1983 World Figure Skating Championships

{{Short description|Annual figure skating competition held in 1983}}

{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition

| title = 1983 World Figure Skating Championships

| image = 1983 World Figure Skating Championships.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption =

| comptype = ISU Championship

| startdate = March 8

| enddate = 13

| skatingseason = 1982–83

| location = Helsinki, Finland

| host =

| venue = Helsinki Ice Hall

| prizemoney =

| championmen = {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Hamilton

| championladies = {{flagicon|USA}} Rosalynn Sumners

| championpairs = {{flagicon|URS}} Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev

| championdance = {{flagicon|GBR}} Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean

| previouscomp = 1982 World Championships

| nextcomp = 1984 World Championships

}}

The 1983 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland from March 8 to 13. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

The ISU Representative was Hermann Schiechtl and the ISU Technical Delegate Elemér Terták. The original dance was part of the competition for the first time.

Medal tables

=Medalists=

{{MedalistTable|type=Discipline}}
align=center | Men

| {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Hamilton

| {{flagicon|FRG}} Norbert Schramm

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Brian Orser

align=center | Ladies

| {{flagicon|USA}} Rosalynn Sumners

| {{flagicon|FRG}} Claudia Leistner

| {{flagicon|URS}} Elena Vodorezova

align=center | Pair skating

| {{flagicon|URS}} Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev

| {{flagicon|GDR}} Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini

align=center | Ice dancing

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean

| {{flagicon|URS}} Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin

| {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert

=Medals by country=

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

| gold_USA = 2 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 1

| gold_URS = 1 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 1

| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0

| gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 2 | bronze_FRG = 0

| gold_GDR = 0 | silver_GDR = 1 | bronze_GDR = 0

| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 2

}}

Results

=Men=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! CP

! SP

! FS

! SP+FS

! Points

! Total

bgcolor=gold

| align=center | 1

| Scott Hamilton

{{USA}}21112.6
bgcolor=silver

| align=center | 2

| Norbert Schramm

{{FRG}}43336.6
bgcolor=cc9966

| align=center | 3

| Brian Orser

{{CAN}}82227.6
4

| Alexander Fadeev || {{URS}} || 6 || 4 || 4 || 4 || || 9.2

5

| Jean-Christophe Simond || {{FRA}} || 1 || 5 || 7 || 7 || || 9.8

6

| Jozef Sabovčík || {{TCH}} || 3 || 9 || 5 || 5 || || 10.4

7

| Brian Boitano || {{USA}} || 9 || 7 || 6 || 6 || || 14.2

8

| Heiko Fischer || {{FRG}} || 5 || 8 || 9 || 8 || || 15.2

9

| Vladimir Kotin || {{URS}} || 7 || 6 || 10 || 10 || || 16.6

10

| Rudi Cerne || {{FRG}} || 10 || 11 || 8 || 9 || || 18.4

11

| Laurent Depouilly || {{FRA}} || 12 || 13 || 11 || 12 || || 23.4

12

| Falko Kirsten || {{GDR}} || 14 || 10 || 12 || 11 || || 24.4

13

| Gary Beacom || {{CAN}} || 11 || 17 || 14 || 14 || || 27.4

14

| Mark Cockerell || {{USA}} || 19 || 12 || 13 || 13 || || 29.2

15

| Lars Åkesson || {{SWE}} || 13 || 14 || 17 || 17 || || 30.4

16

| Miljan Begović || {{YUG}} || 15 || 15 || 16 || 16 || || 31.0

17

| Masaru Ogawa || {{JPN}} || 17 || 16 || 15 || 15 || || 31.6

18

| Shinji Someya || {{JPN}} || 16 || 18 || 19 || 18 || || 35.8

19

| Thomas Hlavik || {{AUT}} || 18 || 21 || 18 || 19 || || 37.2

20

| Mark Pepperday || {{GBR}} || 21 || 19 || 20 || 20 || || 40.2

21

| Cameron Medhurst || {{AUS}} || 20 || 20 || 21 || 21 || || 41.0

22

| Fernando Soria || {{ESP}} || 22 || 22 || 22 || 22 || || 44.0

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

Substitute judge:

