her closely. When the skater before her, Cristine Errath E. Ger. was given inflated scores we in the crowd whistled and jeered our dismay at the awful judgments for a hi score when mistakes didnot rate the score. Dorothy needed her glasses to see. She wouldn’t wear them ever in competition, but always had them with her. The announcer rushed her introduction as the booing for the previous skater was increasing. You can hear me yelling & cheering for Dorothy!!!
Fun to see this again after so many years. The ’76 winter games were the first ones I watched, and I still love those games in my memory. Thanks for posting this, and the ’76 long program, and letting me travel back to those days for a bit.
Many, MANY THANKS floskate for this wonderful video and so many others. Actually Dorothy was just 17 here-she would be 18 on July 26 but I believe this was in March. I remember watching this and how nice this is to be able to see it again.
Thank you so much.
A MILLION THUMBS UP FOR YOU !!
I actually prefer the commentators from days gone by. . . look what Scott hamilton does on a regular basis since 1990 by shouting out who HE thinks won the competition when the rest of the field hasn’t even competed yet. He did it at 2010 Ladies Nationals. Did it at 1990 Worlds in the Pairs event; then switched gears in 94 Lillehammer w/blatant favoritism toward G&G ;of course the most infamous w/repercussions we’re seeing today: “What HAPPENED? they won that program’ w/Sale’&Pelletier in SLC in ’02
She is my cousin. Isn’t that awesome?!
Dorothy will be appearing on The Today Show tomorrow.
Grace under pressure at barely 18 years. Thank you for this great clip. I do wish the commentators would quit filling every second with chatter and speculation.
No it was Gerti Schandel
Wasn’t the West German gal Dagmar Lutz?
dorothy is more at ease here than at the 76 nationals, speed and height is better than anybody today!
Remember, ’74 was Dorothy’s first Worlds as the U. S. national champion. The pressure on her had to be tremendous, let alone what the crowd added.
Christ, what IS it with Dick Button and “LOOK AT THE SMILE!” as though if women aren’t smiling every goddamn second. . . ! He did it with Midori Ito, too.
geez, the comments the commentators used to make. . . couldn’t get away with it today!
We didn’t learn til Dorothy wrote her autobiography in 2007 that she suffered depression her whole life, and still does,
Read her “Dorothy Hamill: A Skater’s Life. ” No wonder the announcer keeps calling her “the up and down” girl. Her depression is now called bipolarism. It always causes “mood swings. ” Imagine the courage it took for Dorothy to overcome her deep fears after hearing the German girl being booed! She is a beautiful person then and now, on and off the ice.
It’s the end of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet suite.
On the portion where she does the spread eagle into the double salchow, what is the music playing?
Brillant artistry! A skate of a lifetime!
because it’s for my bibliography cards and i need a video from this source and all i need is the producer from this video and this is for a school research project
well I made it from my collection – why???