=Ladies=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! CP

! SP

! FS

! SP+FS

! Points

! Total

bgcolor=gold

| align=center | 1

| Rosalynn Sumners

{{USA}}14123.2
bgcolor=silver

| align=center | 2

| Claudia Leistner

{{FRG}}52336.8
bgcolor=cc9966

| align=center | 3

| Elena Vodorezova

{{URS}}33447.0
4

| Katarina Witt || {{GDR}} || 8 || 1 || 2 || 1 || || 7.2

5

| Anna Kondrashova || {{URS}} || 9 || 5 || 5 || 5 || || 12.4

6

| Kristiina Wegelius || {{FIN}} || 2 || 9 || 9 || 9 || || 13.8

7

| Kay Thomson || {{CAN}} || 6 || 11 || 6 || 7 || || 14.0

8

| Manuela Ruben || {{FRG}} || 7 || 10 || 8 || 8 || || 16.2

9

| Tiffany Chin || {{USA}} || 14 || 6 || 7 || 6 || || 17.8

10

| Sandra Cariboni || {{SUI}} || 4 || 16 || 12 || 13 || || 20.8

11

| Janina Wirth || {{GDR}} || 15 || 7 || 10 || 10 || || 21.8

12

| Charlene Wong || {{CAN}} || 13 || 8 || 11 || 11 || || 22.0

13

| Sanda Dubravčić || {{YUG}} || 11 || 13 || 13 || 12 || || 24.8

14

| Sonja Stanek || {{AUT}} || 10 || 17 || 14 || 14 || || 26.8

15

| Katrien Pauwels || {{BEL}} || 12 || 20 || 15 || 15 || || 30.2

colspan=9 | B Section
16

| Karin Telser || {{ITA}} || 21 || 12 || 3 || 2 || || 20.4

17

| Catarina Lindgren || {{SWE}} || 18 || 15 || 5 || 4 || || 21.8

18

| Juri Ozawa || {{JPN}} || 24 || 18 || 1 || 3 || || 22.6

19

| Susan Jackson || {{GBR}} || 25 || 14 || 2 || 1 || || 22.6

20

| Hanne Gamborg || {{DEN}} || 19 || 19 || 6 || 6 || || 25.0

21

| Elise Ahonen || {{FIN}} || 22 || 22 || 4 || 5 || || 26.0

22

| Li Scha Wang || {{NED}} || 20 || 23 || 7 || 7 || || 28.2

23

| Alison Southwood || {{GBR}} || 16 || 27 || 8 || 9 || || 28.4

24

| Béatrice Farinacci || {{FRA}} || 17 || 24 || 9 || 8 || || 28.8

25

| Susanne Gschwend || {{AUT}} || 23 || 26 || 10 || 11 || || 34.2

26

| Vicki Holland || {{AUS}} || 26 || 21 || 11 || 10 || || 35.0

27

| Rosario Esteban || {{ESP}} || 28 || 25 || 12 || 12 || || 38.8

WD

| Lim Hye-kyung || {{KOR}} || 27 || 28 || || || ||

WD

| Elaine Zayak || {{USA}} || || || || || ||

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

Substitute judge:

=Pairs=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! SP

! FS

! Points

! Total

bgcolor=gold

| align=center | 1

| Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev

{{URS}}211.8
bgcolor=silver

| align=center | 2

| Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach

{{GDR}}122.4
bgcolor=cc9966

| align=center | 3

| Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini

{{CAN}}334.2
4

| Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers || {{USA}} || 5 || 4 || || 6.0

5

| Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov || {{URS}} || 6 || 5 || || 7.4

6

| Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich || {{URS}} || 4 || 7 || || 8.6

7

| Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver || {{USA}} || 8 || 6 || || 9.2

8

| Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert || {{GDR}} || 7 || 7 || || 9.8

9

| Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom || {{CAN}} || 9 || 9 || || 12.6

10

| Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler || {{CAN}} || 10 || 10 || || 14.0

11

| Jill Watson / Burt Lancon || {{USA}} || 11 || 11 || || 15.4

12

| Babette Preußler / Torsten Ohlow || {{GDR}} || 12 || 12 || || 16.8

13

| Susan Garland / Ian Jenkins || {{GBR}} || 14 || 13 || || 18.6

14

| Toshimi Ito / Takashi Mura || {{JPN}} || 13 || 14 || || 19.2

15

| Jana Havlová / René Novotný || {{TCH}} || 15 || 15 || || 21.0

16

| Claudia Massari / Leonardo Azzola || {{FRG}} || 16 || 16 || || 22.4

17

| Maija Pekkala / Pekka Pekkala || {{FIN}} || 17 || 17 || || 23.8

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

Substitute judge:

=Ice dancing=

Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean got 5.9 scores from all nine judges in their third dance, the Argentine tango, of the compulsory portion of the event.{{cite web | author = AP | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/10/sports/russians-triumph-in-pairs.html | title = Russians Triumph In Pairs | publisher = NYTimes.com | date = 1983-03-10 | access-date = 2012-07-02}}

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! CD

! OSP

! FD

! Total

bgcolor=gold

| align=center | 1

| Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean

{{GBR}}1112.0
bgcolor=silver

| align=center | 2

| Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin

{{URS}}3325.0
bgcolor=cc9966

| align=center | 3

| Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert

{{USA}}2235.0
4

| Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin || {{URS}} || 5 || 4 || 4 || 8.6

5

| Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater || {{GBR}} || 4 || 8 || 5 || 10.6

6

| Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall || {{CAN}} || 7 || 5 || 6 || 12.2

7

| Elisa Spitz / Scott Gregory || {{USA}} || 6 || 6 || 7 || 13.0

8

| Elena Batanova / Alexei Soloviev || {{URS}} || 8 || 7 || 8 || 15.6

9

| Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn || {{FRG}} || 10 || 9 || 9 || 18.6

10

| Kelly Johnson / John Thomas || {{CAN}} || 13 || 11 || 10 || 22.2

11

| Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola || {{ITA}} || 12 || 10 || 11 || 22.2

12

| Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams || {{GBR}} || 11 || 12 || 12 || 23.4

13

| Judit Péterfy / Csaba Bálint || {{HUN}} || 14 || 14 || 13 || 27.0

14

| Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi || {{JPN}} || 15 || 13 || 14 || 28.2

15

| Marianne van Bommel / Wayne Deweyert || {{NED}} || 16 || 15 || 15 || 30.6

16

| Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck || {{AUT}} || 17 || 16 || 16 || 32.6

17

| Claudia Schmidlin / Daniel Schmidlin || {{SUI}} || 18 || 17 || 17 || 34.6

18

| Hristina Boyanova / Javor Ivanov || {{flag|Bulgaria|1971}} || 19 || 18 || 18 || 36.6

WD

| Nathalie Herve / Pierre Bechu || {{FRA}} || 9 || || ||

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References

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